Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Albarn's curation is sharp, and he keeps things moving quickly, so the energy rarely flags....It's fairly brilliant by mixtape standards, which may be the best way to measure it -- a meta party mix..."

Spin - "A music festival in and of itself, the roster includes stars such as Grace Jones, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Pusha T, Vince Staples, Danny Brown, D.R.A.M., Savages' Jenny Beth, Benjamin Clementine and Jamie Principle, who all lend Gorillaz their voices."

NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The lawless, world-altering scenario HUMANZ presents us with is not a poorly attended inauguration but a massive, cross-genre party, composed largely on an iPad by Albarn and illustrated by his mate Jamie Hewlett."

Paste (magazine) - "If the theme of Humanz is joyriding into headwinds of despair, Pusha T and Mavis Staples win the MVP for their glitch-gospel anthem 'Let Me Out.'"

Clash (magazine) - "[T]hey have created their most youthful album yet; a vibrant record which paints a picture of the near future so vivid it seems convincingly real."