"'LOUIE' has Kenny Beats at his best, creating rich instrumentals with genius input from his friendship circle, which is served up beautifully as a sonic gift to his father. And while Kenny Beats stated that he wanted to make an album that `encapsulated the feeling of one month', the result isn't a dark one. It is a truly stunning end result, and easily one of the most enjoyable, though melancholic due to the overarching themes, listens of 2022".