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. 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. 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." 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. As a single it had no major breakthrough regarding sales, but it launched Snoop Dogg's career. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg", it is the first time Snoop Dogg was featured on a record. Like the artist indication on the original 12" vinyl says, "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. Apart from the soundtrack compilation, it also appeared as a single and on Dr. The album peaked on the Billboard 200 albums chart at #166 on July 25, 1992.
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