Album Premiere: Macy Gray Takes an Old-School Approach on 'The Way' — billboard.com

Macy Gray has won a Grammy, cracked the Top 5 on the Hot 100 and has steadily released music over the past 15 years, but she was still surprised when Booker T. Jones, one of the founders of the legendary Stax band Booker T. and the MG's, agreed to work with her on her new album, The Way. Gray's latest full-length hits stores next Tuesday (Oct. 7), but you can hear the Gray/Jones collaboration "First Time (Revised)" -- and the rest of the LP -- exclusively on Billboard.com below.

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