The album pushed and broke boundaries for female rap. It peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100. Though not released on the original album, it was added to the European reissue in 1997. Another song, ' Big Bad Mamma' was released July 28, 1997, and was featured on the soundtrack to the film How to Be a Player (1997). The song was ranked number 52 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Brown's highest charting single. The second single, ' I'll Be', released on March 4, 1997, also noted a commercial success. It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart. ' Get Me Home' was released on September 15, 1996. Three singles were released from the album.

The album also includes other certifications such as Gold in Music Canada (MC) for selling over 40,000 and Silver in British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 60,000. It has sold over a 1.4 million copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ill Na Na debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 128,000 copies sold in its first week. Lyrically, the album mainly focuses on themes of fashion, sex and mafia. Mostly produced by Trackmasters, Ill Na Na features guest appearances from Blackstreet, Havoc, Method Man, Kid Capri and Jay Z. The immediate success of the singles led to a bidding war at the beginning of 1996, and in March, Def Jam Recordings won and signed the then 17-year-old rapper to the label. Brown began working on the album after being discovered by the production team Trackmasters and appearing on a number of singles by other artists, such as LL Cool J, Case and Jay Z. It was reissued on September 29, 1997, in the United Kingdom with an addition of the song ' Big Bad Mamma'. Ill Na Na is the debut studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown, released on November 19, 1996, by Def Jam Recordings.

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