In 2003, Blaque recorded a third album "Torch" with Elektra, which was never released. The group worked closely with Missy Elliott on five of the album's tracks. Scheduled for release in August 2003, it was promoted with the single "Ugly" featuring verses by Elliott. Reed was unhappy with "Torch"s musical direction and her lack of creative control. According to Reed, Blaque retains the rights for the album, and they collectively refused to release it. She explained: "If it's not necessary to give them a record that we don't even too much care for, why give it to them?" Despite it not being released, Ernest Hardy of "Vibe" somehow obtained a copy of "Torch" and in a review wrote that Reed's raps are "filled with hiccup effects, "yeah-yeahs", and nasal phrasing", "lifted" from Lopes, describing the album as "passable, if highly derivative".