2004 studio album by Talib Kweli
The Beautiful Struggle Released September 28, 2004 Recorded 2003–2004 Genre Alternative hip hop Length 53 :40 Label Rawkus , Geffen Producer Hi-Tek , The Neptunes , Supa Dave West, Kanye West , Just Blaze , J. R. Rotem , Midi Mafia , Charlemagne, Tone Mason , Amadeus
The Beautiful Struggle is the second studio album by American rapper Talib Kweli . The album was released on September 28, 2004, by Rawkus Records and Geffen Records . The album features guest appearances such as Common , Faith Evans , Anthony Hamilton, Mary J. Blige and John Legend .
The album featured production from Kanye West , The Neptunes , Supa Dave West, Just Blaze and Hi-Tek . The first single off the album, "I Try" featuring Mary J. Blige , was fairly popular as a music video, followed by the second single "Never Been In Love".
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[ 11]
Sample Credits [ 11]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[ 11]
Mark Batson – piano (track 1) , keyboards (track 10)
Steve Baughman – mixing (tracks 2, 6, 9, 13)
Elizabeth "Yummy" Bingham – additional vocals (track 11)
Mary J. Blige – featured artist (track 6)
Tom Brick – mastering
David Brown – engineer (track 12)
Charlemagne – producer (tracks 1, 7)
Andrew Coleman – engineer (track 3)
Common – featured artist (track 10)
Dave Dar – engineer (tracks 1, 4-8, 7, 8, 10, 11) , mixing (track 1) , co-executive producer
Dion – additional vocals (track 2)
Faith Evans – featured artist (track 4) , additional vocals (track 3)
Brian Garten – engineer (track 3)
Anthony Hamilton – featured artist (track 10)
Hi-Tek – producer and engineer (tracks 2, 9, 13)
Chad Hugo – producer (track 3)
Jun Ishizeki – assistant engineer (track 3)
Glen Jeffries – guitar (tracks 9, 13)
Just Blaze – producer (track 12)
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – mixing (tracks 5, 12)
J.R. – producer (track 9) , additional keyboards (track 13)
Krondon – additional vocals (track 2)
Talib Kweli – main artist, executive producer
John Legend – featured artist (track 7)
Alan Mason – vocal engineer for Mary J. Blige (track 6)
Midi Mafia – producers (tracks 8, 11)
Tiffany Mynon – additional vocals (tracks 9, 11)
Jamia Simone Nash – additional vocals (track 11)
Olivia Charnae Nash – additional vocals (track 11)
Axel Niehaus – mixing (tracks 7, 11)
Bob Power – mixing (tracks 1, 4, 8, 10)
Res – featured artist (track 8) , additional vocals (track 1)
Justin Shturtz – assistant engineer (tracks 5, 11)
Corey Smyth – executive producer
Spacey T – guitar (track 8)
Phil Tan – mixing (track 3)
Alex Thomas – additional vocals (track 2)
Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson – producer (track 5)
Tone Mason – producer (track 11)
Kanye West – producer (track 6)
Supa Dave West – producer (tracks 4, 10)
Pharrell Williams – producer and additional vocals (track 3)
Dave Young – additional vocals (track 12)
Anthony Zeller – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6-8, 10, 11) , mixing assistant (track 9)
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