a&r Jeff Fenster a&r Larry "Rock" Campbell a&r Wayne Williams arranged by [vocal] Raheem DeVaughn art direction Denise Trotman art direction Jackie Murphy design Denise Trotman executive-producer Jerry "Juke" Vines executive-producer Raheem DeVaughn management Jerry "Juke" Vines management [partner] Nate Peake mastered by Herb Powers Jr. tracks 1-4 mixed by Jaycen Joshua tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10 mixed by John Frye tracks 1-2 mixed by Leslie Brathwaite tracks 1-2 mixed by [assistant] Michael Pratt photography by Randee St. Nicholas tracks 1-6 recorded by Carvin Haggins tracks 1-6 recorded by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias tracks 1-4, 1-10, 2-2, 2-9 recorded by Jamil "Face" Johnson tracks 1-5, 1-12, 2-10 recorded by Nick Roache tracks 2-4 recorded by Scott O'Toole tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-8, 1-9, 1-11- 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8 recorded by Yas Inoue tracks 2-4 recorded by [assistant] Shannon Follin tracks 1-4 recorded by [music] Stereotypes Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute Mastered At PM Entertainment Manufactured By Sony Music Entertainment Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment 1-2 contains a sample from The Other Side Of Town written and performed by Curtis Mayfield 1-16 contains a sample from The Look Of Love written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as performed by Isaac Hayes 1-16 contains a portion of the composition Survival Of The Fittest written by Albert Johnson and Kejuan Muchita 1-16 contains a portion of the composition Can I Live written by Burt Bacharach, Hal Davis, Shawn Carter, and Irving Lorenzo.
2-2 contains a sample from I Found The Spirit written by Renaldo Benson and Val Benson, as performed by The Four Tops
Ludacris appears courtesy of Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam Records Malik Yusef appears courtesy of G.O.O.D. Music Wale appears courtesy of Allido/Interscope Records Jill Scott appears courtesy of Hidden Beach Recordings LLC Anthony Hamilton appears courtesy of So So Def/Arista Algebra Blessett appears courtesy of Kedar Entertainment Group Chrisette Michele appears courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Shelby Johnson appears courtesy of Blackgypsy Music Ledisi appears courtesy of The Verve Music Group Dwele appears courtesy of RT Music Group/E1 Music Chico DeBarge appears courtesy of Kedar Entertainment Group Rudy Currence appears courtesy of Distrubing Tha Peace/Mike Chek Entertainment Damian Marley appears courtesy of Tuff Gong/Universal Republic Records