How to Flow

The drums in the song's production have been noted as similar to those in "Give the Drummer Some" by Dee Felice Trio. During the chorus, the instrumental uses piano sampled from "Woman to Woman".^[1]

Angus Batey of The Quietus described "How to Flow" as "peerless, mighty" and commented it was "largely ruined by a needless remix". He believed the "strangest thing" about the song is that "it is basically an elaborate homage to the Ultramagnetic MCs. Kool Keith and co may be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the east coast's golden age - De La were fans, so were the Bomb Squad - but the idea that they'd be the prime sonic influence on what is clearly, on many levels, a pop record seems ridiculous. Yet the evidence is all there in the grooves of this addictively daft song." Additionally, Batey stated the drums give the track "that sleazy underground rawness".^[1]