BE Performed by Common Written by Common (as Lonnie Lynn), Ye (as Kanye West), Choker Campbell (as Caesar Frazier) Produced by Ye (as Kanye West) for Getting Out Our Dreams/Hip Hop Since 1978 All Keyboards by James Poyser, Acoustic Bass by Derrick Hodge Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Dawson at Sony Studios, New York, NY And Encore Studio, Burbank, CA Assistant Recording Engineers: Taylor Dow and Francis Forde