"Gibbs' coarsely inventive flow works perfectly with Madlib's imperfectly human beats. Nothing here is polished or computer perfect: instead the beats stink and stumble, full of unnerving soul strings and off-centre drums. Gibbs, meanwhile, sounds rough, relating stories of street thuggery and drugs in a voice that is both world weary and ominous, the lethargy in his voice reflecting the blunted bombast of the music".