God Loves Ugly

God Loves Ugly
Studio album by Atmosphere
Released June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)
Genre Hip hop
Length 68:54
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Ant
Atmosphere chronology
Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's
(2001)Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's2001
God Loves Ugly
(2002)
Seven's Travels
(2003)Seven's Travels2003
Singles from God Loves Ugly
  1. "Modern Man's Hustle"
    Released: 2002
  2. "GodLovesUgly"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[3]
Exclaim!favorable[4]
Kludge8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media5.7/10[6]
PopMattersfavorable[7]
RapReviews8/10[8]
Robert ChristgauA-[9]

God Loves Ugly is the second studio album by American hip hop group Atmosphere. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on June 11, 2002.[10]

Release

The album, via distribution with Fat Beats, went on to sell more than 130,000 copies in the United States.[11] The single from the album, titled "Modern Man's Hustle", reached #18 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.[11]

On January 20, 2009, God Loves Ugly was re-released with a bonus DVD, featuring cameos from Eyedea, Aesop Rock and Crescent Moon, among others.[12] Originally released as Sad Clown Bad Dub 4, the DVD features two hours of live performance footage, special guest appearances, and music videos for "GodLovesUgly", "Summer Song", and "Say Shh".[12]

Reception and legacy

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, God Loves Ugly received an average score of 76% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

In 2011, "Modern Man's Hustle" ranked at number 6 on Complex's "25 Best Rhymesayers Songs" list.[13]

In 2015, God Loves Ugly was listed by HipHopDX as one of the "30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000".[14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Onemosphere"2:19
2."The Bass and the Movement"4:04
3."Give Me"4:02
4."Fuck You Lucy"5:33
5."Hair"3:23
6."GodLovesUgly"3:52
7."A Song About a Friend"4:28
8."Flesh" (featuring I Self Devine)4:09
9."Saves the Day"3:44
10."Lovelife"3:35
11."Breathing"3:02
12."Vampires"4:19
13."A Girl Named Hope"2:09
14."GodLovesUgly Reprise"1:49
15."Modern Man's Hustle"3:47
16."One of a Kind"3:30
17."Blamegame"4:50
18."Shrapnel"6:53

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard 200[16] 139
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[17] 43

References

  1. 1 2 "God Loves Ugly by Atmosphere". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  2. Love, Bret. "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  3. Rabin, Nathan (August 5, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  4. Quinlan, Thomas (November 30, 2002). "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  5. Perez, Arturo. "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Kludge. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  6. Chennault, Sam (July 4, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  7. Heaton, Dave (September 3, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". PopMatters. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  8. Knoxx, A. (November 19, 2002). "Atmosphere :: God Loves Ugly :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". RapReviews.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  9. Christgau, Robert. "Atmosphere". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  10. "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly (Original Release)". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  11. 1 2 Eustice, Kyle (June 11, 2016). "Today in Hip Hop History: Atmosphere Releases Sophomore Album, ‘God Loves Ugly’". The Source. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  13. Kangas, Chaz (May 3, 2011). "Slug Talks Complex's 25 Best Rhymesayers Songs - #6. Atmosphere “Modern Man’s Hustle” (2002)". Complex. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  14. "The 30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000". HipHopDX. August 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  15. God Loves Ugly (2002) liner notes.
  16. "Atmosphere - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  17. "Atmosphere - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
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