The album is analysed track-by-track by Geto Boys in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.

During the recording of the album, DJ Ready Red, one of the original Geto Boys members, left the group for personal reasons.

[3] The other two Geto Boys members and the group's management team took Bill out of the hospital room in order to take the picture, removing his eyepatch and intravenous drip in the process.

"[1] Fred Thomas from AllMusic called the album "[the group's] most visceral work, rising to platinum success against the odds and inspiring innovation in the genre with its powerful and distinctively Southern perspective on what rap could be.

[1] Robert Christgau gave the album a choice cut rating, only liking "Mind Playing Tricks on Me."