VIOLATOR album
sneak peak - June 25
As a Management
Company, record label, and marketing group,
Chris Lighty and Mona Scott have built an
impressive multi-media entertainment
conglomerate in Violator. And, most importantly,
this empire has been created by the powerhouse
duo without compromising their integrity, nor
the integrity of hip-hop music and culture, the
very thing that got the ball rolling over 10
years ago. Violator/AMG has successfully
marketed hip-hop from the hood to Hollywood and
back. But with music being the core of
Violator's business, Lighty and Scott are
currently back at the boards, executive
producing VIOLATOR THE ALBUM: V2.0 alongside
Violator Senior VP of A&R, Eric Nicks.
The 1999 release of VIOLATOR THE ALBUM marked an
important step for Lighty and Scott's hip-hop
empire, successfully branding the Violator name
with the very best in urban music. The album's
solid material debuted on the Billboard Top 200
Albums Chart AT #8 and got America's attention
enough to earn platinum status. VIOLATOR THE
ALBUM's lead single "Vivrant Thing,”
quickly became a summer anthem on radio and
dancefloors nationwide, rocketed up the charts
to #1 and subsequently earned Grammy, Soul
Train, and MTV Award nominations. Soon after, 6
more separate Violator artists' albums entered
the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 Albums
chart.
Now, with the July 24th release of VIOLATOR THE
ALBUM: V2.0 (Violator Records/LOUD), this
installment of the Violator saga promises to
bring the heat, and then some.
With V2.0, superstar client Busta Rhymes'
returns to the dancefloor bounce that fueled his
hits "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could
See" and "Dangerous,"
collaborating with the ever-colorful Kelis on
the Neptunes-produced "What It
Is."." Noreaga also taps the ultra-hot
Neptunes for the Tunnel-banger
"Grimey." Fueling the fire,
"Greatest Of All Time" LL Cool J keeps
it street with Ruff Ryder beatsmith Swizz Beatz
on the raucous "Throw Your Hands Up."
Completing the coup, lyricist supreme Jadakiss
joins Violator Prodigy of Mobb Deep in a true
"must have" for any real hip-hop head.
Listen to some of the tracks off the upcoming
"VIOLATOR THE ALBUM V2.O" album
Violator the Album: V2.0 track listing, according to Violator:
"Intro" - Fortune
"What It
Is" - Busta Rhymes and Kelis
"Freestyle" - LL Cool J
"Put Your Hands
Up" - LL Cool J
"Grimey" - Noreaga
"Ex" - Missy Elliott, Ja Rule and Tweet
"Livin' in Da
City" - Da Franchise and Butch Cassidy
"Grind Season" - JoJo Pellegrino and Kurupt
"Livin' the
Life" - Prodigy, Jadakiss and Butch Cassidy
"Fiend" - JoJo Pellegrino and
Method Man
"Getting Dumb in Here" - Flipmode Squad
"Violators Anthem" - Fortune
"Can't Get Enough" - Meka, Spliff Starr and Rah Digga
"Sexual Chocolate" - Cee-Lo
"U Feel Me" - Havoc, Fat Joe and Remy Martin
"Options" - Capone and Noyd
"Come
Thru" - Noreaga and Styles
"Hoppin' in My Car" - Hollyhood (Groove Theory) and Ludacris
"Next Generation" - JoJo Pellegrino, Cadillac Tah, Da Franchise, Fabolous and G-Dep
"Die 3" - The Outfit
"Apology Not Accepted" - Da Franchise and Deshara Renee
"We Do This" - Maze and Musolini
"Violator The
Album V2.0" in stores Tuesday, July 24
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