[citation needed] Since its initial release, Walk in da Park has been recognised as an influential release for British hip hop, spawning the subgenre of road rap while introducing slower flows that contrasted the fast-paced grime flows that were significantly popular at the time.

This was followed up by "Talkin' da Hardest", a freestyle over Stat Quo's song "Here We Go", produced by Dr.

[4] The freestyle and its music video proved to be an underground success and became a British rap cult classic.

for promotion before the album was released, however MTV Base refused to play the video due to claims that the content was too strong for their channel.

DJs such as Tim Westwood are known to hold this album in high regard, despite Giggs being blacklisted from BBC 1Xtra.