R&B BOP QUEENS RATE | I'm Out

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The rate
From early 00s throwbacks to late 10s gems, from huge hits to late career cuts, from Missy joints to Timbaland bangers, and of course with features from everyone from Lil' Wayne to Mark Ronson to Nicole Scherzinger, this rate features some of the best, and boppiest, R&B songs released in the last 20 years.

We'll be rating 9 discography highlights by 8 iconic R&B acts, for a total of 72 songs. Throughout the voting period, each of the acts will be highlighted, and we'll also look at other songs by them we could have rated.

The acts
We'll be focusing on eight R&B singers whose careers started in the 00s (except for one that actually started in late 1999) and continued into the current decade. Some are more successful than others, some longer have longer discographies, some are still active, others not quite, but what they have in common is they're all somewhat commercially underrated but have really strong discographies, with a wealth of flawless R&B bops between them.

The songs
The rate's songs were released between September 1999 and July 2019, so that's literally two decades worth of R&B goodness. In terms of song selection, it goes without saying that priority was given to the bops, but it should be said I use that term loosely. There are some straight up bangers here, but also some much more laidback/lowkey songs, but, well, don't expect to find any ballads. Since some of the acts featured here have explored a variety of sounds, the idea was also to focus on songs that can either be classified as R&B or at least have R&B elements, and also ones that were released as singles. There are a couple of exceptions to these criteria, but the majority of the songs meet them.

The rules
Rate the songs from 0 to 10, including one 11, and PM me your ballot. Feel free to use as many decimals and write as much commentary as you want. Also: for each of the eight acts, list your favourite song that's not featured in the rate in your ballot! These songs will be highlighted through the rate.

The deadline
October 18th 27th 23:59 GMT


PART II NOW OPEN
 
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Amerie
Why Don't We Fall in Love
1 Thing
Touch
Talkin' About
Take Control
Gotta Work
Why R U
Heard 'Em All
Curious






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Cassie
Me & U
Long Way 2 Go
Is It You
Official Girl (feat. Lil' Wayne)
King Of Hearts
Paradise (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Love a Loser (feat. G-Eazy)
Don't Play It Safe
Don't Let Go



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Ciara
Goodies (feat. Petey Pablo)
1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)
Like A Boy
Work (feat. Missy Elliott)
Ride (feat. Ludacris)
I'm Out (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Overdose
Dance Like We're Making Love
Level Up




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Keri Hilson
The Way I Are (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
Return The Favor (feat. Timbaland)
Turnin Me On (feat. Lil Wayne)
Knock You Down (feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo)
Scream (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger)
Million Dollar Girl (Trina feat. Diddy & Keri Hilson)
I Like
Pretty Girl Rock
Lose Control



PM list
Amerie
Why Don't We Fall in Love
1 Thing
Touch
Talkin' About
Take Control
Gotta Work
Why R U
Heard 'Em All
Curious

Ashanti
Foolish
Happy
What's Luv? (Fat Joe feat. Ja-Rule & Ashanti)
Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)
Only U
Good Good
I Got It (feat. Rick Ross)
Early In The Morning (feat. French Montana)
Say Less (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

Cassie
Me & U
Long Way 2 Go
Is It You
Official Girl (feat. Lil' Wayne)
King Of Hearts
Paradise (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Love a Loser (feat. G-Eazy)
Don't Play It Safe
Don't Let Go

Christina Milian
AM To PM
When You Look At Me
Dip It Low
Say I (feat. Jeezy)
I Gotta Get To You
Us Against The World
Rebel
We Ain't Worried
Liar

Ciara
Goodies (feat. Petey Pablo)
1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)
Like A Boy
Work (feat. Missy Elliott)
Ride (feat. Ludacris)
I'm Out (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Overdose
Dance Like We're Making Love
Level Up

Kelis
Caught Out There
Good Stuff
Young, Fresh 'N' New
Milkshake
Trick Me
Bossy (feat. Too $hort)
Blindfold Me (feat. Nas)
4th Of July (Fireworks)
Jerk Ribs

Keri Hilson
The Way I Are (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
Return The Favor (feat. Timbaland)
Turnin Me On (feat. Lil Wayne)
Knock You Down (feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo)
Scream (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger)
Million Dollar Girl (Trina feat. Diddy & Keri Hilson)
I Like
Pretty Girl Rock
Lose Control

Tweet
Oops (Oh My) (feat. Missy Elliott)
Call Me
Boogie 2Nite
Thugman (feat. Missy Elliott)
No Panties (Trina feat. Tweet)
Turn da Lights Off (feat. Missy Elliott)
When I Need a Man
International Affair (Mark Ronson feat. Sean Paul & Tweet)
Magic

Youtube playlist


Spotify playlist
Region locked:
Paradise (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Us Against The World
Million Dollar Girl (Trina feat. Diddy & Keri Hilson)
Thugman (feat. Missy Elliott)
 
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Eliminations

#72: We Ain't Worried
#71: Early In The Morning (feat. French Montana)

#70: Liar
#69: Rebel
#68: International Affair (Mark Ronson feat. Sean Paul & Tweet)
#67: I Got It (feat. Rick Ross)
#66: Talkin' About
#65: Don't Let Go
#64: Turn da Lights Off (feat. Missy Elliott)
#63: Magic
#62: Turnin Me On (feat. Lil Wayne)
#61: Official Girl (feat. Lil Wayne)

#60: Love a Loser (feat. G-Eazy)
#59: Thugman (feat. Missy Elliott)
#58: Gotta Get to You
#57: When I Need a Man
#56: No Panties (Trina feat. Tweet)
#55: Curious
#54: Say Less (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
#53: Why R U
#52: Don't Play It Safe
#51: Why Don't We Fall in Love

#50: Heard 'em All
#48 (1): Us Against the World
#48 (2): Happy
#47: Paradise (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
#46: Good Good
#45: Young, Fresh n' New
#44: What's Luv (Fat Joe feat. Ashanti)
#43: Say I (feat. Young Jeezy)
#42: Blindfold Me (feat. Nas)
#41: Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)

#40: Call Me
#39: Scream (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger)
#38: Gotta Work
#37: Take Control
#36: Is It Love
#35: Foolish
#34: Good Stuff
#33: Boogie 2Nite
#32: Million Dollar Girl (Trina feat. Diddy & Keri Hilson)
#31: Return The Favor (feat. Timbaland)

#30: Jerk Ribs
#29: Bossy (feat. Too $hort)
#28: Knock You Down (feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo)
#27: I'm Out (feat. Nicki Minaj)
#26: Level Up
#25: Pretty Girl Rock
#24: Caught Out There
#23: Touch
#22: When You Look At Me
#21: Long Way 2 Go

#20: King of Hearts
#19: 4th of July (Fireworks)
#18: Ride (feat. Ludacris)
#17: Dance Like We're Making Love
#16: Lose Control (feat. Nelly)
#15: I Like
#14: The Way I Are (Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
#13: Oops (Oh My)
#12: AM To PM
#11: Work (feat. Missy Elliott)

#10: 1 Thing
#9: Me & U
#8: Goodies (feat. Petey Pablo)
#7: Trick Me
#6: Overdose
#5: Only U
#4: Dip It Low
#3: Milkshake
#2: Like A Boy
#1: 1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)

Part 2 Eliminations


 
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R&B BOP QUEENS RATE
PART II: THE FAN FAVOURITES

Amerie
Paradise (LL Cool J feat. Amerie)
I'm Coming Out
I Don't Care (Ricky Martin feat. Fat Joe & Amerie)
Crush
Redrum

Ashanti
Always On Time (Ja Rule feat. Ashanti)
Rain On Me
Focus
The Way That I Love You

Cassie
Ditto
Miss Your Touch
Let's Get Crazy (feat. Akon)
The Boys (with Nicki Minaj)

Christina Milian
Play (Jennifer Lopez feat. Christina Milian)
Got To Have You
Call Me, Beep Me!
Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)
Someday One Day
Do It (feat. Lil Wayne)
Like Me (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Saturday (DARKO feat. Christina Milian)

Ciara
Oh (feat. Ludacris)
Promise
Love Sex Magic (feat. Justin Timberlake)
Pucker Up
Gimmie Dat
Got Me Good
Sophomore

Kelis
Get Along With You
Keep It Down
Millionaire (feat. Andre 3000)
Acapella
Brave
Bounce (Calvin Harris feat. Kelis)

Keri Hilson
Energy
Turn My Swag On
The Way You Love Me (feat. Rick Ross)
All The Boys

Tweet
Smoking Cigarettes
Make Ur Move
Sexual Healing (Oops part. 2)
Somebody Else Will (feat. Missy Elliott)
Not on Spotify:
Christina Milian - Someday One Day
Keri Hilson - Turn My Swag On

PM list:
Paradise (LL Cool J feat. Amerie)
I'm Coming Out
I Don't Care (Ricky Martin feat. Fat Joe & Amerie)
Crush
Redrum

Always On Time (Já Rule feat. Ashanti)
Rain On Me
Focus
The Way That I Love You

Ditto
Miss Your Touch
Let's Go Crazy (feat. Akon)
The Boys (with Nicki Minaj)

Play (Jennifer Lopez feat. Christina Milian)
Got To Have You
Call Me, Beep Me!
Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)
Someday One Day
Do It (feat. Lil Wayne)
Like Me (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Saturday (DARKO feat. Christina Milian)

Oh (feat. Ludacris)
Promise
Love Sex Magic (feat. Justin Timberlake)
Pucker Up
Gimmie Dat
Got Me Good
Sophomore

Get Along With You
Keep It Down
Millionaire (feat. Andre 3000)
Acapella
Brave
Bounce (Calvin Harris feat. Kelis)

Energy
Turn My Swag On
The Way You Love Me (feat. Rick Ross)
All The Boys

Smoking Cigarettes
Sexual Healing (Oops part. 2)
Make Ur Move
Somebody Else Will (feat. Missy Elliott)

Deadline: February 16, 23:59GMT

Just to clarify:

We'll be doing a part 2 of the rate featuring the 40 songs that were picked by more than one person as their favourite not in the rate.

Until January 29 ya'll can rate them and PM me your scores, and after I finish the main rate eliminations (which should be around that time), I'll start the extra ones.

The extra eliminations will be less detailed/more fast-paced than the main rate ones, and the plan is to wrap them up in about two weeks.

Who and how many people picked each of the songs will be revealed as they get eliminated.

And of course both people who didn't participate in the main rate and people who did but didn't pick their favourite extra songs are welcome to join.

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Queens!

No I Bet and Energy though?? Two 11 contenders right there.

I Bet is a 10 for sure, but I was going for, well, bops, for this rate, and it doesn't really qualify. Dance Like We're Making Love seemed like a better representative for that album. Choosing the Ciara songs was the hardest part here, because she has the longest discography out of these acts, and I wanted at least one song from each album.

Don't forget to mention your favourite songs not featured in the rate in your ballot though!
 
@soratami not to add even more work (maybe somebody else can do it, maybe I could have the time who knows) but after reading this
Don't forget to mention your favourite songs not featured in the rate in your ballot though!
I thought: maybe it would be cool to send a separate ballot with, I don't know, 5 songs or one "missing" song from each gurl and do some kind of list (after the winning song) in the style of @ohnostalgia monthly charts.

Just writing this now because I know I'll forget it tomorrow.
 
@soratami not to add even more work (maybe somebody else can do it, maybe I could have the time who knows) but after reading this

I thought: maybe it would be cool to send a separate ballot with, I don't know, 5 songs or one "missing" song from each gurl and do some kind of list (after the winning song) in the style of @ohnostalgia monthly charts.

Just writing this now because I know I'll forget it tomorrow.

I was already planning something along those lines actually, my idea is to reveal the top "missing" songs by each of the eight acts either before, after or during the main reveals, as a sort of micro-rate.

That's why I need everyone to remember listing them in their ballots!
 
I'm totally here for this. I'm not really familiar with any of their discographies, so this should be a good introduction.

Get ready to make some amazing discographies! I think all these songs are great.

I actually had one song in the rate I couldn't stand so earlier today I ended up replacing it with a different one because 1) honestly, I don't want the rate to feature songs I just don't like and 2) I didn't want [redacted]'s average to get lower because of it.

Anyone want to try guessing which song I'm refering to? ddd
 
He/Him
Get ready to make some amazing discographies! I think all these songs are great.

I actually had one song in the rate I couldn't stand so earlier today I ended up replacing it with a different one because 1) honestly, I don't want the rate to feature songs I just don't like and 2) I didn't want [redacted]'s average to get lower because of it.

Anyone want to try guessing which song I'm refering to? ddd
Watch this be my top Ashanti track that's not here ddddd
 
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