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Released on Def Jam Recordings, also Diamonds (Rihanna), Fancy (Iggy Azalea) and Only Girl (In the World) (Rihanna)
Mixed by Jason Goldstein, also Deja vu (Beyoncé), Irreplaceable (Beyoncé) and Resentment (Beyoncé)
Engineered by Jon Smeltz, also The Seed (2.0), If I Told You That (Whitney Houston) and My Life (Erykah Badu)
Produced by ?uestlove, also The Seed (2.0), Cinco minutos con vos (Elvis Costello) and Refuse to Be Saved (Elvis Costello)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Mandel engineered 6 of The Roots’s top 10 songs
Jason Goldstein mixed 117 songs on fono
Steve Mandel engineered 100 songs on fono
Jon Smeltz’s most frequent co-engineer is Steve Mandel (23 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Black Thought, D.J. Rogers, Greg Spearman and Jamal Miller
- Produced by
- ?uestlove
- Performed by
- Black Thought and Greg Porn
- Engineered by
- Jason Goldstein, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Chris Sclafani and Jason Goldstein
- Part of
- undun
- Released on
- Def Jam Recordings
- Written by
- Black Thought, D.J. Rogers, Greg Spearman and Jamal Miller
- Produced by
- ?uestlove
- Performed by
- Black Thought and Greg Porn
- Engineered by
- Jason Goldstein, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Chris Sclafani and Jason Goldstein
- Part of
- undun
- Released on
- Def Jam Recordings
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same engineer: Jon Smeltz
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Same release: undun
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same engineer: Jon Smeltz
Same producer: ?uestlove
Same writer: Black Thought
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesWhere There’s a Will
Elsewhere
Sources (16)
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1MusicBrainz Kool On was performed by Black Thought
2MusicBrainz Kool On was performed by Greg Porn
3MusicBrainz Kool On samples Where There’s a Will
4MusicBrainz Kool On was produced by ?uestlove
5MusicBrainz Kool On was written by Black Thought
6MusicBrainz Kool On was written by D.J. Rogers
7MusicBrainz Kool On was written by Greg Spearman
8MusicBrainz Kool On was written by Jamal Miller
9MusicBrainz Kool On is part of the release undun
10MusicBrainz Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Kool On
Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Kool On
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Kool On was engineered by Jason Goldstein
Kool On was engineered by Jason Goldstein
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Kool On was engineered by Jon Smeltz
13MusicBrainz Kool On was engineered by Steve Mandel
14MusicBrainz Kool On was mixed by Chris Sclafani
15MusicBrainz Kool On was mixed by Jason Goldstein
16MusicBrainz Kool On was released on 2011-12-05