The ID

Macy Gray's second album, The Id, catches her in full flow, pushing past the huge success of On How Life Is with real confidence and imagination. Her unmistakable voice and sharp, powerful lyrics are front and centre throughout.

On this follow-up, Gray moves freely across every style she wants to touch. The record lands as a funky celebration of life, nodding to the classic spirit of Sly and The Family Stone and Funkadelic, then flipping it with a 2000s hip-hop and neo-soul edge.

That energy is lifted even higher by a brilliant cast of collaborators: Questlove, Rick Rubin, Raphael Saadiq, Erykah Badu, Slick Rick, John Frusciante, Angie Stone and Mos Def.