10, 12, 13) Gino Lock Johnson Iglehart – drums (6, 10, 12, 13) Yahzarah – background vocals (1, 2, 6, 10–12) N'dambi and Geno "Junebugg" Young – background vocals (6, 10, 12) Chinah Blac – background vocals (1) Jef Lee Johnson – guitar (1), additional acoustic guitar (9) Roy Ayers – vibraphone (5) Russell Elevado – guitar (8) Betty Wright – background vocals (8), additional vocals (9) Stephen Marley – vocals (11) Dready – bass, acoustic guitar (11) Ramone Gonzalez – percussion (12) R.C. Williams – keyboards (13) Carlos Henderson – acoustic bass (14) Horns arranged by Roy Hargrove: Flute – D'Wayne Kerr (6, 8, 10, 12, 14) Saxophone – Jacques Swarzbart (7, 14) Trumpet – Roy Hargrove (7, 14) Trombone – Frank Lacy (7, 14) Strings on tracks 3 and 13, arranged by Larry Gold: Violins: Charlie Parker Jr., Emma Kummrow, Gregory Teperman, Igor Szwec, Olgo Konopelsky, Charles Kwas (13 only) Violas: Davis Barnet, Peter Nocella Cello: Larry Gold (13 only) Production Executive producers: Erykah Badu, Kedar Massenburg Recording engineers: Tom Soares (1–5, 8–20, 14), Chris Bell (4, 6, 7, 12), Russell Elevado (1, 7, 8), Leslie Brathwaite (2, 3, 5, 10), Vernon J. Mungo (2, 8, 10), Jon Smeltz and Mark Goodchild (3, 13), Errol Brown (11) Mixing Engineers: Tom Soares (4, 6, 9, 11), Russell Elevado (1, 7, 8, 12, 14), Leslie Brathwaite (2, 3, 5, 10, 13) Assistant engineers: Jon Adler (1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 14), Steve Mandel (1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14), Shinobu Mitsuoka (2–5, 8, 9, 11), Mike Turner (3, 8, 9, 13), Michael Verdes (4, 6, 7, 12), Vincent Alexander (5, 10, 13), Mitch Getz and William Jackson (2), Krystof Zizka (3), Jason Dale (4), Brian Geten and Paul Gregory (6), Rob Smith (10) Erik Steiner – Pro-Tools (3, 4) Mastering: Chris Gehringer, Tom Coyne Vernon Mungo – production facilitator Erykah Badu and Michael Whitfield – art direction Simone/Whitfield – design Robert Maxwell – cover art Don Thompson – photography Kierstan Tucker – A&R Kelly Abraham - Marketing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External links 2000 albums Erykah Badu albums Motown albums Albums produced by Questlove Albums produced by J Dilla Albums produced by James Poyser Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios