"Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" was included on USA Today's "20 politically incorrect songs that'd be wildly controversial today" list.[33] According to Maeve McDermott and Patrick Ryan from USA Today, "No disrespect to the late Princess of R&B, whose hypnotic vocals and idiosyncratic style remain timeless. But it's hard not to feel at least mildly uncomfortable listening to this song in retrospect: At the time she recorded it, a then-14-year-old Aaliyah was dating — and would soon illegally marry — her mentor/producer R. Kelly, who was 27."[33] Also, the song was included on KQED's "The Most Creepily Problematic Sexy Songs of the 1990s" list.[34] In 2003, rap duo Outkast sampled the song in the beginning of the song "Pink & Blue" from their fifth studio album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.[35]