 Al Shipley of "Stylus Magazine" noted that the guitar strum can be found in Rihanna's 2007 single "Hate That I Love You", a song co-produced by Stargate and Ne-Yo.Rob Sheffield of "Rolling Stone" wrote that Chris Brown's 2007 single "With You", another Stargate-produced song, also features the same element.He wrote, "'With You' is the convincer, even if you can instantly tell that producer Stargate was just trying to roll out 'Irreplaceable' one more time."