[3][4] Many of the tracks met resistance from Black and urban radio stations due to their religious and political content.

[6] Righteous but Ruthless was King Sun's final album with Profile Records, as he felt that the label did not promote it.

[8][9] "Soft Shoe Booty" is a dis track aimed at pop rappers and musicians who treat righteous rap as a fad.

"[20] The Washington Post said, "With his deep, gruff voice and fluid, dispassionate delivery, [King Sun] seems better suited to gritty urban narratives–'gangsta' raps–than to science-dropping.

"[18] Comparing him to Rakim, Paul Rogers of Hip-Hop Connection commended King Sun, saying that his "deep-throated raps [...] are perfectly matched by the slamming jazzy beats".