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

Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Intro recording engineer and mixer: Andrew Dawson electric bass guitar: Derrick Hodge harp: Brandee Younger keyboard: James Poyser membranophone: Karriem Riggins arranger: Derrick Hodge recording of: Intro composer: Derrick Hodge	Common	1:17
2	Start the Show additional recording engineer: Brian Atkins and Phil Strong recording engineer: Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean cello: Zoé Cartier keyboard and synthesizer: Omar Edwards viola: Hannah Klein violin: Margherita Biederbick and Laura Rajanen guest background vocals: Bilal guest lead vocals: Kanye West lead vocals: Common samples: The Windmills of Your Mind by Dorothy Ashby recording of: Start the Show composer: Kanye West, Michel Legrand and Lonnie Rashid Lynn	Common	3:15
3	The People recording engineer: Andrew Dawson producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean electric bass guitar: Derrick Hodge keyboard: Omar Edwards additional guest background vocals: Dwele lead vocals: Common samples: Let the Drums Speak by Fatback Band, Long Red by Mountain and We Almost Lost Detroit by Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson recording of: The People composer: Kanye West, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Gil Scott‐Heron	Common	3:25
4	Drivin’ Me Wild additional recording engineer: Dave Paul recording engineer: Neil Baldock and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: Kanye West mixer: Jimmy Douglass keyboard: Omar Edwards guest lead vocals: Lily Allen lead vocals: Common 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, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Charles Stepney	Common featuring Lily Allen	3:43
5	I Want You recording engineer: Padraic Kerin and will.i.am producer: will.i.am mixer: Dylan Dresdow keyboard and synthesizer: Omar Edwards guest background vocals: Rhea Williams guest lead vocals: will.i.am lead vocals: Common samples: Baby, This Love I Have by Minnie Riperton, Feel Like Making Love by Bob James, 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 recording of: I Want You composer: Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Gene McDaniels and William Adams	Common	4:30
6	Southside additional recording engineer: Dave Paul recording engineer: Neil Baldock, Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer additional producer: J Dilla producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean keyboard and synthesizer: Omar Edwards guest lead vocals: Kanye West guest other vocals: Rhea Williams lead vocals: Common samples: If There's a Will There's a Way by The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band recording of: Southside composer: Don Covay, Kanye West and Lonnie Rashid Lynn	Common featuring Kanye West	4:44
7	The Game recording engineer: Andrew Dawson producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean guest turntable: DJ Premier lead vocals: Common samples: Half Good, Half Sinner by O.C., Tezeta by Sèyfou Yohannès and The Corner by Common feat. The Last Poets recording of: The Game composer: Kanye West, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Soul Ekos Band	Common	3:32
8	U, Black Maybe recording engineer: Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean electric bass guitar: Derrick Hodge keyboard: James Poyser keyboard and synthesizer: Omar Edwards percussion: Karriem Riggins guest lead vocals: Bilal lead vocals: Common samples: Black Maybe by Syreeta recording of: U, Black Maybe writer: Phil Beaudreau, Marlanna Evans and Lalah Hathaway composer: Kanye West, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Stevie Wonder	Common	5:02
9	So Far to Go recording engineer: Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: J Dilla mixer: Andrew Dawson guest lead vocals: D’Angelo lead vocals: Common 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 and Rashid Lynn composer: Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, James Yancey, Chris Jasper, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Michael Eugene Archer publisher: Ah Choo Music Publishing, E P H C Y Publishing, Senseless Music and Universal Music Publishing Group	Common featuring D’Angelo	4:28
10	Break My Heart recording engineer: Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: Kanye West mixer: Mike Dean additional keyboard: James Poyser additional membranophone: Karriem Riggins electric bass guitar: Derrick Hodge keyboard: Omar Edwards lead vocals: Common samples: Someday by George Duke recording of: Break My Heart composer: George Duke, Kanye West and Lonnie Rashid Lynn	Common	3:40
11	Misunderstood recording engineer: Andrew Dawson and Anthony Kilhoffer producer: Devo Springsteen mixer: Mike Dean flute and keyboard: Omar Edwards guest lead vocals: Bilal lead vocals: Common samples: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone recording of: Misunderstood composer: Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, DeVon Harris, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Sol Marcus version of: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood	Common	4:44
12	Forever Begins recording engineer and mixer: Andrew Dawson producer: Kanye West cello: Alana E. Bennett electric bass guitar: Derrick Hodge keyboard: Omar Edwards and James Poyser keyboard, piano and synthesizer: Omar Edwards viola: Dawn Smith violin: Monique Spencer and Edith Dawn Yorkley additional guest vocals: Bilal and Lonnie Lynn lead vocals: Common conductor: Derrick Hodge strings arranger: Derrick Hodge samples: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon and She’s Leaving Home by Syreeta recording of: Forever Begins writer: John Lennon and Paul McCartney composer: Kanye West, Lonnie Rashid Lynn and Paul Simon publisher: Paul Simon Music	Common	7:36

Credits

Release

art direction:	Gravillis Inc.
design/illustration:	Nigel Evan Dennis Gravillis Inc.
photography:	Nabil Elderkin
legal representation:	Francois Mobasser
booking:	Cara Lewis
co-executive producer:	Common Derek Dudley
executive producer:	Kanye West
mastering:	Tom Coyne

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 Mike Chavez Alicia N. Graham
creative direction:	Hylah Hedgepeth

associated singles/EPs:	Drivin’ Me Wild by Common 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]