I think that Reagan was used by a political party, by people who had vested means, to push their own agendas.

[5] Among those who reviewed the album positively was AllMusic editor David Jeffries, who stated "rapper Killer Mike already had an incredibly strong discography before R.A.P.

Club praised the album's production and Mike's politically charged lyrics and wrote "[R.A.P.

Music doesn't break enough rules or have enough of a platform to reach the levels of Fear of a Black Planet or Straight Outta Compton or Death Certificate .

it does come off as the kind of powerful mid-career album those acts should've been able to make as hip-hop's elder spokesmen".

[16] In a less positive review, NME writer Henry Barnes stated that "Mike has dabbled with politics in the past, and even made unlikely forays into experimental soul, but R.A.P.