@EIGHTIESBABY8030 re: September 1, 2011 at 11:43 am --

I appreciate your effort(s), conviction and candor (see, my heart's NOT-all made of stone)!
Now, I have a few questions and observations for you..

1.) (re: "Tragic Promotion", i.e., "Selling an album in 2011 off the strength of one song and only two live performances of that one song") But she's never before enjoyed such a "strong" "one song/single". If I'm not too mistaken, "Motivation" is her ONLY Platinum single (though, one's excitement is tempered by the sobering fact that it took nearly 5-months). So that was no "ordinary" single - it stood atop the charts for MONTHS-ON-END! So to blame/excuse the CD's paltry retail presence on her single(s) is now moot!

2.) (re: "and only two live performances of that one song") And just whose fault might THAT be? Are we ALL to set our calendars to "Kelly Time"? That window of opportunity WAS open, but has now SLAMMED shut.. And when we DID see her on Jay Leno, she was weak, faulty, amateurish, and supremely lacking! That was VERY-much unlike her much hyped BET "Motivation" performance; maybe she should have had those said backing-soundtrack/lip-syncing vocals?

"Troll"..?! "Personal Vendetta"..?!

...Funny thing that "truth", it turns wine into vinegar and sugar to salt!

But what most upsets/concerns me? Well, she'll cast that "pall of underperformance/lacking/wanting" upon "Tour-F.A.M.E" and "buzz-kill" ticket sales!

You see, for all her career, 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland, has enjoyed the coattails/sympathies of DC, Beyonce/Knowles-suspicion/hate, and "dark-skin sista-girl empathy". And what has she done with it? NOTHING! Kelly Rowland has NEVER had a U.S. Platinum CD. And that said "Motivation" single had Wayne as feature and, even then, took nearly 5-months to be said certified!

(Meh..) "Personal Vendetta"..?! No! ..The Truth - The Whole Truth and nothing but "The Truth"...

In closing - Would YOU have someone on YOUR tour who has demonstrated poor U.S. OTC sales her entire solo career, even though she was once affiliated with THE most-popular girl group in the world? Won't it stand to reason that if she can't "motivate" CD sales, she'll be as equally as poor a "ticket draw"? How then is she to be paid? Won't she THEN be paid out of the pockets of the OTHER performers: Chris, Tyga, Big-Sean, T-pain who ALL can sell CDs, entertain and thereby move concert/tour tickets? So, instead of eating her own food, she'll not only finish her plate, but she'll also be eating/taking everyone's else food..!!!

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