In 2003, the album received two nominations at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album and Best Male Rap Solo Performance for "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)" but lost both awards to Eminem's "The Eminem Show" and Nelly's "Hot in Herre", respectively. In 2011, "Complex" ranked the album number 43 on its list of "The 50 Worst Rap Album Fails". "Complex" editor Chris Yuscavage called it a let-down compared to his previous album saying, "With all eyes on the rapid-fire spitter, Mystikal seriously dropped the ball with "Tarantula", his phoned-in follow-up that dropped only one year later. Even with reliable collaborators like The Neptunes, Scott Storch, and KLC, every song on the LP felt like a half-baked imitation of his previous work."