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Acoustic Bass – Derrick Hodge
Keyboards – James Poyser
Mixed By – Andrew Dawson
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – Caesar Frazier

Backing Vocals – Kanye West
Backing Vocals – The Last Poets
Featuring – The Last Poets
Written-By – Abiodun Oyewole
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – Leon Moore
Written-By – Umar Bin Hassan

Backing Vocals – John Mayer
Backing Vocals – Kanye West
Percussion – Num H.S. Amun'Tehu
Scratches – A-Trak
Written-By – John Mayer
Written-By – Linda Lewis
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn

Backing Vocals – Bilal
Backing Vocals – John Legend
Keyboards – James Poyser
Sampler [Sample Recreation] – Ken Lewis (4)
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – D. J. Rogers

Written-By – Angelo Bond
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – General Johnson
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – Greg Perry

Backing Vocals – Luna E
Backing Vocals – Cirius B
Instruments [All Instruments By] – James Poyser
Mixed By – Bob Power
Producer, Recorded By – J Dilla
Written-By – J Dilla
Written-By – Marvin Gaye
Written-By – Anna Gordy Gaye
Written-By – James Nyx
Written-By – Elgie Stover
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn

Backing Vocals – Kanye West
Recorded By – Jared Zastrow
Scratches – DJ Dummy
Scratches – A-Trak
Written-By – Eddie Cornelius
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn

Backing Vocals – Kanye West
Mixed By – Andrew Dawson
Performer [Intro] – Dave Chappelle
Post Production [Constructed By] – Michael Chavez (2)
Recorded By [The Dave Chappelle Show] – Charles Hunt
Scratches – DJ Dummy
Written-By – Eugene Record
Written-By – Sam Cooke
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Stanley McKenny
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn

Recorded By – Anthony Kilhoffer
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – Caesar Frazier

Backing Vocals – Kanye West
Backing Vocals – John Legend
Featuring – Kanye West
Featuring – John Legend
Written-By – Linda Epstein
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Thom Bell
Written-By – John Legend
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn

Backing Vocals – Bilal
Backing Vocals – Lonnie Lynn
Co-producer – Karriem Riggins
Co-producer – James Poyser
Keyboards [Additional] – Kanye West
Keyboards, Strings – James Poyser
Mixed By – Bob Power
Percussion, Drums – Karriem Riggins
Producer, Recorded By – J Dilla
Read By [Poetry By] – Lonnie Lynn
Strings – James Poyser
Written-By – J Dilla
Written-By – Karriem Riggins
Written-By – Robert Curington
Written-By – James Poyser
Written-By – Kanye West
Written-By – Lonnie Lynn
Written-By – Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Written-By – Willie Lester