R&B: The Collection 2007

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Apologize
assistant engineer:
Fareed Salamah
co-producer:
Timbaland
producer:
Ryan Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer) and Greg Wells
additional keyboard and strings:
Jerome Harmon (producer)
guest vocals:
OneRepublic
remixer:
Timbaland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) (in 2007) and Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2007)
co-produced for:
Timbaland Productions
recorded at:
The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida, United States and The Studio at the Palms in Paradise, Nevada, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida, United States
remix of:
Apologize (album version) by OneRepublic
music videos:
Apologize by Timbaland presents OneRepublic
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008 (number: 5) and Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 71)
recording of:
Apologize
lyricist and composer:
Ryan Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
publisher:
Midnite Miracle Music and Sony/ATV Pop Music Publishing
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic3.653:06
2Stronger
additional recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer), Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer), Anthony Kilhoffer and Kengo Sakurai
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer), Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer), Anthony Kilhoffer and 関根青磁 (Seiji Sekine)
additional programming:
Timbaland
assistant engineer:
Jason Agel, Nate Hertweck, Jared Robbins, Kengo Sakurai and Bram Tobey
additional producer and co-producer:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
producer:
Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
additional mixer:
Jared Robbins
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
guitar and keyboard:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
keyboard:
Andy Chatterley, Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer), Lamar “Mars” Edwards and Omar Edwards
additional arranger:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
arranger:
Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2007)
samples:
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk (French electronic duo)
music videos:
Stronger by Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 500)
recording of:
Stronger
writer:
Thomas Bangalter, Edwin Birdsong, Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer), Guy‐Manuel de Homem‐Christo and Kanye West (Ye, formerly Kanye West)
publisher:
Daft Life Limited (holding, file NO releases here!), Edwin Birdsong Music Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
is based on:
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Kanye West4.255:13
3Hate That I Love You
assistant recording engineer:
Ricardo "Slick" Hinkson, Deepu Panjwani and Phillip Ramos
recording engineer:
Al Hemberger, Michael Tocci and Mikkel S. Eriksen
producer:
Ne‐Yo (task: vocal) and StarGate (Norwegian production/songwriting team)
assistant mixer:
Josh Houghkirk
mixer:
Phil Tan (Malaysian-American audio engineer)
guitar:
Espen Lind
instruments:
Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen
lead vocals:
Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer)
produced for:
Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd. and RiotProof Productions
recorded at:
Battery Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States, Lethal Studios in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados and Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
mixed at:
Soapbox Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
music videos:
Hate That I Love You by Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer) feat. Ne‐Yo
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008 (number: 62)
recording of:
Hate That I Love You
writer:
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Chimere Smith
recording of:
Hate That I Love You
translated version of:
Hate That I Love You
Rihanna feat. Ne‐Yo2.653:40
4Baby Love
recording of:
Baby Love
writer:
Kara DioGuardi, Keith Harris (00s US producer & musician), Nicole Scherzinger and William Adams (American rapper and producer)
Nicole Scherzinger feat. will.i.am4:42
5Drivin’ 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 feat. Lily Allen43:45
6Big Girls Don’t Cry
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Strategic Marketing (subsidiary of Universal Music GmbH) (from 2007 to present)
recording of:
Big Girls Don’t Cry
writer:
Fergie (American singer) and Toby Gad (German songwriter, producer, pianist)
Fergie2.754:15
7I Got It From My Mama
samples:
Don Quichotte (No Están Aquí) by Magazine 60 and Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
will.i.am44:05
8Rehab
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor / orchestra)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist) and Ian Hendrickson-Smith
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
electric piano, handclaps and piano and piano:
Victor Axelrod
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
handclaps:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
harp:
Helen Tunstall
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Smith (British saxophonist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/conductor), Neal Sugarman and Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist)
trumpet:
Dave Guy and Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola player), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
wind instruments arranger:
Gabriel Roth and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 57), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 73) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 419)
recording of:
Rehab
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Amy Winehouse4.13:34
9Ridin’
performer:
Krayzie Bone (of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
recording of:
Ridin’
writer:
Hakeem Seriki, Anthony Henderson (aka Krayzie Bone), Juan Salinas (US hip hop producer) and Oscar Salinas (US rapper/producer Oscar Salinas, of Play N Skillz)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Chamillitary Camp Music, EMI April Music Inc., EMI Publishing, Leathaface Music (Krayzie Bone), Play for Play-N-Skillz Music, Skillz for Skillz-n-Play Music and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone33:46
10Love Me or Hate MeLady Sovereign3:13
11Real GirlMutya Buena3.353:29
12Dilemma
producer:
BAM and Ryan Bowser
guest vocals:
Kelly Rowland
lead vocals:
Nelly (US rapper) and Kelly Rowland
performer:
Kelly Rowland
produced for:
Suga Shack Entertainment
samples:
Love, Need and Want You by Patti LaBelle
recording of:
Dilemma
lyricist:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International), Nelly (US rapper) and Bunny Sigler
composer:
BAM and Ryan Bowser
publisher:
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) (ended), Jackie Frost Music (ended), Phat Nasty (ended), Suga Shack (ended), EMI April Music Inc., Hipgnosis SFH I Limited, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (USA, ASCAP affiliated), Shack Suga Entertainment, Universal Music–MGB Songs and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
Love, Need and Want You
Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland3.353:56
13Only You
recording of:
Only U
writer:
7 Aurelius, Ashanti Shequoyia Douglas (US R&B singer and musician) and Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr.
Ashanti33:07
14Anonymous
guest performer:
Timbaland
Bobby V. feat. Timbaland4:00
15Make Me Better
recording engineer:
DJ Swivel (Canadian producer Jordan Young)
producer:
Timbaland
assistant mixer:
Miguel Bustamante (Spanish producer/engineer)
mixer:
DURO (engineer and producer Ken Ifill)
guest vocals:
Ne‐Yo
performer:
Ne‐Yo
Fabolous feat. Ne‐Yo4.154:14
16Hush
performer:
7 Aurelius
recording of:
Hush
writer:
7 Aurelius, Paul Bushnell (session bassist, producer and music director), Paul Graham (songwriter works with Paul Bushnell), James Todd Smith and Cornelius Mims
LL Cool J2.53:34
17Moving On
recording of:
Moving On
writer:
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz23:14
18Place in My Heart
David Jordan3:54
19Too Little Too Late
music videos:
Too Little Too Late by JoJo (American singer and actress)
recording of:
Too Little Too Late
writer:
Joshua Berman Alexander (American songwriter, producer and pianist), Ruth-Anne Cunningham (Irish singer-songwriter) and William E. Steinberg
JoJo3.73:35
20Lost Without You
recording of:
Lost Without U
writer:
Sean Hurley (American bassist and songwriter) and Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke3:25
21The Sweet Escape
recording of:
The Sweet Escape
writer:
Aliaune Thiam (US singer and producer), Gwen Stefani and Giorgio Tuinfort
Gwen Stefani feat. Akon3:59
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