Be

~ Release by Common (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

Track 11 differs between the US and UK releases as follows:

US: It's Your World / Pop's Reprise
time: 8:34

UK: It's Your World / Pop's Reprise / So Cool
time: 14:02

Credits not added from liner:
Management: Derek Dudley
Personal Lifestyle Manager: Saunté D. Lowe
Personal Assistant: Olivia Fischa
Wardrobe Styling: Dawn Haynes
Grooming: Junior of Legends Barber Shop
Make Up: Olivia Fischa

Annotation last modified on 2009-08-28 08:27 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Be (intro)
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow and Francis Forde
recording engineer and mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
acoustic bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
keyboard:
James Poyser
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Mother Nature by Albert Jones and Sweet Children by Ceasar Frazier
recording of:
Be (intro)
composer:
Ceasar Frazier, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common3.52:24
2The Corner
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
guest background vocals:
The Last Poets and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
What It Is? by The Temptations (Motown soul vocal group) and You Make the Sunshine by The Temprees
recording of:
The Corner
composer:
Umar Bin Hassan, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), Leon Moore, Abiodun Oyewole (US poet, teacher and spoken-word musician) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common3.53:45
3GO!
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow, Francis Forde and Ric McRae
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
percussion:
Num H.S. Amuntehu
turntable:
A‐Trak
guest background vocals:
John Mayer (US singer–songwriter) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Old Smokey by Linda Lewis
recording of:
GO!
composer:
Linda Lewis, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), John Mayer (US singer–songwriter) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common43:44
4Faithful
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow and Francis Forde
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
keyboard:
James Poyser
guest background vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) and John Legend
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
performer:
Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer)
samples:
Faithful to the End by D.J. Rogers
recording of:
Faithful
composer:
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), D.J. Rogers and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common33:33
5Testify
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow and Ric McRae
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Innocent ’til Proven Guilty by Honey Cone
recording of:
Testify
composer:
Angelo Bond, General Johnson (US soul singer, R&B songwriter & producer), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), Greg Perry and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common4.52:37
6Love Is…
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and J Dilla (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
producer:
Jay Dee (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
additional mixer:
Frank Hendler
mixer:
Bob Power
guest background vocals:
Luna E (Maimouna Youssef)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
performer:
James Poyser
samples:
God Is Love (original LP version) by Marvin Gaye
recording of:
Love Is...
composer:
Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye, James Yancey (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), James Nyx and Elgie Stover
Common2.54:10
7Chi-City
additional recording engineer:
Jason Agel, Taylor Dow and Steve Tolle (mix engineer)
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Jared Zastrow
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
turntable:
A‐Trak and DJ Dummy
guest background vocals:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Since I Found My Baby by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
recording of:
Chi-City
composer:
Eddie Cornelius, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common33:27
8The Food (live)
additional recording engineer:
Steve Tolle (mix engineer)
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Charles Hunt (recording engineer)
engineer:
Mike Chavez
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins and Steve Tolle (mix engineer)
mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Manny Marroquin
turntable:
DJ Dummy
guest background vocals:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
other vocals:
Dave Chappelle
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
I Never Had It So Good (and Felt So Bad) by The Chi‐Lites and Nothin’ Can Change This Love by Sam Cooke
live recording of:
The Food
composer:
Sam Cooke, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), Stanley McKenny, Eugene Record and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common33:37
9Real People
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow and Ric McRae
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Sweet Children by Ceasar Frazier
recording of:
Real People
composer:
Ceasar Frazier, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
Common22:48
10They Say
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow and Ric McRae
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
guest background vocals:
John Legend and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Ghetto Child by Ahmad Jamal
recording of:
They Say
writer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer), Linda Creed, John Legend, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Ye (formerly Kanye West)
publisher:
BMG Sapphire Songs, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), John Legend Publishing, Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Senseless Music (BMI), Songs of Universal, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Common feat. Kanye West & John Legend33:58
11It's Your World, Parts 1 & 2
additional recording engineer:
Taylor Dow
recording engineer:
Darren "Rock" Darnell, Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and J Dilla (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
co-producer:
James Poyser and Karriem Riggins
producer:
J Dilla (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
additional mixer:
Frank Hendler
mixer:
Bob Power
additional keyboard:
Ye (formerly Kanye West)
keyboard and strings:
James Poyser
membranophone and percussion:
Karriem Riggins
guest background vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) and Lonnie Lynn (rapper Common's father)
vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Share What You Got, Keep What You Need by The Modulations (North Carolina soul group)
recording of:
It's Your World, Parts 1 & 2
additional lyricist:
Lonnie Lynn (rapper Common's father)
composer:
Bob Curington, James Yancey (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee), Willie Lester, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), Lonnie Lynn (rapper Common's father), James Poyser and Karriem Riggins
Common18:34

Credits

Release

art direction:Gravillis Inc.
design/illustration:Gravillis Inc.
Hulis Mavruk
photography:Cass Bird
Christian Lantry
legal representation:Francois Mobasser
booking:Cara Lewis
co-executive producer:Common (US rapper)
Derek Dudley
executive producer:Ye (formerly Kanye West)
mastering:Tom Coyne (mastering engineer)
ASIN:UK: B0009JOPAI [info]