um am i the only one who noticed that janelle monae and diddy wearing the same outfits….

Isn’t it funny, Lele is the smallest one in SWV. Remember back in the day…

@37…….I don’t like the “book” type postings, but #37 …I’m gon’ fight you…..making me LMAO like that.

Alicia Keys is sooooooo hot!!! I love how she was able to share her spotlight with some of the ladies who paved the way for her, this is why I have so much love and respect for her, she puts actual THOUGHT into her performances, she doesn’t just get onstage and prance around half dressed, all weaved up!!!!!!

Female artists in the game SIT UP, PAY ATTENTION AND TAKE NOTES ON MS. KEYS!!!

Alicia keys performance was great…I was glad when some of the old girl groups came out though…cause maybe it was just me but she was sounding a lil off…they kind of saved that performance for me..not that they sounded great either..but them just reuniting was great……

@ Nothing But Love

TLC is Second to DC in Sales. TLC is said to have sold like 32 million albums worldwide, DC is between the range of 35-40 Million Albums Worldwide. TLC had success very quickly but that 3D album only sold 2 million worldwide and that is how much DC’s debut album did worldwide! Writing on the Wall did like 13/14 million worldwide and Survivor did 10 Million worldwide. And Destiny Fullfilled did like 8 Million! And their #1’s album did 3 mill! So DC is the highest selling female group. They were even awarded for it!

@ KB

Those numbers are very interesting but i still find it very questionable…..

Keyshia Cole looked HOTTT but she still can’t sing on stage. She always sounds like she is tired..

The awards were pretty good to me. I thought Al Green was very good. I love all of his hits. The Alicia Keys concept was good. It was well planned but poorly executed. The only one act that sounded good was EnVogue. Alicia didn’t sound that great either. I wonder what gimmick she will come up with next to overcompensate for the fact that she is not an entertainer. Last time it was the Jamaican concept. She’s trying though.

Usher (I still love him no matter what) was a little off but I think he’ll bounce back and get it together. I love how people write someone who has always been a great performer off as below a Neyo or Chris Brown. Their performances may have been better last night. But come on Usher knows how to perform, he’s just a little rusty that’s it.

The problem with Usher was that he just did not do anything we haven’t seen before!I think had he performed the remix it may have had more of an impact and not have been so perdictable.

Ever since Usher was hooked up with that sheman of a wife of his…he has gone down Get rid of her Usher. PLEASE!!!!! You are so much better than that.

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@Nothing But Love

You can question if you like but it shows that TLC went down after Left Eye passed (RIP Left Eye) and they did that 3D album. DC was very consistent. And they had Huge hits also. TLC OWNED the 90’s, NO DOUBT, but DC was having Major International success in this 2000 era.

LOL y’all crackin me up!!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that Usher’s performance was TRASH! It was so lame and boring. The song is very lame and boring. He can’t even dance. All those stupid dance moves he was doing had me laughing my ass off!!!

This is the best performance I’ve seen of Rihanna, and that aint saying much! She hit the right notes, but her tone of voice is so damn whiny!!!! Like gurl… shut the F*ck up! She can’t sing at all!

I absolutely loved Alicia Keys perfomance. It was very entertaining and a nice throwback with all the talented female R&B groups from the 90’s!

I don’t care what anyone says. Chris Brown’s performance sucked and Ciara looked like a straight up HO! The spreading of her legs and stank coochie was very distasteful and too much! She’s trying too hard to be like Janet. The only reason why people liked his performance is because Ciara was being nasty and there’s a bunch of people on here who like to see that type of stuff onstage. Damn… Beyonce wouldn’t even do that. By the way… how come she didn’t show up? Probably because she didn’t have a new single out. LOL

This award show was so damn wack!

DANG!!! That Chris Brown/Ciara performance was sexy as hell!!! Got nasty thoughts in my head right now… damn!lol

THE SHOW WAS GREAT. ALICIA KEYS I HAVE FOREVER RESPECT FOR U, UR AMAZIN. IT TAKES A REAL ARTIST TO SHARE THERE STAGE TIME WITH EXTRAORDINARY LADYS LIKE SWV, ENVOUGE, TLC. I WANNA THINK ALICIA FOR THAT AMAZIN PROFORMANCE. ALICIA ACEPTANCE D SPEECH WAS SO TRUE, SHE DESERVE THAT AWARD.

why all the hate towards usher, you know he can sing already. He killed it , he hasnt’ lost his touch! Great job USHER they know you killed it but people always have something bad to say. His moves were so smooth he is very talented.

RHIzeey was great. that girl sounded just like her friggin record. which went to #1 btw and supported by all u people who feel she cant sing. dat is so funny. and its a fucking slow song.. how d ass stage presence or entertaining gin come into play there. all she can do is sing it and she killed that shit. chris sucked ass and so did keiysha cole.. but no one aint gin hate on them. bullshit. and have u seen the crowds Rhi pulled for her concerts on youtube. ciarra can suck an egg, where has she been recently. same way how people say rhi rhi cant sing an only pretty, ciarra cant carry a fucking tune and can only dance. i totally enjoyed ciarra when she was dancin and had her trap shut.

@ J-DWAG

LMAO!!!!!…….that aint nothing but the truth

I loved EN Vogue. I love Terry Ellis. She is sooooooooooooooooo FINE!!! And to everyone hating on Maxine from EV, yall should know that she had a baby and on top of that she isn’t that tall. None of the women in EV are really tall. Dawn and Terry are only 5′-2″, Max is only around 5′-0″ - 5′-1″, and Cindy is like 5′-5″. Just thought I’d clear that up. AND to everyone dissing T-Boz, she has sickle cell anemia. But as far as dissing her hair, go ahead. It’s 2008 boo boo, and that cut with the bangs and cutting edge no more!!!

I agree with CAREEM, Ciara can actually be a great backup dancer for Chris Brown, which can help her dancing career instead of releasing garbage albums.

I THINK RIHIANNA DID A DANG ON GOOD JOB..IF YOU ASK ME. SHE SOUND JUST LIKE HER CD. KEYSHIA COLE SOUNDED A HOT MESS AND GUESS WHAT…SHE LOOKED A MESS TOO. USHER LIP SYNC ASS NEEDS TO RETIRE FROM MUSIC..HE WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT. JEZZY AND KANYE SHOULDN’T PERFORM….IT WAS WEAK. ALICIA KEYS LOOK NICE BUT HER SINGING WAS A BLOODY OLE MESS. SHE SHOULD HAVE LET SWV SANG THEIR SONG. CHRIS BROWN AND CIERA TORE THAT STAGE UP. AL GREEN AND MARVIN SAPP WAS THE BEST AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO CARES.

O YEA, MAXWELL IS A SANGING MAN. I CANT WAIT UNTIL HIS CD DROP.

Haters just made cuz Rihanna was GARBAGE and Ciara and Chris Brown Killed it!!!

A Keys Al Green Marvin Sapp and Ciara Chris Brown to me were best performances of night!

Neyo and Usher did good …altho Usher lip synch!

Weezy Tpain and Nelly represented hip hop proper!

Who is Ciara?

Thanx to select performances the show was just AIIIGHT! I think BET HYPED it up way too much for what ut was worth. MY GOD how about the very first performance of the night by USHER. I was highly disappointed! Id rather see a Chris Brown performance as the opening (that was HOT), I could watch him & CIARA show their skills together longer than they did! USHER has opened shows prior to this album waaaay better than that, in the past. I was waiting for something to jump off in the end, but that was just very disturbing coming from USHER. His “CONFESSIONS” album I think will be his BEST album EVER!! I enjoyed T-PAIN (& the whole ring master Circus bit), I enjoyed Alicia Keys (& her doing the whole reunion of the female groups—what yall young bucks knew about that?) THAT WAS HOT! In fact Alicia Keys revived the show with her performance & special guests because I was about to fall asleep before she came out…That show was FLAT LINED. I enjoyed the Quincy Jones Tribute, & the Al Green tribute too (I enjoyed seeing MAXWELL—where did they dig him up from?—LOL That was cool (those 2 cats knew what music was all about—for real). KEYSHIA COLE’s performance was cool (I like the wardrobe change she did that was “cute”) But what did it for me was when LIL KIM came out, maybe because I am from KIM’s home town I dont know but whenever she does live performances on her collaborations I get HYPED UP when she comes out, with her deep voice rapping LOL!! The NELLY performance I actually liked as well.

It was just AAIIIGHT. Last years show was waaaay better hands down. How you going to open up with USHER & that whack assed performance though? That was crazy. And they did experience some technical difficulties, reminded me of when BET was new back in the day…BOOT–LEG!! What was up with that??? They could have done better with this show for all the HYPE they dished out for it!

Overall, the show was kinda wack compared to previous shows… Alicia keys and the Al Green tribute were the best hands down!

I have an idea! Why don’t BET just call it the BLACK FASHION SHOW with select performances by…….Cuz the Fashion was WAYYYYYYY better than most of the performances.

But, that lil move CBreezy did , yall know aht I”m talking bout, made me think of .. welll, never mind…he’s still under 21 DAMNIT!

Anyway, NeYo, Lil Kim, CB & Ciara, Al Green’s Tribute and the Niecy Nash had me rolling with her lil skit. Man, she reads the LOOP cuz she didn’t have that DAMN flower in her head! Go Niecy! Oh, I didn’t see anything after Keyshia’s funny ass performace so I’ll have to catch the remainder of the show on like the 100th time they play it between now and what, September! LOL!

USHER- NOTE TO SELF—YOU USED TO BE THE SHYT! YOU HAVE ALLOWED THAT WIFEY TO HELP YOU FALL THE HELL OFF! BOOOOO! Worst performance eva! I used to be your biggest fan! Go NeYo, Go NeYo

alicia keys hands down. she took the show. chris brown did the thang. that keshia cole fuck it up again

Overall,IMO, this was NOT a good year for the BET awards, past years have been better.

* Alicia Keys KILLED it, thank you for bringing back 90’s R AND B, the three best groups from that entire decade, I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!! Although I was thinking to myself Damn I’m old because I know every song word for word!

*Chris Brown KILLED it, and Ciara……….damn, damn, damn, that girl is sexy, and I like men (DON”T get it twisted!) but that was a very hot performance.

* Young Jeezy and Kanye (My future husband) were aiight, but i have heard them both sound better especially Kanye whom i have seen live 3 times, but I still LOVE YOU!!!!!!

*Al Green tribute was nice………Jill Scott is gorgeous love her voice, Maxwell WHERE THE HELL HAVE U BEEN??? I almost fell off my bed when he came on, his voice is like butta so smooth and sexy, pleassssse release another album, it’s been too long.

* Marvin Sapp performance was so touching and made me think about going back to church.

*T-Pain is wack, Rick Ross needs a 34DDD bra, (SERIOUSLY YOUR BREASTS ARE NOT A GOOD LOOK) I LOVE LUDA, still one of the best spitters in hiphop, Flo Rida has the sickest body I have ever seen.

* LIl Weezy , yes it is very impressive that you sold a million copies of your album, so hip hop is NOT DEAD AND WILL NEVER DIE, BUT, why did u sell a milli because u are that good, or there is no one else really saying anything productive? Or are you just overrated? Because your performace was average on so many levels, u were better on the Source Awards.

* The Jabbawockeez saved Ne-yo’s ass, because I was basically falling asleep until they came on. He is just so repetitive…….same fake-ass wannabe MJ/CB/Usher moves, same stupid fedora, it’s getting old dog, and I loved your first album, so you need to switch it up, for real.

* Nelly…who cares? Ashanti was wayyyyyyyy too excited to introduce himm she is hella annoying, too, like slow ur roll girlfriend, it’s not 2000 Nelly is not that hot anymore, (still has a nice body) but that’s it.

* Keyshia Cole was not on her game either for some odd reason…I have seen her live too and she is DOPE so I was quite perturbed about that. Lil Kim WHYYY?

*Usher is slowly losing his grip on well everything,lol. But I guess when you have already peeked there is no where else to go but down.

*Rihanna is overrated BUT she knows what works for HER image and style and she picks good material for her albums; has catchy singles and interesting videos, has WICKED fashion sense and is drop dead gorgeous. Plus she is not the first singer with limited to no vocal ability to be successful. (Madonna hello?) Did I think her performance was good? hell no, BUT i don’t think she is as bad as everyone on here is making her seem.

That’s a wrap for me. and BET needs to find a better host next year.

“ciarra can suck an egg, where has she been recently. same way how people say rhi rhi cant sing an only pretty, ciarra cant carry a fucking tune and can only dance. i totally enjoyed ciarra when she was dancin and had her trap shut.”
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Bitch you can suck a nut!!! Where have Ciara been you ask??? Well she was just at the BET Awards SHUTIN IT DOWN!!! rihanna had 5min, and #1 song, and got DESTROYED by Ciara in ONE MINUTE!!! Ciara can sing WAAY better than rihanna!!! And bitch you gon “enjoy” Ciara ANYWAY it go!!! Cuz you know fuckin better!!!
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“I don’t care what anyone says. Chris Brown’s performance sucked and Ciara looked like a straight up HO! The spreading of her legs and stank coochie was very distasteful and too much! She’s trying too hard to be like Janet.”
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Bitch their performance was the HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW!!! Dont get mad cause yo fat ass couldnt IN NOW SHAPE OR FORM do wat The Princess did!!! She was COMPLETELY CLASSY with it!!!! And the only ppl who seem to have a problem with her are these FAT ASS HOES who are insecure about themselves!!! Go to the fuckin GYM you FAT HO!!! And you’re the only murk whos coochie stank!!! Cause Ciara’s coochie smell like FRESHLY PICKED CITRUS FRUIT!!!! Believe dat hoe!!!

D.L. Hugley as host…was awful and thats all to be said about that. BET made a bad choice with him. Also, the presenters scripted small talk, especially Gabrielle Union and that tongue-tied Derek Luke, was so ridiculous.

USHER!!! I almost forgot, sadly, to mention that this awards show capitalized on the fact that Usher’s creative growth is at a standstill. This is about more than the fact that his performance looked and felt(detached) like a music video….more than his lip-syncing every word….more than him wearing an over-the-head microphone?….more than the photo-montage that preceeded his entry. This about the fact that nothing has evolved about Usher as he is doing exactly what the newcomers are doing; what he has been doing for years, but he is no longer any better at doing it and we want to see more. Furthermore, “Here I Stand” feels like a relaunched version “Confessions”, only less compelling. First singles are about a night at the club, with two adjacent videos shot on the dancefloor of a club. Ultimately, following his performance, there were alot of blank stares; people wondering if they had just watched a music video anthology-medley of Usher in 3-D. There was so much going on, Usher might have well been mute for our sake. Compare the performances, Ne-Yo made his way into the audience and really connected in the midst of swirling around the stage. There wasn’t one unrehearsed step by Usher that we haven’t already seen 1 million times during his show opener.

Alicia Keys’ ode to the sista-girl groups of yesteryear worked so well….even though Coko did a little too much (in addition to looking a mess) T-Boz and Chili seemed to have lost their voices??? En Vogue showed all the girl groups up. Alicia looked like a modern day Cleopatra with her bonestraight wig. Her vocal performance and energy was excellent and helped to tie for the best performance for the night.

Keyshia Cole sounded like a newly-signed act who was performing live for the first time…nervous. She even was caught completely off guard when the songs switched from Heaven Sent to Let It Go…lol she was so busy dancing (trying) that she missed her cue to start singing and her backgorund vocals kept on without her Lol. The outfits were nice and thank God there was no wardrobe malfunction. Lil’ Kim was out of breath instantly, looked like a Las Vegas drag queen.

Ne-Yo put on a tour-de-force, mixing an interesting blend of Cab Calloway, Michael Jackson (Smooth Criminal) to crank out some of the slickest moves on the stage the entire evening. Definitely one of the high points of the show. His clean, 3-piece, fedora donned look of late seems to be a mainstay for the moment and suits him just fine.

Chris Brown appeared on stage, a la special guest, Ciara, for a sensual take on Chris Breezy’s “Take You Down”. Chris really sang the song on top of the fact that he was actually singing the entire time…he gave an honest LIVE performance especially on “With You”. Hold up…now wouldn’t we have loved to see Chris and his chautese, Rihanna, take stage together in place of Ciara??? The camera caught a few great shots of Ms. Umbrella herself doefully grinning at the Chris’ performance. Anyways the mowhawk and the bowtie was cute, even though both of the trends are nearing the end of being relevant. Lol.. It was a good look though.

The highlight of the night would have to be the ensemble, All-Star tribute to Al Green…opened by Jill Scott, who just happened to be sporting new Mo-Locks (mohawk dreadlocks)and some fierce wedged-stilletos. Anthony Hamilton turned up looking unusally dapper and clean, particularly in the facial area. THE SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT WAS when Maxwell strutted on the stage to wrap up the trio of tributes…with a low cut and 1985 ish transition-lense frames. What a surprise. And the cameo was pleasant…near the end he even pulled out a few steps that were coordinated with the band. But no moment matched the pure energy and unity that swept the audience like that of Al Green’s medley. The entire audience was swaying and crooning, to include a sleeveless Busta Rhymes caught playing an imaginary trombone. This was the performance of the night.

Lil’ Wayne put on a respectable performance, but curiously with T-Pain??? No only did T-Pain already perform earlier that night, he wasn’t featured on any of the songs Weezy performed and he singlehandedly won the award for HOT ASS MESS of the evening, In his second appearance on stage, T chose another ringleaderesque top hat to adorn his all white get up. Back to Wayne, he did the best thing he could have done, he spit…alone (no dancers or hype-man) he showed his collage of tattoos and let his hair down.

Where were Jay-Z & Beyonce???

Janelle is behind diddy dats my chick

one word: HIPS

and you KNOW who I’m talkin’ bout!

great performance from her & a good look on the acceptance speech too

^^^ you cain’t hate on that sh*t

NOPE. you cain’t!

I really liked this years show

-Chris & Ciara had the best performance of the night HANDS DOWN…IT WAS HOTT!
-Alicia had one the best performances of the night too…I was hyped when I saw SWV
-Marvin Sapp almost made me cry….the was one of the best too
-Al Green tore it up!
-Maxwell….whew…i almost went crazy when he came on stage. Where you been??
-Keyshia was horrible. This is my girl but WTF was that
-Usher was on the same level as Keyshia…it was a mess…his new name is “Thighs N Hips” cause he thats all I could see when he performed. It was a huge disapointment! Just give up Usher…plz…
-Kanye is my dude but arrogance was unnecessary

Oh lemme add that Ciara is one bad b*tch! She did her thang

NEYO KILLED IT….I LOVE HIS ART….

@ [L.LiyaTHIGHS N HIPS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT I WS TRIPPING HE DOES HAVE SOME THICK THIGHS LOL…….WAS HE LIP SYNCING?

Overall I loved the BET Awards.I really didn’t care for the host, but most of the performances made up for him. My favorite part of the show was the Maxwell portion of the Al Green tribute. I had to go and listen to his Urban Hang Suite, Embrya and MTV Unplugged cds.I loooove me some Maxwell! I also enjoyed the Alicia Keys, SWV, EnVogue and TLC performance.Chris Brown and Ciara KNOW they did that! Ne-Yo’s performance was really good too.How DL Hugley gonna call Marvin Sapp “Warren”? I was embarassed for him.I really enjoyed the entire show and I haven’t been able to say that in a few years.

Alicia Keys acceptance speech was exceptional as well. She is such a talented,beautiful,wise and respectable young lady!

@ #20…. i agree 100%

BET Awards have been boring for the last 2 or 3 years. i didnt even watch the show all the way. Overall, i loved Alicia Keys performace with all the REAL female GROUPS!

Rhianna…… *YAWWWWNNN* cant sing, im bored with you!!!

C.Brown…ok, we know you can grind & all, you have 1 video already with you doing that- “Take You Down”. THE KIDS ARE WATCHING YOU & LOOK UP TO YOU. i dont wanna hear anyone else complaining about 13year olds having sex, getting preganant, or grinding & freak dancing on the dance floor NO MORE.

Loved the Jabbawockees at the end of Neyo’s performace!!! Thats when i woke up!

LIL WAYNE & T-PAIN SHUT. IT. DOWN!!!!! The best was the last!!

i repeat…
C.Brown…ok, we know you can grind & all, you have 1 video already with you doing that- “Take You Down”. THE KIDS ARE WATCHING YOU & LOOK UP TO YOU. i dont wanna hear anyone else complaining about 13year olds having sex, getting preganant, or grinding & freak dancing on the dance floor NO MORE.

I wished Bey & Jay were there

the BET awards were not hot this year. it was definitely the worst year ever. every performance was slow and boring. with the performers that were on the show, it should have been amazing. usher’s dancing was not what was expected, keyshia cole sang like crap, everybody just looked like they were half asleep.

all you stupid dumbass you don’t know nothing about usher

Alicia brought the house down! I was screaming when them SWV, En Vogue and Tlc came out!
Weezy did a good job..loved the I’m so hood part of the performance..
Maxwell well he never fails to dissappoint! Too much swagger
Al Green a cut above the rest
Usher i love But that performance???! Nah that ish aint right! after all the hype he was giving..hmmm
Keyshia! My girl..love her off! so cant say nothing bad bout her
How come i never saw the Ciara/Chris performance on tv?? hmm
Overall a good show

evry1 s sayin bullshit.ushers per4manc was crazy.espclly d part’givit 2 u
‘ n towards d end wen his dancas wer jumpin down d steps.
crazy