The album content was described by AllMusic as putting Weaver "in hot water with many critics and community leaders."

[2] Weaver used the drum machine at the studio to record the song without the 909 on hand and accidentally pushed a button that sent the kick and snare to go to the timbales sound.

– The Album was re-released by Jive in 1987 with extra tracks including "Parkside 5-2", "Housing the Joint" and "Get N' Paid".

[7] "Do It, Do It" was developed in DJ Codemoney's basement when he was working on a break involving Funkadelic's song "You'll Like It Too".

[8] The track features a Weaver's disc jockey, DJ Codemoney, performing a long break at the end.

"[8] AllMusic writer David Jeffries noted songs such as "Saturday Night", stating it as "the kind of sleazy tale of misogyny that put Schoolly in hot water with many critics and community leaders.

[10] Weaver reflected on the song "Saturday Night" as being about "my 17 year old Saturday night" which consisted of going down to the Parkside Inn, drinking, and "watching the bitches on the corner" and that the song was not meant to be taken literally, but that he "did come home once with a girl and I forgot my key and my mom was pissed off, but she didn't pull a gun; she's never owned a gun in her life".

[11] "Housing the Joint" was influenced by a trip to California when he heard the song "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" by Sly and the Family Stone.

"[16] On its release, Philadelphia's city officials had the album removed from store shelves after public outrage over the violent content in the songs.

[18] The CD release included radio edits, remixes and instrumentals of songs from the album as bonus tracks.

"[22] The review compared the album negatively to other rappers, noting that they "construct complex hip-hop concertos for voice, beat-box and borrowed sounds, Schooly's best-known work is little more than a beat accompanying his foul-mouthed, ill-tempered rants".

[22] The review also found that "there's no denying that his harsh communiqués crackle with a mean-streets vitality as fascinating as his confrontational world view is disturbing.

"[22] Robert Christgau gave the Jive reissue of the album a B, stating "What other rapper would write a rhyme about the night his mother pulled a gun on him—or make it so clear that, just like in West Side Story, he's depraved on account of he's deprived.

[24] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News gave the album a three star rating, stating that "while everything doesn't match [the title track "Saturday Night"]" there's plenty here to establish him as a solid rap citizen."

[20] James Brown gave the album a three star rating in Sounds, stating that "Musically, Saturday Night has all the makings of a rough and ready street LP but it falls far short of the calibre of Public Enemy's records.

"[21] Brown continued that Schooly D would "rather rant on about bitches, guns and mutha******s, as loud and sneering as possible, than use alliteration, wit or onomatopoeia to spice his rhymes.

[6] The review concluded that Jive's release was superior as it included "some of Schoolly's best cuts ("Housing the Joint," "Park-side 5-2")"[6] AllMusic gave the album a four star rating, finding it better than Weaver's previous album Schooly D due to "higher production values and more direct songs.