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Love & Hate
Studio album by
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 a 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.

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