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Overall Ladd has made a divine album indeed.
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Father Divine ranks among the best of Ladd’s efforts, and is easily one of his most adventurous.
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An invigorating mix of spacey dub, seventies funk, eighties big-beat electro, old school hip-hop and even early Prince, Father Divine is Ladd's most lyrically accessible and sonically enjoyable album to date.
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It's a record played in the red, and it's not afraid to have a good time there.
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There isn't a weak track on "Father Divine," and though some of Ladd's lyrical styling can be uninspired... the album is packed with solid material.
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Father Divine is that rare album that's conscious of its diversity without being pretentious about it
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UncutAlthough Father Divine ultimately feels more like a sketchbook than a coherent work, Ladd's doodles contain more fertile ideas than most artists' finished albums. [Mar 2006, p.91]