It was released by Motown Records on June 15, 1990, in the United States.

Chiefly produced by Donald Dee Bowden, the album reached number 29 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart and scored two top 40 R&B singles, "Go Outside in the Rain" and a cover version of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).

"[1] The album also includes a cover of Aretha Franklin's "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)".

AllMusic editor Bil Carpenter described the album as "jazz-edged urban soul.

"[2] All tracks produced by Donald Dee Bowden.