After developing a musical concept for the duo, Dupri and Nicolo spent two years writing and producing the album.

[1] In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, the music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an "A−" and praised Dupri for "avoiding BBD's girl-bashing and ABC's kiddie escapism" in his lyrics for the duo.

[10] "Jump" was voted the third-best single of 1992 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.

[11] Christgau, the poll's creator, named it the best single of the year in his own year-end list and also ranked "Warm It Up" at number four.

[12] In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Steve Huey gave the album four out of five stars and said that Dupri "delivers a catchy, pop-friendly batch of tracks that manage to stay pretty consistently engaging (perhaps in part because they are short)".