How Do You Sleep at Night?

In an interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, Teezo Touchdown shared his thoughts about the album and described its genres:

This is, as far as the sonics of what you're going to hear, I haven't said this publicly yet, but it's the sound that I'm crafting that's called rock & boom. It's R&B with the intensity of rock. It has R&B top lines. The boom, of course, for boom bap, it's the boom bap penmanship.[2]

Before the release of the album, Teezo Touchdown frequently promoted it and gave hints about it through Instagram posts and stories, and Canadian rapper and singer Drake also co-signed the album ahead of its release as he saw it as "some of the best music ever".[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10[5]
HipHopDX	2.7/5[6]
NME	[7]
Pitchfork	5.3/10[8]
Rolling Stone	4/10[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]

How Do You Sleep At Night? received a score of 56 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on seven critics' reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reception.[4] Writing for NME, Kyann-Sian Williams felt that "this love for dramatic highs and muted lows on this album makes the record a rollercoaster of emotions and sounds, and a polished and entertaining debut".[7]

Critics widely noted the genre-bending nature of the album, but had divided opinions on its execution: in a positive review, James Mellen of Clash described How Do You Sleep At Night? as "a brilliantly dizzying melting pot of genre and sonic identity",[5] whereas Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre criticized the album as "a genre mash-up that isn't as offbeat as it wants to be".[8] Several critics gave negative evaluation of Teezo's songwriting, which was described as "lack[ing] specificity" by Slant's Paul Attard and as "juvenile at best" by HipHopDX's Louis Pavlakos.[10][6][8] However, Teezo's singing performances were praised even in some otherwise critical reviews: for instance, Jeff Ihaza of Rolling Stone described Teezo as a "genuinely gifted singer" with "an effective R&B register",[9] and Pitchfork's review found that Teezo's voice "slides nicely into the R&B lane".[8]

The guest appearances by Fousheé and Janelle Monáe were positively received: both singers were described as delivering strong vocal performances that juxtaposed interestingly with Teezo's.[6][9]

• Teezo Touchdown – vocals, vocal production
• Dale Becker – mastering
• Scott Desmarais – mixing
• Andrew Keller – engineering, vocal production (all tracks); drums (tracks 8)
• Katie Harvey – engineering assistance
• Nate Mingo – engineering assistance
• Brandon Hernandez – engineering assistance (2, 9)