The album debuted at number 31 on the US Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States. It was supported with two singles: "Crush Tonight" and "All I Need". Its lead single, "Crush Tonight", peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 42 on the UK singles chart. The second single from the album, "All I Need", made it to number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song "Take a Look At My Life" can be heard in the 2004 video game Def Jam: Fight for NY, which featured Fat Joe as a playable character.
Mr. S of RapReviews gave praise to the production quality throughout the track listing, singling out Cool & Dre for their contributions that showcase their talents, and Joe for delivering on his lyrical content with hard-edged, introspective street bangers and romantic rap ballads despite getting a "little too commercial for his own good" in the middle portion of the album, concluding that "when all things are considered, Fat Joe did a nice job of balancing this album for different crowds and fanbases, if not a great job of doing so like he did on Don Cartagena and J.O.S.E.".[4] Mike Oduro of HipHopDX wrote: "Fat Joe's Loyalty isn't anything more than average in the end. The hodge-podge of grimy, ghetto inspired tracks and commercially acceptable songs leave this album in staccato. Overall, as a product it's easy to recommend to the radio hungry hip hop fan, it's just that Fat Joe is not going to be remembered for the time he put into this release".[2]
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^ a bOduro, Mike (December 5, 2002). "Fat Joe - Loyalty". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
^Johannesberg, Stefan. "Entkleidet bis auf die nackte Musik wirkt der fette Joe ziemlich mager". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 25, 2024.
^ a b"Fat Joe :: Loyalty :: Terror Squad/Atlantic Records". www.rapreviews.com. November 15, 2002. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2024.