Written-By [Contains Samples From "Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)"] – Smith, Thomas, Redd, Brown, Westfield, Bell, Mickens, Bell, SparrowWritten-By [Contains Samples From "School Boy Crush"] – Gorrie, Stuart, Duncan, McIntyre, Ball, FerroneWritten-By [Contains Samples From "Superwoman, Where Were You When I Needed You"] – WonderWritten-By [Rap Written By], Rap – Chuck D

Written-By [Contains Samples From "Someday We'll Be Together"] – Fuqua, Beavers, Bristol

Solo Vocal [Opera] – Kathleen BattleSoloist, Violin – Dave Bullock

Bassoon – Laura PrevesClarinet – Kenneth HolmenFlute – Dave KerrOboe – Marilee KlempTrumpet – Jeff Gottwig, Steve Wright

Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – David EilandBacking Vocals [Background Vocalist] – Ann Nesby, Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, Marie GrahamDrums – StokleyGuitar – Dave Barry, Frank StriblingOrgan [Hammond Organ] – Larry WaddellProducer – Jellybean JohnsonProgrammed By [Bass Programming], Drum Programming – Mark HaynesTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Kenneth HolmenTrombone – Steven PikalTrumpet – Robert HallgrimsonTrumpet, Arranged By [Horn Arrangement By] – Bernie EdstromVocals [Additional Vocalist] – Jeff Taylor Vocals [Additional Vocalist], Keyboards – Jimmy JamVocals [Additional Vocalist], Keyboards [Additional Keys] – Jimmy WrightWritten-By – Janet Jackson, Joe Shamwell, Steve Cropper

Percussion [Percussions] – Stokley

Musician – The Flow Written-By [Contains Samples From "Papa Don't Take No Mess"] – Bobbit, Wesley, Brown, Starks

Written-By [Contains Samples From "Jungle Boogie"] – Smith, Thomas, Boyce, Brown, Westfield, Bell, Mickens, BellWritten-By [Contains Samples From "Love Child"] – Lussier, Wilson, Sawyer, Taylor

Vocals [Add'l Talking Vocals] – Jossie Harris, Tina Landon