Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic especially praised Warren G for "rapping tougher and more gangsta than usual.

"[4] Rating the album three out of four stars, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called 213 an "excellent G-funk-era-revival supergroup.

"[3] Matt Barone of RapReviews scored the album 5.5 out of 10 points for "overly generic left coast production and uninspired verses.

"[5] Scott McKeating of Stylus rated the album six points out of 10, in part due to lackluster lyrics: "Snoop and Nate seem to have a problem going longer than a few bars without dropping some lines about 'dirty ass hoes.

The official debut retail single was "Groupie Luv", which was also accompanied by a promo video.