Rolling Stone (12/7/00, pp.112-4) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...The SoleSides brethren come through ahead of their time and outside of the lines..."
Spin (3/01, p.150) - "...Measured against any hip-hop of the past decade, this is outstanding s***....Legendary."
Q (1/01, p.121) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Knowingly cool, but none the worse for it..."
Alternative Press (3/01, p.92) - 4 out of 5 - "...An amazing, revitalizing release..."
Mixmag (12/00, p.177) - 4 out of 5 - "...An ideal first taste of the Solesides sound. Most of this stuff is nearly a decade old but classics like Shadow's 'Entropy' sound just as fresh as a brickie who's spotted a pretty girl."
Muzik (12/00, p.105) - 5 out of 5 - "...Rare classics...'Audition' tapes, various live excerpts....distinctive beatmakers and you can't argue witht he lyricists....it's dope."
NME (Magazine) (11/18/00, p.43) - 9 out of 10 - "...Essential....a clutch of dazzling beatscapes..."