Finding Forever

~ Release by Common (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Credits not added from liner:
Management: Derek Dudley
Personal Lifestyle Manager: Saunté D. Lowe
Personal Assistant: Rhea Williams
Publicity: Polaris PR
Production Manager: Cliff Feiman
Geffen Marketing Director: Tim Reid

Annotation last modified on 2009-08-31 10:56 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Intro
recording engineer and mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
harp:
Brandee Younger
keyboard:
James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
membranophone:
Karriem Riggins
arranger:
Derrick Hodge
recording of:
Intro
composer:
Derrick Hodge
Common11:17
2Start the Show
additional recording engineer:
Brian Atkins and Phil Strong (recording engineer)
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
cello:
Zoé Cartier
keyboard and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards
viola:
Hannah Klein
violin:
Margherita Biederbick and Laura Rajanen
guest background vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver)
guest lead vocals:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
The Windmills of Your Mind by Dorothy Ashby
recording of:
Start the Show
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Michel Legrand and Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper)
Common23:15
3The People
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
keyboard:
Omar Edwards
additional guest background vocals:
Dwele
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Let the Drums Speak by Fatback Band (previously Fatback Band), Long Red by Mountain (US hard rock band) and We Almost Lost Detroit by Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer & producer)
recording of:
The People
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Gil Scott‐Heron
Common3.253:25
4Drivin’ Me Wild
additional recording engineer:
Dave Paul (recording engineer)
recording engineer:
Neil Baldock and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
keyboard:
Omar Edwards
guest lead vocals:
Lily Allen
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Love Has Fallen on Me by Rotary Connection
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 94)
recording of:
Drivin' Me Wild
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter)
Common featuring Lily Allen43:43
5I Want You
recording engineer:
Padraic Kerin and will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
producer:
will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
mixer:
Dylan Dresdow
keyboard and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards
guest background vocals:
Rhea Williams
guest lead vocals:
will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Baby, This Love I Have by Minnie Riperton, Feel Like Making Love by Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer), It’s a New Day by Skull Snaps and You're Getting a Little Too Smart by Detroit Emeralds
music videos:
I Want You by Common (US rapper)
recording of:
I Want You
composer:
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper), Gene McDaniels and William Adams (American rapper and producer)
Common2.354:30
6Southside
additional recording engineer:
Dave Paul (recording engineer)
recording engineer:
Neil Baldock, Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
additional producer:
J Dilla (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards
guest lead vocals:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
guest other vocals:
Rhea Williams
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
If There's a Will There's a Way by The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
recording of:
Southside
composer:
Don Covay, Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West) and Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper)
Common featuring Kanye West1.54:44
7The Game
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
guest turntable:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Half Good, Half Sinner by O.C. (East-Coast US rapper Omar Credle), Tezeta by Sèyfou Yohannès and The Corner by Common (US rapper) feat. The Last Poets
recording of:
The Game
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Soul Ekos Band
Common33:32
8U, Black Maybe
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
keyboard:
James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards
percussion:
Karriem Riggins
guest lead vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Black Maybe by Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
recording of:
U, Black Maybe
writer:
Phil Beaudreau, Marlanna Evans (songwriter; aka. Rapsody) and Lalah Hathaway
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Stevie Wonder
Common35:02
9So Far to Go
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
J Dilla (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee)
mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
guest lead vocals:
D’Angelo (US soul singer, songwriter & producer)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Don’t Say Goodnight (It’s Time for Love), Parts 1 & 2 by The Isley Brothers
recording of:
So Far to Go
writer:
Michael Eugene Archer (US soul singer, songwriter & producer) and Rashid Lynn (US rapper)
composer:
Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley, James Yancey (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee), Chris Jasper, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Michael Eugene Archer (US soul singer, songwriter & producer)
publisher:
Ah Choo Music Publishing, E P H C Y Publishing, Senseless Music (BMI) and Universal Music Publishing Group
Common featuring D’Angelo1.54:28
10Break My Heart
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
additional keyboard:
James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
additional membranophone:
Karriem Riggins
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
keyboard:
Omar Edwards
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Someday by George Duke
recording of:
Break My Heart
composer:
George Duke, Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West) and Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper)
Common13:40
11Misunderstood
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
producer:
Devo Springsteen
mixer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
flute and keyboard:
Omar Edwards
guest lead vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
samples:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone
recording of:
Misunderstood
composer:
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, DeVon Harris, Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Sol Marcus
version of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Common3.854:44
12Forever Begins
recording engineer and mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
cello:
Alana E. Bennett
electric bass guitar:
Derrick Hodge
keyboard:
Omar Edwards and James Poyser (soul, r&b, hip-hop producer and songwriter)
keyboard, piano and synthesizer:
Omar Edwards
viola:
Dawn Smith (viola)
violin:
Monique Spencer and Edith Dawn Yorkley
additional guest vocals:
Bilal (US jazz/neo-soul vocalist Bilal Oliver) and Lonnie Lynn (rapper Common's father)
lead vocals:
Common (US rapper)
conductor:
Derrick Hodge
strings arranger:
Derrick Hodge
samples:
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel) and She’s Leaving Home by Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
recording of:
Forever Begins
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
composer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West), Lonnie Rashid Lynn (US rapper) and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music
Common1.57:36

Credits

Release

art direction:Gravillis Inc.
design/illustration:Nigel Evan Dennis (illustration)
Gravillis Inc.
photography:Nabil Elderkin
legal representation:Francois Mobasser
booking:Cara Lewis
co-executive producer:Common (US rapper)
Derek Dudley
executive producer:Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
mastering:Tom Coyne (mastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4758465 [info]
ASIN:US: B000RN86BK [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0001277215 [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Don C (A&R for G.O.O.D. Music)
Mike Chavez
Alicia N. Graham
creative direction:Hylah Hedgepeth
associated singles/EPs:Drivin’ Me Wild by Common (US rapper) feat. Lily Allen
part of:Grammy Award: Best Rap Album nominees (number: 2008) (order: 64)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/32491 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gq9x [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/common/finding_forever/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000477178 [info]
Wikidata:Q1416826 [info]