This record is a fine, high quality funk effort from an extremely underated 80´s funk outfuit out of Ohio. But it was merely a prelude to their following album and one of the greatest funk (and r&b) records of all-time: "Showtime". I feel rhino or atlantic records or someone should have re-released that one rather than this one although all their records with Steve Arrington and Jimmy Douglass are classics of the era and genre. Pick this one up in the meantime. BUT IF "SHOWTIME" IS EVER RE-RELEASED GET TWO COPIES. YOU WILL HEAR IT AND BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE SOPHISTICATION AND GRITTY FUNK OF SLAVE. How can a band be both polished and sophisticated and down and dirty? Just trust me o.k.??? LOL.