Spin (11/01, p.136)
- 7 out of 10 - "...Captivates as it reverberates, pulsing with the sawtooth bass lines of high-voltage Jamaican dancehall..."Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.75)
- "...The diverse stew of dub, ragga, jungle, and house beats are eminently fresh..." - Rating: B- Q (9/01, p.117)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...A British hip hop original? Yes indeed...encompassing RZA spaciness...reggae loping...catchy organ pop...and something which sounds like nothing so much as Krautrockers Can..." Alternative Press (12/01, pp.92-4)
- 7 out of 10 - "...The album skanks along to its own pungent space-funk flavor, while Roots lays down a consistently laid-back flow with plenty of ragga attitude and aphorisms..."r Uncut (9/01, p.99)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...His rich vocabulary has ripened in the heat of a different hip hop tradition....It's the darkly literate sound of a man "frenchkissing the chaos" that makes this album a higher education..." The Wire (1/02, p.40)
- Ranked #37 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001". The Wire (8/01, p.71)
- "...Call the Owsla! Call the Demon Boyz! Roots says his hand was guided by the Duppy. Creepy? Worry not, bon jovial mots like, 'You looking for blob-a-blob? Go run find blobby!', will keep you in stitches. Album of the year?..." Mojo (Publisher)
(1/02, p.70)
- Ranked #22 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". Mojo (Publisher)
(9/01, p.114)
- "...A landmark hip hop album..." NME (Magazine)
(12/29/01, p.59)
- Ranked #18 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001". | 
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