In the United States, the album debuted at number 85 on the Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It spawned two singles: "West Up!" and "The One". Its lead single, "West Up!", peaked at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 50 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 16 on the Hot Rap Songs. The second and final single off of the album, "The One", made it to number 76 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 40 on the Hot Rap Songs.
Former member Coolio, who had embarked on a successful solo career, appeared on one track. The group disbanded the following year. WC joined fellow West Coast rappers Ice Cube and Mack 10 eventually forming supergroupWestside Connection, before embarking solo career as well. DJ Crazy Toones got signed with Lench Mob Records as record producer and touring deejay, before passing away on January 9, 2017.
Neil Strauss of Trouser Press compared the album to those of former member Coolio, writing that the combination of classic samples and hard rhymes made for an "unwieldy" and "uninventive" record.[4]
Track 8 contains an interpolation of "Can't Stay Away" written by George Clinton and William Collins.
Track 9 contains a sample from "I Wanna Know Do You Feel It" written by Marvin Pierce, Gregory Webster, Bruce Napier, Ralph Middlebrooks, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Andrew Noland and Walter Morrison as recorded by the Ohio Players.
