Kelly, We Need to Talk

Sigh... There's a reason why Kelly Rowland is stuck in pop star purgatory. She has the talent but she waits months between singles. Girl, we need to talk.

I know that people try to blame your lack of success of Matthew Knowles and his obvious favoritism towards Beyonce, but girl, you have new management and a new record label and your album still only sold 70,000 copies in the first week. Has your album even gone platinum? Gold? Rubber? It's not Beyonce, it's you. First, you need to get off Beyonce's crotch. If you want people to focus on you, stop discussing Beyonce and Baby Blue Ivy in every interview. I swear you say Beyonce's name in every sentence. We get it. You love Beyonce and you're grateful for her because she let  you sing back up in her group and it  changed your life. Okay, let's move on.

Where is your promotion? You need to take notes on this from Beyonce. Even when she promoted your album, she promoted her album. I bet you didn't catch that. You promote Beyonce more than you promote yourself. I wikipedia'd you and I found you've released 7 singles off of Here I Am and I can only name a few and I can only sing one. Girl, you need to do better. Where are the videos? Where are the performances? Where are the DVD's? Where is the promotion?Did you even perform "Motivation?" I know you don't have Beyonce's money or budget, but you may need to start doing your own videos. Start promoting yourself. Why are you promoting LaLa and Kim? I'm happy you have friends but look at Beyonce. She doesn't have any friends and she's successful. She's about her business, as you should be. Also, why are you still an opening act? You've been in this business for 15 years, you should not be opening for people who were still in elementary school when "No, No,No" first hit. If you have to put together a club tour or perform in Wal-Mart parking lots, a la Keri Hilson, do it because you should not be anyone's opening act. You also should have called your album "I Am Here" because you're 15 years into your career and you just need to do better.