"There is an honesty and straightforwardness in this group's approach that is refreshing in a time where up-and-coming crews tend to focus more on how dope they think they should be..." CMJ Monthly

"Notable for its hype, uptempo energy rare in today's midtempo hip-hop world." URB

"[2000 Fold] is a blast back to the day when rap was pure joy, sans the politics..." LA Weekly

"Conjuring up a party-rocking world of reconnaissance missions and surveillance sweeps, Styles boast a nimble-tongued creativity..." Spin

"Styles of Beyond are here. The only question is, are you ready?" Rap Sheet

"Rappers Takbir and Ryu...mix old-school fundamentals with a next-school arsenal of styles." CD Now

"The production crew-Vin Skully, Rhettmatic, Divine Styler, Bilal Bashir, DJ Cheapshot-have crafted a patient, unclouded melange that's cleaner than a fresh pack of undies." Pulse

"Imagine intricate scratchmatic reverberance intrinsically linked to neck-snapping vocal utterances; the whole polysonic miasma inseparably melded to turgid, lumbering boom beats. Swirling, ethereal ambiance and guttural grooves wrap themselves around words in a loving hip-hop embrace. Welcome to the aural playground of ...Styles of Beyond." Flaunt

"[2000 Fold] is so magnificently crowded with all manners of sonic manipulation it takes several listens to truly grasp the beauty of what's been achieved here." Bike Magazine