C ater ▁ 2 ▁U " ▁" make ▁s ass y ▁end - run s ▁around ▁not ions ▁of ▁woman ly ▁sub ser vi ence , ▁but ▁their ▁best ▁musical ▁moments ▁hide ▁in ▁tiny ▁mel ism atic ▁tw irls ▁instead ▁of ▁hook s ". ▁The ▁Guardian ▁writer ▁Caroline ▁S ull ivan ▁described ▁the ▁track ▁as ▁" jud der ing " ▁while ▁BBC ' s ▁Nick ▁Reyn olds ▁called ▁it ▁" good ▁fun ". ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁Tom ▁Bre ih an , ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁P itch f ork ▁Media , ▁wrote ▁that ▁" S old ier " ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁" per fect ly ▁acceptable ▁album ▁track " ▁on ▁The ▁Writing ' s ▁on ▁the ▁Wall ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁but ▁noted ▁that ▁its ▁sound ▁was ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁songs ▁played ▁on ▁main stream ▁pop ▁radio . ▁Pra ising ▁the ▁tri o ▁for ▁their ▁vocal ▁performances , ▁he ▁continued : ▁"' S old ier ' ▁might ▁not ▁carry ▁with ▁it ▁the ▁shock ▁of ▁the ▁new , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁still ▁a ▁nice ▁little ▁single ... ▁The ▁women ▁of ▁Dest iny ' s ▁Child ▁don ' t ▁sound ▁the ▁slight est ▁bit ▁convin cing ▁singing ▁about ▁how ▁they ▁need ▁th ug ▁boy fri ends , ▁but ▁they ▁wind ▁their ▁voices ▁around ▁a ▁g orge ous ▁hook ▁exactly ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁they ▁always ▁have . ▁T . I . ▁and ▁Lil ▁Wayne ▁stop ▁by , ▁not ▁saying ▁anything ▁but ▁sound ing ▁cool ▁and ▁t ough ▁and ▁unf