Kanye West - Cruel Summer

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Kanye West
Cruel Summer

Album US 2012 on Def Jam Recordings label
Hip-Hop/Rap

Track 3 contains samples of the recordings "Dust A Sound Boy" by Super Beagle, "Cu-Oonuh" by Reggie Stepper and "Lambo" by YB. Track 4 contains samples of the recordings "Synthetic Substition" by Melvin Bliss, "Mighty Healthy (A Capella)" by Ghostface Killah, the Reverend G. I. Townsend recording "Sermon Fragment" and "Bodas De Sangue" by Marcos Valle. Track 5 contains elements of "Get Me To The Churh On Time" Track 6 contains interpolations of "Illegal Search" Track 9 contains samples of the recordings "Public Enemy No. 1" by Public Enemy and "Double Barrel" by Dave & Ansel Collins. Track 12 contains samples from the Reverend G. I. Townsend recording "Sermon Fragment" and the recording "Under mi sensi" by Barrington Levy

Musicians

	Kanye West voc, *1977 US album by, featuring, written by, vocals, additional
	Guido Callarelli art direction, for donda
	Michael Guido , legal
	Renee Karalian legal
	Rob Cohen , legal
	Antoinette Trotman , management, business affairs
	Ian Allen , management, business affairs
	Jerry Juste management, business affairs
	Vol S. Davis III management, business affairs
	DeAndre "Free" Maiden management, good music president
	Chris Atlas , management, marketing
	Eric Weissman Music Licensing, Inc. , management, sample clearances
	Fabien Montique photography by, for donda
	R. Kelly voc, str, *1967 US featuring, written by
	Danny Flam , horns
	Noah Goldstein , US programmed by, additional programming by, keyboards, keys, vocals, additional
	Twilite Tone , programmed by, additional programming by
	Ian Mereness , recorded by, r. kelly vocals
	Pete Whitfield str, vn, GB strings
	Teyana Taylor , *1990 US vocals, additional, featuring, written by
	Big Sean , *1988 US featuring
	Jay-Z voc, *1969 featuring
	Aude Cardona , vocals, additional
	Cocaine 80s , *2011 US vocals, additional, featuring
	Travis Jones voc, vocals, additional
	2 Chainz voc, *1977 US featuring, vocals, additional
	Pusha T bvoc, *1977 US featuring
	Anthony Kilhoffer , instruments, additional instruments, effects, sound effects
	Hudson Mohawke voc, *1986 GB instruments, additional instruments
	Ghostface Killah voc, *1970 US featuring
	Mike Dean b, g, instruments, additional, keyboards, keys
	Common voc, acg, *1972 US featuring
	CyHi Da Prynce , US featuring
	D'banj voc, *1981 NG featuring
	Kid Cudi g, b, *1984 US featuring
	Raekwon voc, *1970 US featuring
	Che Vicious , programmed by, additional programming by
	Plain Pat , programmed by, additional programming by
	Andrea Martin voc, bvoc, *1975 US vocals, additional, written by
	DJ Khaled voc, *1975 US featuring
	DJ Pharris , US vocals, additional
	Chris Chorney , cello
	Mase voc, *1975 US featuring
	The-Dream voc, *1981 US featuring
	John Legend voc, *1978 US vocals, additional, featuring
	Malik Yusef , *1971 US featuring
	Travis Scott voc, *1992 US featuring, written by
	Marsha Ambrosius voc, *1977 GB featuring, written by
	James Fauntleroy II voc, vocals, additional, written by
	Chief Keef voc, *1995 US featuring
	Jadakiss voc, *1975 featuring
	Ken Lewis , US programmed by, additional programming by

Producers

Che Pope a&r, executive-producer, co-executive producer

Don C a&r

Patrick Reynolds a&r

Nicole Jones a&r, a&r administration

Terese Joseph a&r, a&r administration

Leesa D. Brunson a&r, a&r coordination

Kristen Yiengst creative director, art production

Scott Townsend creative director, art production

Todd Russell creative director, art production

Kanye West creative director, creative direction for donda, executive-producer, co-producer, producer, additional production by

Virgil Abloh creative director, creative direction for donda

Joe Perez design, graphic design for donda

Donda design concept, design, packaging design

Izvor Zivkovic management

Mike Dean mastered by, mixed by, producer, additional production by, recorded by

Doug Joswick product manager, package production

Noah Goldstein mixed by, recorded by, producer, additional production by

Christian Mochizuki mixed by, mix assisted by, mixed by, assisted by, recorded by, assisted by

Eric Kelekolio mixed by, mix assisted by, mixed by, assisted by, recorded by, assisted by

Gaylord Holomalia mixed by, mix assisted by, mixed by, assisted by, recorded by, assisted by

Pop Wansel producer

Anthony Kilhoffer producer, additional production by, recorded by, mixed by, co-producer

Hudson Mohawke producer, additional production by, co-producer

Ken Lewis producer, additional production by

Million Dollar Mano producer, additional production by

Travis Scott producer, additional production by, co-producer

Richard Parry recorded by, additional recording by, recorded by, assisted by, mixed by, assisted by

Hit-Boy producer

Rob Kinelski recorded by

Lifted producer, producer, additional production by

Boogz co-producer

Tapez co-producer

Daniel Betancourt recorded by

Jeff Bhasker co-producer

Illmind producer

Keith Parry mixed by, mix assisted by

Bart Schoudel recorded by

Jim Caruana recorded by

Miguel Scott recorded by

Tommy Brown producer

Twilite Tone co-producer, producer, additional production

Mannie Fresh producer, additional production by

Anna Ugarte recorded by, assisted by

Rob Suchecki recorded by, assisted by

Dan Black producer

Iain Findlay recorded by

Jason Agel recorded by

Young Chop producer

Na'el Shehade recorded by

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	To The World	Kanye West	Andrew Wansel, Che Smith, Kanye West, Malik Jones, R. Kelly, Warren Felder	3:51
2	Clique	Kanye West	Chauncey Hollis, James Fauntleroy II, Kanye West, Sean Anderson, Shawn Carter	4:54
3	Mercy.1	Kanye West	Anthony Khan, Denzie Beagle, James Thomas, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Reginald Williams, Sean Anderson, Stephan Taft, Tauheed Epps, Terrence Thornton, Winston Riley	5:26
4	New God Flow.1	Kanye West	Dennis Coles, Herb Rooney, Highleigh Crizoe, Kanye West, Marcos Valle, Reverend G. I. Townsend, Ronald Bean, Terrence Thornton	5:57
5	The Morning	Kanye West	Al Lerner, Andrea Martin, Corey Woods, Cydel Young, Frederick Loewe, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Ramon Ibanga, Tauheed Epps, Terrence Thornton, Travis Scott	4:35
6	Cold.1	Kanye West	Chauncey Hollis, James Todd Smith, Kanye West, Marlon Williams	3:36
7	Higher	Kanye West	Chauncey Hollis, James Fauntleroy II, Mason Betha, Terius Nash, Terrence Thornton	4:34
8	Sin City	Kanye West	Cydel Young, J. Young, John Stephens, Malik Jones, Teyana Taylor, Tommy Brown, Travis Scott, Victoria McCants	4:28
9	The One	Kanye West	Ansel Collins, Byron Thomas, Carlton Ridenhour, Che Smith, Dave Barker, James Boxley, James Fauntleroy II, Kanye West, Malik Jones, Marsha Ambrosius, Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Winston Riley	5:45
10	Creepers	Kanye West	Dan Black, Scott Mescudi	3:14
11	Bliss	Kanye West	Erika Tatiana Karhonda Hamilton, John Stephens, Ross Birchard, Teyana Taylor	3:30
12	Don't Like.1	Kanye West	Barrington Levy, Jason Phillips, Kanye West, Keith Cozart, Paul Love, Reverend G. I. Townsend, Sean Anderson, Terrence Thornton, Tyree Pittman	4:44

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