3 Stars (out of 5) - "...she steps back from the blend of croon and rap she has helped pioneer on recent records and returns to the tough proclamations of yore....Latifah sounds like she means it.", "...On her latest album, the multimedia maven splits the difference between thumping hip-hop and suave lover-girl R&B jams, all the while reminding her royal subjects exactly who reigns supreme. With an album this fun and funky, it's hard to argue with her." - Rating: A-, 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...With the wrath of her musical madness, this fiery lady was determined to uplift the state of female rappers still stranded in the aural wasteland of the post-Roxanne era..."