Comparing the album to Malone's debut single, "White Iverson", Glenn Gamboa of "Newsday" wrote that he "follows through with that style on "Stoney", but it generally pales in comparison to the inventiveness and the surprise of that track." Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic commented that "Stoney" is "competent and listenable, but many others have tread this same path already. Post Malone has a way to go before standing out with his own unique voice, but there are signs on "Stoney" that it could happen."