It features guest appearances from Cobra Coil, Irene Barber, Japreme Magnetic, Lavarr The Starr, OCnotes, Purple Tape Nate and Stas Thee Boss.

[1] Dylan Green of Pitchfork wrote: "as the geometric tones of closer "Take Me to Your Leader" blip and fold into themselves, it becomes clear that, short as it is, Exotic Birds of Prey still has the loose and expansive feel of a radio show.

[2] Christopher J. Lee of PopMatters stated: "following Robed in Rareness from last fall, Shabazz Palaces continues a provisional series with the cryptic and digressive Exotic Birds of Prey".

[4] In mixed reviews, Nick Seip of Slant Magazine wrote: "at just seven tracks, the album proves to be paradoxically sparse in its loose, leisurely construction but dense in its intense inscrutability.

[5] Sputnikmusic staff reviewer wrote that "this is a disappointment would imply that greater was expected, but this has been Shabazz for a while, and its as low-effort, meandering and limp as anything from him in the past decade has been".