20GAYTeen the Rate: WINNER!!

What's your favorite album from the main artists of the rate?

  • Expectations by Hayley Kiyoko

    Votes: 15 10.1%

  • Bloom by Troye Sivan

    Votes: 13 8.7%

  • Palo Santo by Years & Years

    Votes: 16 10.7%

  • Language by MNEK

    Votes: 10 6.7%

  • O by Ssion

    Votes: 5 3.4%

  • Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae

    Votes: 60 40.3%

  • Chris by Christine & the Queens

    Votes: 15 10.1%

  • Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

    Votes: 15 10.1%
  • Total voters
    149
Old Untouchable Ace

Old Untouchable Ace

Trouble in Paradise said:
Hello my long suffering and never wavering voting public!

I'm elated to announce that I am now engaged! I've gone back and forth about posting about this as it's quite personal and the reality of the situation hasn't really sunk in yet. It's odd cause I've written at length about different harrowing traumas of my life on this forum without second thought but sharing such an intensely happy moment feels like a weird moment of blurring my Trouble in Paradise side with my real self.

But, I wanted to tell you all because it changes how I was planning on finishing up this rate. We leave on July 5 to vacation with my fiance's (!!!!) family. I was originally planning on bringing my laptop and finishing up the rate piece by piece in the lazy mornings. If I'm being honest, that feels a bit odd now. I love this rate, I'm committed to this rate, but it's not my job. This forum is probably my favorite hobby but it's just that. So, I've changed the plan and I know it's not ideal for those of you itching to see the final results. I'm going to do my very best to get us to the Top 10 via some very bare bone write ups (scores, my thoughts, your commentary). Then when I return on July 20th, I will work through the Top 10. I felt like you all deserved to know the plan and why since you've been so supportive as I've struggled through running my first (and last) rate! Like I said at the beginning I'm 110% committed to finishing this rate, it's just gonna take a bit of time.

Thanks for all your support and love! This rate has been so eye opening musically and personally as I learn about so many diverse members of a community I'm so proud to be a part of!
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That's so amazing, a big congratulation to both of you!
The power of this rate.
Do what you need to do and enjoy yourself.
 
londonrain

londonrain

Staff member
Dangerous Maknae said:
I'm low key glad I couldn't vote at the time because I would probably give all of Janelle songs 5 or 6s but I've seen the light since and they are all 9-10s for me now.
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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

He/Him
Introducing our next cut is Jean Wyllys who was the second openly gay parliament member in Brazil and the first to identify as a gay rights activist. He has also won Big Brother Brazil! Sadly, with the turn to conservatism in world politics and the election of Brazil’s nationalist/racist/homophobic president Wyllys had to resign his seat due to a barrage of serious death threats.

























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14. “Americans”
By Janelle Monae
8.397

Highest Scores: 10 x 10 (@Ana Raquel @Sanctuary @GimmeWork @pop3blow2 @Posh Spears @ohnostalgia @Music Is Life @kalonite @LE0Night @Remorque)
9.5 x 2(@Untitled @KingBruno)
Lowest Scores: 4 x 1 (@dylanaber) 5 x 2 (@soratami @Empty Shoebox)
My Score: 8

Seventy-nine cent to your dollar
All that bullshit from white-collars
You see my color before my vision
Sometimes I wonder if you were blind
Would it help you make a better decision?​

Happy 4th of July Americans!! All I’ll say is why I understand why many of you questioned this songs inclusion, I was persuaded by her tour de force performance on Colbert. Also, it is my now fiance’s favorite song from the album!


Your thoughts:

Ufint No mama, this is not what you’re supposed to be including in the rate. Such a fallen angel; the rest of you may try to defend this, but this is in my opinion, one of the weakest tracks on the album.

The Hot Rock One of my faves from DC..

Music is Life BOP for Americans. Fun. Love the speech in the middle.

Untitled never thought i'd be popping it to political speeches, but wellthereweare.gif

Pop3blow2 Epic. Might actually be my favorite song on Dirty Computer the more I think about it.

Constantino Okay girls, lemme take you on a journey: picture that gif of Whitney and Natalie Cole pointing at each other and laughing at the AMA’s but replace Whitney with Kacey and Natalie with Janelle, because Miss Janelle is serving some SCALDING tea on middle American here.

Yuuurei The levels of satire and lyrical genius here, I love her mind.

Gimmework Janelle once again serving the tea HOT!



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