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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)
Part of Rising Down, also Birthday Girl, Lost Desire and Get Busy
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 13 credits
- Produced by
- Khari Mateen, Radji Mateen, Tahir and The Roots
- Performed by
- Black Thought and Mercedes Martinez
- Engineered by
- John Stahl, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein and Tim Sturges
- Part of
- Rising Down
- Released on
- Def Jam Recordings
- Produced by
- Khari Mateen, Radji Mateen, Tahir and The Roots
- Performed by
- Black Thought and Mercedes Martinez
- Engineered by
- John Stahl, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein and Tim Sturges
- Part of
- Rising Down
- 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 producer: Khari Mateen
Same engineer: Steve Mandel
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Same release: Rising Down
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same engineer: Jon Smeltz
Elsewhere
Sources (14)
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1MusicBrainz Unwritten was performed by Black Thought
Unwritten was performed by Black Thought
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Unwritten was performed by Mercedes Martinez
Unwritten was performed by Mercedes Martinez
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Unwritten was produced by Khari Mateen
4MusicBrainz Unwritten was produced by Radji Mateen
5MusicBrainz Unwritten was produced by Tahir
6MusicBrainz Unwritten was produced by The Roots
7MusicBrainz Unwritten is part of the release Rising Down
Unwritten is part of the release Rising Down
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Unwritten
Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Unwritten
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Unwritten was engineered by John Stahl
10MusicBrainz Unwritten was engineered by Jon Smeltz
11MusicBrainz Unwritten was engineered by Steve Mandel
Unwritten was engineered by Steve Mandel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Unwritten was mixed by Jason Goldstein
13MusicBrainz Unwritten was mixed by Tim Sturges
14MusicBrainz Unwritten was released on 2008-04-25