over 20 local artists, loosely defined as "the lay low crew" and led by sir drew, contributed to the 10 songs and it established the credibility of original british rap as opposed to copies of us styles. time out magazine called the album "matured, independent, thoughtful and assured" while the voice ran a full page spread in october, 1987*. the launch party at the tabernacle in powis square was a major local happening. after the album's release she rockers with betty boo got signed to a major as did dj loose, who joined cash crew, sir drew,"iroc", and "flex" became mighty ethnicz, "mell-o-d" formed nso and the scratch dj "dj streets ahead" gained worked on tv.