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Released on Interscope Records, also The Less I Know the Better (Tame Impala), Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) and bad guy (Billie Eilish)
Written by Kendrick Lamar, also HUMBLE. (Kendrick Lamar), Alright (Kendrick Lamar) and DNA. (Kendrick Lamar)
Produced by Sounwave, also Alright (Kendrick Lamar), King Kunta (Kendrick Lamar) and Not Like Us (Kendrick Lamar)
Engineered by Matt Schaeffer, also King Kunta (Kendrick Lamar), All the Stars (Kendrick Lamar) and N95 (Kendrick Lamar)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Kendrick Lamar wrote 161 songs on fono
Sounwave produced 91 songs on fono
Kendrick Lamar’s most frequent co-writer is Sounwave (57 songs together)
Alexander Sowinski’s most frequent co-writer is Chester Hansen (38 songs together)
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Alexander Sowinski, Chester Hansen, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Leland Whitty, Matthew Tavares, Sounwave and Swae Lee
- Produced by
- BADBADNOTGOOD, Kendrick Lamar and Sounwave
- Performed by
- Kendrick Lamar
- Engineered by
- Matt Schaeffer
- Mixed by
- Matt Schaeffer
- Released on
- Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records and Top Dawg Entertainment
- Written by
- Alexander Sowinski, Chester Hansen, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Leland Whitty, Matthew Tavares, Sounwave and Swae Lee
- Produced by
- BADBADNOTGOOD, Kendrick Lamar and Sounwave
- Performed by
- Kendrick Lamar
- Engineered by
- Matt Schaeffer
- Mixed by
- Matt Schaeffer
- Released on
- Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records and Top Dawg Entertainment
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Kendrick Lamar
Same producer: Sounwave
Same engineer: Matt Schaeffer
Same mixer: Matt Schaeffer
Same label: Interscope Records
Same mixer: Matt Schaeffer
Same label: Interscope Records
Same release: Black Panther: The Album (Music From and Inspired By)
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Ways was performed by Kendrick Lamar
The Ways was performed by Kendrick Lamar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Ways was produced by BADBADNOTGOOD
3MusicBrainz The Ways was produced by Kendrick Lamar
4MusicBrainz The Ways was produced by Sounwave
5MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Alexander Sowinski
The Ways was written by Alexander Sowinski
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Chester Hansen
7MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Kendrick Lamar
8MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Khalid
9MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Leland Whitty
10MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Matthew Tavares
11MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Sounwave
12MusicBrainz The Ways was written by Swae Lee
13MusicBrainz The Ways is part of the release Black Panther: The Album (Music From and Inspired By)
The Ways is part of the release Black Panther: The Album (Music From and Inspired By)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Aftermath Entertainment is the label of the song The Ways
Aftermath Entertainment is the label of the song The Ways
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Interscope Records is the label of the song The Ways
Interscope Records is the label of the song The Ways
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Top Dawg Entertainment is the label of the song The Ways
Top Dawg Entertainment is the label of the song The Ways
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz The Ways was engineered by Matt Schaeffer
The Ways was engineered by Matt Schaeffer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz The Ways was mixed by Matt Schaeffer
19MusicBrainz The Ways was released on 2018-02-09