Tronic was met with universal acclaim from
music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average score of 84 based on nine reviews. Chet Betz of
Cokemachineglow praised the album, stating: "this, then, is the future fashioned out of the stuffs of past and present, out of maintaining a firm aesthetic while employing a staggering array of techniques, out of reaching for the proverbial stars.
Tronic hits with the intrinsic revelation and self-evident relevance of new truth". Nick Neyland of
Prefix called the album "isn't quite
hip-hop's "Smile", but Black Milk is certainly open to pushing similar boundaries of possibility". Adam M. Levin of RapReviews saw that "
Tronic shows marked improvement in Black Milk as the total package; he doesn't excel by sacrificing his rhymes for the sake of the music, or vice versa".
AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "no filler and a logical running order makes Tronic an instantly satisfying effort, an album to return to, and maybe the best entry point to a discography already filled with vital material". Ian Cohen of
Pitchfork resumed: "as was the case with
Popular Demand and even the split he did with Fat Ray from earlier this year, you get the odd feeling that Milk put his heart into his work, and yet it feels slightly impersonal, save for the career summary 'Long Story Short'". In his mixed review for
Now, Tim Perlich resumed: "while the production is tight, it's not going to cause rival producers to sell their samplers and look for jobs in air conditioning repair". ==Track listing==