Comparing to its prequel, One/Three, which was released in 2001, the album almost doubles the length of its predecessor and, style wise, leans towards hip-hop music as it has guest vocal contributions from a number of rappers across fourteen of its twenty tracks. A sequel to Two/Three, Three/Three, was released in 2018.
AllMusic's Andy Kellman praised the album, calling it "the experience is dense and as cold as a Detroit alley on a February morning, packed with biting beats and thick atmospheric globs".[2] Mike Krolak of Prefix also praised the album, calling it "truly the next logical step, a new way of looking at the realities of the coming age while keeping things in perspective".[5] Neal Hayes of PopMatters wrote: "throughout 20 tracks, the producer creates an unsettling soundscape dominated by insistent, intricate rhythms which often react with the vocals to stunning effect".[4] Steve Yates of The Observer noted "Dabrye's production containing all the arrogance of crunk but a range and innovation that far outstrips anything else around".[6] Alan Ranta of Tiny Mix Tapes praised "the tunes Tadd Mullinix puts out as Dabrye are obviously hip-hop" ... "or at least contain strong elements of electronica".[7]
In mixed reviews, Robert Long of AllHipHop concluded: "though it's tough to swallow all the Dabrye flavored Kool-Aid, on Two/Three the man doubled up with a solid effort".[1] Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork praised Mullinix's "singular Timbaland-meets-the flipside of Low rumble" as "more focused and intricate than ever", simultaneously criticizing many of the rappers as "wordy know-it-alls hell-bent on disrupting his groove". He praises Guilty Simpson's appearance as an example of "what Two/Three could be if the rappers were chosen based on entertainment value rather than how hard they're trying to save rap with big words".[3]
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