Boney James – Pure

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Dean Parks
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Hey
Arranged By [Strings] – Boney James
Bass – Pino Palladino
Cello – Cecilia Tsan
Guitar [Wah] – Rohn Lawrence
Hihat [Overdubs] – Ricardo Jordan
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Piano [Acoustic] – Morris Pleasure
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards, Programmed By – Boney James
Viola – Roland Kato
Violin – Ralph Morrison
Violin – Sara Parkins
Written-By, Keyboards – Phil Davis (2)

Acoustic Guitar – Dean Parks
Arranged By [Strings] – Jerry Hey
Bass – Alex Al
Cello – Cecilia Tsan
Drums [Live] – Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson
Electric Guitar – Rohn Lawrence
Featuring, Vocals – Bilal
Keyboards – Morris Pleasure
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Producer, Keyboards – Rex Rideout
Soprano Saxophone, Drum Programming – Boney James
Viola – Roland Kato
Violin – Ralph Morrison
Violin – Sara Parkins
Written-By – Rex Rideout
Written-By – Phillip Jackson

Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Dave Torkanowsky
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Producer [Additional], Arranged By, Keyboards, Written-By – Greg Smith (14)
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards – Boney James
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey

Bass – Alex Al
Drums – Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Dave Torkanowsky
Featuring, Piano [Acoustic] – Joe Sample
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards – Boney James
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey
Written-By, Clavinet – Darrell Smith

Featuring, Vocals – Debi Nova
Guitar – Tony Maiden
Percussion – Luis Conte
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards, Bass [Key], Programmed By – Boney James

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Dean Parks
Bass – Larry Kimpel
Drums – Ricardo Jordan
Guitar – Rohn Lawrence
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Piano [Acoustic], Organ [Wurlitzer] – Dave Torkanowsky
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards – Boney James
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey
Written-By – Leon Bisquera

Bass – Alex Al
Featuring, Vocals – Dwele
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion – Luis Conte
Soprano Saxophone, Keyboards – Boney James
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey
Written-By – Andwele Gardner
Written-By – Johnny Britt

Bass – Alex Al
Drums – Teddy Campbell
Guitar – Erick Walls
Percussion – Luis Conte
Tenor Saxophone, Keyboards – Boney James
Written-By, Keyboards – Johnny Britt

Bass [Funk] – Alex Al
Bass [Fuzz] – Pino Palladino
Drums – Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet – Morris Pleasure
Guitar – Rohn Lawrence
Organ – Tim Carmon
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Tenor Saxophone – Boney James
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey
Vocals – Lauren Evans

Drums – Ricky Lawson
Electric Piano [Digital Rhodes] – Kurt "KC" Clayton
Guitar – Marlon McClain
Organ – Billy Preston
Percussion – Luis Conte
Piano [Acoustic] – Bobby Lyle
Producer, Written-By – Gerald McCauley
Producer, Written-By – Paul Brown
Sounds [Source] – Matt Richardson (3)
Tenor Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2)
Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey