[5] Variety's Brandon Yu complimented the track for having "a glorious kind of pitbull grandiosity to both its production and to Cole's scoffing cockiness".
Yu also noted the contrast between the impression that the albums gives off "that strain of a wiser star" and the opening track denying the listener "any notion of fatherly compassion".
[3] Matthew Strauss at Pitchfork noted the "triumphant beat that echoes the JAY-Z classic "U Don't Know"", as well as "a boisterous Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz sample" at the end of the song.
[8] Jacob DeLawrence at Consequence opined that the song felt like a clearer start to the album than any of his previous openers, saying that "it's clear that we're getting a different J.
Drawing comparison to artists that release bloated albums for streams, Cole reiterates that he outsells with much less content proving once more that quality > quantity.