God Loves Ugly - Atmosphere
Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. A record that gamely tries to get with mainstream hip-hop concerns. [Listen 2 This supplement, Aug 2002, p.14]
  2. 80
    Atmosphere creates hip-hop that is more than the sum of its parts. [Aug 2002, p.82]
  3. Slug and Ant have no aversion to a killer pop hook. [Sep 2002, p.76]
  4. 80
    [Slug is] suddenly one of the best alt-rappers around. [#9, p.143]
  5. Though the lo-fi D.I.Y. production slows the momentum on a handful of tracks, when Slug's rhymes and producer Ant's beats click, the results are as good as underground hip-hop gets.
  6. In a hip-hop landscape littered with studio gangsters, pimps on wax, and thugs in need of hugs, Slug proves yet again on God Loves Ugly that the bravest move a rapper can make is simply to be himself.
  7. It's as close to emo as hip-hop gets.
  8. God Loves Ugly might not be the freshest or most innovative hip-hop album you'll hear, but it does have an edge. It's also more complicated than it seems on the surface.
  9. God Loves Ugly ends up as the worst kind of inconsistent album--inconsistent not because of any lack of knowledge, creativity or heart on the part of the artists, but because they can't decide whether they want to use that knowledge to showcase their own voice or mimic someone else's.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 116 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 89
  3. Negative: 0 out of 89
  1. 8
    The bass and the movement will always be one of my favorite Atmosphere songs. And God Loves Ugly will always be my favorite Atmosphere album. Headshots: Se7en is an insanely close second place for me. Full Review »
  2. AmberB
    10
    for sure like the best album ever like they rock my socks right off i love atmoshphere with a **** passion
  3. BenG
    10
    God Loves Ugly is atmospheres greatest album yet and is one of my favorite cds of all time.