U.nited S.tate of A.tlanta was met with generally favourable reviews from
music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average score of 76 based on fifteen reviews. Nick Marino of
Entertainment Weekly gave the album "A−" rating, saying it "prove[s] they have something in common with
Common: they can be conscious without being soft".
Soren Baker of
Los Angeles Times called it Ying Yang Twins' "most ambitious album". Tom Breihan of
Pitchfork found it "a good-not-great
Southern rap album, overlong and weighted down by too many inept slow tracks but boasting enough furious, kinetic dance tracks to make it worth your money".
Spin gave the album "B" rating, calling it "a deliriously twerked, end-of-days house party".
AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "at 77 minutes and 23 tracks, the sprawling album is weighed down by some filler and redundant numbers, but as a step forward for a party band riding on whatever the Dirty South sound of the moment is, it's surprisingly bold and accomplished". Lee Henderson of
PopMatters called it "
Black Eyed Peas with swear words".
Christian Hoard of
Rolling Stone resumed: "at seventy-seven minutes, their new disc is long on
crunked-out filler, but there are plenty of hook-filled bangers and club-ready sex rhymes". RapReviews contributor gave the album mixed review, stating "it's no secret the Twins get gully. Fortunately for listeners, it's very contagious. Unfortunately, it comes at the expense of lyrical content". ==Track listing==