[2] After a negative radio response to the track "Proud to Be Black", MCA Records chose not to use its logo on the packaging.

[5][6] "To My Donna" is an answer song directed to Madonna's "Justify My Love", which used a backing rhythm track taken by Lenny Kravitz from a Public Enemy instrumental produced by the Bomb Squad.

"[6] Entertainment Weekly wrote that YBT "rise to the challenge presented by the high-quality production, and rhyme with conviction".

[9] The Calgary Herald opined that "the tunes are tighter and tougher than most rap fare".

[11] The St. Petersburg Times concluded that YBT "get past racial barriers, smack dab into a clever, creative form of rap that knows neither limits nor boundaries of color.