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  • Summary: The final studio release for the R&B/soul group was produced by Steve Greenberg, Sam Hollander, Mike Mangini, and Betty Wright.
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  1. May 28, 2019
    90
    With The Last Word, The O'Jays end their legendary career on a peak.
  2. Mojo
    May 28, 2019
    80
    It doesn't equal their Back Stabbers/Ship Ahoy period but it comes close. [May 2019, p.90]
  3. May 28, 2019
    70
    With the exception of a couple specific later singles, this is the best and most comfortable the O'Jays have sounded since the '70s.
  4. Uncut
    May 28, 2019
    60
    Opening cut "I Got You" promises faith and solidarity "even if they start to build that wall," and both the strident funk of "Above The Law" and the testifying "Pressure" lament the rise of inner-city crime. [May 2019, p.30]
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