art direction, design Marc Cozza beats, scratches DJ Premier tracks a1 to b3, b5 to b9 engineer Eddie Sancho tracks a1 to b3, b5 to b9 engineer [mix] Eddie Sancho tracks a1 to b3, b5 to b9 engineer [mix] Lisle Leete tracks b4 engineer [mix] Yoram Vazan tracks b4 engineer [recording] Lisle Leete legal Mark Levinsohn lyrics by Guru management Empire Artist Management mastered by Howie Weinberg photography by Matt Gunther producer, mixed by DJ Premier producer, mixed by Guru written-by Chris Martin tracks a6 written-by James Heath tracks a6 written-by Jeru The Damaja written-by Keith Elam tracks a6 written-by Kendrick Jeru Davis tracks a6 written-by Kiwi Recorded At D&D Studios Recorded At Calliope Productions Mixed At D&D Studios Mixed At Firehouse Studio, NYC Lacquer Cut At Masterdisk Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation Produced For Gang Starr Productions, Inc. Published By Gifted Pearl Music Published By Almo Music Corp. Published By Up In Smoke Music Published By EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Chrysalis Records, Inc. Copyright (c) Chrysalis Records, Inc. Recorded & mixed at D&D, NYC, except B4 recorded at Calliope Production & mixed at Firehouse, Brooklyn, NYC.