God Loves Ugly

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	favorable^[3]
Exclaim!	favorable^[4]
Kludge	8/10^[5]
Pitchfork Media	5.7/10^[6]
PopMatters	favorable^[7]
RapReviews.com	8/10^[8]
Robert Christgau	A-^[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]

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.^[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

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.	Title	Length
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

Ant – beats
Slug – raps
I Self Devine – raps on "Flesh"
Mankwe Ndosi – vocal accompaniment on "GodLovesUgly" and "Shrapnel"
George Faber – harmonica help on "Give Me"
Sara Lindsay – vocal accompaniment on "Fuck You Lucy"
Sara Schrantz – vocal accompaniment on "Fuck You Lucy"^[15]

Charts

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

References

1 2 "God Loves Ugly by Atmosphere". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Love, Bret. "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Rabin, Nathan (August 5, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Quinlan, Thomas (November 30, 2002). "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Perez, Arturo. "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Kludge. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Chennault, Sam (July 4, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Heaton, Dave (September 3, 2002). "Atmosphere: God Loves Ugly". PopMatters. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Knoxx, A. (November 19, 2002). "Atmosphere :: God Loves Ugly :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". RapReviews.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Atmosphere". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly (Original Release)". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
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.
1 2 "Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ 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.
↑ "The 30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000". HipHopDX. August 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ God Loves Ugly (2002) liner notes.
↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2016.

External links

God Loves Ugly at Discogs (list of releases)

Atmosphere

Ant Slug Nate Collis Erick Anderson

Studio albums	Overcast! God Loves Ugly Seven's Travels You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold The Family Sign Southsiders Fishing Blues

Compilation albums	Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's Headshots: Se7en

Mixtapes	Strictly Leakage

EPs	Overcast! Sad Clown Bad Dub Sad Clown Bad Dub II The Lucy EP Ford One Ford Two Sad Clown Bad Dub 3 Sad Clown Bad Dub 5 Sad Clown Bad Dub 6 Random Vol. 3/Sad Clown Bad Dub 7 Happy Clown Bad Dub 8/Fun EP Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 Sad Clown Bad Fall 10 Sad Clown Bad Winter 11 Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 Leak at Will To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EP's The Lake Nokomis Maxi Single

Singles	"They Lied" "Uptown Jesus" "Modern Man's Hustle" "GodLovesUgly" "Cats Van Bags" "Trying to Find a Balance" "National Disgrace" "Watch Out" "Say Hey There" "Shoulda Known" "Sunshine" "Guarantees" "You" "Your Glasshouse" "To All My Friends" "The Last to Say" "Bitter" "Kanye West" "Southsiders Remix" "My Best Half" "Fnr Thngs" "This Lonely Rose" "Trying to Fly" "Salma Hayek" "Fireflies" "Windows"

Related articles	Discography Rhymesayers Entertainment

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