 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Orin naa jẹ hit lori redio AMẸRIKA ṣaaju ki o to tu silẹ bi ọkan. Lori awọn oniwe-jade, Hypnotize ti tẹ awọn Billboard Hot 100 ni nọmba meji, ọtun lẹhin labelmate ati co-onkọwe ati co-onise Sean Puff Daddy Combs Ko si ẹnikan ti o le mu mi silẹ. Nigbati Hypnotize de nọmba kan ni ọsẹ meji lẹhinna, o ṣe The Notorious B.I.G. olorin karun ni itan Hot 100 lati ni chart-topper lẹhin iku wo Akojọ ti Billboard Hot 100 awọn aṣeyọri chart ati awọn ami-ami. O tun fun Combs Bad Boy Records label ni nọmba kan ti o ni ẹhin. Ó jẹ olùdíje fún Rap Solo Performance tó dára jùlọ ní Grammy Awards 1998 : , ó pàdánù lọwọ Men in Black tí Will Smith ṣe. Àkọlé náà dé ipò kẹwàá ní UK, B.I.Gs first top 10 hit in that country. Kris Ex ti Pitchfork kọwe pe Big jẹ oluwa ti ṣiṣan, ti o dun laisi agbara ati ti ko ni ipa lori ẹgbẹ ti alailẹgbẹ, hi-fidelity maximalist beats ti o dabi ẹni pe o tẹriba nigbagbogbo si ero rẹ. 