League Studio in Atlanta, Music Matrix Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida), The Boom Boom Room in Los Angeles, and Untitled Music and Media in Richmond, Virginia.

It features guest appearances from Blood Raw, BMU, Ray J, Slick Pulla, Tay Dizm, T-Pain, Trey Songz and Tyra B.

A version of "Candy Coated Diamonds" featuring Fergie (instead of Tyra B) leaked on various the Black Eyed Peas fansites.

League's production but felt there were less quality street tracks to give it enough quality, concluding with "way too little, way too late to call this a compelling debut, but just like any given Ross album, Death Before Dishonor has singles to spare and enough of that Florida flavor to keep fans happy".

[1] Pedro Hernandez of RapReviews criticized the album for having nondescript party tracks with faceless production and 2 Pistols for only having the basics of hip-hop content, concluding that "if you absolutely love this type of rap and already ran through the good stuff, 2 Pistols might be something to hold you over.