Critical reception
Attractive Sin was met with generally favorable 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 69 based on eight reviews.
Eli Bernstein of Paste praised the album, calling it "a welcome throwback to an earlier era of underground rap". AllMusic's Fred Thomas stated: "Attractive Sin finds the collaborators stretching out liberally and sounding genuinely excited and inspired by each other". Andres Tardio of HipHopDX called it "an album that is sure to add to his discography as another solid effort from Sir DZL".
In mixed reviews, Matthew Fiander of PopMatters wrote: "Del's penchant for calling out lesser emcees, itself a deep tradition in hip-hop, slips into a bragging sameness a bit too often on Attractive Sin". Jon Hadusek of Consequence resumed: "despite Parallel Thought's strong production, Attractive Sin's failings fall on Del. He can do better". Ben Rag of Tiny Mix Tapes concluded: "Attractive Sin ultimately suffers from a lack of humor and humility (namely, pride)".
