[2][3] A deluxe version of the album was released on 12 February 2021 which features guest appearances from Rich the Kid, NorthSideBenji, Burna Boy and RV.

[7] On 2 October 2020 Headie One released the album's official tracklist via his Instagram and Twitter, building hype for the project with a lineup of talented and big features such as M Huncho, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Young T & Bugsey, Young Adz, Future, Drake, Skepta, Ivorian Doll, Kenny Beats, Aitch, Haile, Mahalia, and Kaash Paige.

[8] On 12 February 2021 Headie released a deluxe edition of Edna which included an additional eight tracks alongside features from Rich the Kid, NorthSideBenji, Burna Boy and RV.

"[24] The Arts Desk's Joe Muggs wrote that the album "sounds like a million pounds: absorbing dancehall, Afro-swing and more styles besides, British rap is now as confident in itself sonically as Headie is lyrically".

[26] The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick wrote that "despite its focus on crime and punishment and prodigious use of gangland slang, Edna proves far more thoughtful than the genre’s reputation might lead listeners to expect", however, if you "strip away the lyrics, and the strange mix of electro loops, nervous beats, sad melodies and sci-fi sounds is utterly compelling and contemporary, evidence of a cutting edge local music scene that continues to thrive even with venue doors barred shut".

[28] Loud and Quiet's Max Pilley began his review by writing that throughout the project, Headie "weaves a tale of self-examination and personal growth, using his own life to assemble a fable that hinges on an individual’s capacity to overcome".

[30] Writing for The Observer, Kitty Empire noted that the album "travels a significant distance from his previous fast-paced accounts of life on the streets" and that it "is forced into a dance, of sorts, with Adjei's past".

[31] The Times' Will Hodgkinson states that on the album, "[Headie] captures the dull reality of prison life" and "makes drug dealing sound as appealing as root canal work and wonders if things might have been different had his mother".