On September 16, 2003, Arista Records re-released Life Goes On with the bonus track, "I'll Go", which first appeared on the Love & Basketball soundtrack.

"[1] Craig Seymour from Entertainment Weekly noted that the album "uses fluid '80s grooves for tales of straying lovers, reformed commitment-phobes, and incarcerated romantics.

With his tenderly earnest young-Stevie Wonder-like delivery and consistently sharp lyrics, Jones hits the right notes.

"[2] Rolling Stone's Adrian Zupp found that "the mostly laid back grooves and oh-so-romantic lyric turns make this definite mood music, and it works – as long as your mood is pretty fixed [...] The guy has genuine vocal range and power and a craftsman's instinct for creating an appealing vibe.

Whether Life Goes On tops Jones' platinum-plus sophomore disc, Where I Wanna Be, is for the people to decide.