The album was released January 13, 2015 by Pinegrove Records,[1] and distributed by TuneCore.

It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums.

[2] The title of the album, "Black Man of Steal", is a reference to the stereotype that black people commit crime more often than other ethnicities of people.

The name’s also a parody of the nickname for the DC superhero Superman: "Man of Steel".

The quote on the bottom of the album cover is a parody of a similar line from Uncle Ben in Marvel's Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility".