, ▁R & B ▁and ▁even ▁rock ▁continu um ." ▁ ▁Al ly ▁Car n w ath ▁wrote ▁a ▁negative ▁review ▁for ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁rating ▁it ▁ 1 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁stars , ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁album ' s ▁collabor ations ▁" stru gg le ▁to ▁imp ose ▁any ▁distinct ive ▁person ality ▁on ▁the ▁overall ▁m ood ▁of ▁rel ent less ▁r ict us - gr in - ind uc ing ▁eu ph oria ." ▁Tom ▁E wing ▁from ▁The ▁Guardian ▁critic ized ▁Gu etta ▁for ▁making ▁" t iring ▁dance floor ▁fill ers " ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁" Nothing ▁But ▁the ▁Beat ▁may ▁sound ▁like ▁a ▁one - man ▁hit ▁para de , ▁but ▁it ▁also ▁takes ▁its ▁title ▁far ▁too ▁literally ." ▁Eric ▁Hend erson ▁wrote ▁neg atively ▁for ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁that ▁" H is ▁sound ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁force ▁in ▁pop ▁music ▁today , ▁but ▁he ' s ▁par ado x ically ▁been ▁artist ically ▁over shadow ed ▁by ▁im it ators ▁and ▁innov ators ▁al ike , ▁all ▁of ▁whom ▁demonstrate ▁a ▁better ▁understanding ▁of ▁power ▁pop ' s ▁legacy ▁( L ady ▁G aga ' s ▁" The ▁Edge ▁of ▁Gl ory "), ▁dance - floor ▁dynamics ▁( R ih anna ' s ▁" S & M "), ▁and ▁rid icul ous ▁self - aw aren ess ▁( LM FA O ' s ▁" Part y ▁Rock ▁Anth em "). " ▁Robert ▁Christ g au ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁B