Produced by members Leatha Face and DJ Homicide, Mark Alston, Que Tracks and Six Mill, it features contributions from U-God, Inf-Black, Leatha Face, Autumn Rue, Desert Eagle, Black Ice, Kawz, King Just, Frank Banger and Ja-Mal.

Despite the imminent disintegration of the group, member Leatha Face took part in U-God's subsequent albums Mr. Xcitement and Dopium, and DJ Homicide produced tracks on the albums Mr. Xcitement, The Keynote Speaker and Venom.

He recruited Wu-Tang affiliated Shaolin Soldiers members Leathafase (who participated in U-God's 1999 solo debut Golden Arms Redemption) and King Just, producer DJ Homicide and seven other aspiring rappers.

UGodz-Illa Presents: The Hillside Scramblers was met with mixed or average reviews from music critics, who panned the album because they believed that it did not completely satisfy the listeners.

Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews complained that the words were mostly clichéd and the beats were similar to U-God's Golden Arms Redemption tracks.