Love & Hate (Aceyalone album)

Love & Hate
Studio album by
Aceyalone
ReleasedJune 3, 2003 (2003-06-03)
GenreHip hop
Length59:19
LabelProject Blowed, Decon
ProducerDJ Drez, PMG, RJD2, Fat Jack, Kiilu Grand, Riddlore?, El-P, Airborn Audio, Joey Chavez
Aceyalone chronology
Hip Hop and the World We Live In
(2002) 		Love & Hate
(2003) 		Magnificent City
(2006)
Singles from Love & Hate
  1. "Moonlight Skies"
    Released: 2003 (2003)
  2. "Lost Your Mind"
    Released: 2003 (2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC[3]
Exclaim!mixed[4]
Exclaim!unfavorable[5]
HipHopDX3.5/5[6]
Pitchfork6.7/10[7]

Love & Hate is the fifth studio album by American rapper Aceyalone. It was released on Project Blowed and Decon in 2003. It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,[8] as well as number 31 on the Independent Albums chart.[9]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Love & Hate received an average score of 66% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "[Aceyalone's] rhymes are among the best of his career, and he covers a lot of ground over 15 cuts; nearly every time he makes a record, he makes it clear that rap music has so much possibility that's never dreamed of by most on a major label."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Love and Hate Theme"DJ Drez1:33
2."Junkman"PMG3:53
3."Let Me Hear Sumn" (featuring Casual and Big Arch)PMG4:14
4."Lost Your Mind"RJD24:02
5."In Stereo"PMG3:19
6."Takeoff"RJD23:58
7."Love and Hate"PMG3:35
8."The Saga Continues" (featuring Abstract Rude)Fat Jack5:05
9."Moonlight Skies" (featuring Goapele)RJD24:17
10."Ace Cowboy" (featuring The Soul of John Black)Kiilu Grand5:30
11."So Much Pain" (featuring Riddlore? and Self Jupiter)Riddlore?4:30
12."Find Out" (featuring Riddlore?)Riddlore?3:40
13."City of Shit" (featuring El-P)El-P3:46
14."Lights Out" (featuring Sayyid and Priest)Airborn Audio3:52
15."Ms. Amerikkka"Joey Chavez4:24

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] 31

References

  1. ^ a b "Love & Hate by Aceyalone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Bush, John. "Love & Hate - Aceyalone". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Serpick, Evan (June 13, 2003). "Love & Hate (2003)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (June 30, 2003). "Aceyalone - Love & Hate". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Cowie, Del F. (June 30, 2003). "Aceyalone - Love & Hate". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  6. ^ J-23 (August 20, 2003). "Aceyalone - Love & Hate". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 15, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Beta, Andy (June 15, 2003). "Aceyalone: Love & Hate". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Aceyalone: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Aceyalone: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2018.