For The Id, Macy Gray brought a striking guest list into the studio: Erykah Badu sings on the single Sweet Baby, and Questlove, Rick Rubin, Raphael Saadiq, Slick Rick, Angie Stone, Mos Def and John Frusciante all worked on the album. Her second studio album, originally out in 2001 on Epic Records, pulls the neo soul of On How Life Is further towards funk and hip-hop. The album went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and reached number 11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

This edition is an LP on pink vinyl, limited to 2,000 numbered copies.