• Peter "
Pete Rock" Phillips – vocals, producer, mixing, executive producer • Lamar "Black Ice" Manson – vocals (track 1) • Jason "
Kardinal Offishall" Harrow – vocals (track 2) • Troy "
Pharoahe Monch" Jamerson – vocals (track 3) •
Phonte Coleman – vocals (track 4) • Thomas "
Big Pooh" Jones – vocals (track 4) • Sharard "Postaboy" Dixon – vocals (track 5) • Corey "
CL Smooth" Penn – vocals (tracks: 6, 11, 15) • Denosh Bennett – vocals (track 6) • Donnie "
Mad Skillz" Lewis – vocals (track 7) • Demetrius "Krumbsnatcha" Gibbs – vocals (track 8) • Alechia "
Leela James" Campbell – vocals (track 9) • Robert "
RZA" Diggs – vocals & recording (track 10) • Gary "
GZA" Grice – vocals (track 10) •
Talib Kweli Greene – vocals (track 11) • Clayton "
stic.man" Gavin – vocals (track 12) • Lavonne "
M-1" Alford – vocals (track 12) • Jason "
eLZhi" Powers – vocals (track 13) • R.L. "
T3" Altman III – vocals (track 13) • James "
Jay Dee" Yancey – vocals & recording (track 14) • Jamie Staub – co-producer (tracks: 6, 8, 10-12, 15), recording (tracks: 1, 4, 6-8, 10-12, 14, 15), mixing • Charles "Stitch" Wilson III – additional producer (track 3) • Jeffrey "
DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes – recording (track 1) • David "Gordo" Strickland – recording (track 2) • Rod Hui – recording (track 2) • Daniel Boom – recording (tracks: 3, 9, 15) • Patrick "
9th Wonder" Douthit – recording (track 4) • Mischa "Big Dho" Burgess – recording (track 4) • Kamal Blake – recording (track 5) • Yutaka Kawana – recording (track 5, 6, 12, 15) • The Elements – recording (track 6) • Andre Dandridge – recording (track 7) • Toshi Yoshioka – recording (track 8) •
"Commissioner" Gordon Williams – recording (track 9) • Adam Kudzin – recording (tracks: 13, 14) • Ralph J. "Young RJ" Rice Jr. – recording (track 13) • Eddie Bezalel – co-executive producer, A&R • Peter Adarkwah – co-executive producer • Thomas McCallion – art direction, design • Massimo Gammacurta – photography • Steve Carty – photography ==Charts==