Spin called the album "one of the most consistent East Coast rap records from a year of boom-bap abundance."[6]Trouser Press wrote: "Smoothly entertaining, loaded with diverting references, nearly wholesome and just loopy enough to make a lasting impression, Here Come the Lords walks a cagey line between straight-up hardcore and a slightly removed pop version of it."[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Al'Terik Wardrick, Dupré Kelly, and Marlon Williams. Tracks #1, #2, #3, #9, #11, #13, and #14 are also written by K-Def. All tracks produced by Marley Marl and co-produced by K-Def.