[2] The song was featured in the film Bad Lieutenant, and inspired the title of (and is discussed in) the book Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present.

In 1994, Live Home Video and distributor Aries Film Releasing were ordered to destroy any unsold copies of Bad Lieutenant as part of a copyright infringement ruling.

[3][Request quotation on talk to verify] Director Abel Ferrara was angered by the incident, which he felt "ruined the movie": "Signifying Rapper" was out for five years, and there wasn't a problem.

You should be happy that somebody is paying homage to your work.The album received generally mixed reviews from most music critics.

[6] Rolling Stone reviewer Cary Darling panned the album, writing "With its images of gun-toting bluster, mushrooming genitals and rampant drug use – backed by thuddingly dull beats – Smoke Some Kill should be played for every prospective rapper so he'll know what not to do.