the allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "parts of the second solo album by prestige records' house drummer, idris muhammad, are an even poppier affair than "black rhythm revolution", with a mellow soul-jazz feel replacing the slight latin tinge of the earlier album... "the peace and rhythm suite" is a side-long suite consisting of two long, spacy compositions that predate the ambient house scene by nearly two decades yet sound entirely of a piece with that style. long, droning, sustained chords on a variety of wind and reed instruments float above muhammad's percussion, which ebbs and flows in a free, almost arrhythmic way through most of the piece. fans of the orb or brian eno will find it an old hat, but for early-'70s jazz, this was downright revolutionary".