"[2][3] Steven J. Horowitz of Variety stated that "The rolling drums and bleating bass line of 'Back to Me' recall the patter of 'Runaway'".
"[1] In a negative review of Vultures 1, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian stated that the standard of Kanye West's lyrics is "thrown into stark relief by a exceptionally snappy guest verse from Indiana MC Freddie Gibbs on Back to Me".
He swiftly turns Ye's cheeky interpolation of Jay's 'beautiful big t*tty women just don't fall out the sky you know' into a katana-sharp verse that's equally playful and gruff with bars like, 'Turn a bird bitch to my X like I was Elon.
'"[3] AllMusic's Fred Thomas commented, "A robust verse from Freddie Gibbs comes close to salvaging the otherwise uncalled-for filler of 'Back to Me'".
[7] Reviewing Vultures 1 for HipHopDX, Scott Glaysher commented the song is "where things get a little strange, not necessarily for Kanye, but by listeners' standards" and in regard to the use of the line from Dogma, "Ye and Ty Dolla's creative output gets a little mundane when they simply repeat the actor's soundbite with some programmed drums underneath."