[2] Songwriter and rapper Katrina "Trina" Taylor appears as a guest vocalist on the album track "Batteries.

Allison Stewart, writing for The Washington Post, called the album "a solid if slightly anonymous disc that makes plain the problems facing veteran balladeers.

And now he's stuck, his limber, velvet ribbon of a voice forced to resort to making unctuous Diane Warren ballads seem sincere and interesting and mostly not succeeding, while Ne-Yo has all the fun.

"[7] Lauren Carter from The Boston Herald remarked that "the majority of the 40-year-old’s seventh album is smoothed-out adult contemporary fare that ranges from steamy to snoozy."

"[8] AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars and found that while a handful of "tracks would be better suited for younger singers, roughly half the album has Ginuwine acting his age, dealing with adult situations [...] Best of all is "Frozen"; audible shivering sounds overstate the mood projected by a scorned object of affection, but frost-coated synthesizers provide great contrast to Ginuwine's sympathetic pleading.