"...Between all of the broader social and spiritual commentary, plus the many conscious and subconscious meta-references back to past songs and collaborators. Also, the multi-phase structures and huge orchestrations. Which don't suck the visceral energy or pop appeal out of these songs at all. And let's not also overlook the successful cultural exchange going on with this record too, which is probably one of the best elements of the record and just goes over without a hitch, when honestly it could have come across so tacky and so paper thin, but instead lands in territory that is so clearly tasteful that there's no reason to second-guess its intent."

- The Needle Drop