a&r Naim Ali
a&r [administration] Liza Joseph
a&r [coordination for blacksmith] Midori Nishijima-Kim
art direction, design [for fhonik] Christopher Lee Lyons
tracks a1 bass Daniel Seeff
tracks b3, d3 bass Erick Coomes
tracks b1 bass [additional] Erick Coomes
creative director, artwork by [visual direction] Denise A. Williams
creative director, artwork by [visual direction] Ellen Wakayama
tracks c3, c4, d2 engineer [assistant] Chris Soper
tracks a2 to c1, c3 to d3 engineer [assistant] Samuel Kalandjian
executive-producer Hi-Tek
executive-producer Talib Kweli
executive-producer [co-] Corey Smyth
executive-producer [co-] Sha Money XL
tracks a1 guitar Daniel Seeff
tracks c1 guitar Erick Coomes
tracks b1, b3, d1 keyboards [additional] Daniel Jones
tracks c4 keyboards [additional] Ethan Gouldbourne
management [blacksmith management] Corey Smyth
management [dream big ventures] Sha Money XL
tracks a1 mixed by Hi-Tek
tracks a3 mixed by Neal Pogue
tracks c4, d2 mixed by Pat Viala
tracks a2 to c1, c3 to d3 mixed by Steve Baughman
photography by Nabil Elderkin
producer Hi-Tek
tracks d1 recorded by Austin Briggs
tracks a2 to b3, c1, c5 to d3 recorded by Dave Dar
tracks 12 recorded by Eddie Krakaur
tracks a4-c1, c3, c5-d3 recorded by Hi-Tek
tracks b4 recorded by Jack Rayner
tracks c3, d2 recorded by Pat Viala
tracks a1 recorded by Samuel Kalandjian
tracks c4 recorded by Ski
tracks a2, b3, c4, d2 recorded by Young Guru
tracks d1 recorded by [assisted] Kevin Sokolnicki
tracks c1, d3 scratches Hi-Tek
tracks c3 tenor saxophone Zach Lucas
tracks b1, c5 written-by Belinda Lipscomb
tracks a4 written-by Bernard J. Freeman
tracks d3 written-by Bilal Oliver
tracks d1 written-by D.A. Wallach
tracks a1 written-by Daniel Seeff
tracks c3 written-by Dante Smith
tracks b3 written-by Estelle Swaray
tracks c3 written-by J. Cole
tracks d1 written-by Max Drummey
tracks c3 written-by Pharrell Williams
tracks c3 written-by Richard Nichols
tracks a3 written-by Shareese Renée Ballard
tracks a2 to d4 written-by Talib Kweli Greene
tracks c3 written-by Timothy Elpadaro Thedford
written-by Tony Cottrell
Track #1 contains elements of Hollywood Dream Trip by Syrinx courtesy of John Mills-Cockell.
Track #4 contains elements of Redemption (Theme From Rock II) by Bill Conti.
Track #5 contains elements of What In This World's Happening To Love by Kimberley Briggs. It also contains a sample of Moment Of Clarity by Jay-Z.
Track #7 contains elements and samples of Mama Said by The Shirelles.
Track #11 contains elements and samples from Let Me Back In by Heaven & Earth.

Produced for Hi-Tek Productions/Dream Big Ventures.
Co-executive produced by Corey Smyth for Blacksmith Music Corp. and Sha Money XL for Dream Big Ventures.

© 2010 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. A Warner Music Group Company.

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