Many of the compilation's songs were previously released on Kid Rock's second and third studio albums, The Polyfuze Method[1] and Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp.

[2] The inclusions from The Polyfuze Method have been re-recorded for this compilation,[2] while the songs from Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp are remixed.

[2] Despite its title, "Abortion" is an anti-drug ballad, which Rolling Stone described as "[finding] common ground between the Geto Boys and Lynyrd Skynyrd".

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for Allmusic, gave the album four out of five stars, saying that "It's not a great listen, but its swagger and white-trash style make it the second-best record in [Kid Rock's] catalog to date.

[4] Entertainment Weekly panned the album, however, giving it a C, writing, "Perhaps this marginal collection by a potentially major act should have been called The History of Rap (by White Boys).