Personnel
Credits for 1st Born Second adapted from Allmusic.
- Bilal – vocals, drums, clavier, producer
- Greg Burns – assistant engineer, mixing
- Larry Chatman – project coordinator
- Mike City – multi instruments, producer
- Aaron Comess – bass, drums, producer, engineer, mixing engineer
- Tom Coster, Jr. – keyboards
- Jim Danis – assistant engineer, mixing
- Dahoud Darien – producer
- Vidal Davis – producer, engineer
- Russell Elevado – mixing
- Mike Elizondo – guitar, keyboards
- Todd Farrell – assistant engineer
- Drew FitzGerald – art direction
- Serban Ghenea – guitar, mixing
- Robert Glasper – keyboards, keyboard accordion
- James Hurt – string arrangements
- Jay Dee – producer
- Andres Levin – engineer, mixing
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- Steve Mandel – mixing
- Artemio Villeda Martín – executive producer
- Alan Mason – mixing
- Sid McCoy – narrator
- Mel-Man – keyboards, producer
- Peter Mokran – mixing engineer
- Mike Moreno – guitar
- Mos Def – rap
- Damu Mtume – executive producer
- Neil Pogue – mixing engineer
- James Poyser – organ, producer, Fender Rhodes
- Raphael Saadiq – producer
- Jon Smeltz – engineer
- Soulquarians – producer
- Mike Starr – guitar
- Kendal Stubbs – engineer
- John Tyree – assistant engineer, mixing
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