AllMusic rated the album two out of five stars and wrote: "Wilson is equally comfortable with the percolating, hip-hop-inflected jump of the opening cut "Absolutely," the tender, Stevie Wonder-influenced ministrations of the love ballad "For Your Love," or the unapologetically titled "Big Pimpin'," wherein our mack daddy tells the object of his desire "if you're not planning to stay/let me help you on your way."

Wilson's fluid tenor provides him equal access to all these soul scenarios.

The state-of-the-art production keeps things sounding seamless no matter which direction the appropriately named Bridging the Gap takes.

"[1] Billboard found that Wilson "scores a home run with his first solo set" and described the album as a "mix of R&B/hip-hop finds the veteran doing just that, teaming up with such contempo- raries as Case, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mare Nelson, Nate Dogg, and Chris "Tricky" Stewart [...] Uncle Charlie proves he's still a player.

[3] By January 2009, it had sold 195,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.