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Common
Nobody’s Smiling

Album US 2014 on Def Jam Recordings label
Hip-Hop/Rap

Management: [...] for Think Common Management Clearance Agent: Deborah Mannis-Gardner for DMG Clearances Legal Counsel: [...] for Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light LLP Mixed by credit on back cover: Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton Mixed by credit in booklet: Young Guru [Studios] Track 1 to 10 recorded at 4220 Feng Shui Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Mixed [...] for YG Productions at YG Mixing House Track 9 Vocals recorded at Hinge Studios, Chicago, IL Mastered & assistant mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA 1st Stickers on foil: Features the single Kingdom Feat. Vince Staples With guest appearances from Big Sean Jhené Aiko and more! B0021165-02 2nd Sticker on foil: Def Jam Recordings 30 [Samples] Track 1 Contains excerpts from the Curtis Mayfield recording “On The Other Side Of Town.” Produced under license from Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group company. Written by Curtis Mayfield and published by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Track 5 Contains excerpts from The Notorious B.I.G. recording “Hypnotize.” Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. in arrangement with Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group company. Written by Randy Alpert, Deric Angelettie, Andy Armer, Sean Combs, Ron Lawrence, Chris Wallace and published by EMI April Music, Inc./Justin Combs Publishing Company, Inc./Big Poppa Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Deric Angelettie Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Badazz Music Co./Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Ausar Music/Universal Music-Careers (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Track 6 Contains excerpts from “Nightbird.” performed by The Fabulous Three,courtesy of Truth & Soul Records. Written by Leon Marcus Michels and published by Songs of Koch (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Track 8 Contains interpolation of the compositions “Yearning For Your Love,” written by Oliver Scott, Ronald Wilson and published by Taking Care Of Business Music (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Track 9 Contains samples of “O Yes My Lord” (Ernest Fowler) performed by Voices of Conquest. Contains samples of “Is There Any Love” (Paul Zaza and Trevor Dandy) performed by Trevor Dandy. Licensed courtesy of The Numero Group and published by Dust Index (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Track 10 Contains excerpts from “Telegram” performed by Eleanore Mills, courtesy of Saru. Used by permission. Written by T. Keith and published by Gambi Music, Inc./Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Contains sampled portion of the documentary entitled “J. Dilla: Still Shining,” produced by Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins. Used courtesy of Gifted Entertainment. All rights reserved. Contains vocal snippet of J Dilla, courtesy of Madukes. Used by permission. Snoh Aalegra appears courtesy of Epic Records Derrick Hodge appears courtesy of Blue Note Records Kingdom Voices: Marcus Morton, Alfred Golden, Terrence “Snoop” Marshall, Vernard Burton, Sandra Howse Dillard, Carya Holmes, Eleanor Hampton, Tanesha Jefferson, Brandi Brumfield, Andrea Moore Daly, Meagan McNeal & Miriam Noelle ℗© 2014 Def Jam Recordings(ARTium Records), a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution.

     
Musicians
PortraitCommon voc, acg, *1972 US
album by
Francois Mobasser
legal, legal counsel
PortraitAntoinette Trotman ,
management, business affairs
PortraitIan Allen ,
management, business affairs
PortraitLynn Gonzalez ,
management, business affairs
Vol S. Davis III
management, business affairs
PortraitChris Atlas ,
management, marketing
PortraitDanny Zook ,
other, clearance agent
PortraitDeborah Mannis-Gardner , US
other, clearance agent
Micaela Erlanger
other, styling
PortraitCocaine 80s , *2011 US
featuring
PortraitLil Herb ,
featuring
PortraitRobert Clark Betty, Jr. ,
vocals
PortraitDion Wilson ,
keyboards
PortraitBig Sean , *1988 US
featuring
PortraitJames Poyser key, ep, *1967 US
keyboards, written by, keyboards, keys
PortraitJhené AIko voc, *1988 US
featuring
PortraitDreezy voc, *1994 US
featuring
PortraitSnoh Aalegra voc, SE
featuring
PortraitMalik Yusef , *1971 US
featuring
PortraitElijah Blake voc, US
featuring
PortraitSteve Wyreman g,
guitar, written by
PortraitKevin Randolph key, p, US
keyboards
PortraitVince Staples , *1993 US
featuring, written by
PortraitEleanor Hampton ,
vocals, ad-lib vocals
PortraitDerrick Hodge b, eb, *1979 US
bass
Producers
Michael Chavez a&r, executive-producer, co-executive producer
Keith Tucker a&r, a&r administration
Leesa D. Brunson a&r, a&r operations
Alex Haldi art direction, design
Tyrone Davis Jr. coordinator, a&r coordination
Tricia Sterling coordinator, marketing coordinator
No I.D. executive-producer
Common executive-producer, co-executive producer
Jaha Johnson management
Brian Gardner mastered by
Mike Bozzi mastered by, assistant
Pamela Littky photography by
Michael Kuzoian engineer, assistant engineer
Ross Neiko engineer, assistant engineer
Young Guru mixed by
Josh Story recorded by, engineer, assistant engineer
Michael "Law" Thomas recorded by
Maximilian Jaeger recorded by, big sean’s vocals recorded by
Bobby Campbell recorded by, jhené aiko’s vocals recorded by
Casey Cuayo engineer, assistant engineer
Jim Caruana recorded by
The Kingdom Voices backing vocals, background vocals
James Poyser co-producer
Craig Bauer recorded by, vocals recorded by
Greg Rominiecki recorded by
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1The NeighborhoodCommonCurtis Mayfield, Ernest Wilson, Herbert Wright, James Fauntleroy II, Lonnie Rashid Lynn3:58
2No FearCommonErnest Wilson, Lonnie Rashid Lynn3:12
3DiamondsCommonErnest Wilson, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Sean Anderson3:53
4Blak MajikCommonErnest Wilson, James Poyser, Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, Lonnie Rashid Lynn3:19
5Speak My PieceCommonAndy Armer, Christopher Wallace, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Ernest Wilson, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Randy Alpert, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Sean Combs3:51
6Hustle HarderCommonS. Nowrozi, S. Sledge, Alexander Izquierdo, Ernest Wilson, Kirby Lauren Dockery, Leon Michels, Lonnie Rashid Lynn3:58
7Nobody’s SmilingCommonErnest Wilson, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Malik Jones4:16
8RealCommonErnest Wilson, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson, Sean Fenton, Steve Wyreman3:22
9KingdomCommonErnest Fowler, Ernest Wilson, James Poyser, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Vince Staples6:22
10Rewind ThatCommonErnest Wilson, James Poyser, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Tommy Keith5:21
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