[4] The song is notably built around a heavily edited sample of a guitar riff played by English actor Robert Pattinson, who used Hill's iPhone to record it.

[6][7][8] Subsequently, they released music videos for all eleven tracks on YouTube and streamed the full album on SoundCloud.

"[20] Chase Woodruff of Slant Magazine gave the album a positive review, stating: "Government Plates doesn't budge an inch from the vulgar, militant nihilism of 2012's The Money Store or its follow-up, No Love Deep Web.

"[23] Joe Price of This Is Fake DIY referred to the album as "a sloppy lobotomy of hip-hop focused on provoking fear and intrigue.

Consequence of Sound senior staff writer Dan Caffrey stated, "Although MC Ride's presence is definitely felt, it's more in repeated phrases and abstract vocalizations than the nasty stream-of-consciousness rhymes from other Death Grips releases.