Production was handled by Don Cheegro, Shawn Kuiper, "Dirty Harry" Zelnick, Cardiac, Chad "Wes" Hamilton, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Jay & PI.

It features guest appearances from Akon, Corey Latif Williams, JT Roach, Junior Reid, Oliver Laing, Sean Anthony Francis, The Game, and Sigel's State Property groupmates Young Chris, Freeway, Omillio Sparks and Peedi Crakk.

[3] Slava Kuperstein of HipHopDX stated: "This Time isn't Sigel's strongest endorsement as an emcee--that would be The B.

[4] Mark Lelinwalla of XXL resumed: "with plenty of slick metaphors, complex wordplay and hard-hitting rhymes, Sigel comes out on top This Time".

[7] In his mixed review for Pitchfork, Jayson Greene found the album "mostly serves as a reminder of why he's troubled more than why he's great".