▁Last ly , ▁" L ang ston ' s ▁L ull aby " ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁Harris ' s ▁son , ▁who ▁in ▁turn ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁poet ▁Lang ston ▁Hugh es . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Op in ions ▁of ▁this ▁release ▁were ▁mixed . ▁John ▁Kel man ▁in ▁All ▁About ▁Jazz ▁called ▁Urban us ▁" an ▁impress ive ▁group ▁effort ... with ▁plenty ▁of ▁cross - over ▁potential ▁and ▁all - ages ▁appeal " ▁but ▁Michael ▁G . ▁N ast os ▁of ▁All music ▁qui pped ▁that ▁the ▁" music ▁be ars ▁mixed ▁results ". ▁ ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁dec ry ▁Benjamin ' s ▁voc oder ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁s ill iest ▁devices ▁ever ▁conce ived " ▁but ▁then ▁did ▁call ▁Benjamin ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁young ▁alto ▁sa x oph on ists ▁in ▁modern ▁jazz ". ▁He ▁conced ed ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁" major ity ▁of ▁excellent ▁music ▁played ▁on ▁this ▁album " ▁but ▁clos es ▁unf avor ably ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁" w ants ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁exactly ▁what ▁its ▁title ▁suggests , ▁an ▁urban ▁crowd ▁less ▁interested ▁in ▁innov ation ▁or ▁expansion ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁beat ." ▁▁ ▁Andrew ▁Gilbert ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁in ▁The ▁Seattle ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁" not ▁every ▁track ... is ▁a ▁ring ing ▁success " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁" s ometimes ▁feels ▁over st uff ed ▁with ▁ideas ". ▁He ▁does ▁however ▁call ▁the ▁mus icians ▁" master s ▁of ▁their ▁musical ▁domain " ▁that ▁create