Executive producer Jermaine Dupri based the album's title on the 1991 film New Jack City, feeling that the relationship between himself and Bow Wow was reminiscent of the rancorous but successful business partnership between Nino and Gee Money, the two main drug dealers in New Jack City, and that the album was like the continued success that those two characters could have had in a sequel if they had been able to resolve their differences peacefully.[12]
There are 3 versions for this album released, which is a standard, a limited edition (including a Bonus DVD) and a
Walmart version (which is only a clean edition, with three bonus tracks).
The album's promotional single, "
Marco Polo", which features guest vocals by
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (who also latter produced the song), was released accompanying by a music video. The music video was shot and filmed at the Aquatic Park, outside of an Atlanta Suburb (known as Sun Valley Beach), in Paulding Co. GA.[14] The music video premiered on the
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's
YouTube page and was premiered via[15]FNMTV on July 25, 2008.[15]
The album's second promotional single, "Big Girls", accompanying by a music video, premiered on
YouTube (which was released the day, after the release of "Marco Polo"). The complete version was released later on YouTube for some time, but then removed again for unknown reasons. There is no official date on the videos re-release.[16]
The music video for "Roc The Mic", which features guest vocals by
Jermaine Dupri (who also produced the song), was released. It was shot in
Los Angeles, California near the
Staples Center. The video for the song "You Can Get It All" featuring
Johntá Austin and produced by Dupri was shot and filmed in
Malibu, California and was later released. Both videos were directed by
Hype Williams.[citation needed] A video was also filmed for "Pole In My Basement", with a strip club theme. It premiered on May 30, 2009 on Bow Wow's official
YouTube page.
While he was on his tour bus, Bow Wow also made unofficial videos for his songs "Sunshine",[17] "Like This"[18] and "She's My".[19]
Commercial performance
New Jack City II debuted at number 16 on the US
Billboard 200, selling 31,000 copies in its first week.[20][21] The album also debuted at number five on the US
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[22]