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a&r [project a&r] Darren Salmieri
art direction Josephine DiDonato
design Aimée Macauley
design Alice Butts
executive-producer Faith Newman
executive-producer MC Serch
executive-producer Nasir Jones
liner notes Afrika Bambaataa
liner notes Busta Rhymes
liner notes Fab 5 Freddy
liner notes KRS-One
liner notes Nasir Jones
liner notes Raekwon
liner notes Sacha Jenkins
management Anthony Saleh
management [day to day management] Gabriel Zardes
management [day to day management] Leslie Rosales
mastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio
photography by [page 12, 13, 20, 21] Lisa Leone
photography by [page 7] Ralph Milan Jones
photography by [pages 2, 3] Chi Modu
photography by, photography by [pages 4, 5, 17, 24] Danny Clinch
product manager [product direction] Tom Burleigh
production manager [project direction] Marisa Jeffries
reissue producer Noah Uman
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright (p) Columbia Records
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) Columbia Records
Record Company Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o.
Manufactured By Columbia Records
Recorded At D&D Studios
Recorded At Unique Recording
Recorded At Chung King Studios
Recorded At Battery Studios, New York
Mixed At D&D Studios
Mixed At Unique Recording
Mixed At Chung King Studios
Mixed At Battery Studios, New York
Mastered At The Place...For Mastering
Produced For Works Of Mart Productions
Produced For Mecca And The Soul Brother Productions, Inc.
Produced For Paul Sea Productions, Inc.
Produced For A Tribe Called Quest, Inc.
Published By Gifted Pearl Music
Published By Ill Will Music, Inc.
Published By Skematics Music
Published By Minder Music (USA)
Published By Taking Care Of Business Music
Published By Total Experience Music Publishing Co.
Published By Hit'n'Hold Music
Published By Pete Rock Publishing
Published By Large Professor Music Ltd.
Published By EMI April Music Inc.
Published By EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
Published By MJQ Music, Inc.
Published By DJ Premier Publishing
Published By Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Published By Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By CAK Music
Published By Swing Beat Songs
Published By Navona Music Co.
Pressed By Sony DADC
Pressed By Sony DADC
Licensed From PolyGram Special Products
Licensed From Warlock Records
Licensed From Concord Music Group
Licensed From Universal Music Enterprises
Licensed From Traffic Entertainment Group
Licensed From Tuff City Records
Licensed From MJQ Music, Inc.
Issued in a three-panel Digipak with clear trays. A 24-page booklet is inserted into the front panel.
Some copies with sticker on cover:
A MASTERPIECE
- Original debut album REMASTERED
- 2nd Disc features 10 rare remixes, demos & freestyles
- NEW artwork with 24 page booklet
- Includes liner notes by Sacha Jenkins, tributes & rare photos

Track 2-2 full title: The Stretch Armstrong And Bobbito Show on WKCR, October 28, 1993, feat. Nas, 6'9, Jungle & Grand Wizard.

Mastered by Joe Palmaccio at The Place... For Mastering, Nashville.

Publishers:
Track 2: Gifted Pearl/Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
Track 3: Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)/Taking Care Of Business Music/Total Experience Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Track 4: Hit’N’Hold Music (ASCAP) Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Pete Rock Publishing (ASCAP)
Track 5: Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP)
Track 6: EMI Unart Catalog Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)
Track 7: Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)/MJQ Music, Inc. (BMI)
Track 8, 10: Large Professor Music Ltd./EMI April Music Inc./Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music (ASCAP)
Track 9: Ill Will Music, Inc./Skematics Music/DJ Premier Publishing/Gifted Pearl (ASCAP)

Track 2, 6, 9: Recorded and Mixed at D&D Recording, NYC
Track 3: Recorded and Mixed at Unique Studios and Chung King Studios, NYC
Track 4, 7: Recorded and Mixed at Battery Studios, NYC
Track 5, 8, 10: Recorded and Mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC
Track 10 Initial Tracking at PowerPlay Studios, Long Island City, NY

Samples:
Track 2: contains sample from “Mind Rain” as performed and written by J. Chambers
Track 3: contains sample from “Yearning For Your Love” as performed by The Gap Band and written by R. Wilson and O. Scott used courtes of Polygram Special Products, Inc.
Track 4: “It’s Yours” performed by La Rock, courtesy of Warlock Records
Track 5: contains samples from “Dead End,” “Soul Travelin’” and “School Boy Crush”
Track 6: contains sample “We’re In Love” as performed by Reuben Wilson and written by R. Wilson and P. Barsella
Track 7: contains sample from “Smilin’ Billy Suite Pt. II” as performed by The Heath Brothers and written by J. Heath
Track 8: contains sample from “Walter L” as written by G. Burton
Track 10: contains samples from “Human Nature” as performed by Michael Jackson and written by J. Bettis and J. Pocaro; and “N.T.” as performed by Kool & The Gang and written by G. Redd, Jr., R. Handy, C. Horne, R. Bell, R. Bell, R. Mickens, D. Thomas, G. Brown and C. Smith

© 1994, 2014 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment / ℗ 1992, 1994, 2014 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment / Made in the EU
Barcode: 8 86974 39542 3 (Text)
Barcode: 886974395423 (Scanned, UPC-A)
Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
Label Code: LC 00162
Other: 88697439542D1 (Disc 1)
Other: 88697439542D2 (Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0102289089-0102 15 A00 (Variant 1, Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0102289094-0202 15 A00 (Variant 1, Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (Variant 1, Disc 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941S (Variant 1, Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94W6 (Variant 1, Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0102289089-0102 15 A01 (Variant 2, Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0102289094-0202 15 A00 (Variant 2, Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555 (Variant 2, Disc 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 941S (Variant 2, Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94W6 (Variant 2, Disc 2)