a&r [a&r direction] Patrick Reynolds administrator [a&r administration] Terese Joseph art direction Past Tell Museum coordinator [art and photography coordination] Kristen Yiengst design [package design] JP Robinson executive-producer Gee Roberson executive-producer Kanye West executive-producer Kyambo Joshua executive-producer The Carter Administration legal [legal counsel] Alison K. Finley legal [sample clearance] Eric Weissman Music Licensing, Inc. management Hip Hop Since 1978 management Hustle Management management [business affairs] Antoinette Trotman management [business affairs] Ian Allen management [business affairs] Randy McMillan mastered by Vlado Meller photography by Willy Vanderperre photography by [photograph of kanye and donda west] Danny Clinch product manager [package production] Carol Corless promotion [marketing for def jam] Chris Atlas promotion [marketing for hip hop since 1978] Al Branch promotion [marketing for hustle] Don C written-by Kanye West 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 Published By Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc. Published By EMI Blackwood Music Inc. Published By Above The Line Published By Young Jeezy Music Published By Copyright Control Published By Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing Published By Invisible Music (2) Published By Chrysalis Music Publishing Published By Jabriel Iz Myne Published By Get Ya Frog On Publishing Published By EMI April Music Inc. Published By EMI April Music (Canada) Ltd. Published By Stinkyminky Music Published By Penafire Music Published By Nappypub Music Published By Universal Music-Z Songs Published By TCF Music Publishing, Inc. Published By WB Music Corp. Published By Young Money Publishing, Inc. Published By Warner/Chappell Music Published By Chrysalis Songs Recorded At Glenwood Place Studios Recorded At Avex Honolulu Studios Recorded At Chung King Studios Mixed At Larrabee Sound Studios Mastered At Universal Mastering Studios Corporate Owner UMG Recordings, Inc. Made By EDC, Germany Issued in a trifold digisleeve. Clear sticker with title, artist etc was on the shrinkwrap and is usually not on the actual packaging. Includes a 14-page booklet and a 4 x 2 two-sided poster (one side featuring Kanye in a suit, the other with Kanye and his mother [while he is kissing her on the cheek]).
Enhanced part features only weblinks to various Kanye-related web sites
Tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 11 recorded at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA. and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. track 2 recorded at Glenwood Studios, Burbank, CA. and Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI. and at Chung King Studios, NYC. Tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 11 mixed at Larrabee Studios North, Los Angeles, CA. Mastered at Universal Music Studios East, NYC.
Track 7, RoboCop, embodies portions of Kissing In The Rain written by P. Doyle published by TCF Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) Track 9, Bad News, contains a sample of the recording See Line Woman as performed by Nina Simone. Used under licence from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. Written by George Bass. Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP). Track 11, Coldest Winter, embodies an interpolation of Memories Fade written by Roland Orzabal and published by Chrysalis Songs (BMI)
Publishers: 1. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / Young Jeezy Music (BMI)
2. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / Copyright Control / Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP)
3. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Invisible Music / Chrysalis Publishing (BMI) / Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP) / Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP)
4. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP) / Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / Young Jeezy Music (BMI)
5. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / EMI April Music Inc. / EMI April Music Canada Ltd. / Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN) / All rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP) / Copyright Control
6. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Copyright Control / Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP) / Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI)
7. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / EMI April Music Inc. / EMI April Music Canada Ltd. / Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN) / All rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Jabriel Iz Myne (ASCAP) / Get Ya Frog On Publishing (BMI) / Elsie's Baby Boy Publishing (ASCAP) / Penafire Music (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / Nappypub Music / Universal Music-Z-Songs (BMI) / Young Jeezy Music (BMI) / TCF Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP)
8. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Stinky Minky Music (SOCAN) / All rights for Stinky Minky Music controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Penafire Music (BMI) / Copyright Control
9. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
10. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Invisible Music / Chrysalis Publishing (BMI) / Above The Line (BMI) / Young Money Publishing Inc. / Warner Chappell Music (BMI)
11. Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Invisible Music / Chrysalis Publishing (BMI) / Chrysalis Songs (BMI)