[1] Anthony Henriques of PopMatters praised the album, stating: "with consistently good production and one of the most distinctive rapping personalities around just letting his mind run wild, H.N.I.C, Pt.

[6] Jesal Padania of RapReviews resumed: "the fans that know and love P or Havoc will immediately identify with H.N.I.C.

[7] Thomas Golianopoulos of Spin called it "a real downer, but it's also completely gripping".

[8] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork found that the album "makes for a much more complete and visceral portrait of an incarcerated man than the most precise and technically sound record could possibly manage".

[5] AllMusic's David Jeffries concluded: "hardcore fans will be down with every cold hard minute, everybody else gets a B+ effort, and the hip-hop game as a whole gets a really good reason to save Prodigy's place at the table for the next three-and-a-half years".