[2] Matt Diehl of Entertainment Weekly highlighted Slick Rick's vocal performance, saying that "his breathy singsong delivery remains a hip-hop national treasure".

[3] Steve Jones of USA Today commended the rapper's "unique blend of chest-thumping rhymes, razor-sharp witticisms and pointed observations".

Raquel Cepeda, in a review for The Source, called it a "memoir of a B-boy's dream", adding that Slick Rick "sharply wields the garish style he pioneered back in '85".

[5] Describing it as a "genuine return to form", Joe Gross of Spin highlighted the fact that hip-hop's vocal techniques improved dramatically while Slick Rick was in jail.

[6] The Washington Post's David Wall Rice named it Slick Rick's best album since the debut, adding that the rapper "[is] staying true to his original concept of presenting dance-ready rhymes that don't take themselves too seriously".