 " Sweet Love " garnered positive reviews from music critics . <unk> Alexis of MTV 's <unk> wrote that Brown " keeps the <unk> at an all time high " with lyrics that " could easily win any girl over " . <unk> <unk> of AOL 's The <unk> described " Sweet Love " as " baby making music " , while Mark Edward <unk> of About.com labeled it as " a straight @-@ up sex jam " . Amy <unk> of PopCrush called the song a sexy R & B jam that could " easily woo Rihanna back " . David <unk> of Fuse TV viewed " Sweet Love " as " auditory pornography " and commented that the lyrics had him " <unk> " . Joseph Patterson of MTV UK labeled it one of Brown 's classic songs " for the lovers " . <unk> Johnston of Rolling Stone awarded " Sweet Love " three stars out of five , and noted that Brown appears to be transitioning from singing songs about <unk> in clubs to singing about sex . Johnston continued writing that the music video for the song " would be almost <unk> unnecessary " . Robbie <unk> of Idolator wrote that the ballad ticks all the boxes for its " <unk> melody , decent beat " and Brown 's " vocal harmonies " , but felt that it is not " the most innovative offering " from Brown . Melinda Newman of HitFix wrote that in " Sweet Love " , it appears " there are two songs at war here as the synth drum beat totally <unk> and clashes with the ballad " . She criticized the song for being " memorable for all the wrong reasons " . 
