The Time Has Come is the debut EP by Unkle, a music project consisting of James Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy, and Masayuki Kudo.

[3] James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy started their collaboration in 1992 under the group name Men from Unkle.

"[4] He added, "Hip-hop, funk, and jazz are of course the most obvious, but the soundtracky deviations of ambient, as well as hitting electro-boogie and spy movie theme music (particularly on Portishead's remix) also figure in.

"[4] R.J. Wheaton stated, "The Time Has Come is ponderous, bassy, moody, zany, soundtracky 1990s UK instrumental hip-hop, built from the crates of rare groove DJs.

"[5] All tracks are written by James Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy, and Masayuki Kudo.Credits adapted from liner notes.