Critical reception
Billboard placed "Toxic" at numbers 27 [2] and 11 in their respective rankings of the songs and guest appearances on Music. As for the latter list, Mackenzie Cummings-Grady wrote "Hearing Skepta wade his way through Playboi Carti's suffocating beat on 'Toxic' should be more fun than it actually is. Skepta instead opts for his usual barrage of braggadocious bars, which goes against the grain of the song's dark and clustered beat. His verse is also incredibly short, which begs the question whether this song would be higher on the list if Skepta had more time to breathe. Guess we'll never know." [4] Mosi Reeves of Rolling Stone remarked that "Skepta delivers a killer verse on 'Toxic.' When he raps, 'I study the streets, how you gonna war with a genius' in his stentorian British voice, he adds much needed ballast to a vibe that often feels overly wavy, and internet addled." [5] Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork stated "I'll give Carti a pass for Skepta's brief appearance on 'Toxic,' because together they revive the unbothered fly of the Cozy Tapes." [6] Vulture's Craig Jenkins commented "At first pass, the slurring trunk-rattler 'Toxic' conjures the image of the DS2 star rhyming his way through anaphylaxis." [3]
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