Produced by Curtis Mayfield
Arranged by Riely Hampton & Gary Slabo
Contractor: Marvin Heiman
Enginneer: R.J. Anfinsson
Vocal overdubbing: Record Plant, New York
Engineer: Tom Flye
Assistant: Danny Turbeville

Musicians: Leonard Druss, John Howell, Harold Leep, Loren Binford, Clifford Davis, Patrick Ferreri, Richard Single, Rudolph Stauber, Donald Simmons, Robert Lewis, Harrold Dessent, Ronald Kolber, Harold Klatz, John Ross, Sol Bobrob, Sam Heiman, Elliot Golub, Henry Gibson, Robert Sims, Gary Slabo, Philip Upchurch

Don't Worry (If There's Hell Below We're All Gonna Go) (Mayfield)
The Other Side Of Town (Mayfield)
The Making Of You (Mayfield) We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue (Mayfield)
Move On Up (Mayfield)
Miss Black America (Mayfield)
Wild And Free (Mayfield)
Give It Up (Mayfield)

Rating: TI ***** JI ?????

TI: This is Curtis first solo work outside off The Impressions and what a debute! It kicks off with the nearly eight minutes long and very funky "(Don't Worry) If There's Hell Below We're All Gonna Go", the title just tells it all. Horns, strings, percussions, harpes..., this record have it all, just take a look at the impressive list off musicians participating. And it is, as always with Curtis, tastefully arranged. My favorite songs varies but right now I can't stop listening to "The Making Of You" and "We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue", but there is not one single bad or "okay" track on this album. The material is indeed very strong, maybe the strongest off all the albums. The original is very hard to get (anyone who's got an extra copy?) but luckily it's re-released on both CD and vinyl by Charly records.