The album debuted at number four on the "Billboard" 200 and at number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while selling near 68,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II" received widespread acclaim from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 88/100 from Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim", and was ranked number 45 on the site's list of best-reviewed albums. "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II" was included on several publications' year-end album lists, including "Rolling Stone", which ranked it the twenty-fifth best album of 2009, and "Time", which named it seventh-best.