Taking a new artistic direction from Oddjobs' more mainstream rap sound, Kill the Vultures pursued riskier material influenced by film noir and jazz.

[1] Christopher Weingarten of CMJ New Music Monthly compared the album favorably to Tom Waits' Real Gone, calling it a "dark, brooding mess that clatters with the clanking toys stolen from the Bone Machine.

Club named Kill The Vultures one of the best Minnesota-made albums of 2005, praising its "raw, experimental hip-hop" and the performances of the three MCs, especially the "intense, wild, biting delivery" of Crescent Moon.

[6] French website Fake For Real wrote positively about Kill the Vultures, calling it "urgent and accusatory hardcore rap" that serves as "a denunciation of our industrial and mechanical society.

"[3] In its hometown, Kill the Vultures was named 2005's Best Hip-Hop Artist in Minneapolis alt-weekly City Pages' annual music poll.