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Def Jam Recordings
a&r Faith Newman
a&r Richard Nichols
a&r [a&r administration], administrator [a&r administration] Terese Joseph
art direction Kenny Gravillis
art direction Richard Nichols
art direction Todd Russell
artwork [collection of] Halley K. Harrisburg
artwork [collection of] Michael Rosenfeld
artwork [cover artwork] Romare Bearden
bass Mark Kelley
coordinator [a&r coordination] Leesa D. Brunson
coordinator [marketing coordinator] Trish Sterling
creative director [art production] Kristen Yiengst
design Anna Tes
design Gravillis Inc.
drums Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson
executive-producer Richard Nichols
guitar Kirk Douglass
keyboards James Poyser
keyboards Kamal Gray
legal [legal counsel] Brad Rubens, Esq.
legal [sample clearances] DMG Clearances, Inc.
legal [sample clearances] Deborah Mannis-Gardner
management Richard Nichols
management Shawn Gee
management [business affairs] Antoinette Trotman
management [business affairs] Ian Allen
management [business affairs] Lynn Gonzalez
management [business affairs] Vol S. Davis III
management [business management] SEFG Entertainment, Inc.
management [business management] Shawn Gee
management [creative management] Coolhunter LLC
management [creative management] Richard Nichols
mastered by Dave Kutch
tracks 172, 173, 175, 176, 178 to 181 mixed by Jason Goldstein
tracks 172, 173, 175, 176, 178 to 181 mixed by [assistant mix engineer] Rich Rich
percussion Frank "Knuckles" Walker
product manager [marketing] Chris Atlas
sousaphone Damon Bryson
supervised by [package production] Andy Proctor
vocals Tariq Trotter
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Record Company Warner Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Def Jam Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Folkways Records & Service Corp.
Copyright (c) Island Def Jam Music Group
Licensed From Parlophone Records Ltd.
Licensed From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Made By EDC, Germany
Published By Keith-Valerie Music
Published By Music Sales Corp.
Published By Cecilia Music Publishing Co., Inc.
Mixed At Downtown Music Studios
Mastered At The Mastering Palace
Recorded At Downtown Music Studios
Recorded At MSR Studios
Recorded At The Boom Room
Recorded At Mike Jerz Studio, Philadelphia, PA
The numbering on the track list starts with 171 and ends with 181 (all The Roots tracks throughout all their albums are consecutively numbered).

Track 175 contains a sample of Blackrock Yeah Yeah performed by Blackrock, courtesy of Select-O-Hits Inc. d/b/a Coby Music Co. Written by Kirk Dudley, Cornell McFaden, Willie E. Pattis and Archie L. Turner.

Track 172 Recorded at Mike Jerz Studio, Philadelphia, PA / Music Studios, NYC
Tracks 173, 175, 176 Recorded at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
Tracks 178, 179 Recorded at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; Downtown Music Studios, NYC
Track 180 Recorded at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; MSR Studios, NYC
Track 181 Recorded at MSR Studios, NYC

℗© 2014 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Track 171 2004 Digital Remaster ℗ 2004. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd., a Warner Music Group Company.
Track 174 from the recording entitled Mary Lou Williams, courtesy of Smithsonian/Folkways Recording. ℗ 1964 Folkways Records & Service Corp.

Made in the EU.
Barcode: 6 02537 82879 1 (Text)
Barcode: 602537828791 (String)
Rights Society: BIEM SDRM
Matrix / Runout: UNIVERSAL 06025 378 287-9 01 # 53536476 ([UNIVERSAL] in logotype x4)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A (Moulded)
Matrix / Runout: UNIVERSAL (x4 logo)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LZ87
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0125
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0147



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