 It is Carlton's first album on The Inc. Records, after Irv Gotti signed her to a record deal there in late 2006, and Gotti has said that "Heroes & Thieves" is the first album on which he is acting as "co-pilot" rather than "dictator".The album itself was a commercial failure, becoming her first not to enter the Top 40 of the "Billboard" 200, selling just over 18,000 copies in its first week of release.As of 2011, the album has sold approximately 75,000 copies in the United States.