The album peaked on the
Billboard 200 albums chart at #166 on July 25, 1992. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. Dre's
First Round Knock Out, which spent two weeks on the
Billboard 200 starting at #52 and later on several greatest hits albums, including:
Doggy Stuff and
Doggy Style Hits. Like the artist indication on the original
12" vinyl says, "Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg", it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding sales, but it launched Snoop Dogg's career. It samples a number of 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
funk acts, such as
Undisputed Truth's "
(I Know) I'm Losing You", the song "Bad Times" by
Tavares, and
Sly & the Family Stone's "
Sing a Simple Song", which provided the drumbeat. The bassline is similar to part of the bassline found in the jazz composition "Zoltan," written by Woody Shaw and performed by Shaw, organist Larry Young, and Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones, on Larry Young's album
Unity. The single was set to be released on
The Chronic, but fallout from
Body Count's banned song, "
Cop Killer", prevented it since this song is also about killing police officers. Despite being praised by critics, the film itself did not have much commercial success, and it only received two nominations on the
Independent Spirits Awards in 1993; however, the song was well received. During the 2007
VH1 Hip Hop Honors show,
T.I. and
B.G. performed this song during Snoop's honor ceremony. ==Music video==