Featuring – KehlaniProducer – Bobby Death, TimbalandRecorded By, Mixed By – Chris GodbeyWritten-By – B.Death, R.Love, T.Thornton, T.Mosley
3:18
2
Sunshine
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Featuring – Jill ScottMixed By – Fabian MarasciulloProducer – Baauer, Kanye West, Mano Recorded By – Robert UlshWritten-By – C.Ghiglino, G.Reverberi, S.Smith
3:13
3
Got Em Covered
Featuring – Ab-LivaProducer – Milli Beatz, TimbalandRecorded By, Mixed By – Chris GodbeyWritten-By – J.Salii, R.Thomas, S.Carter, T.Thornton, T.Mosley
3:15
4
Keep Dealing
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Featuring – Beanie SigelMixed By – Fabian MarasciulloProducer – Donald Davidson , Nashiem Myrick, Sean "Puff Daddy" CombsRecorded By – Robert UlshWritten-By – D.Davidson, D.Grant, N.Myrick, T.Thornton
4:11
5
Crutches, Crosses, Caskets
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Keyboards – Abraham WilliamsMixed By – Fabian MarasciulloProducer – Mario Winans, Sean "Puff Daddy" CombsProducer [Additional Production] – Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Sean C & LV, Young Dev Recorded By – Robert UlshWritten-By – C.Mays, M.Winans, M.Jordan, T.Thornton
2:24
6
F.I.F.A.
Engineer [Assistant] – Gloria KabaKeyboards – Casey Benjamin, Q-TipMixed By – David Kennedy, Q-TipProducer – Q-TipRecorded By – Blair WellsRecorded By [Additional Vocals] – Robert UlshWritten-By – K.Fareed, T.Thornton
2:18
7
Untouchable
Mixed By – Chris GodbeyPerformer [Samples] – The Notorious B.I.G.Producer – Milli Beatz, TimbalandRecorded By – Chris Godbey, Robert UlshWritten-By – C.Wallace, J.Salii, M.Richardson, S.Hamilton, T.Thornton, T.Mosley, T.Horton
3:09
8
M.P.A.
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Featuring – A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, The-DreamMixed By – Fabian MarasciulloPerformer [Sample] – Good News Producer – "The Pope", Kanye WestProducer [Additional Production] – J.ColeRecorded By – Che Pope, Hector Delgado , Noah Goldstein, Robert UlshWritten-By – C.Pope, K.West, M.Batson, R.Mayers, T.Nash, T.ThorntonWritten-By [Sample] – Finn Pedersen
4:45
9
Intro
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Mixed By – Fabian MarasciulloProducer – Metro Boomin, Sean "Puff Daddy" CombsProducer [Additional Production], Vocals [Additional] – G KoopRecorded By – Robert UlshVocals [Additional] – Lee Sanchez Written-By – L.Wayne, R.Mandell, T.Thornton
2:33
10
M.F.T.R.
Engineer [Assistant] – McCoy Featuring – The-DreamMixed By – Fabian MarasciulloProducer – Boi-1daProducer [Additional Production] – Hudson Mohawke, Terius "The-Dream" NashProducer, Piano, Bass, Congas – Frank DukesRecorded By – Bart Schoudel, Paul Bailey , Robert UlshWritten-By – A.Feeney, M.Samuels, T.Nash, T.Thornton
4:07
Versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
B0023487-02
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (CD, Album, Edi)
Def Jam Recordings, Getting Out Our Dreams
B0023487-02
US
2015
B002348602
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (CD, Album)
Def Jam Recordings, Getting Out Our Dreams
B002348602
Canada
2015
none
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (10xFile, AAC, Album, 256)
Def Jam Recordings, Getting Out Our Dreams
none
US
2015
B0023490-01
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (LP, Album)
Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam Recordings
B0023490-01
US
2016
B0023487-02
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (CD, Album, Edi)
Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam Recordings
B0023487-02
US
2016
Credits
A&R [A&R Operations] – Leesa Brunson
A&R [For G.O.O.D. Music] – Ché Pope
A&R [For Re-Up Gang] – Rennard "Ab-Liva" East
Administrator [A&R Administration] – Terese Joseph
Art Direction – Donda, Joe Perez , Justin Saunders , Nate Brown
Executive-Producer – Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, Terrence "Pusha-T" Thornton
Executive-Producer [Co], Management – Steven Victor
Legal [Clearances] – Alina Moffat, International House Of Clearances, LLC
Legal [Legal Counsel] – Charlie Scott, Esq., Theo Sedlmayr, Esq., Sedlmayr & Associates, P.C.
Management [Business Affairs] – Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen , Nicole Wyskoarko, Vol S.Davis, III
Mastered By – Dave Kutch
Photography By – Donda, Fabien Montique
Product Manager [Marketing] – Dana Kirk
Notes
Issued in a two-panel cardboard sleeve.
Track 1 BMI Produced for Bad Boy Entertainment (Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs) Additional production and vocals for Beathustle Recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Track 2 BMI/ASCAP/GEMA Produced for Timbaland Production (Timbaland) Recorded at Thomas Crown Studios (Chris Godbey) & at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA (Robert Ulsh) Mixed at Thomas Crown Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Contains samples from The Notorious B.I.G. recording "Think Big" produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. By arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company. Written by C.Wallace, S.Hamilton, T.Horton, M.richardson and published by EMI April Music Inc./Justin Combs Publishing Company, Inc. And Big Poppa Music (ASCAP)/Bow Down Music (BMI) c/o Missing Link Music, LLC/Deerock Music (ASCAP)/Old Nigga Spirituals (BMI) administered by The Royalty Network, Inc.
Track 3 BMI/ASCAP/SOCAN Produced for 1Da Boi Productions, Inc. (Boi 1Da) Recorded at RedZone Studio (Bart Schoudel), at Thomas Crown Studios (Paul Bailey) and at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA (Robert Ulsh) Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Track 4 BMI/ASCAP Produced for Bad Boy Entertainment (Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs) and for Yellowcity LLC (Mario Winans) Additional production for Grind Music (Sean C & LV) Recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Track 5 BMI/ASCAP Recorded at No Name Studio (Noah Goldstein and Che Pope), at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA (Robert Ulsh) and at Clockwork Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Hector Delgado) Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA A$AP Rocky appears courtesy of Polo Grounds/RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Contains a sample of "Konklusjon" written by Finn Piedersen and performed by Good News under license from the Joylabel
Track 6 BMI/ASCAP/GEMA Produced for Timbaland Productions (Timbaland) Recorded/mixed at Thomas Crown Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Contains an interpolation of "Squeeze 1st" (S. Carter/R. Thomas), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Lil Li Lu Publishing (ASCAP). All rights administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Cyphercleff Music Publishing/Mo-Down Muzik (ASCAP)
Track 7 BMI/ASCAP Produced for Bad Boy Entertainment (Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs) Recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Track 8 BMI/ASCAP/SESAC/Copyright Control Produced for Timbaland Productions (Timbaland) Recorded/mixed at Thomas Crown Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Kehlani appears courtesy of TSNMI/Atlantic Recording Corporation
Track 9 BMI/ASCAP Produced for Abstract Productions Recorded/mixed at The AB Lab, Englewood, NJ Additional vocals recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Track 10 Produced for Treated Crew (Mano) Recorded at Master Sound Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA Mixed for That's A Dope Mix at Just Us Studios, Los Angeles, CA Jill Scott appears courtesy of Blue Babe Records, LLC/Atlantic Recording Corporation Contains an interpolation of "Working My Way" (Reverberi, Ghiglino & Smith) EMI Music Italia Srl, Reverberi Edizioni Musicali Srl