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a&r The Carter Administration
art direction, design JP Robinson
art direction, design Shawn Carter
tracks 5 to 7, 9 bass, guitar Ed Goldson
tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 drums Mario Winans
executive-producer L.A. Reid
executive-producer Shawn Carter
mastered by Tony Dawsey
tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14 mixed by DURO
tracks 2, 3, 6, 9 mixed by Victor Abijaoudi II
tracks 4, 8, 11, 12, 14 mixed by [assistant] Jordan Young
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 mixed by [assistant] Steve Dickey
tracks 5 to 7, 9 percussion Bashiri Johnson
photography by [all other] Hype Williams
photography by [back cover and cd label] JP Robinson
photography by [front cover, page 2 and outside inlay] Arthur Elgort
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 producer LV
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 producer P. Diddy
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 producer Sean Cane
producer [associate] Sean Combs
producer [associate] The Hitmen
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 9, 11 to 14 recorded by Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 recorded by Steve Dickey
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 recorded by Victor Abijaoudi II
tracks 2, 3, 5 strings Mario Winans
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 written-by Deleno Matthews
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 written-by Levar Coppin
tracks 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 written-by Sean Combs
tracks 2 to 15 written-by Shawn Carter
Phonographic Copyright (p) Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC
Copyright (c) Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC
Manufactured By Island Def Jam Music Group
Marketed By Island Def Jam Music Group
Distributed By Universal Music Distribution
Pressed By EDC, USA
Inspired by the Denzel Washington / Russell Crowe movie American Gangster, but it is not a soundtrack for the movie.

The 16-page booklet contains lyrics.

Intro, No Hook, Success and Blue Magic contain excerpts from American Gangster used courtesy of Universal Studios.

Pray contains a sample from New Earth by Hank Marvin, written by Alan Hawkshaw.

American Dreamin' contains a sample of the recording Soon I'll Be Loving You Again as performed by Marvin Gaye, written by M. Gaye, A. Ross, L. Ware.

Hello Brooklyn 2.0 contains excerpts from Hello Brooklyn performed by The Beastie Boys.

No Hook contains a sample of the recording Love Serenade as performed by Barry White (B. White).

Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... contains a sample of Make the Road by Walking performed by The Menahan Street Band, written by T. Brenneck, D. Guy, M. Deller, L. Michels, B. Mann.

Sweet contains a sample of Does Your Mama Know written by Rudy Love and performed by Rudy Love & The Love Family.

Party Life contains a sample from Get into the Party Life by Little Beaver, written by W. Hale and D. Stone.

Ignorant Sh*t contains a sample of Between the Sheets performed by The Isley Bros., written by R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley, M. Isley, E. Isley and C. Jasper.

Say Hello contains a sample of the recording The Love We Share Is the Greatest of Them All as performed by Tom Brock, written by T. Brocker.

Success contains a sample of the recording Funky Thing Pt. 1 written by Larry Ellis and performed by Larry Ellis and The Black Hammer.

Fallin' contains samples from Fell for You performed by The Dramatics, written by T. Hester.

Blue Magic embodies portions of Hold On written by D. Foster, T. McElroy, T. Ellis, C. Herron, M. Jones and D. Robinson, also contains excerpt from the motion picture Frankenstein, score by Bernard Kaun.

American Gangster contains samples from the Curtis Mayfield recording Short Eyes, written by Curtis Mayfield.
Barcode: 602517499898 (Scanned)
Barcode: 6 02517 49989 8 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: [EDC logo] B00 102 2902 01@ H MADE IN USA BY EDC (Variant 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L006 (Variant 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0316 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: [EDC logo] B00 102 2902 01@ R (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0319 (Variant 2)
Other: MADE IN USA BY UML (Variant 2 Mould Stamp)