Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone stated that the album contained a "fizzy energy that elevates it above its limitations", musing that Odd Future were a lot like "early Wu-Tang, a thrilling regional act, and a bunch of whip-smart black hipsters whose worldview is grounded in their corner of sun-baked southern California." PopMatters's Jeff Dunn felt that every member improved from their past mixtapes, stating that Ocean, Tyler, and Sweatshirt were all impressive, consistently "spitting dizzying, more original lines than they ever have on mixtapes past." Dunn wrote that "after the mixed returns of Goblin, Tyler himself now seems to realize that less is more on his part", who "wisely tones down the shock-for-shock's-sake rhymes quite a bit, making his appearances all the more rewarding when they do occur." Steve Labate of Paste mused that "while Odd Future's critics try hard to frame them as such, it's difficult to accept Tyler and the OF crew as mere shock artists, flippantly tossing off incendiary slurs for attention-the music is too tongue-in-cheek clever, too brainy and self-aware, too anything-goes eccentric." Pitchfork's Jordan Sargent stated that the album was mostly a success because "every member steps up", with Domo who had "evolved from the group's bumbling stoner into a guy who can spit dizzying, complicated verses". 2 received mostly positive reviews from music critics. We have an album we like." The track "Forest Green" was released over a year before the release of the album, but was featured on the project with remastered production. Everybody might go: 'What the fuck is this? We wanted this, we wanted that.' There we go. Everybody's going on it and I just think, fuck, everybody might hate this shit. In an interview with The Guardian, when asked about the expectations of the album, Tyler replied "I don't know. The album was quickly recorded in Los Angeles over the course of two weeks. The album was to feature production and appearances by only Odd Future members, and would be promoted with a North American tour. In January 2012, the group confirmed that they were to release their first commercially released album, titled The OF Tape Vol. Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future, who were known for their frequent collaborations, have released mixtapes together in the past, such as Radical and the original Odd Future Tape.
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