BET (Barely Even Tangible)
Such a commotion was made over the 2009 BET Awards due to the fact it was filmed in the wake of the death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. MJ left us just 3 days before the awards. As an event planner myself I could only imagine the stress one would be under to make the show give MJ his due honor. I will start that saying Jamie Foxx was an excellent host. He is musical, comedic & extemporaneous. His ability to adapt to the situation really shined. I enjoyed him as the host years ago for the ESPY awards.
The award show seemed pretty run of the mill for BET. One interesting thing they decided to do was eliminate the listing of nominees with the announcement of each winner. This was done to make the show go faster however there seemed to be many missed cues. They also did this to fit in more performances. Let's talk about performances.
Kheri Baby did her thing. She impresses me with her ability to actually perform. She is a good singer/dancer. The little freestyle dance portion was "interesting" for lack of better words.
I would like to declare that Ne-Yo should never go san-sombrero. His head is entirely too big. He might want to look at putting a little powder on his head to cut back on the glare from the lights.
You have to love old school & there was a plenty. New Edition did their thing. I honestly went to get a Cuba Libre at this point so I didn't pay much attention.
J Foxx got it going with his "Blame It" performance. T Pain was flossing a chain that said BIG ASS CHAIN on it. Seriously. This would be good if it was a symbol of the idiocracy of the bling culture but he was doing it to be an ass. He thought it would be cool. This song really threw me for a loop when Snoop Dogg came out. The stage was covered in smoke which is where I think he came from but I think it was actually a tie in to "Gin & Juice". But on June 28th this man was wearing a 1992 leather trench coat. He had to be hot as hell on stage. He did 8 bars because he almost suffered from heat stroke & couldn't get the other 8 bars out. The highlight of this performance was Travis Barker. I'm a big fan on Hip Hop & Rock like it was in the beginning.
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