 Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly noted the song was one of Destiny Fulfilled 's " nice bits here and there " , adding , " the pillow @-@ <unk> <unk> of ' Cater 2 U ' ... is hard to resist . " AllMusic 's writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine included " Cater 2 U " as one of the highlights on the album . Slant Magazine writer Eric Henderson opined , " But just about the only element of the whole album that really sticks is the Laura Bush @-@ worthy domestic <unk> of ' Cater 2 U , ' in which the trio <unk> their joy in total submission . " Dimitri Ehrlich from Vibe magazine found that " the sexy trio is far more <unk> on the seductive R & B ballad ' Cater 2 U , ' in which they set the feminist movement back more than a century over the course of four minutes " . Andy <unk> writing for The A.V. Club felt that the song and " Soldier " " make sassy end @-@ runs around notions of <unk> subservience , but their best musical moments hide in tiny <unk> <unk> instead of hooks " . The Guardian 's Caroline Sullivan wrote that " Cater 2 U " was one of the songs that showcased " the <unk> in the trio , musically and lyrically " . In a review of Love Songs , Amanda <unk> from the website Consequence of Sound described " Cater 2 U " as a " <unk> " album opener . Thomas <unk> of <unk> Magazine hailed the song " sexy " while USA Today 's <unk> Gardner felt it was more " gently sensuous " . Rebecca Thomas from MTV News felt that the song differentiated from the trio 's other material and added " While the Third Wave set may have side @-@ eyed the <unk> ballad , male fans eagerly welcomed [ it ] " . 
