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Recorded at The Record Plant, also Hotel California (Eagles), Toxic (Britney Spears) and More Than a Feeling (Boston)
Released on Downtown, also Crazy (Gnarls Barkley), Pon de Floor (Major Lazer) and Keep It Goin’ Louder (Major Lazer)
Produced by J Dilla, also Find a Way (A Tribe Called Quest), Didn’t Cha Know (Erykah Badu) and You Can’t Hold the Torch (Busta Rhymes)
Written by J Dilla, also Find a Way (A Tribe Called Quest), You Can’t Hold the Torch (Busta Rhymes) and 1nce Again (A Tribe Called Quest)
Worth knowing
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Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Cecil Womack, J Dilla, Mary Wells and Talib Kweli
- Produced by
- J Dilla and Yasiin Bey
- Performed by
- Talib Kweli
- Engineered by
- Jan Fairchild
- Mixed by
- Jan Fairchild
- Part of
- The Ecstatic
- Recorded at
- The Record Plant
- Released on
- Downtown
- Written by
- Cecil Womack, J Dilla, Mary Wells and Talib Kweli
- Produced by
- J Dilla and Yasiin Bey
- Performed by
- Talib Kweli
- Engineered by
- Jan Fairchild
- Mixed by
- Jan Fairchild
- Part of
- The Ecstatic
- Recorded at
- The Record Plant
- Released on
- Downtown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: J Dilla
Same mixer: Jan Fairchild
Same studio: The Record Plant
Same label: Downtown
Same producer: J Dilla
Same writer: J Dilla
Same mixer: Jan Fairchild
Same engineer: Jan Fairchild
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesBeautiful Struggle
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz History was performed by Talib Kweli
2MusicBrainz History samples Beautiful Struggle
3MusicBrainz History was produced by J Dilla
4MusicBrainz History was produced by Yasiin Bey
5MusicBrainz History was written by Cecil Womack
6MusicBrainz History was written by J Dilla
7MusicBrainz History was written by Mary Wells
8MusicBrainz History was written by Talib Kweli
9MusicBrainz History is part of the release The Ecstatic
History is part of the release The Ecstatic
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz History was recorded at The Record Plant
History was recorded at The Record Plant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Downtown is the label of the song History
Downtown is the label of the song History
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz History was engineered by Jan Fairchild
13MusicBrainz History was mixed by Jan Fairchild
14MusicBrainz History was released on 2009-06-09