[9] The Bhundu Boys later expressed regret over allowing their record company to dictate so much of the album's sound.

[10] Robert Christgau wrote that "they're victims of crossover, compromising and accommodating when they should be expanding and appropriating... And they're still not half-bad.

"[15] The Christian Science Monitor concluded that True Jit "is aimed at the American pop market, and loses in the process," but conceded that "the group still has the lilting rhythms, complex guitar countermelodies, and harmonically rich vocals.

"[16] USA Today stated that the band link "anti-apartheid and Pan-African messages with the joys of dancing.

"[18] AllMusic wrote that the album sacrificed "the elegant simplicity of their earlier work for an over-produced, Westernized sound that alienated their core fan base.