Lyfe steps up just about everything on this CD, calling in some reinforcements on the production, invoking some old soul into the vocals, and dishin out some food for your mind and soul with the lyrics. However, he keeps a tried and true formula on his emotive love songs. The first single, Never Never Land and the soulful Midnight Train are shining examples that his style still works. He adds in some pretty hot collabos and keeps it hip-hop on Brand New (which features rapper T.I.) and Old School (featuring Snoop). It’s Real is a clever song – it’s got a powerful message about unprotected sex and HIV/AIDS, but the production is simplified so the message isn’t overshadowed. Although he’s not talkin' about the street hustle too much, there’s still some real talk on Old School. Take note of the empowerment theme of the album opener Keep On Dreaming. Other highlights include the more commercial second single Cops Up, and the reflective Hmmm.

Overall, the changes on this project are enough to show growth of an artist, while still making this a mostly solid album. It’s less street and more sensible, less thump but more thought. This is truly a modern soul album, and if more artists followed in Lyfe’s conscious footsteps it could, in fact, change the game. Change is constant, the effects are variable. In the story of Lyfe, Change is great!