What this record reaffirms is the fact that EPMD never had much to say and that the buying public, myself included, doesn't really care. If you want political statements or gun-toting 'gangstas' you can just look somewhere else. EPMD's never been about either end of the spectrum from day one, they are their own b-boy niche and this album is just another example of why they never should have broken up. The only minor critique I can make is that PMD only produces two tracks, and Sermon's Def Squad (Redman, Keith Murry, etc.) and Smith's Hit Squad (Das EFX, etc.) only appear separately, not together. Other than that, we can only say 'Welcome Back.'