What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Written by Diddy, also Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G.), Break Your Heart Right Back (Ariana Grande) and Honey (Mariah Carey)
Mixed by Michael Patterson, also Heaven Is a Halfpipe (OPM), Phenomenon (LL Cool J) and Walking on Sunshine (Jennifer Lopez)
Released on Bad Boy Records, also Coming Home (Diddy – Dirty Money), Feel So Good and Who Shot Ya (The Notorious B.I.G.)
Engineered by Doug Wilson, also Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G.), Mo Money Mo Problems (The Notorious B.I.G.) and Feel So Good
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Doug Wilson engineered 4 of Mase’s top 10 songs
Diddy wrote 140 songs on fono
Michael Patterson mixed 125 songs on fono
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Chucky Thompson, Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie, Diddy, George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Mase and Siedah Garrett
- Produced by
- Chucky Thompson and Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
- Performed by
- Monifah
- Engineered by
- Doug Wilson and Stephen Dent
- Mixed by
- Michael Patterson
- Part of
- Harlem World
- Released on
- Bad Boy Records
- Written by
- Chucky Thompson, Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie, Diddy, George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Mase and Siedah Garrett
- Produced by
- Chucky Thompson and Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
- Performed by
- Monifah
- Engineered by
- Doug Wilson and Stephen Dent
- Mixed by
- Michael Patterson
- Part of
- Harlem World
- Released on
- Bad Boy Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Diddy
Same mixer: Michael Patterson
Same label: Bad Boy Records
Same release: Harlem World
Same writer: Diddy
Same mixer: Michael Patterson
Same engineer: Doug Wilson
Same release: Harlem World
Elsewhere
Sources (16)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz I Need to Be was performed by Monifah
2MusicBrainz I Need to Be was produced by Chucky Thompson
I Need to Be was produced by Chucky Thompson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Need to Be was produced by Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
I Need to Be was produced by Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Chucky Thompson
I Need to Be was written by Chucky Thompson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
I Need to Be was written by Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Diddy
7MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by George Johnson
I Need to Be was written by George Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Louis Johnson
I Need to Be was written by Louis Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Mase
10MusicBrainz I Need to Be was written by Siedah Garrett
I Need to Be was written by Siedah Garrett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz I Need to Be is part of the release Harlem World
I Need to Be is part of the release Harlem World
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Bad Boy Records is the label of the song I Need to Be
Bad Boy Records is the label of the song I Need to Be
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz I Need to Be was engineered by Doug Wilson
I Need to Be was engineered by Doug Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz I Need to Be was engineered by Stephen Dent
I Need to Be was engineered by Stephen Dent
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz I Need to Be was mixed by Michael Patterson
I Need to Be was mixed by Michael Patterson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz I Need to Be was released on 1997-10-28