Guest appearances on the mixtape include Quavo, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Fivio Foreign, Lil Tjay, Nav, Gunna, and PnB Rock.

[1][2] The announcement came a few days after federal authorities arrested the rapper at John F. Kennedy International Airport for allegedly stealing a Rolls-Royce Wraith, valued at $375,000.

[3] After the rapper refused to cooperate with authorities, he posted a $250,000 bond and agreed to stay away from known gang members and submit drug tests to the US pretrial services.

[10] On February 19, 2020, less than two weeks after the release of the standard edition of Meet the Woo 2, Pop Smoke was shot and killed at age 20 during a home invasion.

[13][14] Four hooded men, one wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun, broke into a Hollywood Hills house Pop Smoke was renting.

[16][17] Pop Smoke was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors performed a thoracotomy on the left side of his chest but a few hours later, he was pronounced dead.

[20] Aron A. of HotNewHipHop mentions that Meet The Woo 2 has "London's penchant for electronic music", and that it "brings it all back to the mecca of hip-hop".

[24] "Get Back" is a hip-hop track with a horn and string sample, a soft piano riff, bass line and police sirens.

[33] Jessica Mckinney and Brad Callas of Complex wrote "Element" finds Pop Smoke "rapping malicious lines over ominous production".

[22] NME's Kyann-Sian Williams wrote Pop Smoke provides "background crooning audibly inspired by SoundCloud rapper Trippie Redd".

[28] Fans noticed Pop Smoke was criticizing fellow Brooklyn rappers Casanova and Smoove L in the song's preview, mentioning the former as "Trashanova" and the latter as "Scary L".

[60][61] Shot in black and white, the video features Pop Smoke and Lil Tjay rapping their verses in a huge mansion, as scenes switch between them on street bikes, performing live, and shutting down a show.

[44][60] After Pop Smoke's death, "War" debuted and peaked at number 100 on the Canadian Hot 100 on the March 6, 2020, issue, lasting one week on the chart.

[67] Following the release of Pop Smoke's posthumous debut studio album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (2020), "Dior" peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100.

[73][74] In February of the following year, shortly after his death, the Yard Club in Paris, France, debuted an on-stage hologram of Pop Smoke that performed "Dior" virtually.

[20] HipHopDX critic Bernadette Giacomazzo said, "Pop Smoke's raw growling was jarring and hard against these bouncy beats but surprisingly, it's also wildly effective".

[77] Reviewing the mixtape for Exclaim!, Erin Lowers stated the record "feels timely", and though the tone of "Pop Smoke's voice is already enough to set him apart from other artists coming out of New York, there's energy felt in his music that keeps you engaged.

"[22] Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews said, "As for meaningful depth to his bars, humorous "press rewind" punchlines or emotionally resonant stories, I regretfully must honestly say he didn't grab me in any of these categories.

[78] Fred Thomas of AllMusic commented Meet the Woo 2's has "unrelentingly raw energy" that makes it some of Pop Smoke's best material.

He said every song on the mixtape "walks a razor-thin line between fun and danger, thick with the same tension that fills the room right before a fight breaks out".

[39] Meet the Woo 2 debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart dated February 22, 2020, selling 36,000 album-equivalent units, including 5,000 pure album sales in its first week.