CREDITS: The Roots - Rising Down

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The Roots
Rising Down
2008 - Def Jam



01. The Pow Wow
(J. Simmons, R. Nichols, T. Trotter, A. Thompson)

02. Rising Down (feat. Mos Def & Styles)
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, A. Thompson, D. Smith, D. Styles, M. Farmer)
Produced by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
Recorded by Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
and Jon Smeltz at The Boom room, Philadelphia, PA
Mos Def vocal engineer: Jan Fairchild
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Mos Def appears courtesy of Downtown Records
Contains an interpolation of the composition "Nobody Is The same" written by Mark farmer and published by Storybook Music (BMI) and Cram Renraff c/o MCS america.

03. Get Busy (feat. Dice Raw & Peedi Peedi)
R. Reynolds, J. Jenkins, P. Zayas, T. Trotter, C. Patierno, B. McKenna, V. Davis, J. Roper, C. Rio)
Produced by The Roots & Ritz Reynolds
Recorded by Ritz Reynolds at Far-n-Low Studios, Philadelphia, PA
and jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
Drums recorded by Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Contains excerpts from the "Pee Wee Dance" written by Vincent Davis, Joel Roper and Chuck Rio and piblished by A Little More Music, Inc./Vintertainment Publishing/EMI Longitude Music/Universal Music Careers
Featuring samples from the Hoeski Love recording, produced under license from Rhino Entertainment Corp., a division of Warner Music Group

04. @15
(T. Trotter)

05. 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)
(T. Trotter, A. Thompson)
Produced by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson
Recorded by Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
and by Montez Roberts at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by ?uestlove & Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia PA
Sousaphone: Dame "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Drums: ?uestlove
Lead Vocals: Black Thought

06. Becoming Unwritten
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, A. Thompson, T. Jamal, R. Mateen, K. Mateen)
Produced by The Roots & Tahir Jamal, Radji mateen & Khari Mateen
Recorded by John Stahl at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA and Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
and Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by ?uestlove and Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Lead Vocals: Black Thought
Atmospheric Vocals: Mercedes Martinez

07. Criminal (feat. Truck North & Saigon)
(T. Trotter, K. Mateen, K. Jenkins, J. Miller, B. Carenard)
Produced by The Roots & Khari Mateen
Recorded by Khari Mateen at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA and Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought, Truck North, Saigon
Chorus Vocals: Kevin Hanson
Atmospheric Vocals: Mercedes Martinez
Saigon appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

08. I Will Not Apologize (feat. Porn & Dice Raw)
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, G. Spearman, R. Nichols, F. Kuti)
Produced by The Roots & Richard Nichols
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
and Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Recording and mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought, Porn, Dice Raw
Chorus: Dice Raw & Talib Kweli
Contains excerpts from the composition and sound recording "Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss" written by Fela Kuti and published by FKO Music.
Performed by Fela Kuti

09. I Can't Help It (feat. Malik B, Porn, Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw)
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, M. Smart, G. Spearman, R. Nichols, A. Thompson, P. Martinez)
Produced by The Roots & Richard Nichols
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought, Malik B., Porn
Chorus Vocals: Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw

10. Singing Man (feat. Porn, Truck North & Dice Raw)
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, J. Miller, G. Spearman, K. Mateen, A. Thompson)
Produced by The Roots & Khari Mateen
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA and Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought, Porn, Truck North
Chorus Vocals: Dice Raw
Atmospheric Vocals: Mercedes Martinez

11. Unwritten (feat. Mercedes Martinez)
(T. Trotter, K. Jenkins, A. Thompson, T. Jamal, R. Mateen, K. Mateen)
Produced by The Roots & Tahir Jamal, Radji Mateen & Khari Mateen
Recorded by John Stahl at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA and Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought
Chorus Vocals: Mercedes Martinez

12. Lost Desire (feat. Malik B & Talib Kweli)
(T. Trotter, M. Smart,T. Greene, K. Jenkins, K. Mateen)
Produced by The Roots & Khari Mateen
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; Khari Mateen at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
and Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Recording and mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought, Malik B., Talib Kweli
Chorus Vocals: ?uestlove
Talib Kweli appears courtesy of Backsmith Music/Warner Bros. Records

13. The Show (feat. Common & Dice Raw)
(T. Trotter, L. Lynn Jr., T. Jamal, A. Thompson, K. Jenkins)
Produced by The Roots & Tahir Jamal
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA; Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
and Anthony Kilhoffer at Paramount studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought & Common
Chorus Vocals: Dice Raw
Atmospheric Vocals: Mercedes Martinez
Common appears courtesy of Geffen Records

14. Rising Up (feat. Wale & Chrisette Michele)
(T. Trotter, O. Folarin, K. Jenkins)
Produced by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson & James Poyser
Recorded by Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA  and Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Lead Vocals: Black Thought & Wale
Chorus Vocals: Chrisette Michele & ?uestlove

15. Birthday Girl (feat. Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy) [International Bonus Track / U.S. iTunes Bonus Track]
(T. Trotter, A. Thompson, S. Clark)
Produced by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Shane Cark & Richard Nichols
Recorded by Jon Smeltz at The Boom Room, Philadelphia, PA
Drums recorded by Steve Mandel at A House Called ?uest, Philadelphia, PA
Patrick Stump vocals recorded by Russ Elevado at Avatar, NYC
Mixed by Jason Goldstein at Battery Studios, NYC
Mix assistant: Tim Sturges
Vocals: Black Thought, Patrick Stump, Shane Clark, Kelli Scarr, Mercedes Martinez

16. Outro [Hidden Track]

Executive Producer: Richard Nichols
Mastered by: Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace, New York NYC

[Jome]

Sweeet, now that's proper. 

[jzilli]

anybody know who produced The Grand Return?

it's on the UK release:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Down-Roots/dp/B0016MJ2UA