By then
Knight & the Pips seemed to be locked in a "cutting contest" with several other Motown acts (
Marvin Gaye,
the Temptations,
Edwin Starr, even
Jimmy Ruffin) as they were covering differing versions of songs producer/writer
Norman Whitfield has in his catalogue. The best track here is a stunning rendition of
Kim Weston's "It Should Have Been Me," given a glossy pop veneer that effectively contrasted
Knight's grittiness. It was said that the group cut a series of tracks in a much rawer R&B idiom with writer/producer
Ivy Joe Hunter early on their tenure, but save for a few album cuts, many of them were shelved and are still in Motown's vaults to this day. ~ John Lowe