tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 arranged by [strings], cello, conductor Larry Gold tracks 2, 3, 7, 12, 15 to 17 co-producer Bryan-Michael Cox tracks 4, 8, 14 coordinator [for noontime] Delicia Hassan tracks 4 to 6, 10, 13 edited by [digital] John Horesco IV tracks 3, 5 to 7, 12 engineer [assistant] Coby Douglas tracks 2, 4 to 6, 8 to 11, 13, 14 engineer [assistant] John Horesco IV tracks 16 engineer [assistant] Stephanie Vonarx tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 engineer [strings] Jeff Chestek executive-producer Jagged Edge executive-producer Jermaine Dupri graphics [graphic artist] James Hunter lyrics by Brandon Casey lyrics by Brian Casey tracks 15 to 17 mastered by Bernie Grundman mastered by Stephen Marcussen tracks 2 to 9, 11 to 14, 16, 17 mixed by Jermaine Dupri tracks 15 mixed by Kanye West tracks 16 mixed by LaMarquis Jefferson tracks 1 to 17 mixed by Phil Tan photography by Christian Lantry tracks 2, 3, 7, 12, 15 to 17 producer Jermaine Dupri tracks 2 to 10, 12 to 14 recorded by Brian Frye tracks 1, 4 to 6, 10, 11, 14 recorded by John Horesco IV tracks 15 recorded by [recording engineer] Jan Nerud tracks 15, 16 recorded by [recording engineer] Phil Tan tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 viola Davis Barnett tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 viola Peter S. Nocella tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Charles Parker tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Diane Barnett tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Emma Kummrow tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Gregory Teperman tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Igor Szwec tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 violin Olga Konopelsky Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) So So Def Recordings Inc. Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright (c) So So Def Recordings Inc. Manufactured By Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited Made By SMEA Track 15 contains a sample of Grounds For Separation by Hall & Oates. Track 16 contains a sample of It's Like That by Run-DMC. Track 17 contains a sample of I Need Love by LL Cool J.
Tracks 2, 3, 7, 11, 12 Recorded and Mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta Tracks 4, 8 to 10, 14 Recorded at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta; Noontime Studios, Atlanta; Mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta Tracks 5, 6, 13 Recorded at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta; Moodswing Studio; Mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta
Strings Recorded at THE STUDIO, Philadelphia, PA
Ludacris appears courtesy of Def Jam South Trina appears courtesy of Slip-N-Slide Records/Atlantic Recording Corporation Big Duke appears courtesy of Noontime Recordings, Inc.