 BBC Music 's Ele Beattie advised listeners , " If you 've come looking for tight flows and witty wordplay , Rocky ain 't your man . But attitude and production will win you over . " Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club felt that " he 's a magnetic rapper , and his delivery is reliably sharp , but he rarely uses it to say anything " , and instead commended him for " curating exceptional beats and knowing when to get out of their way . " He added that , " by enlisting some of the Internet 's most forward @-@ thinking young producers ... [ Rocky ] ' s crafted the year 's most stylish mix @-@ tape , a melting pot of nearly every major underground rap trend of the last 16 months , all pitched to the intoxicating slow crawl of Houston screw music . " Although he noted a " lack of so @-@ called substance " , David Amidon of PopMatters viewed that the mixtape 's release helped materialize " the positive influence of the internet on the next generation of hip @-@ hop " . Jon Caramanica of The New York Times cited its two singles as " among the year 's best hip @-@ hop songs . " 
