Finding Forever

~ Release by Common (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Credits not added from liner:
Management: Derek Dudley
Personal Lifestyle Manager: Saunté D. Lowe
Personal Assistant: Rhea Williams
Publicity: Polaris PR
Production Manager: Cliff Feiman
Geffen Marketing Director: Tim Reid

Annotation last modified on 2009-08-31 10:56 UTC.

Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Intro
Common 1:17
22 Start the Show
Common 3:15
33 The People
Common 3:25
44 Drivin' Me Wild
Common feat. Lily Allen 3:43
55 I Want You
Common 4:30
66 Southside
Common feat. Kanye West 4:44
77 The Game
Common 3:32
88 U, Black Maybe
Common 5:02
99 So Far to Go
Common feat. D'Angelo 4:28
1010 Break My Heart
Common 3:40
1111 Misunderstood
Common 4:44
1212 Forever Begins
Common 7:36

Relationships

additional drums:
Karriem Riggins (track 10)
additional guest background vocals:
Dwele (track 3)
additional guest vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) (track 12)
Lonnie Lynn (rapper Common's father) (track 12)
additional keyboard:
James Poyser (track 10)
additional producer:
J Dilla (US hip hop producer) (track 6)
additionally recorded by:
Brian Atkins (track 2)
Dave Paul (recording engineer) (tracks 4, 6)
Phil Strong (recording engineer) (track 2)
arranger:
Derrick Hodge (track 1)
art direction:
Gravillis Inc. [ Remove | Edit ]
booking:
Cara Lewis [ Remove | Edit ]
cello:
Alana E. Bennett (track 12)
Zoé Cartier (track 2)
co-executive producer:
Common (US rapper) [ Remove | Edit ]
Derek Dudley [ Remove | Edit ]
composer:
William Adams (track 5)
Michael Eugene Archer (track 9)
Bennie Benjamin (track 11)
Gloria Caldwell (track 11)
Don Covay (track 6)
George Duke (track 10)
DeVon Harris (track 11)
Derrick Hodge (track 1)
Ernie Isley (track 9)
Marvin Isley (track 9)
O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (track 9)
Ronald Isley (track 9)
Rudolph Isley (track 9)
Chris Jasper (track 9)
Michel Legrand (track 2)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (track 4)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper, aka Common) (tracks 2–12)
Sol Marcus (track 11)
Gene McDaniels (track 5)
Gil Scott-Heron (track 3)
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) (track 12)
Soul Ekos (track 7)
Charles Stepney (track 4)
Kanye West (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 10, 12)
Stevie Wonder (track 8)
James Yancey (track 9)
conductor:
Derrick Hodge (track 12)
design/illustration:
Nigel Evan Dennis (illustration) [ Remove | Edit ]
Gravillis Inc. [ Remove | Edit ]
drums:
Karriem Riggins (track 1)
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10, 12)
executive producer:
Kanye West [ Remove | Edit ]
flute and keyboard:
Omar Edwards (track 11)
guest background vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) (track 2)
Rhea Williams (track 5)
guest lead vocals:
Lily Allen (track 4)
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) (tracks 8, 11)
D'Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) (track 9)
Kanye West (tracks 2, 6)
will.i.am (track 5)
guest other vocals:
Rhea Williams (track 6)
guest turntable(s):
DJ Premier (track 7)
harp:
Brandee Younger (track 1)
keyboard:
Omar Edwards (tracks 3–4, 10, 12)
James Poyser (tracks 1, 8, 12)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards (tracks 2, 5–6, 8)
keyboard, piano and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards (track 12)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper) (tracks 2–12)
legal representation:
Francois Mobasser [ Remove | Edit ]
mastering:
Tom Coyne [ Remove | Edit ]
mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US hip hop mix engineer) (tracks 1, 9, 12)
Mike Dean (US "dirty south" hip-hop producer & mix engineer) (tracks 2–3, 6–8, 10–11)
Jimmy Douglass (track 4)
Dylan Dresdow (track 5)
percussion:
Karriem Riggins (track 8)
photography:
Nabil Elderkin [ Remove | Edit ]
producer:
J Dilla (US hip hop producer) (track 9)
Devo Springsteen (track 11)
Kanye West (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 10, 12)
will.i.am (track 5)
recorded by:
Neil Baldock (tracks 4, 6)
Andrew Dawson (US hip hop mix engineer) (tracks 1–3, 6–12)
Padraic Kerin (track 5)
Anthony Kilhoffer (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8–11)
will.i.am (track 5)
strings arranger:
Derrick Hodge (track 12)
viola:
Hannah Klein (track 2)
Dawn Smith (track 12)
violin:
Margherita Biederbick (track 2)
Laura Rajanen (track 2)
Monique Spencer (track 12)
Edith Dawn Yorkley (track 12)
samples:
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon (track 12)
Baby, This Love I Have by Minnie Riperton (track 5)
Black Maybe by Syreeta (track 8)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone (track 11)
Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) by The Isley Brothers (track 9)
Feel Like Making Love by Bob James (track 5)
Half Good, Half Sinner by O.C. (track 7)
If There's a Will There's a Way by Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band (track 6)
It's a New Day by Skull Snaps (track 5)
Let the Drums Speak by Fatback Band (track 3)
Long Red by Mountain (track 3)
Love Has Fallen on Me by Rotary Connection (track 4)
She's Leaving Home by Syreeta (track 12)
Someday by George Duke (track 10)
Tezeta by Sèyfou Yohannès (track 7)
The Corner by Common (track 7)
The Windmills of Your Mind by Dorothy Ashby (track 2)
We Almost Lost Detroit by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson (track 3)
You're Getting a Little Too Smart by Detroit Emeralds (track 5)
ASIN:
US: B000RN86BK [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
recording of:
Break My Heart (track 10)
Drivin' Me Wild (track 4)
Forever Begins (track 12)
I Want You (track 5)
Intro (track 1)
Misunderstood (track 11)
So Far to Go (track 9)
Southside (track 6)
Start the Show (track 2)
The Game (track 7)
The People (track 3)
U, Black Maybe (track 8)