Critical Reception
Bill Lamb of About.com awarded "Run It" a four star rating, commending the song's backing music, Brown's voice, and chorus but called it "another cookie cutter Scott Storch production." Andy Kellman of Allmusic noted it as one of the album's top tracks, commenting that the song's "way of tempering Brown's small-town innocence with hard-edged backing and a guest spot from an MC of ill repute is clearly a strategy to make the singer appeal to more than tween girls." Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone said that the song gets by "thanks to a slinky synth beat and the mix of smooth seduction and cunning come-ons in Brown's baby-mack vocals."
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