专辑由全新的制作人制作，并且有许多嘉宾客串，包括了Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, Eightball & MJG和RBX。

AMG的专栏作者斯蒂夫.托马斯.艾尔维恩（Stephen Thomas Erlewine）如此评价这张专辑：

“...MC Ren作为一个后来居上的Gangsta Rap艺人，成功的利用沉重的鼓点和极低的贝斯音武装了自己。虽说一名N.W.A的前成员的风格变成No Limit厂牌下的那种风格是十分可怕的，但是Ren很好的避免了这一情况。虽说Ruthless for Life这张专辑的歌曲略显薄弱，歌词也有些陈旧，但比起N.W.A那种传统的风格已经好了很多。所以总的来说，Ruthless for Life这张专辑使MC Ren重振雄风——这张专辑给了MC Ren一个展示当代音乐的机会，而不是久经风雨的说唱老兵的那种回忆式的专辑，一定意义上，这是MC Ren最好的个人专辑了。”（...MC Ren reconfigures himself as a latter-day gangsta rapper, complete with stoned beats and loping basslines. It's sort of disconcerting to hear a former N.W.A rapper trying to position himself as a member of the No Limit posse, but Ren does this fairly well. There are a few weak tracks on Ruthless for Life and all of his ideas are a little shopworn, but it does sound better than another collection of hardcore post-N.W.A hip-hop would have. So, Ruthless for Life does revitalize Ren -- it gives the opportunity to sound like a contemporary rather than a washed-up veteran. And that, in a way, makes it one of his better solo records. ）