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The Id - Macy Gray
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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
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  1. SteveR
    Dec 4, 2001
    9
    Although the public doesn't get it, Macy Gray continues peeling away the layers covering her sexuality with The Id. It's been a while -- since On How Life Is -- that I've heard an album as fun as this, with references to 70s disco and 80s p-funk. Has it been that long since music has actually been fun?
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  2. JoseAntonioA
    Oct 8, 2002
    8
    Clear & deep songs of life looking for a soul.
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  3. toma
    Oct 18, 2006
    10
    i finally came across the id 5 years after it was issued and fell in love with it, as the finest post-60s psychedelic record since beck's midnight vulture (better even). totally love it, can't stop playing it. went to get a couple more of her records -- very nice, yes indeed, but the id's definitely my favourite. this is an enjoyable artist -- and i'd been put off her because paul holmes interviewed her on television making her appear like some little dimwit. but no, as an artist she's brilliant. i can't stop raving about her, and her lyrics are great too. just wonderful.… Expand
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  4. NseE
    Jul 21, 2003
    10
    A cd of diverse sounds, kooky lyrics, and an interesting voice. Love it. From 'Oblivion', 'Forgiveness', every little bit.
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Spin Cycle
    75
    A platter of hot-buttered R&B popcorn, liberally sprinkled with salty social critique, "The Id" finds Gray getting disco-freaky while instigating her "Sexual Revolution," and playfully rapping about her kids with Slick Rick on the funky burner "Hey Young World II."
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  2. Blender
    80
    A conceptual bacchanal of sweat-drenched lust. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.104]
  3. E! Online
    83
    Musically, the album bounces from a full-on urban polka ("Oblivion") to tracks with plenty of Apollo Showtime-style organs, horns and disco and funk elements that keep the wacky tales from sounding wack.
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