After signing to Atlantic, Fat Joe was granted his own record label, Terror Squad Productions.
Under the terms of the deal, Fat Joe was responsible for putting their albums together and they would fund, promote and distribute the releases from the label.
The A&R and director for the label was Felix "Full Flex" Cabrera, Fat Joe's longtime friend.
In addition to himself, Fat Joe also signed his collective, Terror Squad and its members Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis, Cuban Link, and Big Pun.
The album was executive produced by Fat Joe and featured guest appearances from Big Pun and Terror Squad.
On February 7, 2000, Big Pun died of a heart attack, and his album Yeeeah Baby was released posthumously that year on April 4.
The album featured guest appearances from Prospect, Cuban Link, Fat Joe and Tony Sunshine.
Cuban Link would follow suit shortly thereafter after his long-awaited debut studio album that was scheduled for a summer 2000 release, 24K, was shelved due to bootlegging, problems with Atlantic Records, and issues with Fat Joe.