The Id (album)

The Id
Studio album by Macy Gray
Released September 17, 2001
Recorded Aragon Ballroom
(Chicago, Illinois)
Paramount Studios,
The Record Plant
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Remote Recording Services,
The Studio
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre R&B, soul, neo soul
Length 56:25
Label Epic
Producer Macy Gray, Darryl Swann
Macy Gray chronology

On How Life Is
(1999)		 The Id
(2001)		 The Trouble with Being Myself
(2003)
Singles from The Id
  1. "Sweet Baby"
    Released: September 3, 2001
  2. "Sexual Revolution"
    Released: November 26, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (71/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
The A.V. Club (favorable)[3]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[4]
musicOMH (mixed)[5]
NME (5/10)[6]
PopMatters (favorable)[7]
Rolling Stone [8]
Slant Magazine [9]
Spin (8/10)[10]
Yahoo! Music [11]

The Id is the second studio album by American recording artist Macy Gray. It was released in the United States on September 18, 2001 by Epic Records, a week after the September 11, 2001 attacks, perhaps the main reason for its domestic underperformance; it debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard 200 selling 93,000 copies in its first week,[12] but fell to number eighteen the following week, and has sold 593,000 copies in the US to date.[13] Nevertheless, The Id outpeaked its predecessor, On How Life Is, in several European countries, reaching the top position in the United Kingdom and Denmark. It also managed to produce the critically acclaimed single "Sweet Baby", which features fellow neo soul singer Erykah Badu.

The Tom Morello mix of "My Nutmeg Phantasy" was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film Spider-Man, and "Relating to a Psychopath" was featured in the 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Relating to a Psychopath"  Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder, Darryl Swann 4:48
2. "Boo"  Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann, Victor Indrizzo, Zac Rae 4:25
3. "Sexual Revolution"  Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann 4:45
4. "Hey Young World Part 2" (featuring Slick Rick)Gray, Ricky Walters, Dante Beze, Lamont Dorrell, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder 4:03
5. "Sweet Baby" (featuring Erykah Badu)Gray, Joe Solo 3:49
6. "Harry"  Gray 3:10
7. "Gimme All Your Lovin' or I Will Kill You"  Gray, Ruzumna, Swann, Arik Marshall, Rita Marley 4:45
8. "Don't Come Around" (featuring Sunshine Anderson)Gray, Ruzumna 4:37
9. "My Nutmeg Phantasy" (featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def)Gray, Swann, Keith Ciancia, Finn Hammer, Lonnie Marshall, Tom Ralls 4:55
10. "Freak Like Me"  Gray, Swann, Gary Zekley, Eric Hord 3:38
11. "Oblivion"  Gray, Brian Lester 2:49
12. "Forgiveness"  Gray, Swann, Hoyt Axton 5:17
13. "Blowin' Up Your Speakers"  Gray, Swann 1:07
14. "Shed" (hidden track)Gray, Ruzumna, Swann 4:17
Sample credits

Personnel

  • Macy Gray – vocals, producer, executive producer
  • Stephanie Alexander – backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 11)
  • Sunshine Anderson – vocals (track 8)
  • Issiah J. Avila – drums (tracks 3, 6)
  • Erykah Badu – vocals (track 5)
  • Marina Bambino – backing vocals (tracks 1, 8); percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5)
  • Steve Baxter – backing vocals (track 3); trombone (tracks 3, 7–9)
  • Dawn Beckman – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6–11)
  • Printz Board – backing vocals (track 3); horn (tracks 3, 7–9); trumpet (tracks 3, 7–9, 12, 13)
  • Dustin Boyer – guitar (track 6)
  • Tim Carmon – organ (track 6)
  • Davey Chegwidden – percussion (tracks 1, 6)
  • Keefus Ciancia – Farfisa synthesizer (track 5); Moog synthesizer (track 7); Whirly organ (tracks 7, 9); Kurzweil synthesizer (track 9)
  • Marc Cross – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Ronesha Davis – children's choir (track 4)
  • Brian J. Durack – organ (track 11)
  • Mike Elizondo – bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10–13)
  • Paloma Elsesser – children's choir (track 4)
  • Fannie Franklin – backing vocals (tracks 6, 7, 9, 11)
  • John Frusciante – guitar (track 5)
  • Herb Graham, Jr. – drums (tracks 4, 6)
  • Kiilu Grand – co-producer (track 4); scratches (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12, 13)
  • Lili Haydn – strings (track 3)
  • Aanisah Hinds – children's choir (track 4)
  • Mel Hinds – children's choir (track 4)
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9–13)
  • Shawki Jibri – children's choir (track 4)
  • Darren Johnson – Rhodes piano (track 5)
  • Kaya Tafari Joseph – children's choir (track 4)
  • Gabby Lang – sitar (track 9)
  • Jinsoo Lim – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 10)
  • Jane Lopez – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Arik Marshall – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13)
  • Lonnie "Meganut" Marshall – bass (track 9)
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Mos Def – rap (track 9)
  • Dion Murdock – drums (track 9)
  • Darice Murphy – children's choir (track 4)
  • Audra Nishita – backing vocals (tracks 6, 7, 9, 11)
  • Tim "Izo" Orindgreff – backing vocals (track 3); clarinet (tracks 6, 9); flute (tracks 7, 8); saxophone (tracks 3, 7, 9)
  • Billy Preston – claves (track 9); organ (tracks 5, 8, 9)
  • Zac Rae – Chamberlin keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 12, 13); Casio synthesizer (tracks 1, 2); Stylophone (track 1); Rhodes piano (track 2); guitar (track 4); piano (tracks 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13); organ (track 6); Moog synthesizer (track 9); synthesizer, Whirly organ (track 10); Wurlitzer synthesizer, clarinet (tracks 12, 13)
  • Tom Ralls – trombone (tracks 12, 13)
  • Rick Rubin – producer, executive producer
  • Thom Russo – backing vocals, mixing (track 11)
  • Jeremy Ruzumna – organ (tracks 1, 5–7, 10, 12, 13); piano (tracks 1, 4, 8, 10); Moog synthesizer (tracks 1, 3); claves (track 1); synthesizer, voice (track 7); Whirly organ (track 9)
  • Raphael Saadiq – co-producer, guitar, strings (track 8)
  • Slick Rick – rap (track 4)
  • Sunnie Shawn – children's choir (track 4)
  • Sy Smith – backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 6–9)
  • Angie Stone – vocals (track 9)
  • Darryl Swann – engineer, programming (all tracks); guitar (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13); strings (track 4); percussion (tracks 12, 13); backing vocals (tracks 7, 9, 11)
  • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – co-producer, mixing (track 4); drums (tracks 4, 6, 8); percussion (tracks 3, 4, 6–13)
  • Charles Veal, Jr. – strings (tracks 5, 8)
  • Frank "Knuckles" Walker – percussion (tracks 6, 10–13)
  • Lejon Walker – backing vocals (tracks 2, 9)
  • Tracy Wannamoe – clarinet (tracks 12, 13)
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Latina Webb – backing vocals (track 2)
  • David Wilder – bass (tracks 1, 4–7)
  • Pamela Williams – backing vocals (tracks 7, 9)
  • James Wooten – organ (track 8)
  • Ericka Yancey – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 3
Austrian Albums Chart[15] 7
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 8
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] 7
Canadian Albums Chart[18] 6
Danish Albums Chart[19] 1
European Top 100 Albums[20] 2
Finnish Albums Chart[21] 8
French Albums Chart[22] 25
German Albums Chart[23] 10
Irish Albums Chart[24] 7
Italian Albums Chart[25] 4
Japanese Albums Chart[26] 34
New Zealand Albums Chart[27] 7
Norwegian Albums Chart[28] 8
Polish Albums Chart[29] 7
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 14
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 4
UK Albums Chart[32] 1
US Billboard 200[18] 11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[18] 9
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[33] 13

Certifications

Country Certification
Australia Gold[34]
Canada Platinum[35]
Switzerland Gold[36]
United Kingdom Gold[37]
United States Gold[38]

Year-end charts

Chart (2001) Position
Australian Albums Chart[39] 77
Danish Albums Chart[40] 91
Swiss Albums Chart[41] 64

Release history

Country Date Label
Germany September 17, 2001 Sony Music
United Kingdom
United States September 18, 2001 Epic Records
Japan September 19, 2001

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