allmusic.com: Secrets. „Again Hancock chooses to recompose one of his standards; ‚Cantelope [sic] Island‘ is almost unrecognizable converted into a sauntering, swaggering thing.“
allmusic.com: Hand on the Torch. „… when words and music mesh, as on ‚Cantaloop‘ or ‚The Darkside‘, Us3 show how effectively hip-hop and jazz can blend.“
jazz.com: Cantaloupe Island (Memento vom 26. Juni 2008 im Internet Archive). „This is one of the funkiest acoustic jazz performances of the era, […] Hancock’s piano vamp drives the band, and Hubbard contributes one of his most memorable solos. Forget about Gilligan’s or Crusoe’s boring beachfront property … the nightlife is better on ‚Cantaloupe Island‘.“
