I wonder if her gig with X-Factor is the reason she's not really promoting this album stateside. "Motivation" is a smash in the states. We all know that it spent 6 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard r&b/hiphop chart and is currently one position away from being a top twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100. I don't listen to radio very often and when I do I don't listen to urban radio(I listen to adult contemporary). My musical taste is a bit too vast for the manotony of urban radio(all that hood-hop). So I have no idea how many spins "Motivation" gets in one day(although I've heard it gets alot). I also don't know how "Lay It on Me" is performing. Has it even been released?

Anyhow, the only stateside promo that I have seen from Kelly(by way of the net) was her brief appearance on 106th & Park when she premiered "Motivation" months ago, and ofcourse her more recent performance at the BET awards(which she has yet to capitalize on). I have seen the video for "Motivation" on Centric( It's like BET, only for grown and sexy black people with dignity, class and a love for all things old school) a number of times, so people(who don't blog) should at least be aware of Kelly and her pending album.

But what I want to know is, where are the televised interviews? Where are the magazine covers?(Her Monarch cover isn't even on the racks yet; still looking at Boris Kodjoe's big, bald head. LOL). Where are her performances?

I do believe she's already filmed an appearance on Fuse's Talking To Strangers, hosted by CeeLo Green, but when does it air? Is she going to wait until after the album has been released to kick her promo campaign into high gear? She's in Europe, why not promote there with interviews and performances. She doesn't even have to perform "Motivation". She could perform "Commander" or "Down For Whatever" overseas if she wants to stay true to the "dance diva" image she's garnered for herself over there.

I'm rambling, I know. I just think that Kelly could and should be doing MORE for this album.

Oh well, At least she's not an over-exposed, ubiquitous media-whore who mind warps the public into buying her music. The people who support Kelly do it because they genuinely love and appreciate the music she makes and the woman that she is. Numbers and titles aside; Kelly may not be "the hottest chick in the game"(although, she is the most beautiful) but she is certainly one of the most talented ladies in the game, and that's enough of a reason for me to keep supporting her.

Roll on July 26th.