I was rooting for him. I really was.

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Busta's first week numbers, which did 200,000 and change, was one of the best to tackle the first week rap entry on the charts this year. But that was just the beginning. And that beginning was June 23rd. It's now September 1st.

Many figured that he was just getting off to a slow start, and that he'd soon pick up where the explosiveness of "Touch It" had left off. But for whatever reason, Busta has only pushed about 500,000 copies after ten weeks. Ten weeks of "I Love My Chick," throwback showboating on "New York Shit," sashaying around on endless BET and MTV2 appearances, massive "106th and Park" airplay, heavy daytime BET video rotation, mixtapes, the Rick James-featured "In the Ghetto," and crazy radio spins has taken Flatbush's finest to... #76 on the charts. I don't understand.

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I know there were a few push-backs on the album (which was originally slated for release in March, then April, etc), but really, when you know you're gonna have a single as crack as "Touch It," there should be a thorough, well-organized agenda that insures everything goes as planned. This is where the album sales got jacked.

You've done all the promotion you could possibly do, spent more money than what you'll ever see in return, and all for nothing. The Big Bang was a pretty well-put together album, but still I must admit. As a rider for the NEW New York movement, I'm disappointed. The Brooklynite has failed to deliver. So now what?

I got love for my mans Tru Life. But for something that appeared to look so promising, well, it's looking kinda iffy right about now.

For all of this, GOLD is an insult. A slap in the face. Whatever happened to that New York shit?

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