Rolling Stone - "He's at his best balancing introspection and teacherly realism, as on 'Growing Up (Sloane's Song),' a moving letter to his daughter..."

Spin - "Ryan Lewis' Wonder Bread extravagances have thickened into sourdough, with the all-time-realest DJ Premier and KRS-One assisting the distant, unending squall of 'Buckshot' and Lewis holding his own through the horn blats and blocky staccato keys of 'Brad Pitt's Cousin.'"

NME (Magazine) - "It's equal parts witty and serious, poppy and knotty, cracking wise one minute, then demanding you sit quietly and listen carefully through some complicated soul-searching."