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God Loves Ugly

God Loves Ugly
Atmosphere God Loves Ugly.jpg
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)
God Loves Ugly
(2002)
Seven's Travels
(2003)
Singles from God Loves Ugly
  1. "Modern Man's Hustle"
    Released: 2002
  2. "GodLovesUgly"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club favorable
Exclaim! favorable
Kludge 8/10
Pitchfork Media 5.7/10
PopMatters favorable
RapReviews 8/10
Robert Christgau A-

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

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

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. 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".

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".

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

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


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