"Out of the Black has a nimble way about it that's identifiable as Ridha, as Kraftwerk samples (the crowd-pleasing transmission "XTC"), a vicious Snoop Dogg appearance ("Ho's give up the cat to the thunder man" on the strutting "Got It"), and Giorgio Moroder-flavored Euro-disco ("Chonchord" and "Reality" both coast along the space ways) all enter and exit without disrupting the album's flow".