Rolling Stone (p.144) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Jada's hell-raising flow was everywhere this year."
Spin (pp.103-4) - "[I]t gets no better than 'Real Hip Hop,' where Swizz Beatz loops a Curtis Mayfield sample into a careening roller coaster as Jada and his D-Block compatriot Shreek run punch-line relay races." - Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly (p.89) - "Jada flexes impressive muscles as he grinds his heels into a well-trodden dance floor." - Grade: B