{"product_id":"gray-macy-trouble-with-being-myself-0696998653528","title":"Trouble With Being Myself","description":"Personnel includes: Macy Gray (vocals); Marsha \"Songstress\" Ambrosius (vocals); Pharoahe Monch (rap vocals); Lukas Haas (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Victor Indrizzo (guitar, drums); Mark Ronson, Dallas Austin (guitar, programming); Arik Marshall, Jinsoo Lim, Beck (guitar); Tracy Wannomae (bass clarinet); Printz Board (trumpet, flugelhorn); Tom Rawls (trombone); Jeremy Ruzumna (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Chamberlain, Farfisa organ, synthesizer, programming); Zach Rae, Adam McDougal (synthesizer); Justin Medal-Johnsen (bass); Scott Breadman (percussion); DJ. Kilu Grand (programming, turntables); Rick Shepherd (programming); Traci Nelson, Bobby Ross Avila, Audra Cunningham-Nishita, Fanny Franklin, Sy Smith, Chino Smith (background vocals). Producers: Macy Gray, Dallas Austin, Darryl Swan, Killu Beckwith, Dave Way. Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Royaltone Studios, and Ameraycan Recording Studios, Hollywood, California; O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, California. This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser. With her third album THE TROUBLE WITH BEING MYSELF, Macy Gray continues down a path whose stylistic roots spring from both the Parliament-Funkadelic and Hi Records camps. As much a storyteller as she is a singer, Gray tucks into tales of unrequited love (the lush \"She Ain't Right For You\"), quests for higher fulfillment (a Gamble \u0026amp; Huff-flavored \"Jesus For a Day\"), and darkly tinged reminisces of growing up (the Farfisa-pumped \"My Fondest Childhood Memories.\") The unconventional singer also shines when she eases into a mellower groove, be it the tranquil aura of \"Happiness\" with its neat mix of acoustic guitar, children's chorus, and unobtrusive beats, or \"Speechless,\" the kind of mid-tempo soul number sure to register favor with fans of producer Willie Mitchell's work. Other songs fitting in more with the Ohio native's quirks include an off-kilter \"Every Now an","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53687962435926,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_0696998653528_1.jpg?v=1778855810","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/gray-macy-trouble-with-being-myself-0696998653528","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}