Window Seat

This is the first official single from American R&B and neo-soul musician Erykah Badu's fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). The song finds her dreaming of boarding a plane (with a window seat) and escaping her troubles.

The song features The Roots' ?uestlove on drums. The Roots handled some of the production on Badu's 1997 debut album Baduizm, and a couple of years later the two acts collaborated with Eve on the Grammy-winning song "You Got Me." Baku told MTV News that she can't imagine making an album without ?uestlove, whom she always calls by his real name, Ahmir. "Ahmir is my brother," she said. "We are very close. We've been together through all of my childbirths, all of my relationships, all of my albums from the very beginning. I lived with him at one point in Philadelphia. He comes to Dallas, he comes to 'The Wheel' - my house has a name. It's called 'The Wheel.'"

This song also features keyboardist and frequent Erykah Badu collaborator James Poyser. "James Poyser is my studio husband," Baku told MTV News. "What I mean by that is, I don't do an album without him being present. We are partners, production-wise. There's no deal-breaker in that marriage. We met in Philadelphia when I was working on [1997's] Baduizm. 'Otherside of the Game' was our first creation together. We have not been able to top it yet. That's what we trying to do. Even though we've created a lot of beautiful things, our first child is the one." Baku clarified that she's just joking about their collaboration. "That's satire," she explained. "We're never trying to repeat or top anything. It's fun working with him, because he can read my mind, and I can read his. I don't read music. I never have. Yet I can describe what I'm trying to hear. He is able to bang it out. He's able to do that."