[2][8] Merchandise for the song was created by black female artists; Megan Thee Stallion boasted that she "can't wait for y'all to see it".

[11] Another trend on TikTok featuring the song with a clip of Megan Thee Stallion saying, "I can't talk right now, I'm doing hot girl shit," in which users showed themselves doing mundane tasks, was created by makeup artist Chelsea Uchenna in November 2020.

[9] Kyann-Sian Williams of NME surmised that the lyrics are from the perspective of Megan Thee Stallion's pimp alter ego Tina Snow.

[18][17][19] Jessica McKinney of Complex described the rapper's flow on the song as "aggressive", "relentless", and "reminiscent of ... the freestyles that put her on the map in the early stages of her career".

"[22] British GQ's Olive Pometsey similarly commented on the connection to the misogynoir of the original, writing that it "hasn't aged well post-MeToo", and that, with "Girls in the Hood", "Megan flipped the switch and turned it into a song that gives power back to women".

[23] For All Songs Considered, NPR's Sidney Madden also wrote about the misogynoir in "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and praised Megan for using "venomous, crushing one-liners" to "stomp out and shrivel up every last shred of male ego frailty".

[24] MusicOMH's Ben Devlin stated that "Girls in the Hood" "continu[ed] a trend of [Megan Thee Stallion] reappropriating male-centric rap songs that started with Suga's B.I.T.C.H".

called the song "refreshing" in a review of Good News, but added that it and "Savage Remix felt "ultimately unnecessary" on the album due to their being released "what seems like ages ago".

[34] BuzzFeed News's Niela Orr stated that the song lacked a "middle ground" between "the lofty idealism that [Megan Thee Stallion has] come to stand for and the escapism that's fueled her so far".

[43] Inspired by the Mad Max film series, it took place in a desert setting and showed the rapper in feathers and black leather, accompanied by off-road vehicles and "warrior women".

The performance was included on a list of the best music videos made in lockdown during the pandemic by Mark Savage of BBC News, who remarked that Megan Thee Stallion "stole the show".

[49] Pometsey of British GQ commented that the performance "channelled all of the fury of Mad Max, but with much more attitude and better choreography"; Esquire's Gabrielle Bruney identified it as "one of the most fun moments of the night".