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Usher
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Album GB 2001 on Arista label
Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B/Soul (RnB/Swing, Contemporary R&B)

Tracks 1, 10 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Produced for US Productions Co-produced/vocals arranged for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Recorded & mixed at The Hit Factory, NYC Track 2 Published by Smooth C. Publishing/Butterman's Land (BMI)/Guccizm Music/Universal Publishing (ASCAP) Produced for Butterman Productions Inc./ByStorm Ent. (Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement) & for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) Recorded at Stankonia Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA & Tree Sound Studios, Norcross, GA Mixed at Larrabee Sound North, Universal City, CA Track 3 Published by Waters Of The Nazareth Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/Drayton Gross publishing designee Recorded at The Record Plant, LA, CA Mixed for No Question Entertainment/Loreal Management at Right Track Recording, NYC All instruments arranged & performed for The Neptunes P. Diddy appears courtesy of Bad Boy Records Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo appear courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. Track 4 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc/Flyte Tyme Tunes/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Recorded & mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Stokley of Mint Condition appears courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group Tracks 5, 16 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc./So So Def/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Babyboy's Little Publishing Co./Noontime South (SESAC) Produced for So So Def Productions, Inc. Co-produced for Blackbaby, Inc./Noontime Music, Inc. Recorded/mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA Track 6 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc./Shak'em Down Music/Hitco South/Kandacy Music, Inc./Air Control Music, Inc./EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Produced/all instruments/midi & sound for She'kspere Productions Recorded for She'kspere Productions (She'kspere) at Triangle Sound Studio, Atlanta, GA Mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC Additional programming for Boob Tube Productions, in association with She'kspere Productions Vocal production for She'kspere Productions (She'kspere) Track 7 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/ECAF Music, Inc./Sony/ATV Songs, LLC (BMI)/So So Def/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Babyboy's Little Publishing/Noontime South (SESAC)/Big Poppa Music, Justin Combs Publishing, adm. by EMI-April Music, Inc./B Mo EZ Publishing, adm. by EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Saja Music Co./Songs of Lastrada/Rubber Band Music (BMI) Produced for So So Def Productions, Inc. Co-produced for Blackbaby, Inc./Noontime Music, Inc. Recorded at Brandon's Way Studio, LA, CA Mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA Contains excerpts from "Going Back To Cali", written by C. Wallace, O. Harvey & R. Troutman, published by Big Poppa Music, Justin Combs Publishing, adm. by EMI-April Music, Inc./B Mo EZ Publishing, adm. by EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Saja Music Co./Songs of Lastrada/Rubber Band Music (BMI). Contains samples of "Going Back To Cali", performed by The Notorious B.I.G., used courtesy of Arista Records, Inc. Jermaine Dupri appears courtesy of So So Def Recordings, Inc./Columbia Records Tracks 8, 15 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc./So So Def/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Babyboy's Little Publishing Co./Noontime South (SESAC) Produced for So So Def Productions, Inc. Co-produced for Blackbaby Music/Noontime Music, Inc. Recorded/mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA Jermaine Dupri appears courtesy of So So Def Recordings, Inc./Columbia Records Track 9 Published by Waters Of The Nazareth Publishing/EMI-Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) Recorded at The Record Plant, LA, CA Mixed for No Question Entertainment/Loreal Management at Right Track Recording, NYC & Criteria, Miami, FL All instruments arranged & performed for The Neptunes Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo appear courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. Kelis appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. Track 11 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc/Flyte Tyme Tunes/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Recorded at The Record Plant, LA & Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Track 12 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc/Flyte Tyme Tunes/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Produced & arranged for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Co-produced for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. Recorded & mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Stokley of Mint Condition appears courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group Track 13 Published by Mike City Music (BMI) Produced for Unsung Entertainment, Inc./Beat Brokas, Inc. Recorded at Hitland Studios, Alpharetta, GA Mixed at The Mix Room, Burbank, CA Track 14 Published by So So Def/EMI-April Music, Inc./UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Babyboy's Little Publishing Co./Noontime South (SESAC) Produced for So So Def Productions, Inc. Co-produced for Blackbaby Music, Inc./Noontime Music, Inc. Recorded/mixed at SouthSide Studios, Atlanta, GA Track 17 Published by UR IV Music/EMI-April Music, Inc/PYJ Publishing (ASCAP)/The Hit Catalog (BMI) Produced & arranged for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis), for DPS Productions, Inc. (Daron Jones) & for Chyna Skye Entertainment, Inc. (Cedric Moore) Recorded at Hitland Studio, Atlanta, GA, The Record Plant, LA, CA & Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN Mastered for PM Entertainment at Hit Factory Mastering ℗ 2000, 2001 © 2000 Arista Records, Inc. Distributed by the local BMG company, a unit of BMG Entertainment. Made in the EU.

Musicians

	Usher bvoc, *1978 US album by, vocals, all, vocals, all male
	D.L. Warfield , creative director, creative consultant
	Joe Mama-Nitzberg , *1965 US creative director, creative consultant
	Marcos Smith other, grooming
	Eric Archibald other, styling
	Rodney O'Neal other, styling
	Jan Smith , producer, vocal pre-production, repetiteur, vocal coach
	Jan Smith Studios, Inc. producer, vocal pre-production, repetiteur, vocal coach
	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis , *1982 arranged by, vocals, instruments, all additional, written by, instruments, additional
	Mark Rains , US engineer, pro-tools
	Chad Hugo key, sax, *1974 US instruments, all, arranged by, all instruments
	Pharrell Williams voc, *1973 US instruments, all, arranged by, all instruments, written by
	P. Diddy voc, *1969 featuring
	David Barry g, acoustic guitar
	Stokley Williams voc, dr, *1967 US drums, live
	William Odum , guitar
	Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , US instruments, all, midi controller, sound designer, written by
	Focus , programmed by, additional programming
	Babyface key, voc, performer, music performed by, written by
	Bryan-Michael Cox , *1977 US performer, music performed by, written by
	Jermaine Dupri voc, *1972 US performer, music performed by, vocals, additional, written by
	Notorious B.I.G. voc, bvoc, 1972-1997 US performer, samples of "going back to cali"
	Johnny "Natural" Najera g, guitar
	Arthur Strong , keyboards
	Valdez Brantley key, keyboards, programmed by
	James "Big Jim" Wright , keyboards, keyboards, keys, piano
	LaMarquis Jefferson b, US guitar
	Alex Richbourg , US drum programming, engineer, pro-tools, programmed by, midi programming
	Peter Ostroushko vn, man, *1953 US mandolin

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