Ultimate R&B 2007

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Copyright: This Compilation ℗ 2007 Universal International Music B.V.

Available Regions (as of 2025-10-30)

🇪🇺 Europe, 🇦🇩 Andorra, 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire, 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇴 Colombia, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, 🇨🇼 Curaçao, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇯 Fiji, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇬🇳 Guinea, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, 🇭🇳 Honduras, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇰🇷 Korea, 🇱🇦 Laos, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇲🇨 Monaco, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇺 Mauritius, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇵🇦 Panama, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇵🇾 Paraguay, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇻 El Salvador, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇹🇼 Taiwan, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🇻🇪 Venezuela, 🇻🇳 Vietnam, 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇿🇦 South Africa

Excluded Regions (as of 2025-10-30)

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, 🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda, 🇦🇮 Anguilla, 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇧 Barbados, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇧🇭 Bahrain, 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇳 Brunei, 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇧🇼 Botswana, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC), 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇨🇰 Cook Islands, 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde, 🇨🇽 Christmas Island, 🇩🇯 Djibouti, 🇩🇲 Dominica, 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇪🇷 Eritrea, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands, 🇫🇲 Micronesia, 🇬🇦 Gabon, 🇬🇩 Grenada, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea, 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau, 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory, 🇮🇶 Iraq, 🇯🇲 Jamaica, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, 🇰🇮 Kiribati, 🇰🇲 Comoros, 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis, 🇰🇼 Kuwait, 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇱🇧 Lebanon, 🇱🇨 St. Lucia, 🇱🇷 Liberia, 🇱🇸 Lesotho, 🇱🇾 Libya, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇬 Madagascar, 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇳 Mongolia, 🇲🇷 Mauritania, 🇲🇸 Montserrat, 🇲🇻 Maldives, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island, 🇳🇵 Nepal, 🇳🇷 Nauru, 🇳🇺 Niue, 🇴🇲 Oman, 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands, 🇵🇼 Palau, 🇶🇦 Qatar, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands, 🇸🇨 Seychelles, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan Mayen, 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇸🇴 Somalia, 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe, 🇸🇿 Eswatini, 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, 🇹🇰 Tokelau, 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan, 🇹🇳 Tunisia, 🇹🇴 Tonga, 🇹🇻 Tuvalu, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇺🇾 Uruguay, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines, 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands, 🇻🇺 Vanuatu, 🇼🇸 Samoa, 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇿🇲 Zambia, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 🇧🇸 Bahamas, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇿 Belize, 🇬🇾 Guyana, 🇭🇹 Haiti, 🇮🇳 India, 🇲🇴 Macao SAR, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, 🇵🇸 Palestinian Authority, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇸🇷 Suriname, 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-30 23:34 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Umbrella
recording engineer:
Kuk Harrell
drum machine [drum] programming:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart)
producer:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart) and Kuk Harrell (lead vocals)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
keyboard [keyboards]:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer)
guest vocals:
JAY‐Z (US rapper)
produced for:
RedZone Entertainment
recorded at:
Triangle Sound in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
mixed at:
Larrabee Studios North in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Umbrella by Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer) feat. Jay‐Z (US rapper)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 50), Top Songs of 2024: Global (number: 92) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 332)
recording of:
Umbrella
lyricist:
Terius Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash)
composer:
Christopher Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart), Terius Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash) and Thaddis Harrell
Rihanna & JAY‐Z3.94:36
2Because of You
recording of:
Because of You
writer:
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Chimere Smith
Ne-Yo3.154:26
3Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)
music videos:
Big Girls Don’t Cry (personal version) by Fergie (American singer)
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 22)
recording of:
Big Girls Don’t Cry
writer:
Fergie (American singer) and Toby Gad (German songwriter, producer, pianist)
Fergie3.94:28
4Say It Right
additional recording engineer:
Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica (American songwriter, recording and mixing engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Demacio "Demo" Castellon
engineer:
Vadim Chislov, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, Ben Jost (engineer), James Roach (engineer) and Kobla Tetey
producer:
Jim Beanz (lead vocals), Danja (US producer Nate Hills) and Timbaland
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Timbaland
guitar:
Kevin Rudolf
keyboard [keyboards]:
Danja (US producer Nate Hills)
background vocals:
Jim Beanz, Nelly Furtado and Timbaland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mosley Music Group LLC (Do not use as a release company, use Mosley Music Group instead) and Geffen Records (in 2006)
mixed for:
Storm Circle Entertainment
produced for:
Danja Handz Productions, Pettaway Music, Sunset Entertainment and Timbaland Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
The Hit Factory Miami in Miami, Florida, United States
music videos:
Say It Right by Nelly Furtado
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 56)
recording of:
Say It Right
lyricist:
Nelly Furtado
composer:
Nelly Furtado, Nate Hills (US producer Nate Hills) and Timothy Mosley
Nelly Furtado4.13:43
5We Belong Together
assistant engineer:
Tadd Mingo (a.k.a. “Rowdy Rik”; writer and technical)
engineer:
Brian Garten and John Horesco IV
co-producer:
Manuel Seal
producer:
Mariah Carey and Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ)
mixer:
Phil Tan (Malaysian-American audio engineer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Mariah Carey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Right Track Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States and Southside Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
Southside Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
part of:
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 15) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 199)
recording of:
We Belong Together
composer:
Johntá Austin (American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, vocalist and rapper), Darnell Bristol (R&B songwriter and producer), Mariah Carey, Sidney DeWayne, Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ), Kenneth Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds), Patrick Moten, Manuel Seal, Sandra Sully and Bobby Womack
quotes lyrics from:
If You Think You’re Lonely Now
quotes lyrics from:
Two Occasions
Mariah Carey43:21
6Smile
recording of:
Smile
lyricist:
Lily Allen, Darren Lewis and Iyiola Babalola (drum n bass producer Iyiola Babalola)
additional writer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
composer:
Jackie Mittoo
publisher:
Sparta Florida Music Group and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
is based on:
Free Soul
Lily Allen3:14
7Rehab
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor / orchestra)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist) and Ian Hendrickson-Smith
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
electric piano, handclaps and piano and piano:
Victor Axelrod
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
handclaps:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
harp:
Helen Tunstall
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Smith (British saxophonist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/conductor), Neal Sugarman and Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist)
trumpet:
Dave Guy and Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola player), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
wind instruments arranger:
Gabriel Roth and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 57), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 73) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 419)
recording of:
Rehab
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Amy Winehouse4.153:33
8Too Little, Too Late (album version)
music videos:
Too Little Too Late by JoJo (American singer and actress)
recording of:
Too Little Too Late
writer:
Joshua Berman Alexander (American songwriter, producer and pianist), Ruth-Anne Cunningham (Irish singer-songwriter) and William E. Steinberg
JoJo3.73:40
9Don't Lie
drum machine programming:
will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
programming:
Tal Herzberg
engineer:
Jason "Ill-Aroma" Villaroman and will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
additional producer:
Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter)
producer:
will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
bass:
will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
guitar:
Ray Brady and George Pajon, Jr.
harmonica:
Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter)
vocals:
apl.de.ap, Fergie (American singer), Taboo (member of Black Eyed Peas) and will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
music videos:
Don't Lie by The Black Eyed Peas (US pop/hip hop group)
recording of:
Don’t Lie
writer:
apl.de.ap, Fergie (American singer), Jaime Gomez Arellano, Chris Peters (Peters & Peters), Drew Peters (Peters & Peters), Richard Walters (US rapper Slick Rick) and will.i.am (American rapper and producer)
Black Eyed Peas3.953:40
10Buttons
recording of:
Buttons (original)
writer:
Sean Garrett, Jamal Jones, Jason Perry (UK rock producer/songwriter, formerly of “A”) and Nicole Scherzinger
The Pussycat Dolls2.53:46
11Foolish
Ashanti3:48
12One in a Million
recording engineer:
Senator Jimmy D (engineer)
producer:
Timbaland
mixer:
Jimmy Douglas (engineer) and Timbaland
background vocals:
Aaliyah (American R&B singer) and Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer)
lead vocals:
Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
other vocals [ad-libs]:
Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) and Timbaland
vocals arranger:
Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment) (in 1996), Blackground Records, LLC (not for release label use! use “Blackground Records” instead) (in 1996, in 2000) and Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) (in 2003)
recorded at and mixed at:
Pyramid Sound Recording Studios in Ithaca (city), New York, United States
music videos:
One in a Million by Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
a cappella versions:
One In A Million (Acapella) by Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
instrumental versions:
One in a Million (instrumental) by Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
recording of:
One in a Million
writer:
Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) and Tim Mosley
publisher:
Mass Confusion Music, Mass Confusion Productions, Virginia Beach Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Aaliyah3.854:30
13These Are the Times
recording of:
These Are the Times
writer:
Kenneth Edmonds (R&B musician Kenny Edmonds) and Damon Thomas
Dru Hill24:06
14Ill Na Na
Foxy Brown featuring Method Man3:07
15Love Me or Hate Me
recording of:
Love Me or Hate Me
writer:
Łukasz Gottwald and Louise Amanda Harman
Lady Sovereign43:30
16Move Ya Body
recording of:
Move Ya Body
writer:
Natalie Albino, Nicole Albino, Curtis Bedeau, Lionel Bermingham, Cordell 'Scatta' Burrell, Gerard Charles, Hugh Clarke (bass guitar player, member of Full Force), Luis Diaz (AKA Cipha Sounds), Brian George (US funk/hip-hop musician aka B-Fine), Lucien George, Paul George (American) and Elijah Wells
Nina Sky & Jabba3:52
17Lean Back
recording of:
Lean Back
writer:
Joseph Cartagena (US rapper, Terror Squad), Reminisce Smith and Scott Storch (producer)
publisher:
Joey and Ryan Music, Remynisce Music, Scott Storch Music and TVT Music
Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe, Remy4:08
18Stand Up
recording engineer:
Robert Hannon, Eddie Hernandez and Jason Rome
co-producer:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
lead vocals:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
other vocals:
Shawnna (US rapper Rashawnna Guy, the “Queen of Chicago”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Audio Vision Studios in Miami, Florida, United States, Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Tree Sound Studios in Norcross, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Stand Up
lyricist:
Christopher Bridges (Ludacris, US rapper & actor)
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
publisher:
50,000%, EMI April Music, Ludacris Music Publishing and Ye World Music
Ludacris featuring Shawnna53:34
19Ridin'
recording engineer and mixer:
James Hoover
guest vocals:
Krayzie Bone (of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
performer:
Krayzie Bone (of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
recording of:
Ridin’
writer:
Hakeem Seriki, Anthony Henderson (aka Krayzie Bone), Juan Salinas (US hip hop producer) and Oscar Salinas (US rapper/producer Oscar Salinas, of Play N Skillz)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Chamillitary Camp Music, EMI April Music Inc., EMI Publishing, Leathaface Music (Krayzie Bone), Play for Play-N-Skillz Music, Skillz for Skillz-n-Play Music and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone3.755:03
2▶Digital Media