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Tracklist

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BEP Empire

Weekends

Get Original

Hot

Cali to New York

Lil' Lil'

On My Own

Release

Bridging the Gaps

Go Go

Rap Song

Bringing It Back

Tell Your Momma Come

Request + Line

Empire Strikes Back*

Magic*

Bridging the Gaps (Version 2)

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Featuring

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Esthero

Chali 2 na

Kim Hill

De La Soul

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Les Nubians, Mos Def

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Wyclef Jean

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Macy Gray

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Producers

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DJ Premier

will.i.am

will.i.am

apl.de.ap

will.i.am

will.i.am

will.i.am

apl.de.ap

apl.de.ap

will.i.am

Wyclef Jean

will.i.am

will.i.am

will.i.am, Rhett Lawrence

will.i.am

will.i.am, Ron Fair

will.i.am 

will.i.am

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Personnel

Black Eyed Peas

will.i.am - vocals on all tracks, production on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15*, and 16*,

writing on all tracks, keyboards on tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13, drum programming

on tracks, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15*.

apl.de.ap - vocals on all tracks except 5, production on tracks 4, 8, and 9, writing on all tracks except 5, 

drum programming on tracks 4, 8, and 9.

Taboo - vocals on all tracks except 5, writing on tracks 1, 2, 8, 11, and 13. 

Kim Hill - vocals on tracks 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15*, and 16*, writing on track 7. 

Esthero - vocals on tracks 2, 8, and 16*. 

George Pajon - guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, and 14, writing on tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 13, and 14. 

Printz Board - keyboards on tracks 2 and 8, horns on track 13. 

Mike Fratantuno - bass on tracks 6, 9, 10, and 14, and 16*, guitar on tracks 14 and 15*,

keyboards on track 14, writing on tracks 6, 10, and 14

DJ Motiv8 - turntables on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, and 14. 

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Featured Vocalists

Chali 2 na - vocals on track 3, writing on track 3. 

De La Soul - vocals on track 5, writing on track 5. 

Les Nubians - vocals on track 7, writing on track 7. 

Wyclef Jean - vocals on track 11, guitar on track 11, bass on track 11, writing on track 11. 

Macy Gray - vocals on track 14, writing on track 14. 

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Featured Musicians

DJ Premier - turntables on track 1. 

Miles Tackett - bass on track 4. 

Jerry Duplessis - bass on track 11, writing on track 11. 

Adru Sierra - horns on track 13. 

Jose Espinosa - horns on track 13.

Eulises Bella - horns on track 13.

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Additional Writers

DJ Premier - writing on track 1, production on track 1. 

Tony Butler - writing on track 2. 

Sylvester Stweart - writing on track 2. 

Clifford Smith - writing on track 3. 

Aldane Browne - writing on track 3. 

Daisey Age - writing on track 5. 

John Collins - writing on track 9. 

Bill Withers - writing on track 9. 

Arthur Baker - writing on track 10.  

John Robie - writing on track 10. 

Kevin Donovan - writing on track 10. 

Robert Allen - writing on track 10. 

James Brown - writing on track 11. 

Charles Bobbit - writing on track 11.  

Bob Byrd - writing on track 13. 

Rhett Lawrence - writing on track 14, production on track 14. 

Sting - writing on track 16*. 

Ron Fair - production on track 16*. 

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Management

Polo Molina - group manager. 

Tatiana Litvin - Creative A&R. 

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