a&r Teresa LaBarbera Whites art direction Ian Cuttler artwork [graphic artist] James Hunter tracks 12 engineer Brian Springer tracks 2, 3, 6, 13 engineer Carlos Bedoya tracks 12 engineer Dan Workman tracks 1, 5 engineer Jim Caruana tracks 15 engineer Mark Batson tracks 15 engineer Michael McCoy tracks 14 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Brendan Kurtz tracks 9, 15 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Dan Bucchi tracks 8 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Demacio "Demo" Castellon tracks 3 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Greg Price tracks 7 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Jason Dale tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Luz Vasquez tracks 9, 14, 15 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Matt Snedecor tracks 4, 5, 6, 10 engineer [assistant mix engineer] Pat Woodward tracks 15 engineer [assistant] Jon Belec executive-producer Beyoncé Knowles executive-producer Mathew Knowles hair Chuckie Amos make-up Mally Roncal marketing Quincy S. Jackson mastered by Tom Coyne tracks 1 to 7, 9, 10, 14, 15 mixed by Tony Maserati photography by Dhalen photography by Markus Klinko & Indrani tracks 1 to 7, 9, 10, 13 to 15 producer Beyoncé tracks 4 producer [additional vocal production] Big Boi tracks 8 producer [vocals] Beyoncé Knowles tracks 7 recorded by Focus tracks 8 recorded by Jim Caruana tracks 1, 3 recorded by Pat Thrall tracks 11 recorded by Stan Wallace tracks 4 recorded by Young Guru tracks 4 recorded by [additional recording] Chris Carmouche tracks 4 recorded by [additional recording] Vincent Alexander tracks 11 recorded by [strings] Ray Bardani tracks 7 recorded by [vocals] Carlos Bedoya stylist Tina Knowles stylist [prop stylist] Kevin Bird Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Manufactured By Columbia Records Recorded At Patchwerk Recording Studios Recorded At South Beach Studios Recorded At Sugar Hill Studios Recorded At The Enterprise Recorded At Sony Music Studios, New York City Recorded At The Hit Factory Recorded At Baseline Studios Recorded At Stankonia Recording Recorded At Soho Studios, New York City Recorded At COE.BE.3 Studios Recorded At Right Track Recording Mixed At The Hit Factory Mixed At The Enterprise Mastered At Sterling Sound Published By Music World Productions, Inc. Glass Mastered At DADC Track 1 samples The Chi-Lites’ Are You My Woman. Track 5 samples Shuggie Otis’ Strawberry Letter 23.