Track Listing

• 1. The South
• 2. A Change Is Gonna Come
• 3. Movin' On
• 4. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)
• 5. People Get Ready
• 6. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
• 7. Someday We'll All Be Free
• 8. The Promised Land
• 9. Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
• 10. Backwater Blues
• 11. Sweet Home Chicago
• 12. Black and Blue
• 13. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
• 14. Stampede in G Minor
• 15. God Bless the Child
• 16. I'm on My Way
• 17. Closing Theme
• 18. 'Round Midnight
• 19. My Home Is in the Delta
• 20. Killing Floor
• 21. Green Onions
• 22. Monkey Time
• 23. Hi-Heel Sneakers
• 24. Up on the Roof
• 25. Dancing in the Street
• 26. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
• 27. Respect
• 28. Stand!
• 29. Love Train
• 30. Take Me to the River
• 31. Wake up Everybody
• 32. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
• 33. That's the Way of the World
• 34. Bring the Noise
• 35. The World Is Yours

Credits

• Public Enemy: Performer
• John Hammond, Jr.: Producer
• Ivory Joe Hunter: Composer
• Blind Willie Johnson: Composer, Performer
• Mahalia Jackson: Performer
• Anthrax: Composer
• Booker T. & the MG's: Performer
• James Brown: Producer, Performer
• Steve Cropper: Producer
• The Drifters: Performer
• Earth, Wind & Fire: Arranger
• Aretha Franklin: Performer
• Marvin Gaye: Producer, Performer
• Al Green: Performer
• Harold Melvin: Performer
• Leon Russell: Composer
• Sly & the Family Stone: Performer
• Maurice White: Producer
• Count Basie: Performer
• Bill Berry: Composer
• Miles Davis: Performer
• John Hammond, Sr.: Producer
• The O'Jays: Performer
• Marc Benno: Composer
• Jerry Leiber: Producer
• Willie Mitchell: Producer
• Morgan Freeman: Narrator, Performer
• Nas: Performer
• Louis Armstrong: Performer
• George Avakian: Producer
• Billie Holiday: Vocals, Performer
• Terence Blanchard: Producer, Performer
• Peter Buck: Composer
• Howlin' Wolf: Performer
• Dr. George Butler: Liner Notes
• Leonard Chess: Producer
• Marshall Chess: Producer
• Phil Chess: Producer
• Chuck D: Composer, Producer, Performer
• Terence Trent D'Arby: Performer
• Roy Davies: Executive Producer
• Benny Diggs: Arranger, Producer
• Duke Ellington: Performer
• Dionne Farris: Producer
• Kenny Gamble: Producer
• Loris Holland: Producer
• Leon Huff: Producer
• Puff Johnson: Performer
• Robert Johnson: Performer
• Booker T. Jones: Producer
• Joseph Joubert: Arranger, Producer
• Don Law: Producer
• Huddie Ledbetter: Composer
• Mike Mills: Composer
• Muddy Waters: Performer
• Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Producer
• Hank Shocklee: Composer, Producer
• Charles Stepney: Arranger, Producer
• William "Mickey" Stevenson: Producer, ?
• Jimmy Stewart: Producer
• Michael Stipe: Composer
• Mike Stoller: Producer
• Mervin Ware: Producer
• Jerry Wexler: Producer
• Eric "Vietnam" Sadler: Composer
• Jim Stewart: Producer
• Eddie Howard, Jr.: Composer
• Pete Rock: Composer, Producer
• (Ex) Cat Heads: Producer
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: Performer
• Vic Anesini: Mastering
• Stacy Drummond: Art Direction
• Anthony Geffen: Producer, Executive Producer
• Carl Davis: Producer
• John Ingrassia: Project Supervisor
• June Hong: Design
• Robert Leroy Johnson: Composer
• Clinton P. Brewer: Composer
• Chester Burnett: Composer
• Kenneth Gamble: Composer