It spent 18 weeks on the US Top Rap Songs chart, including four at #1.

The song has appeared on many video games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, True Crime: Streets of LA, and Madden 2005.

has been made globally famous as a sample in the song "Get Ready for This" by the early 1990s dance group 2 Unlimited.

The quote "stop him in his tracks, show him that I am Ruthless" was sampled by Eazy-E for the chorus of his diss song against Dr. Dre, "Real Muthaphuckkin' G's" in 1993.

The line "when I am flowing" is sampled by Seattle rapper Kid Sensation in the song "Flowin'", which appears on the 1990 album Rollin' With Number One.