I Decided (album)

I Decided is a concept album that centers around the idea of rebirth.{{cite web|last=Kyles|first=Yohance|url=https://allhiphop.com/2016/12/30/big-sean-talks-inspiration-behind-decided-concept-album/|title=Big Sean Explains His Inspiration Behind 'I Decided' Concept Album|publisher=AllHipHop|date=December 30, 2016|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117060206/http://allhiphop.com/2016/12/30/big-sean-talks-inspiration-behind-decided-concept-album/|archive-date=January 17, 2017|url-status=live}} In January 2017, during an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Big Sean confirmed that both men on the album cover are him—a present-day version to the left and an older version of himself to the right.{{cite web|last=Burgess|first=Omar|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/big-sean-tonight-show-2017|title=Watch Big Sean Explain the Concept Behind 'I Decided' on 'The Tonight Show'|work=Complex|date=January 21, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207112702/http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/big-sean-tonight-show-2017|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=live}}

Speaking to Zane Lowe about I Decided, Sean explained the title of the project: "[the title] means so many things. I feel like life is all about the decisions you make. This is what I decided. That's why I put a period on the end of it—because this is definitive."{{cite web|last=Lamarre|first=Carl|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7661623/big-sean-zane-lowe-i-decided-eminem-jhene-aiko|title=Big Sean's Zane Lowe Interview: 9 Highlights|work=Billboard|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114716/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7661623/big-sean-zane-lowe-i-decided-eminem-jhene-aiko|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=live}} He also cited Kanye West as an inspiration to his creative process behind the album in an interview with Fact: "He helped me learn how to make albums", and although West is absent from the record, the Detroit-based rapper exclusively told Capital XTRA that he was very influential in the project – helping to shape many songs."{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/02/big-sean-confessions/|title=Big Sean – Confessions|work=Fact|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204202224/http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/02/big-sean-confessions/|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Davey|first=Jacob|url=http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/02/03/big-sean-i-decided-album-stream/|title=Big Sean's New Album 'I Decided' Is Out Now, Stream It Here|work=Highsnobiety|date=February 5, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205141326/http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/02/03/big-sean-i-decided-album-stream/|url-status=dead}} West is also credited as one of the album's executive producers.

"Bounce Back" was released as the album's lead single on October 31, 2016.{{cite web|last=Espinoza|first=Joshua|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/10/big-sean-bounce-back|title=Big Sean Drops New Song 'Bounce Back'|work=Complex|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221112427/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/10/big-sean-bounce-back|archive-date=February 21, 2017|url-status=live}} The track was produced by Hitmaka, co-produced by Smash David, with additional production by Metro Boomin and Amaire Johnson.

"Moves" was first released as the album's promotional single on December 22, 2016.{{cite web|last=Cline|first=Georgette|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/12/big-sean-moves/|title=Big Sean Makes Major 'Moves' On New Song|work=XXL|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225222351/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/12/big-sean-moves/|archive-date=December 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Goddard|first=Kevin|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/big-sean-moves-new-song.1972333.html|title=Big Sean – Moves (Prod. By 808 Mafia)|work=HotNewHipHop|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225155430/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/big-sean-moves-new-song.1972333.html|archive-date=December 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mench|first=Chris|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/big-sean-new-song-moves|title=Big Sean Drops His New Single "Moves" And Announces 'I Decided' Album|work=Complex|date=December 22, 2016|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224085039/http://www.complex.com/music/2016/12/big-sean-new-song-moves|archive-date=December 24, 2016|url-status=live}} The track was later serviced to rhythmic radio on January 10, 2017, as the album's second single.{{cite web|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/01/10/ariana-grande-futures-everyday-earns-added-honor-rhythmic-radio/amp/|title=Ariana Grande & Future's "Everyday" most added honor at rhythmic radio|work=Headline Planet|date=January 10, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211095800/http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/01/10/ariana-grande-futures-everyday-earns-added-honor-rhythmic-radio/amp/|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live}} The track was produced by Fuse, co-produced by Tre Pounds, with additional production by Maximilian Johnson.

The album's third single, "Jump Out the Window", was released to urban radio on May 2, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426132702/https://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2017|title=Urban/UAC Future Releases|publisher=All Access|access-date=April 26, 2017}} The track was produced by Key Wane, with additional production by Hey DJ Camper.

The album's promotional single, "Halfway Off the Balcony", was released on January 18, 2017.{{cite web|last=Goddard|first=Kevin|title=Big Sean – Halfway Off The Balcony [New Song]|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/big-sean-halfway-off-the-balcony-new-song.1972605.html|website=HotNewHipHop|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201234845/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/big-sean-halfway-off-the-balcony-new-song.1972605.html|archive-date=February 1, 2017|url-status=live}} The track was produced by Amaire Johnson, with additional production by Maximilian Jaeger.

In January 2017, Big Sean performed "Bounce Back" along with "Sunday Morning Jetpack" on Saturday Night Live.{{cite web|last=Tarnoff|first=Brooke|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7662597/watch-big-sean-bounce-back-in-his-snl-debut|title=Watch Big Sean 'Bounce Back' in His 'SNL' Debut|work=Billboard|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204175552/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7662597/watch-big-sean-bounce-back-in-his-snl-debut|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 6.0/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8475/Big-Sean-I-Decided.aspx|title=I Decided. by Big Sean reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210080054/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8475/Big-Sean-I-Decided.aspx|archive-date=February 10, 2017|url-status=live}}

| MC = 67/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/i-decided/big-sean|title=Reviews for I Decided. by Big Sean|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209070748/http://www.metacritic.com/music/i-decided/big-sean|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 7/10

| rev3 = Consequence

| rev3score = B−{{cite web|last=Belt|first=Andy|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/album-review-big-sean-i-decided/|title=Big Sean – I Decided.|work=Consequence|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208072646/http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/album-review-big-sean-i-decided/|archive-date=February 8, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Eric Renner|url=http://ew.com/music/2017/02/08/big-sean-i-decided-ew-review/|title=Big Sean's 'I Decided'|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209050719/http://ew.com/music/2017/02/08/big-sean-i-decided-ew-review/|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = Exclaim!

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Harmony|first=A.|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/big_sean-i_decided|title=Big Sean I DECIDED.|work=Exclaim!|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209081935/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/big_sean-i_decided|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = HipHopDX

| rev6score = 4.1/5{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2901/title.review-big-sean-quietly-unlocks-a-career-milestone-with-i-decided|title=Big Sean I Decided. Album Review|work=HipHopDX|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209035342/http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2901/title.review-big-sean-quietly-unlocks-a-career-milestone-with-i-decided|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 6.3/10{{cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22898-big-sean-i-decided/|title=Big Sean: I Decided. Album Review|work=Pitchfork|date=February 9, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209082533/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22898-big-sean-i-decided/|archive-date=February 9, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev8 = Pretty Much Amazing

| rev8score = B−{{cite web|last=Groundwater|first=Colin|url=http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/big-sean-i-decided|title=Review: Big Sean, I Decided|work=Pretty Much Amazing|date=February 6, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081657/http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/big-sean-i-decided|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev10 = XXL

| rev10score = 4/5{{cite web|author=Preezy|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/02/big-sean-i-decided-album-review/|title=Big Sean Steps into Elite Territory on 'I Decided.'|work=XXL|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213172401/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/02/big-sean-i-decided-album-review/|archive-date=February 13, 2017}}

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I Decided was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 13 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Neil Z. Yeung from AllMusic wrote: "While I Decided. may not light up the club like his past efforts, it shines a different, more nurturing light onto deeper parts of his soul."{{cite web|last=Yeung|first=Neil Z.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-decided-mw0003014406|title=I Decided. – Big Sean|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206231440/http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-decided-mw0003014406|archive-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=live}} Andy Belt of Consequence said, "I Decided. is a fresh statement that proves Big Sean is continuing to evolve". Eric Renner Brown of Entertainment Weekly said, "It's a supremely listenable album, loaded with comfort-food hip-hop fit for booming club sound systems and earbuds on the subway alike. It's also Sean's most cohesive, personal work to date". A. Harmony of Exclaim! said, "Big Sean exhibits growth and wisdom on I Decided., and that's definitely worth a listen. This is a solid effort". Colin Groundwater for Pretty Much Amazing stated that "on his fourth studio album, he positions himself as hip-hop's poster-boy for all of these qualities [hard work, sacrifice, persistence, gratitude], but in rapping about such unassailable ideas, he comes away with uninteresting results". HipHopDX stated, "Is it going to be the album of the year? No. But it's a very high quality, and very enjoyable". Preezy of XXL said, "Big Sean rises to the occasion on I Decided., arguably the best album of his career, and one that secures his spot as one of the top five artists in hip-hop today". Jack Dolan of Clash said, "While it's undoubtedly a solid addition to Sean's catalogue, at the end of I Decided. it's the flows and instrumentals that are left with the listener, having upstaged what Sean is actually trying to say".{{cite web|last=Dolan|first=Jack|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/big-sean-i-decided|title=Big Sean – I Decided.|work=Clash|date=February 14, 2017|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214151047/http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/big-sean-i-decided|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}

Matthew Strauss of Pitchfork said, "While he has become incrementally more skilled over the years, not much else has changed. Throughout I Decided., Sean conflates the passing of time with growth and progress. Nothing on I Decided., however, suggests that he has gained perspective worth sharing or to which he should devote a whole album". S. David of Tiny Mix Tapes said, "He is not a bad rapper, simply an average evangelist, and I Decided. is the latest chapter in his average brand of hero-worshiping gospel. He is a welcome change from the inheritors and the try-hards; he brings a tired smile to the face".{{cite web|last=David|first=S.|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/big-sean-i-decided|title=Big Sean – I Decided.|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172240/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/big-sean-i-decided|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}} Writing for Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos concluded: "As always, his earnestness is believable. Every moment he counts his blessings – like on the casually catchy single "Bounce Back" – you root for him. He embraces his underdog status, especially since he is most often pitted against and working with rap's biggest personalities, like Kanye West, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar. More often than not, however, he gets swallowed by the larger-than-life brands and presences of those he surrounds himself with, like Eminem who steals Sean's thunder with the quality, agility and fire of his guest verse on "No Favors"."{{cite web|last=Spanos |first=Brittany |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-big-sean-still-trying-to-find-himself-on-i-decided-w465494 |title=Review: Big Sean Still Trying to Find Himself on 'I Decided' |work=Rolling Stone |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207205353/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-big-sean-still-trying-to-find-himself-on-i-decided-w465494|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=live}}

I Decided debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 151,000 album-equivalent units, (of which 65,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7686213/big-sean-scores-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart-with-i|title=Big Sean Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'I Decided.'|work=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212225404/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7686213/big-sean-scores-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-album-chart-with-i|archive-date=February 12, 2017|url-status=live}} This became Sean's second US number-one album. In its second week, the album dropped to number three on the chart, earning an additional 66,000 units.{{cite web|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694288/fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack-debuts-no-1-billboard-200-album-chart|title='Fifty Shades Darker' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|work=Billboard|date=February 19, 2017|access-date=November 16, 2020}} In its third week, the album dropped to number six on the chart, earning 49,000 more units.{{cite web|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7702128/future-earns-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart|title=Future Earns Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|work=Billboard|date=February 26, 2017|access-date=November 16, 2020}} As of September 2017, the album has earned 724,000 album-equivalent units in the US.{{cite web|url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=308538|title=Rumor Mill – Top 50 Streamed Songs, SPS Albums This Year|work=Hits Daily Double|date=September 27, 2017|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929031311/http://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D308538|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=live}} On October 25, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of over a million units in the United States. I Decided was ranked as the 20th most popular album of 2017 on the Billboard 200.

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 50:20

| title1 = Intro

| writer1 = {{hlist|Sean Anderson|Lawrence Jenkins|Michael Carson}}

| extra1 = Amaire Johnson

| length1 = 1:04

| title2 = Light

| note2 = featuring Jeremih

| writer2 = {{hlist|Anderson|Johnson|Garry Glenn}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Johnson|Big Sean|Gregg Rominiecki{{ref|b|[b]}}|Maximilian Jaeger{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Bounce Back

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anderson|Christian Ward|Leland Tyler Wayne|Samuel David Jimenez|Johnson|Jeremy Felton|Kanye West}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Hitmaka|Smash David{{ref|a|[a]}}|Metro Boomin{{ref|b|[b]}}|Johnson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length3 = 3:42

| title4 = No Favors

| note4 = featuring Eminem

| writer4 = {{hlist|Anderson|Brittany Hazzard|Ebony Oshunrinde|Bach Hoang Nguyen-Tran|Mark Sebastian|Steve Boone|John Sebastian|Marshall Mathers}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|WondaGurl|Big Sean{{ref|b|[b]}}|FrancisGotHeat{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 5:25

| title5 = Jump Out the Window

| writer5 = {{hlist|Anderson|Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd|Dwane M. Weir II|Darhyl Camper, Jr.}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Key Wane|Hey DJ Camper{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Moves

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anderson|Eduardo Earle|Jeffrey LaCroix|Johnson|Serge Durand}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Fuse|Tre Pounds{{ref|a|[a]}}|Johnson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length6 = 2:22

| title7 = Same Time Pt. 1

| note7 = featuring Twenty88

| writer7 = {{hlist|Anderson|Johnson}}

| extra7 = Johnson

| length7 = 1:29

| title8 = Owe Me

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anderson|Dijon McFarlane|Johnson}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|DJ Mustard|Johnson|Travis Scott{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length8 = 4:31

| title9 = Halfway Off the Balcony

| writer9 = {{hlist|Anderson|Johnson|Jaeger}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Johnson|Jaeger{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length9 = 3:50

| title10 = Voices in My Head / Stick to the Plan

| writer10 = {{hlist|Anderson|Dacoury Natche|Wayne|Khalil Abdul-Rahman}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|DJ Dahi|Metro Boomin|Johnson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length10 = 4:02

| title11 = Sunday Morning Jetpack

| note11 = featuring The-Dream

| writer11 = {{hlist|Anderson|Johnson|Terius Nash}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Johnson|Cary Singer{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length11 = 3:45

| title12 = Inspire Me

| writer12 = {{hlist|Anderson|Noel Fisher|Sidney Swift|Justin Philip Bradley|Ruben Jason Raymond|Justin Rodriguez}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Detail|The Track Burnaz|Swift|Johnson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length12 = 3:28

| title13 = Sacrifices

| note13 = featuring Migos

| writer13 = {{hlist|Anderson|Wayne|Allen Ritter|Quavious Marshall|Kiari Cephus}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Metro Boomin|Ritter{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length13 = 4:47

| title14 = Bigger Than Me

| note14 = featuring Flint Chozen Choir and Starrah

| writer14 = {{hlist|Anderson|Hazzard|Robert Harris|Johnson|Juliet Roberts|Steve Jeffries|Thomas Blaize|Moses Anthony Davis|Andrew Thomas|Steven Michael Marsden}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|RobGotBeats|Johnson}}

| length14 = 4:52

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• {{sup|{{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}}}} signifies an additional producer
• "Intro" features vocals by JR Starr
• "Bounce Back" features additional vocals by Kanye West and Jeremih
• "No Favors" features additional vocals by Starrah and Iman Milner
• "Jump Out the Window" features additional vocals by Starrah, Jeremih and Tommy Parker
• "Same Time, Pt. 1" features talk box by Andre Troutman
• "Owe Me" features additional vocals by Michael Carson and Big Sean
• "Halfway Off the Balcony" features additional vocals from Amaire Johnson, Maximilian Jaeger, Eric Duncan and Big Sean
• "Sunday Morning Jetpack" features vocals by Cary Singer
• "Bigger Than Me" features additional vocals by Myra Anderson and Big Sean

Sample credits

• "Light" contains an interpolation from the composition "Intimate Friends", written by Garry Glenn.
• "No Favors" contains a sample from "Summer in the City", performed by Quincy Jones featuring Valerie Simpson, and written by Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone and John Sebastian.
• "Bigger Than Me" contains samples from the library recording "Get the Feelin'{{-"}}, produced under license from The Carlin Recorded Music Library, and written by Juliet Roberts, Steve Jeffries and Thomas Blaize; and an interpolation from "Romie", written by Moses Davis, Andrew Thomas and Steven Marsden, and performed by Beenie Man.

Credits adapted from the I Decided album credits.{{cite web|url=http://uknowbigsean.com/credits/ |title=I Decided. – Credits |website=uknowbigsean |publisher=Big Sean |access-date=February 3, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164334/http://uknowbigsean.com/credits/ |archive-date=February 3, 2017}}

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• Nick Kennerly – violin (tracks 2, 11, 14)
• Peter Lee Johnson – violin (tracks 2, 11, 14)
• Amaire Johnson – bass (track 1), keyboards (tracks 1, 8), synthesizer (track 1), piano (track 8); strings (track 8); production coordinator
• David Pizzimenti – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 14)
• Matthew Sim – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 14)
• Manny Park – assistant engineer (tracks 7, 10, 12, 14)
• Nick Mills – assistant engineer (tracks 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Gregg Rominiecki – recording; mixing (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9)
• Maximilian Jaeger – recording; mixing (tracks 2, 8)
• Hector Fernandez – mix assistant, assistant engineer (track 9)
• Henry Solomon – clairinet, flute, horn, saxophone (track 9)
• Rob Kinelski – mixing (tracks 11, 12, 14)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 4)
• Mike Strange – vocal recording for Eminem
• Joe Strange – vocal recording for Eminem
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 4, 7, 10)
• Dave Nakaji – assistant mix engineer (tracks 4, 7, 10)
• Maddox Chhim – assistant mix engineer (tracks 4, 7, 10)
• Li So – guitar (track 7)
• Rumeal Eggleston – bass (track 7)
• Albert Strickland – choir director
• Mike Carson – creative direction (for the 92 Group)
• Juco – photography
• Omar Rajput – graphic design
• K8 [Young Algorithm] – web development
• JR Starr – model
• Ade Samuel – styling
• Kahlil Sledge – grooming
• Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearances
• Chris Athens – mastering

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Category:Albums produced by DJ Khalil

Category:Albums produced by Mustard (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Hitmaka

Category:Albums produced by Key Wane

Category:Albums produced by Metro Boomin

Category:Albums produced by Detail (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by Travis Scott

Category:Albums produced by WondaGurl

Category:Big Sean albums

Category:2010s concept albums

Category:Def Jam Recordings albums

Category:GOOD Music albums