The album was produced by Paris, who also wrote the tracks and contributed instrumentation. It was engineered by Eric Valentine.[5] The album came out two years after the duo had given Paris their demo tape.[2]
Trouser Press deemed the album a "busy-beat debut," calling the group "a young Oakland tag team possessing average skills, big attitudes and no pretense of political awareness."[4] The East Bay Express wrote that the album's two singles "are recognized as classics in the hip-hop canon."[6]Complex listed "Fonky Expedition" at #46 on its list of "The 50 Greatest Bay Area Rap Songs."[7]