[6] Got to Be Tough was the band's final studio release before Hibbert's death on 11 September 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.

Having long favored danceable love songs, [Hibbert] spends most [of] these 36 minutes looking time tough in its ugly face.

'Just Brutal,' 'Warning Warning,' and 'Got to Be Tough'; bus fares, low wages, invisible pensions, and picking yourself up off the ground.

"[3] Tom Dibb from Gigwise wrote that the album "calls the world to task, and has them dancing all the while", describing it as "politically minded, brutally honest but maintaining the heartfelt and soulful nature of rocksteady and ska".

[6] Variety magazine's Steve Bloom also applauded Hibbert's messages of optimism on songs that "alternate between reggae and R&B".