Editing Robbin' the Hood (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/robbin-the-hood-mw0000176787|title=Sublime - Robbin' the Hood Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|rev2 = Punknews.org
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="punknews">{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/2114/sublime-robbin-the-hood|title=Sublime - Robbin' the Hood|date=2003-07-25 |website=Punknews.org|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Sublime|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/790 790]}}</ref>
}}

[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork magazine]], reviewing Sublime's debut album ''[[40oz. to Freedom]]'' and legacy in 2018, made a brief acerbic mention of this album, saying it "was so haphazard and caustic that only the most devoted fan could tolerate any significant time with it (it was recorded in a crack house, and it sounded like it)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sublime-40oz-to-freedom/|title = Sublime: 40oz. To Freedom|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>

Sputnikmusic gives a more generous review with 4.5/5 stars, reviewing in 2008 and noting the prescience of front man Bradley Nowell's lyrics, "the messages within Robbin' the Hood leave timeless impressions. They preach real-life problems and solutions, and Bradley Nowell's lyrics were far ahead of his time," a nod mostly to Nowell's prediction that one day his substance abuse problems would prove fatal ("one day I'm gonna lose the war...").  The article praises the album's ability to mix its eclectic influences, all the while, "there isn't one noticeable mistake anywhere on the album".  The article conjectures that the inclusion of the Soliloquies was for the sake of conveying the ethos of the band, "they really explain what Sublime was all about...fun."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/15445/Sublime-Robbin-the-Hood/|title=Sublime - Robbin' the Hood (album review ) |website=Sputnikmusic.com|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>