It peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Jive Records reissued Federal in 1995 with an alternate tracklist and tracks 7, 11 and 13 missing.
Federal achieved its maximum level of success at number 80 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 1995, Jive Records re-released Federal with a modified tracklist and tracks 7, 11, and 13 removed from the updated version.