Editing Blaque (section)

=== 2001–2002: ''Blaque Out'' ===
While their self-titled debut album went platinum, the second album called ''[[Blaque Out]]'', which was set for release in 2001,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hall|first=Rashaun|date=October 20, 2001|title=Blaque, Can't Get It Back|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=22}}</ref> was shelved as the group was dropped from Columbia Records for unknown reasons. The video for the first single "[[Can't Get It Back]]" was never released.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=October 24, 2001|title=Blaque Love Their Group But ...|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450309/blaque-love-their-group-but/|url-status=dead|access-date=|website=MTV News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311225531/http://www.mtv.com/news/1450309/blaque-love-their-group-but/ |archive-date=March 11, 2018 }}</ref> The album was soon leaked on the Internet. After Lopes' death in a car crash in [[Honduras]] on April 25, 2002, the group signed with [[Elektra Records]]. They began work on their third album after Reed gave birth to a son. An alternate version of the shelved album was released to [[iTunes]] on May 22, 2007, but was later taken down. In December 2011, ''Blaque Out'' was released back onto iTunes.