Jon Dolan of "Spin" gave the album a seven out of 10 rating and wrote favorably of Ghostface Killah's lyrics, stating "Even the raw stuff has the humanizing detail that keeps Ghost interesting years after we've grown accustomed to his imagesplaying Joycean flow". In his consumer guide for MSN Music, critic Robert Christgau gave the album an A- rating. Christgau commended Ghostface's "potentially ridiculous switch to love man" and commented that "rhymewise, this is original work. Eschewing oily sexual details, luxury purchases, and vows of generalized devotion, Ghost mines the same kind of specifics that juice his gangsta repertoire". Credits for "Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City" adapted from Allmusic.