Initially failing to chart, the album later became a success, climbing the Billboard 200 to number 29.

The album features guest appearances by Lady Saw, Count Bass D, and Waymon Boone.

The album elicited generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release.

Tom Demalon, writing for AllMusic, praised Vitamin C's range, adding that "there is no shortage of hooks" on the album and concluding that "there's not a weak track on this stellar record.

Rolling Stone's Neva Chonin awarded the album two and a half stars, praising the album's stylistic range but criticizing its production, which she felt "makes it difficult to tell where the cut-and-paste production ends and Vitamin C begins.