The biggest night in music took place yesterday in Los Angeles, CA. The show was full of surprises and anticipated performances including Mary J. Blige hitting the stage twice, and one lucky fan having a ‘Grammy Moment’ performing with Justin Timberlake and T.I.
If you missed the show, you can get the latest info here with our usual commentary. In the meantime, see who was there and what they had to wear…
ARRIVALS
SHOW & AUDIENCE
AND THE WINNERS INCLUDED…
To find out who won what and read about the ceremony, visit here…
If you saw the show, how did you like it? Who was best & worst dressed? Discuss…
Everybody looks nice. Christina Aguilera had the BEST performance of the night, still speechless…
Couid somebody get George Clinton into rehab immediately!!!
I missed it cause no T.V., hopefully some site will upload it or catch some of it on youtube
Congrats to John Legend, T.I., Christina Aguilera, Beyonce , Mary and Luda for winning
Every1 lookin fly hoping 2 see it 2nite as they haven’t shown it in the UK yet
Best dressed was…Christina Aguilera say what u want, she looked great…so did Mary.
Christina sang that song and so did Mary I’m happy they both won.
I’m mad that they didn’t show Christina and Beyonce winning their awards.
yay for mary, it’s so nice to see her so in love. beyonce’s hair bothered me and is anyone really surprised that she wore gold on the red carpet? her performance was boring… maybe it’s because i don’t like the shit that she sang. mary was great. missed christina so i’m waiting for it to show up on youtube. luda hands down sexiest man of the nite. everyone pretty much looked great. not the best grammys but it’s the grammys so i’m always gonna watch! let the bey hate begin!
-Im so glad Mary J. Blige won it’s about damn time!!
-Christina A. Killed it!
-Chris Brown Danced his young butt off
Overall this was the best Grammy show I’ve seen in years and im only 19.
George Clinton, God bless his soul, looks like he needs a good sudsing with a huge bar of soap.
george clinton look a hot ass mess!
Mary looks great.
Christina A. She looks pretty…
The show was BORING as hell!
Christina looked FAB, like thats the best I’ve seen her look in a minute.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED that John Legend, Corinne, and John Mayor performance omg. Wait til our commentary lol…
oh yeah, when is diddy gonna get off his cheating cheap ass and get danity kane some dam stylist. i’m sick of them coming ouit the house looking like they got their outfits from the slauson swapmeet!
Omarosa hits the red carpet again, damn!
They need to let me hit a couple of red carpets on the real deal.
Caption: Some random negro
i dont even watch the grammys like dat but mary sang her heart out… christina she made James Brown proud…best performance of the night, period.
lol, that girl that sang with justin could sing but the poor girl had no rhythm… be nice ya’ll
cristina, mary j, and jennifer hudson looked real good…ludacris looks alright too
What I want to know is WTF is up with Gnarls Barkley’s teeth?!!!! Are they FALSE?! DAYUM, he had teeth all over my damn 52 inch Toshiba HD flat screen singing that CRAZY song!
Loved the performance with Mary and Luda. CONGRATS TO THEM TOO!!!
CHRISTINA tore the James Brown song up!! Nice pipes on that girl.
@7 KALIKAP: I agree with you, Beyonce’s hair bothered me too.
I don’t have anything against the Dixie Chicks, BUT I haven’t heard that song they won song of the year for. I am happy they won something because of all of the political backlash they suffered because they voiced their opinion about G. W. Bush and the war.
That girl with Mr. Bently is the girl from White Chicks and she’s in a commercial.
#12 KALIKAP: ROTFLMAO @ the Slauson Swapmeet comment!!! You GOTS 2 BE from LA knowin’ bout that! woooooo that’s funny
And I agree that the girl who sang with Justin Timberlake could sing good, but he acted like he wasn’t tryin’ to let her little light shine. He kept walkin’ away from her.
The show was boring though like always.
Is it me or did the John Legend, Carrine Baily Rae, John Mayer performance do it for me. But the Dixie Chicks Fucked my night up.
Jennifer Looked nice too.
That was a sweet performance with John Legend, Corrine Bailey Rae, and John Mayer. But GNARLES BARKLEY FUCKED MY NIGHT UP WITH THEM DAMN BIG ASS TEETH OR DENTURES WHATEVER THAT SHIT IS IN HIS MOUFFF!
THE GRAMMYS WAS OFF THE CHAIN BEST SHOW I SEEN IN A HOT MIN FOR REAL, BUT FIRST I DONT KNOW WHAT WAS UP WIT MY GIRL BEE I LUV BEYONCE BUT SHE SEEMED A LITTLE DOWN I DONT KNW WHY AND SHE DIDNT KILL THAT PERFORMENCE LIKE SHE WAS SUPPOSE TOO BUT SHE STILL SUNG HER BUT OFF CEE-LOS TEETH I THINK THERE VEENERS THEM DAMN THINGS AND JUS HIM ALL TOGETHER WHEN THAT CAMERA GOT CLOSE TO HIS FACE IT WILL DAMN NEAR SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF U, X-TINA=CHRISTINA KILLED IT I LUV DAT GURL SHE PERFORMED HER LITTLE BUT OFF HANDS DOWN HER AND MARY BEST OF THE NIGHT AND WE CANT FORGET ABOUT JOHN L, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, JOHN MAYER PERFECT PERFORMENCE WAS OFF DA CHAIN RHIANNA TRIED TO GET HER J-LO ON BUT IT WAS THE BEST AWARD SHOW IN A WHILE AND GUYS DONT SLEEP ON JOHN LEGEND NEW CD ITZ FIRE BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN TO ACCEPT DIFFERENT ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS GOOD
I’m sorry I liked John Legend , but Corrine puts me to sleep.
I was surprisingly disappointed by Chris Brown’s performance.
Overall the Grammys SUCKED. Yes there was the few good performances, Mary did great, Justin SUCKED with his rehearsed piano playing ass. When he did that close up on his face I realized just how UGLY he really was. Christina? Why? They couldn’t find nobody with soul to give a tribute? Guess they knew James Brown would have LOVED to see a White women cover his song. Beyonce was FLAT as hell. Loved Chris Brown, I feel he was the best performance because he put his heart into it. And I loved the clown session with Jaime Foxx, he’s going to be himself no matter what. One thing, why do the Black performers only get about 3 minutes of stage time, but we got to sit through 20 minutes of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Carrie Underwood? I took a shit and came back when that was on. BORING!
One more thing, Did anyone notice that Fergie can’t read? That Bitch was stuttering over more syllables than my 4 year old niece. Wyclef and Shakira worked it out also, I see Beyonce did a wonderful job of toning down her pose on the red carpet FINALLY.
congrats to to Bee thats 10 grammys 7 solo, 3 with DC
her preformance was eh.. but i read on Mtv she was sick with a stomach flu and bounced early.
Mary rocked.. I preferd the one with Luda..Happy for both they wins..
seems everyone won a grammy?
Justin rocked out with that winner R Truth girl….that was so dope..
Dont like Xtina so much.. but can lie, home girl did the damn thang,,
i didnt think it was a good show at first, overall it was a hot show.. a lot of really great memoralbe preformances
Great pics CL!
I was dissapointed in Bee’s performance, she was a little off tonight.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE proves once again that he is nothing but an over hyped thieve of black music with his Elementary Piano playing skills and wack falsetto.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA can scream all she wants but she will never find real soul inside of her damaged vocal chords.
MARY J. BLIGE did her thing and sounded great. Took it home with two performances.
Funny thing that I noticed is they lumped the singers with actual talent into one long boring performance. They made John Legend, Corrine Bailey Rae, and John Mayer perform the slowest songs on their albums in order make no talent Justin Timberlake look good.
SHAKIRA and WYCLEF did their thing and finally found some type of chemistry on stage.
BEYONCE made the mistake yet again by trying to prove that she a vocalist. She has a nice rich sound for pop, but when you put her voice to a stripped away piano arrangement, she comes up a little bit short. Just like her real hair.
CHRIS BROWN knows that he is an entertainer and he stayed true to that and that made his performance great. Beyonce could learn a thing or two from him.
GNARLS BARKLEY did a great job and stayed true to their alternative sound.
LUDACRIS sheered the braids, put a suit on, and made a crossover album. Rappers, this is how you win a grammy.
Carrie Underwood needs to sit the fuck down.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, great band, boring performance.
In conclusion, the Grammys was boring. There was no standout artist this year. I wanted Prince to perform again like he did on the Superbowl. But it is nice to see Mary J. get her props.
#27 Actually they wanted MJ to do it , but he turned it down.
Hydro that’s funny when people were accusing you of Being a hater of Xtina you said that you was a fan…I guess they were right.
I;m sorry whoever said Christina ain’t got no soul need to sit the fvck down my father who grew up listening to James Brown loved her performance so ya’ll can fall the hell back.Cuz if she was Black ya’ll would be all up on her.
One question Nyla: What the FUCK does your father growing up and listening to James Brown have anything to do with Christina’s wack ass performance? If Michael turned it down, I personally don’t blame him, the way they did Janet a few years before, but Prince was there. I would have rather seen him dance like the Godfather then hear her attempt to hit a high ass note out of her range. And furthermore you can wipe your ass with that sit the fuck down comment, because my opinion is not changing.
I saw most of the show, but was Christina’s performance the only tribute to James Brown? I was watching it with the fam and we swore that Usher was gonna come down them stairs and do something. If that’s it, than I have to say it was not a fitting tribute to James Brown. Although Christina blew the house down and gave an amazing performance, James Brown gave electrifying, fun, in your face performances. I’m disappointed that the Grammy’s decided not to honor him in the same fashion he entertained us all.
Also, the Grammy’s will continue to be boring as long as the industry’s best performancers decide that they’d rather “sang” and play instruments and shit, than what they usually do. Justin is pretty wack without a Timbaland beat, so he should hang up them instruments( and the camera) Then goes Beyonce and that wackness “listen” I’m so sick of Beyonce, Sasha needs to put out a record already. Thank God Chris Brown and Shakira stuck to what they do best, and they had better performances than Beyonce and Justin because of it.
Rhianna~Loving the Dress Colour.
T.I~Looking Sexy.
Christina A~Looking Sexy.
Lenny Kravitiz~Looking Sexy.
Akon~Why decide 2 wear white, when you soo dark?.. it dont look nice.
Justin T~Cannnot Strike a pose. looks funny.
Tokarra~Nice 2 See U
Corrine Bailey Rae~Nice 2 See U 2 ( REP 4 THE BRITISH MUSIC ARTISTS!!)
Indie Arie~ Nice 2 See U.
Beyonce~ Flawless smile.
Everyone else, looking gd!
in general the show was boring:
justin timberlake- his performnaces were weak and awful, i don’t why they gave him all that extra performance and he sucked bad!
Beyonce- beyonce was definately laid back with her performance,she wasn’t dramatic(over the top) or vocally agressive like she usually is,though according to mtv.com,she was sick with the stomach flu and was still recovering,so thats explains why she was mellow with the performance coz y’all know bee would have torn that song up like she did on oprah.yet she still showed up and performanced under those condition(now thats freakin professional)
christina- she was alright,nothin spectacular but the usually unecessary run and hollering,makin the song sound souless.screaming and hollering with excessive runs does not equate to being souful.sometimes less is more.
mary- mary was alright,but as usally she sings off key like crazy and strains to hit them notes,but luckily she made up for it in her second performance.
john legend/john mayor/Corrine Bailey Rae- their performance was unfortunately boring, plus why did they did lumped them up together like that?
shakira & wyclef- why they r still performing same ol’song, they tryna milk the hell out of that song.their vocals sucked,by shakira made it up with her gyrating and hip action(though the grammys ain’t place for those kinda perfromances)
GNARLS BARKLEY- an alright performance nothin special stood out,but it was ok
Chris brown- probably the most energetic and entertaining performance of the nite
in general the show was boring:
justin timberlake- his performances were weak and awful, i don’t why they gave him all that extra performance time and he still sucked bad!
Beyonce- beyonce was definately laid back with her performance,she wasn’t dramatic(over the top) or vocally agressive like she usually is,though according to mtv.com,she was sick with the stomach flu and was still recovering,so thats explains why she was mellow with the performance coz y’all know bee would have torn that song up like she did on oprah.yet she still showed up and performanced under those condition(now thats freakin professional)
christina- she was alright,nothin spectacular but the usually unecessary run and hollering,makin the song sound souless.screaming and hollering with excessive runs does not equate to being souful.sometimes less is more.
mary- mary was alright,but as usally she sings off key like crazy and strains to hit them notes,but luckily she made up for it in her second performance.
john legend/john mayor/Corrine Bailey Rae- their performance was unfortunately boring, plus why did they did lumped them up together like that?
shakira & wyclef- why they r still performing same ol’song, they tryna milk the hell out of that song.their vocals sucked,by shakira made it up with her gyrating and hip action(though the grammys ain’t place for those kinda perfromances)
GNARLS BARKLEY- an alright performance nothin special stood out,but it was ok
Chris brown- probably the most energetic and entertaining performance of the nite
I didn’t notice until the end of the show that there was no host.Jamie Fox made me laugh at the beginning even though no one else did.That girl singing with JT looked like she missed practice when they were teaching the dance steps.Justin was like “you got my dance?” And she nodded like she had it.I’ll just calk it up to nerves because her singing was even off at times,and I know she can sing.
First of all, how dare ya’ll say that Christina vocals is wack. Look, I don’t even like Christina, As a matter of fact I can’t stand Christina, but I’m not going to sit here and say she can’t sing because she can. I am not hater and I am so glad that my mother taught me better than that. I think people are mad because they wasn’t at the Grammys. I’m just saying, Hating is a virus and viruses are bad and if you don’t get rid of it, it can get worse.
Beyonce, Shakira, and Rihanna could get it, as well as a few others after a few drinks, but other than dat i thought the show was wack. Ludacis song is just aight, but its not dat good lyrically, wat he’s rapping about has been said before and better. I listen to all types of shit, and music is terrible right now, only a few ppl are keeping it lyrical, those white dudes James Blunt and John Mayer, their styles are their own, but they can write, wat the hell happened to good black song writers, there ain’t no poetry left in our music, we try and put soul in stupid ass songs, real talk.
And someone get Chris Brown some voice lessons and good music, homeboy does not need to be at the Grammys, being able to dance does not make him ready. John Legend trying to keep r&b alive, but he has no charisma and Justin Timberlake is no Prince, he got marginal talent, but i still need to be convinced. And say wat you want about Kanye, but when he performs he kills it, rap is missing dat, i mean all our pioneers are winding down, we need to step shit up. Mary J is dope, but she needs better music, and T.I. is aight, but he is another one dat still got to convince me, he got flow and presence, but is dat enough to win a grammy. Gnarles, keep doing ur thing, only ones representing innovative music, and Corinne is just like Carrie Underwood performances, boring. I liked the Dixie chicks though, they had shit to say about the war and the president and didn’t give a fuck who cared, so they aight in my book. Oh and Christina trys too hard, u can’t force feelings or soul.
Also i feel sorry for Jamie Foxx, he’s a playa fo real and as his punishment, God looks like He gonna make his daughter fine when she gets older. Damn i hope i never have a daughter.
I agree with # 35. It would have been a fitting, beautiful and memorable if Usher came down those steps to pay that tribute to James Brown. A little dissapponted but u gotta give Christina and Mary their props. They did the damn thing. I miss Usher.
#33 i agree 100%
Christina Aguilera did the fuckin thing!!! and the only reason why people hating it is because she’s white, that chick got more soull than half of them black singers and ya’ll kno it. Nobody else could ahve donr that
Beyonce couldnt have!!!
Christina Aguilera – I had to turn the volume down. That’s not singing…it’s screaming! For the life of me I’ll never understand what’s so special about her “voice”.
Justin Timberlake – wackity wack wack wack. Please come out w/ an album Usher….i beg of you!
44. Jemel said:
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#33 i agree 100%
Christina Aguilera did the fuckin thing!!! and the only reason why people hating it is because she’s white, that chick got more soull than half of them black singers and ya’ll kno it. Nobody else could ahve donr that
Beyonce couldnt have!!!
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You must not know your history talkin like that. There is some straight up fiddlers on this board and its making me sick. So they couldn’t get Patti, Prince, Stevie, you know actual GREAT SOUL SINGERS to perform and pay tribute. Christina Aguilera has a voice for pop and she needs to stick to that. It has nothing to do with her being white, I would rather see Teena Marie do it than Christina HAGuilera.
I forgot all about Christina,that girl killed her performance.I’m not going to compare Beyonce and her togehter(like some of you are doing)because they are so different.But that girl’ voice is amazing,I don’t understand why some of you can’t just look past the girls color and give her the props that she deserves.
By the way if you aren’t one of those people that judged her because of her color then fine,don’t say anything because I’m not talking to you. I notice that when someone has something to say about haters people come out of the fucking wood works yelling about not being a hater.Well a word of advice to you, if you aren’t a hater then they aren’t talking to you so shut the fuck up.This whole thing where people can’t give their opinion on here without getting cursed out or arguing is getting old.Let’s go one post where we just agree to disagree.
#44 – thank you!
People are easily impressed by showboat singing. a few rifts and some high notes and that’s soul? Christina A. still thinks she’s a little girl battling at local singing compettions. Singing isnt a battle of who can sing the loudest…her vocal chords are gonna be retired i a few years w/ that screeching i garuntee u.
^ i meant #46
OK Beyonce, I was pleasantly disappointed about your Red Carpet persona…Like the dress was cute but some was missing…and your on stage outfit sucks(wow…one grammy…all that promotion and one grammy)smirks…..
Anthony Hamilton..im a neo soul junkie but ant ant…..the chop meat on the face..im going to need you to comb it or cut it..
Justin Timberlak…why are u always wearing a pee-wee herman suite..
J Hud:Baby Girl Baby girl…if a man ever hurts you and you want to experience real love..I wont tell nobody if you want a touch a femininity…….
Tocarra: I love you (nuff said)
Kirk: the kisses u give your wife looks so staged
Rihanna: your to pretty to be wearing the freakin curtains we got hanging up @ my old church
BIG BOI/WIFE: YALL LOOK GOOD…
LUDA TOO..MAKE ME SAY A WOO WOO WOO..CAN I GET A WOO WOO …(HEHEHEHEH)
Akon, I dont know why i found you attractive when you first came out..eww..you look like a piece of charcoal wrapped in a white drying towel..
D-WOODS YOU LOOK CLASSY BUT WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS TRYING TO D-SEXY YOU….U MUST NOT KNOW HOW SEXY U R….THEY MUST NOT KNOW..
ANYWAY TELL AUBREY SHE LOOK LIKE A BLUE M&M WITH ITTY BITTY TITIES
C’ RAE: YOUR SO CUTE TO ME…I WILL TAKE MY TIME WITH YOU….CIARA TOO..(IM SUCH A LADY…..I AIM TO PLEASE YA HEARD)
OMAROSA…UR JUST A WEIRDO..YOUR LIKE A GRACE JONES FOLLOWING TO MUCH PLASTIC SURGERY……..
I BARELY WATCHED..I DUNNNO..I WAS BROUGHT UP ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE..I WAS BROUGHT UP ON SINGERS THAT WERE PERFORMERS…PERFORMERS HAD THAT UMPH..(HAVE YALL EVER BEEN TO AN EARTH WIND AND FIRE CONCERT.)
Im only 24 and i can honestly say im not looking forward to my generations greatest of all cd..Like majority of these artist wont sell out a concert stadium like the oldies but goodies do now.. even powered pat(pattie labelle) sells out concerts..
I enjoy the red hot chilli peppers performance..and i was looking forward to Africa Miranda’s performance( i fell in love with her almost instantly she look like the type of girl I would share my collard greens/sweet bread, and neck bones with…DONT JUDGE ME…LOL)
SORRY FOR BEING LONG WINDED IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT READ AND KICK ROCKS
Well I’m glad that I am not the only one who did not prefer christina tributing to james brown, and no it has nothing to do with her skin color. Some people just get tired of hearing her yell instead of sing or ‘sany’. I know someone else could have brought that song to life a little better but whatever its done and over with and she was aiight.
I am happy for mary. I think this was her best performance to date. I’m glad she didn’t go as overboard as she usually does.
Bee is getting cheap as hell cuz that was a cheap lacefront. And no, I am not saying this to hate, but i know weave and that was the cheaper if not the cheapest one to get. But I see why if she making a vid for each song on B day. Do what u gotta do.
I loved how they played that moving video of James Brown doing the night train. It made me wish he was here to give us one more dose. But I have no idea who was doing the dancing at the bottom of the screen.
And I didn’t want the girl they picked to sing with JT to win. I didn’t think she was ready and they proved me right. LOL! But congrats.
WOW Y’ALL ARE CRAZY. CHRISTINA SANG THE HELL OUTTA THAT SONG. SURE, SHE TENDS TO OVERSING… BUT I BELIEVE SHE DOES IT BECAUSE SHE CAN. AND I RATHER HEAR HER OVERSING THAN THESE WHISPER-ARTISTS STRAINING TO GET A SONG OUT. THE GIRL HAS VOCALS AND YOU CANT DENY HER THAT. STOP THE MADNESS.
IM PROUD OF MARY. ITS ABOUT TIME SHE WON SOMETHING.
LUDA’S “SHOUTOUT” TO OPRAH AND BILL OREILY DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE WAS PRICELESS. LOL.
CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS.
Great show! I am disappointed that T.I. didn’t win rap album of the year. Luda didn’t deserve that one for this Grammy’s maybe next year. T.I. should have took that one home because he worked his ass off this year and his album was HOT!!!
All the performances were nice! One of the best Grammy’s yet!!
WOW JANET JACKSON HASN’T BEEN TO THE GRAMMYS IN ALMOST TEN YEARS.
#54:
JANET ONLY SHOWS UP TO AWARD SHOWS WHEN SHE IS PERFORMING, BEING “HONORED”, OR GUARANTEED A WIN
SO, I GUESS SHE HASNT PUT OUT ANYTHING GRAMMY WORTHY IN 10 YEARS. (OR EVER – BUT THATS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION LOL)
I don’t know if this is right or not, but isn’t Beyonce supposed to perform “Listen” at the Oscars. Why did she perform it at the Grammy’s? It was kind of boring and she didn’t really seem that into it.
Congrats to Mary J.
Mary J won!!!!!! That’s all I needed to see.
did anyone see jamie’s face after christina’s performance? that night train guy was hot to death! and the chick that sang with jt was talented and beautiful. that’s about all i saw.
Wow, it’s nice to see black people really doing thier things at the grammys. I am especially proud of Mary, she racked then up and more than deserved them. Luda did his thing too and I like how he thanked Oprah and Bill O’Rielly in his acceptance speech.
The show was ok this year. I’m just glad Mary FINALLY got her some grammys they were long over due. She deserved more IMO but I guess the grammys was trying to make a statement by giving the Dixie Chicks all them grammys for having an opinion about the president and sharing it, WOW I could’ve done that but anyways I see more in her future so whateva. Somebody up top said Beyonce made the mistake of trying to prove she’s a vocalist UMM she’s already proven it over and over again, live, go to youtube and check out some of her live performance. The Oprah Listen performance specifically and if you wanna hear her accompanied by piano check her oscar performances.That being said her performance last night was the worst I think I’ve ever seen from her. It was just DEAD like she put nothing into to it I was really disappointed. I hope she was sick cause that was just bad. And anybody that says Christina doesn’t have a nice voice is fooling themself yes she does over sing but she also has a very nice soulful sounding voice.And I think Usher should have done the tribute as well, shoot I already invisioned the performance. James Brown was a true entertainer they should have used somebody who embodies that like Usher or even Beyonce. Mary’s perfomances were great especially the one with Luda, I’m so happy for her I just love Mary she has a kind and sincere heart and it shows. As for the fashion just about everyone look nice except I didn’t like Beyonces dress on the red carpet or her hair. I guess she really was sick because she was just off last night I’m sorry I like the girl but she wasn’t that fiyah last night.