Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians • Keith "
GuRu" Elam – vocals,
arrangement •
N'Dea Davenport – vocals (tracks: 3, 9) • Diane "
Dee C Lee" Sealy – vocals (track 5) • Claude "
MC Solaar" M'Barali – vocals (track 11) •
Carleen Anderson – vocals (track 12) • Cary "
Big Shug" Guy – additional vocals (track 5) • The Cutthroats – additional vocals (track 10) • Black Jack – additional vocals (track 11) • Mickey "Mus Mus" Mosman – additional vocals (track 11) •
Donald Byrd –
trumpet and
piano (track 2) • Simon "
The Funky Ginger" Law –
keyboards (tracks: 3, 12) •
Branford Marsalis –
alto and
soprano saxophone (track 4) •
Zachary Breaux –
guitar (track 4) • DJ Jazzy Nice –
scratches (track 4) • Robert "
Ronny Jordan" Simpson – guitar (track 5) •
Lonnie Liston Smith – acoustic and
electric piano (track 6) • James "Lil' Dap" Heath – live
drums (track 6) •
Roy Ayers –
vibraslap and
vibraphone (track 8) •
Gary Barnacle –
flute and
saxophone (track 10) • Christophe "Jimmy Jay" Viguier – scratches (track 11) •
Courtney Pine – flute, alto and soprano saxophone (track 12)
Production • Guru –
producer,
mixing,
executive producer, concept development • Donald Byrd – co-producer (track 2) • N'Dea Davenport – co-producer (tracks: 3, 9) • Branford Marsalis – co-producer (track 4) • Ronny Jordan – co-producer (track 5) • Lonnie Liston Smith – co-producer (track 6) • Roy Ayers – co-producer (track 8) • DJ Jimmy Jay – co-producer (track 11) • MC Solaar – co-producer (track 11) • Courtney Pine – co-producer (track 12) • Carleen Anderson – co-producer (track 12) • Philippe "
Zdar" Cerboneschi –
engineering • James B. Mansfield – engineering • Craig Marcus – engineering • Kieran Walsh – engineering • Jason Bell – engineering • Joe Quinde – engineering • Luke Allen – engineering assistant •
Doug Boehm – engineering assistant • David Carpenter – engineering assistant • Tracii D. Sherman – engineering assistant •
Tony Dawsey –
mastering • Patrick Moxey – executive producer, concept development • Duff Marlowe – executive producer
Design • Henry Marquez – art direction • Diane Cuddy – design •
Michael Benabib – photography • Marc Villalonga – photography • Ray Burmiston – photography •
Bill Adler –
liner notes ==Charts==