[1][2] The album features guest appearances from Sheek Louch, Vado, The Bull Pen, Jadakiss, Rocko, Chris Rivers, Raheem DeVaughn, Shae Lawrence and Dyce Payne.

"[12] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Past the Basquiat-meets-Pac-Man artwork there's the usual Mobb Deep-styled coldness with "Never Safe" and "Creep City" combining for a one-two opening punch with some electro underneath, courtesy of producers Joe Milly and Black Saun, respectively.

The beats remain diverse, even returning to the eerie piano-fueled boom-bap on the great "Don't Be Scared," but Styles travels far and wide with his writing pen as well, telling his son a "do as I say, not as I did" story on the key cut "Rude Boy Hip Hop" with Raheem DeVaughn.

Put the poppy, Jadakiss-type cut "We Gettin" on the end and Phantom and the Ghost is the big home-run payoff after a string of interesting but B+ albums.

"[9] Bruce Smith of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars, saying "Phantom and the Ghost appears to try to go too many places it probably shouldn't.

Compared to the underrated Super Gangster album from 2007, this feels closer to a D-Block mixtape with its synthesized stylings and imposing tales of street crime.