 The album was re-issued in 2016 after being out of print for many years.Promo and semi-official retail versions of the album have circulated for several years, and the album was even given a 2006 release in Japan, although that version is now considered a promo item.It was announced in an issue of the magazine "Wax Poetics" in 2005 and given various missed release dates in 2006, 2007, and 2008, with a track list containing two songs with other artists' vocals added after Dilla's death.