[2] A music video for "Sexy Song" was released on Wyatt's YouTube channel on February 18, 2016, directed by Steven C. Pitts and filmed by Rite Media Group.

[4] Wyatt also performed "Sexy Song" at the Capitale night club in Washington, DC on December 12, 2015, and on Essence Live on February 12, 2016.

Another standout record on the album, "If It Ain't You" — among many others — is a beautiful ballad that showcases Keke's natural ability to breathe life into a love song like no other.

"[14] SoulTracks editor Melody Charles felt that "with its adept pacing, experimentation in style approaches and enthusiastic delivery, Rated Love showcases why KeKe Wyatt will continue rise and to personify that "80/20 rule" that so often applied to relationships: admitted flaws and irritants don't justify going without when you truly have a good thing."

She further noted: "Co-writing the bulk of Rated allows the full spectrum of [Wyatt's] gifts to shine, whether she's getting the groove on ("Sexy Song"), detailing how sprung she is (the tangy groove "On Repeat") or explaining precisely why ol' boy's clothes are spilling out of trash bags out on the porch (the soaring lump-in-the-throat ballads "24 Hours" and "No Peace").