Singer: Ne-Yo
Title: Because Of You
Label: Def Jam Recordings ‎– 602517256484, Compound Entertainment ‎– 602517256484
Type: CD, Album, Super Jewel Box
Country: Europe
Date of released: 30 Apr 2007
Category: Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style: RnB/Swing, Contemporary R&B
Size MP3 zip: 1469 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1903 mb
Rating: 3.5✭
Format: MP3 AUD VQF MP3 MMF XM MP4 DTS FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Because Of You Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – StarGate Written-By – M. S. Eriksen*, S. Smith*, T. E. Hermansen*	4:26
2	Crazy Featuring – Jay-ZProducer – Ron 'NEFF-U' Feemster*Written-By – R. Feemster*, S. Smith*, S. Carter*	4:21
3	Can We Chill Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Eric HudsonWritten-By – E. Hudson*, S. Smith*	4:24
4	Do You Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – The Heavyweights Written-By – M. Allen*, M. Sparkman*, S. Smith*	3:48
5	Addicted Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Shea TaylorWritten-By – S. Smith*, S. Taylor*	3:46
6	Leaving Tonight Co-producer – Ne-YoFeaturing – Jennifer HudsonProducer – KnobodyWritten-By – J. Foster*, J. Davi*, M. Tarplin*, P. Moffett-Young*, S. Smith*, S. Robinson*	5:14
7	Ain't Thinking About You Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Eric HudsonWritten-By – E. Hudson*, S. Smith*	3:41
8	Sex With My Ex Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Shea TaylorWritten-By – S. Smith*, S. Taylor*	3:39
9	Angel Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – SyienceWritten-By – R. Perry*, S. Smith*	3:28
10	Make It Work Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Shea TaylorWritten-By – S. Smith*, S. Taylor*	4:08
11	Say It Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – Keys Written-By – S. Smith*, T. Bloom*	4:41
12	Go On Girl Co-producer – Ne-YoProducer – StarGate Written-By – A. Bjorklund*, E. Lind*, M. S. Eriksen*, S. Smith*, T. E. Hermansen*	4:21

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Def Jam Music Group
• Copyright (c) – Island Def Jam Music Group
• Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 51881128
• Produced For – Delirious/Blacksmith Management Ltd.
• Produced For – Compound Entertainment LLC
• Recorded At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
• Recorded At – Battery Studios, New York
• Mixed At – Soapbox Studios
• Produced For – Drama Family Entertainment, Inc.
• Produced For – GLITCH Entertainment
• Recorded At – Westlake Studios
• Recorded At – Roc The Mic Studios
• Mixed At – Roc The Mic Studios
• Produced For – Just E. Productions Group, LLC
• Produced For – SupaNova Management, Inc.
• Recorded At – Chalice Recording Studios
• Produced For – Go2man Management LLC
• Recorded At – Lethal Studios
• Recorded At – Compound Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Recorded At – The Studio
• Produced For – Stadium Productions, LLC
• Produced For – It's Knobody's Business
• Produced For – 12 Nations, Inc.
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Recorded At – Circle House Studios
• Mixed At – Circle House Studios
• Produced For – StayFresh Music, Inc.
• Produced For – Rokkworld Music Group
• Recorded At – DML Studios
• Produced For – Premiere Music Group, LLC
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• A&R – Jay Brown , Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith
• Administrator [A&R Administration] – Terese Joseph
• Arranged By [Strings], Producer [Strings] – Larry Gold (tracks: 4, 11)
• Art Direction, Design – TaVon Sampson
• Cello – Jennie Lorenzo (tracks: 4, 11)
• Coordinator [A&R Coordination] – Leesa D. Brunson, Nicole Jackson*
• Coordinator [Photography & Art Coordination] – Tai Linzie
• Engineer [Assistant] – Deepu Panjwani (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 11), Ricardo "Slick" Hinkson (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 11)
• Executive-Producer – Compound Entertainment, LLC*, The Carter Administration
• Guitar – Espen Lind (tracks: 12), Robert "R.T." Taylor* (tracks: 5, 8)
• Guitar, Bass – Joe Davi (tracks: 6)
• Instruments [All Other Instruments] – Mikkel S. Eriksen (tracks: 12), Tor Erik Hermansen (tracks: 12)
• Instruments [All] – Eric Hudson (tracks: 3, 7), Mikkel S. Eriksen (tracks: 1), Tor Erik Hermansen (tracks: 1)
• Legal [Legal Counsel] – Fred Goldring, Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, Rachel Rosoff
• Legal [Sample Clearance Services] – DeMonica Plummer, Music Administrative Services, Inc.*
• Management [Business Affairs] – Antoinette Trotman, Ian Allen , Randy McMillan
• Management [Compound Management] – Reynell "Tango" Hay, Tishawn "Go2man" Gayle
• Mastered By – Tom Coyne
• Mixed By – Kevin "KD" Davis* (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), Phil Tan (tracks: 1, 12)
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Josh Houghkirk (tracks: 1, 12), Shane "Bermuda" Woodley (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Photography By – Ellen Von Unwerth
• Product Manager [Marketing] – Ashaunna Ayars
• Product Manager [Package Production] – Doug Joswick
• Recorded By – Andrew Dawson (tracks: 9), Bob Horn (tracks: 2), Brian Springer (tracks: 9), Brian Sumner (tracks: 3), Jaymz Hardy-Martin III (tracks: 4, 11), Jeff Chestek (tracks: 4, 11), Michael Tocci, Mikkel Eriksen* (tracks: 1, 12), Shane Woodley* (tracks: 3, 7)
• Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Danielle Laporte* (tracks: 10)
• Recorded By [Vocals] – Eric Hudson (tracks: 3), Mikkel S. Eriksen (tracks: 1, 12)
• Saxophone, Horns – Shea Taylor* (tracks: 5)
• Viola – David Barnett (tracks: 4, 11)
• Violin – Emma Kummrow (tracks: 4, 11), Gloria Justen (tracks: 4, 11), Igor Szwec (tracks: 4, 11), Olga Konopelsky (tracks: 4, 11)

Notes

Track 1
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded at Sony Music Studios and Battery Studios, NYC for Compound Entertainment, LLC (Michael Tocci)
Mixed for RiotProof Productions, Inc. At Soapbox Studio, Atlanta, GA

Track 2
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Drama Family Entertainment, Inc./GLITCH Entertainment
Recorded at Westlake Studios, Beverly Hills, CA (Bob Horn) and for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC (Michael Tocci)
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 3
BMI
Produced for Just E. Productions Group, LLC/SupaNova Management, Inc. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC (Michael Tocci) and at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Brian Sumner)
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 4
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC/Go2Man Management, LLC. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC, Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados (Michael Tocci); for For Skylar Jaymz, LLC at Compound Studios (Jaymz Hardy-Martin III) and at L. Gold Studios, Philadelphia, PA (Jeff Chestek)
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo “Slick” Hinkson
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 5
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Stadium Productions, LLC and Compound Entertainment, LLC. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 6
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for It's Knobody's Business / 12 Nations Inc. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC and Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC
Jennifer Hudson appears courtesy of J Records
Contains elements of "Baby Come Close" written by Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin and Pamela Moffett-Young, and published by Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

Track 7
BMI
Produced for Just E. Productions Group, LLC/SupaNova Management, Inc. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC (Michael Tocci) and Roc The Mic Studios, NYC and Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados (Shane Woodley)
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo “Slick” Hinkson
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 8
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Stadium Productions, LLC and Compound Entertainment, LLC. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Circle House Studios, Miami, FL
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Circle House Studios, Miami, FL

Track 9
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for StayFresh Music, Inc./Rokkworld Music Group. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC (Michael Tocci) and for Royal Z Entertainment at Chalice Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA (Brian Springer)
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 10
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Stadium Productions, LLC and Compound Entertainment, LLC. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC and Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo “Slick” Hinkson
Additional recording at D.M.L. Studios, East Orange, NJ
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 11
BMI/SESAC
Produced for Premiere Music Group, LLC. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Sony Music Studios, NYC, Roc The Mic Studios, NYC, Lethal Studios, Bridgetown, Barbados (Michael Tocci); for For Skylar Jaymz, LLC at Compound Studios (Jaymz Hardy-Martin III) and at L. Gold Studios, Philadelphia, PA (Jeff Chestek)
Assistant engineers at Lethal Studios: Deepu Panjwani and Ricardo “Slick” Hinkson
Mixed for Compound Entertainment, LLC at Roc The Mic Studios, NYC

Track 12
BMI/ASCAP
Produced for Delirious Blacksmith Management, Ltd. Co-produced for Compound Entertainment, LLC
Recorded at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles and Battery Studios, NYC for Compound Entertainment, LLC (Michael Tocci)
Mixed for RiotProof Productions, Inc. At Soapbox Studio, Atlanta, GA

Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC

℗ © 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 02517 25648 4
• Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
• Label Code: LC08427
• Matrix / Runout (Mould / hub text, Variant 1): Made in Germany by EDC B
• Matrix / Runout (Mould / hub text, Variant 2): Made in Germany by EDC D
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 & 2): 06025 172 564-8 01 * 51881128 [4 Universal logos]
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 & 2): IFPI LV26
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0118
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0126

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1732691	Ne-Yo	Because Of You ‎(CD, Album)	Def Jam Recordings, Mercury, Compound Entertainment	1732691	Europe	2007
none	Ne-Yo	Because Of You ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial, Dig)	ООО Media-plus	none	Russia	Unknown
602517256484, JRC 07041-2	Ne-Yo	Because Of You ‎(CD, Album)	Def Jam Recordings, Compound Entertainment , JRC	602517256484, JRC 07041-2	Ukraine	2007
B0008697-02	Ne-Yo	Because Of You ‎(CD, Album)	Def Jam Recordings	B0008697-02	US	2007
UICD-9056	Ne-Yo	Because Of You ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE)	Def Jam Recordings, Compound Entertainment	UICD-9056	Japan	2008