The album's title track was featured in the 2011 Matthew McConaughey film The Lincoln Lawyer. Pitchfork also ranked it as the 16th best album of 1998. Spin magazine ranked it as the #16 album of 1998. The lead single, 'You Know My Steez,' became the duo's second Billboard Hot 100 appearance in 1997, peaking at #76. It went on to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 7, 1998.
The album sold 97,000 copies in its first week. Moment of Truth debuted at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. The album is the group's most commercially successful album to date. It is widely regarded as Gang Starr's magnum opus, and one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Gang Starr recorded Moment of Truth in sessions at D&D Studios. Moment of Truth is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr, released on March 31, 1998, by Noo Trybe Records and Virgin Records.
