30 minutes ago, LesFleur said:

Nonsense? It's math. It's approaching 18 years since one of the greatest dance-pop/R&B albums was released

Before The Fame, Sasha Fierce, Loud, Bionic, My Everything…

There was UNEXPECTED.

It's not my fault Xtina was 2 years late to the electro-pop/r&b party and got dragged for it - I personally enjoy Bionic.

Throw shade all you want but Michelle's pop era will get its due praise in the forthcoming Destiny's Children: Solo Divas Album Rate featuring all tracks (including special editons) of the following albums: Ms. Kelly, Unexpected, I Am…Sasha Fierce, Lady Love. Also including any features/collabs from those album eras and some unreleased songs

It's pending. The list is almost done. Just gathering some unreleased songs from these albums that I might wait to reveal in the rate thread when it's up…but for now

Yay! Genuinely excited for this one. Sasha Fierce has some of my all time favorite Beyonce songs. And of course my first look at the other ladies' discographies.

22 hours ago, Indie Go Mind said:

Any news on upcoming rates? Already emptied my list and looking for new rates to do.

My Jessie Ware discography rate will be launching soon...

5 minutes ago, That Bad Eartha said:

My Jessie Ware discography rate will be launching soon...

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

38 minutes ago, Graves said:

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

Neon Nights should've been in 2003 MTW instead of that lame Knee album

2 hours ago, Graves said:

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

Better than the person who's trying to make Ella Langley a thing

Dua Lipa rate has concluded. Houdini is the winner

On 8/8/2026 at 1:07 PM, Graves said:

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

The dawn must be broken

On 8/8/2026 at 1:07 PM, Graves said:

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

Hope we're all excited for the Jody Watley self-titled album anniversary rate next year to celebrate its big 4-0

On 8/8/2026 at 1:07 PM, Graves said:

The determination to make Michelle Williams a thing on ATRL is really admirable. Every thread that you can, even the rate signups. It's rivaled only by that one Dannii Minogue stan.

On 8/8/2026 at 3:24 AM, Indie Go Mind said:

Yay! Genuinely excited for this one. Sasha Fierce has some of my all time favorite Beyonce songs. And of course my first look at the other ladies' discographies.

Open now. All are welcome (haters included @Ace Reject )

I'll promote it seriously when the other rates close, as they've been extended

On 8/7/2026 at 9:53 PM, LesFleur said:

Nonsense? It's math. It's approaching 18 years since one of the greatest dance-pop/R&B albums was released

Before The Fame, Sasha Fierce, Loud, Bionic, My Everything…

There was UNEXPECTED.

It's not my fault Xtina was 2 years late to the electro-pop/r&b party and got dragged for it - I personally enjoy Bionic.

Throw shade all you want but Michelle's pop era will get its due praise in the forthcoming Destiny's Children: Solo Divas Album Rate featuring all tracks (including special editons) of the following albums: Ms. Kelly, Unexpected, I Am…Sasha Fierce, Lady Love. Also including any features/collabs from those album eras and some unreleased songs

It's pending. The list is almost done. Just gathering some unreleased songs from these albums that I might wait to reveal in the rate thread when it's up…but for now

Oh no - the main dog won't be a part of this.

But if you want to rate Michelle/Kelly/LeToya albums together, SURE!

6 hours ago, LesFleur said:

Open now. All are welcome (haters included @Ace Reject )

I'll promote it seriously when the other rates close, as they've been extended

Oh no babe.

A note to everyone: PLEASE do not start rates unless they are approved by @Ace Reject or @supaspaz. They will more than likely be closed if you unilaterally decide to do your own thing!

On 8/7/2026 at 8:15 AM, LesFleur said:

I've never hosted one before but these are a few ideas I have

• Star Spangled Banner rate - ranking the best to worst renditions

• Michelle Williams Unexpected album 18 year anniversary rate - ranking all the songs from the era, including remixes and shelved songs

• Western girl group rate - split into 2 seperate rates, one for ballads and one for up-tempo bops

I was thinking of starting the Unexpected one fairly soon as a number of rates are ending this week and the US-release anniversary is October 7, which would be the deadline. Also it will be a lot less songs to cover than doing a complete discography

On 8/7/2026 at 10:08 AM, LesFleur said:

Compiling the tracklist for the Unexpected rate RN @Ace Reject

On 8/7/2026 at 10:27 AM, LesFleur said:

Thanks for the feedback. I thought ATRL might not be interested in a full Michelle discog as 3/4 albums are gospel, so thought I'd do a deep dive into her pop era and see how that goes

On 8/7/2026 at 12:20 PM, LesFleur said:

Someone suggested a 2008 Destiny's Chilren rate in the current 2006 rate thread. Sasha Fierce, Ms. Kelly Deluxe and Unexpected. Lady Love was 2009.

Well her pop era was 2008-11 and there are some officially unreleased leaks. She also did features during that time which I'm including and I've included only some of those remixes too (the Ultra Nate collab has like 20 mixes in total ). So far over 40 songs.

There's also some fire unreleased mixes (some of which were due for a shelved remix album but they're LQ rips from her MySpace years ago) but I'd have to upload them to YouTube. Forgot how much rare and unreleased gems I have from that era

This is the list so far with playlists. The unreleased playlist is missing some songs that I'd have to upload:

Michelle Williams Unexpected pop era 18-year anniversary rate

Standard edition album

-              Unexpected Intro

-              Hello Heartbreak

-              We Break the Dawn

-              Lucky Girl Interlude / Lucky Girl

-              The Greatest

-              Till the End of the World

-              Private Party

-              Hungover

-              We Break the Dawn – DJ Montay Remix feat. Flo Rida

-              Stop This Car

-              Unexpected

-              Thank U

-              Too Young For Love

Remixes

- We Break the Dawn - Lost Daze Remix Radio Edit

- We Break the Dawn - Moto Blanco Radio Mix

- We Break the Dawn - Wideboys Radio Edit

- We Break the Dawn - Karmatronic Club Remix

- We Break the Dawn - Mr. Mig Remix

- We Break the Dawn - Wideboys Bassline Remix

- Hello Heartbreak - Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix

- Hello Heartbreak - Catalyst Remix

- Hello Heartbreak - Lost Daze Deep Inside Mix

- Hello Heartbreak - Matty's Body and Soul Mix

- The Greatest - Redtop Remix – Club Version

- The Greatest - Mark Picchiotti Remix – Club Version

- The Greatest - Craig C. & Niques Master Remix – Club Version

- The Greatest - Zigmund Slezak Remix – Club Version

- The Greatest - Dan McKie Remix – Club Version

- The Greatest - Catalyst Remix – Main

- The Greatest - Jason Nevins Remix – Extended Club Mix

- The Greatest - Maurice's Nu Soul Remix – Main

- The Greatest - Mr. Mig & D. Roc Mainstream Mixshow Edit – Extended Club Mix

- The Greatest - Mr. Mig Extended Club Mix

- Waiting on You - Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Director's Cut Signature Mix

- Waiting on You - Craig C Master Blaster Disco Mix

- Waiting on You - Andy Caldwell & Remy Le Dub Mix

- Waiting on You - Eddie Amador DubWork Mix

- Waiting on You - Whatever Whatever Mix

 

Bonus tracks, leaks and unreleased remixes

- Sick of It

- Sick of It - Remix

- If You Wanna Go

- Stay For a Minute

-  Hello Heartbreak – Alternate Version

- Private Party - Daddy Dave Remix

- Hungover - Lost Daze Rough Mix

- Hello Heartbreak - Chris "Daddy" Dave Underground Mix

- Hello Heartbreak - Machinedrum Mix

- Lucky Girl - Redtop Mix

- Lucky Girl - Matthias Heilbronn Radio Edit

- Lucky Girl - Lost Daze Radio Edit

- Stop This Car - Lost Daze Club Mix

- Stop This Car – K. Swift Remix

- Stop This Car – Hi Volume Remix

- Stop This Car – Jonathan Timberlake Remix

Features: 2011-12

- By Your Side

- On the Run – Original Radio Edit

- On the Run – Acoustic

- Love Gun

- Katya

 

Spotify playlist for: Unexpected album, We Break the Dawn (remixes), Hello Heartbreak (remixes), Katya, Waiting on You (selected remixes) – available in most countries

 

The Greatest (remixes) – only available in the US

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/51ewhgXxUcny0MCh0wapzR

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjc_7OM0sM8&list=OLAK5uy_lYv_-lSqKjQpzs5Cr8XSuSePP5Ke8amdA

 

 

Bonus, leaked/unreleased and featured songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ohBxWiLj8&list=PLAS1u9QO6i1M&pp=sAgC

Am not really sure what kind of mental gymnastics we were doing to... with no real audience participation and NO MODERATOR APPROVAL.... start a rate?

We can't have this happen again.

13 minutes ago, Ace Reject said:

Am not really sure what kind of mental gymnastics we were doing to... with no real audience participation and NO MODERATOR APPROVAL.... start a rate?

We can't have this happen again.

Apologies.

Please explain the process. I have been discussing my plans here for the past few days.

The only input I received from you was passive aggressive mocking - nothing constructive whatsoever.

If you'd given directions and rules I would have respected them.

Genuinely created my rate in good faith as I've done when respectfully participating in others.

Maybe

@supaspaz can help me out here.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by LesFleur

Just now, LesFleur said:

Apologies.

Please explain the process. I have been discussing my plans here for the past few days.

The only input I received from you was passive aggressive mocking - nothing constructive whatsoever.

If you'd given directions and rules I would have respected them.

Genuinely created my rate in good faith as I've done when respectfully participating in others.

And none of those other rates have been approved by myself and/or Supa.

There's no good faith when you start something without approval. The idea wasn't a sound one... hence two replies in 24 hours. We'll chalk this up to a mistake... please adhere to the one rule we ask next time. (DMs are a thing for a reason!)

3 minutes ago, Ace Reject said:

  2 minutes ago, LesFleur said:

Apologies.

The 2000s girls, Aaliyah and Darkchild rates weren't approved? Those are the ones I remember participating in

3 minutes ago, LesFleur said:

The 2000s girls, Aaliyah and Darkchild rates weren't approved? Those are the ones I remember participating in

The Darkchild and Aaliyah threads WERE approved. That is why they were started - here, and, also, in DM.

8 minutes ago, Ace Reject said:

There's no good faith when you start something without approval. The idea wasn't a sound one... hence two replies in 24 hours. We'll chalk this up to a mistake... please adhere to the one rule we ask next time. (DMs are a thing for a reason!)

There's no rules posted in the OP. Maybe it would help reduce unauthorised rates if there was something pinned?

The sharpness of your responses would suggest I've missed some clearly stated rules somewhere but I haven't found them and thus haven't purposefully gone out of my way to break them.

I didn't know we had to DM rate sign-ups and have them approved in DMs first. You didn't clearly explain that to me until now.

When I first suggested a Michelle rate in this thread you could have asked me to DM you, instead you used it as an opportunity to throw shade rather than inform.

My apologies for offending you personally, that was never the intent. I've enjoyed the rates I've been in until now. This has gotten very ugly.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by LesFleur

2 minutes ago, LesFleur said:

There's no rules posted in the OP. Maybe it would help reduce unauthorised rates if there was something pinned?

The sharpness of your responses would suggest I've missed some clearly stated rules somewhere but I haven't found them and thus haven't purposefully gone out of my way to break them.

I didn't know we had to DM rate sign-ups and have them approved in DMs first. You didn't clearly explain that to me until now.

When I first suggested a Michelle rate in this thread you could have asked me to DM you, instead you used it as an opportunity to throw shade rather than inform.

My apologies for offending you personally, that was never the intent. I've enjoyed the rates I've been in until now. This has gotten very ugly.

And my apologies - this has been an unstated rule since I brought rates to this forum, and I have closed multiple that were not opened correctly. I am sorry that you were not aware of that.

Water under the bridge!

I'd like to start a new rate tonight! i've got ideas.

12 hours ago, Raphy said:

I'd like to start a new rate tonight! i've got ideas.

Share with the class please.

And not tonight.mp3... there is a queue!

Let’s fix that approval queue. Who has a rate idea they’ve been asked to wait to launch?

My Showa era singer-songwriters idea was approved but I haven't had the time to finalize everything, and I'd like the rate regulars to participate in it too, not just j-pop fans, so I'm aiming to start it after the current wave of rates is (almost) done, probably the last week of August.