▁Member ▁Rob bie ▁Ch ater ▁described ▁the ▁album ' s ▁structure ▁as ▁a ▁road ▁trip ▁from ▁a ▁hyper real istic ▁urban ▁environment ▁to ▁somewhere ▁remote ▁and ▁far ▁away ▁while ▁on ▁L SD . ▁ ▁Wild flow er ▁was ▁stuck ▁in ▁development ▁hell ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁Following ▁the ▁release ▁Since ▁I ▁Left ▁You , ▁the ▁A val an ches ▁tou red ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁produce ▁music , ▁and ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁projects ▁for ▁over ▁a ▁de cade , ▁producing ▁new ▁tracks ▁while ▁also ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁multiple ▁artists . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁described ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁as ▁" amb ient ▁world ▁music ", ▁and ▁by ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁group ▁were ▁considering ▁over ▁forty ▁tracks ▁for ▁an ▁album ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁mostly ▁hip ▁hop - orient ed . ▁Production ▁was ▁restart ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁led ▁by ▁Rob bie ▁Ch ater ▁with ▁assistance ▁from ▁Tony ▁Di ▁Bl asi , ▁but ▁soon ▁st alled ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁former ▁being ▁ill ▁for ▁three ▁years . ▁The ▁group ▁members ▁had ▁also ▁become ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁separate ▁projects , ▁which ▁pulled ▁them ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁album . ▁Some ▁of ▁their ▁most ▁time - consum ing ▁work ▁included ▁the ▁score ▁to ▁King ▁Kong , ▁and ▁an ▁animated ▁musical ▁film ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" hip ▁hop ▁version ▁of ▁Y ellow ▁Sub marine " ▁which ▁lost ▁fund ing ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁completed . ▁Wild flow er ▁features ▁several ▁rem n ants ▁from ▁these ▁projects , ▁and