 Jewly Hight compared "Murdering Oscar" to "Chinese Democracy", writing that while Axl Rose "obsessively retooled Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy in 14 studios over 13 years, all the while stringing along the public with empty promises of a finished album," Hood handled his long-in-the-making album rather differently—namely, by leaving the album essentially unchanged from its recording in 2005 to its release four years later.Hood has attributed this delay between the songs' recording in 2005 and "Murdering"'s release four years later to "record industry bullshit".The album was released on June 23, 2009, on Hood's own Ruth St. Records label.