[4] The album features guest appearances from J. Cole, Ari Lennox, ASAP Ferg and Correy C, with production handled by a variety of producers, including J. Cole, Ron Gilmore, Cedric Brown, Jay Kurzweil, Childish Major, Sango and Meez, among others.

The album was supported by two official singles: "Boca Raton" with ASAP Ferg and "Tribe" with J. Cole, and promotional single, "Pinball II" featuring Correy C. The album debuted at number 35 on the US Billboard 200, selling 13,150 album-equivalent units in the first week.

[5] Bas addressed the release of Milky Way and the thought process behind it on Instagram saying: It's been two and a half years since Too High to Riot.

We put out albums, our truths, in hopes the public will love them and catapult us to great successes.

The tour will include 43 North American dates, starting in New Orleans, on November 16, 2018, and concluding in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 24, 2019.

[7] On April 10, 2018, Bas released the promotional single "Pinball II" featuring Correy C,[8] although not making it onto the album.

In a one listen review from hip hop website DJBooth, writer Yoh Phillips praised the album calling it a "unique sonic experience", he continued saying: "Milky Way is a body of work built for pure enjoyment.

"[14] Riley Wallace of HipHopDX gave the album a positive review saying, "Milky Way isn't a blatant attempt at killing the charts with sure-shot singles and will attract only a handful of new supporters with this approach.

"[15] Writing for Medium, Hamish Raman called the album "amazing", he commented saying: "I would recommend that everyone listen to it at least once especially if you want some music to vibe to.

"[17] Writing for HotNewHipHop, Richard Bryan said, "Milky Way is pretty much perfect vacation music.

Despite the lack of weightiness to the work, Bas genuinely seems to be having fun experimenting with new styles and rhythms.