od ▁O ll is ong ▁of ▁The ▁Baltimore ▁Sun . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁from ▁the ▁website ▁All Music ▁described ▁" S old ier " ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" hard - d riv ing ▁dance ▁cut s " ▁of ▁Dest iny ▁Ful filled ▁further ▁choosing ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁highlight . ▁Similarly , ▁Alex ▁Mac Ph erson ▁of ▁St yl us ▁Magazine ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁that ▁"[ The ▁album ] ▁sho ots ▁its ▁load ▁quickly , ▁although ▁just ▁as ▁effectively : ▁' L ose ▁My ▁Bre ath ' ▁and ▁' S old ier ' ▁are ▁st unning , ▁both ▁displaying ▁the ▁Bey on cé ▁tra dem ark ▁of ▁cre ep ily ▁sub miss ive ▁lyr ics ▁matched ▁with ▁domin at rix ▁vocals ▁and ▁arrang ements ▁to ▁super b ▁effect ." ▁Mac Ph erson ▁continued ▁pra ising ▁the ▁song ' s ▁slow ▁" cont empt uous ▁gr ind " ▁and ▁the ▁sing ers ' ▁vocal ▁delivery ▁further ▁con cluding ▁that ▁T . I . ▁and ▁Wayne ▁" get ▁compreh ens ively ▁owned ". ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁writer ▁Ke le fa ▁San neh ▁described ▁the ▁track ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁album ' s ▁" lov able " ▁material ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁saying , ▁"[ it ] ▁takes ▁a ▁lud ic r ous ▁prem ise ... ▁and ▁turns ▁it ▁into ▁sharp , ▁col db lo oded ▁electro - pop ". ▁Andy ▁Batt aglia ▁writing ▁for ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁and ▁"