^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
The Boston Phoenix included it on their The 90 Best Songs of the 90s list in 1999.Spex included it on The Best Singles of the Century list in 1999.Rolling Stone ranked the song #424 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Q ranked "Juicy" the ninth greatest hip hop song of all time.Pop ranked it #1 on their Singles of the Year list in 1994.Pitchfork Media ranked the song at #14 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.ego trip ranked it #1 on its Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980–98 list in 1999.Bruce Pollock put it on his The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000 list in 2005.Blender Magazine ranked it #168 on its Top 500 Songs of the '80s–'00s list in 2005.During an appearance on the Juan Epstein Podcast, Rock said that he has no hard feelings about how "Juicy" came about, but wishes he'd gotten the proper credit, although he did admit to harboring some ill feelings at the time. Pete Rock's remix of "Juicy" uses the same sample as the original. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. He heard that shit and the next thing you know it comes out. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story.
I did the original version, didn't get credit for it.
In an interview with Wax Poetics, he said: Producer Pete Rock alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song's beat after hearing it at Rock's house. One of the song's lines reads, "Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade," referencing the Februbombing of the World Trade Center. chronicles his childhood years living in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rapper, early musical influences, his time dealing drugs, criminal involvement, and his eventual success in the music industry and current lavish lifestyle. The song is a " rags-to-riches chronicle".
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