lol... The problem in the states is that people knew about her personal shit. The same reason why Rihanna didn't do as well as people thought, Chris Brown, or Usher's efforts in comparison to Confessions. I don't know why people are pussy footing around. Then she released 'Doesn't Mean Anything', a lack luster single.. and then put out Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart when all media outlets were still on her affair with Swizz Beatz & Mashonda. Elements of Freedom could've been an amazing album, a solid effort and so forth, but the media blunder she had has marred her image. And we all know in Hollywood image is everything; and once you fall out of the favor of the public, it doesn't matter what you do -- suddenly you are not as great as you once were before and people begin to doubt you. This is what happened with Alicia. She has lost fans over this... Kanyeshrug. Her blunder was not so big, so hopefully she'll be able to come back hard with a new album. I don't think she should re-release this one, though.

Put it in a Love Song is not being released because it failed to impact radio. This is why the video hasn't been released.... and a video for Un-Thinkable is. Un-Thinkable is a great song, however, it will not be enough to get the momentum back up for this album unless of course she is selling up overt sex in her video. (That would be a shock for AK who has never had to do such a thing.)

Wish her the best of luck. Really though, if people would just stop being fake, it'd do wonders for them.