the album received poor reviews from critics. at metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 51, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 5 reviews. among these reviews, not one was positive. "consequence of sound" critic adam kivel described the album as "impenetrable, even distancing." kivel further wrote: "the album is a headscratcher, one that shows plenty of promise but also a personality abstruse to the point of mystification." criticizing the album's musical simplicity and lyrics, "the new york times" ben ratliff called the album as "essentially a bandcamp record released by roc nation."