The ’08 BET Awards were held in Los Angeles on Tuesday. I peeped the show and while it had some great moments (gotta love Al Green and the girl groups), it wasn’t as good as expected. Anyway, peep some of these arrival and press room photos we got of the event. Tianna is going to hit you up with the fashion and performance photos later on today.
arrival pics
What type of shoes does USHER HAVE ON????????
oh my god,neicy nash is dating the dude who won mr.romance and was on i love new york 1
i wish i could have seen or felt the tension between chili and usher and tameka! wow i bet that was intense.
“…good as expected?” Who expected it to be good, lol?
Solange shoes are gangsta!
Brandon T. Jackson looks ever so gay….
Gabriel Union = STUCK UP!
J. Hud looks fab!
Big Boi needs Andre’s stylist!
Something about Musiq doesn’t work… and part of it is that mohawk!
Eric Benet’s suit fits so properly AND I think his sex is good!
Sean Kingston irks me…
Keri Hilson needs to kill that mushroom!
MC Lyte looks sexy as shit…
Is Debra Lee dating Queen Latifah OR MC Lyte? You decide!
A. Hamilton flew his wife in from Africa…
Tyrese = washed up!
Lisa Raye not wearing white? WHAT!? She looks good though!
Darren Henson = gay as usual!
Who hittin Kyla Pratt?
Terrence Howard = always lookin stupid!
Kirk Franklin’s stylist is a beast!
Tocara needs not lose another damn pound!
alicia took the night 4 me bringing out swv envogue and tlc reminding me just how much they don’t make girl groups like that any more
I was sooo not feelin ashanti hair or outfit…and wat was up with that introduction for nelly …..talkin bout she got that”good good”way too much info….and lauren could of picked sum better shoes…..i liked jezzy performance and chris browns tho
I sooo disagree, Angel! I loved the show! Aside from T-Pain (who ruined Wayne’s performance), Ashanti’s ghetto “I got the good good” thing (what was that???), and Ciara dancing like that on Chris Brown’s sack it was EXCELLENT. I couldn’t contain myself when Al Green performed!!!!! It was the best performance of any awards show, EVER! And Alicia and Neyo were PHENOMENAL.
Ok first of all…did anyone notice that the mics were off terribly last night??? For instance, when Nelly was rapping, when DJ Khaled was shouting during “So Hood”, when Chris Brown was singing and when MAXWELL was singing his Al Green tribute…the background vocals (which were studio dubs) and music overshadowed many of the nights lead vocalists. That said, lets move on the nights other fashion and performances…
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.
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???
#32…you missed A Keys performance or the tribute to Al Green? You sounded stupid with the first comment you made. But what confirmed your stupidity was that comment about Lil Wayne’s daughter. You’re a dumb ass.
Excellent performance by Alicia, Marvin Sap and the Al Green tribute. The rest looked like American Idol contestants.
I didn’t read all the comments but I agree with everyone who caught on about Usher trying too hard to comepete… They said it’s friendly competition between Chris Brown and Usher…maybe… I just know Chris Brown talked about them saying things back and forth at rehearsals… Usher obviously was so caught up in trying to beat them (because he IS the best dancer) that he abandoned vocals…I think he assumed everybody knew he could outsing them and so he’d just focus on outperforming them but boy did Neyo get his a**? lol As a credit to Usher, mayyyybbbe the fact that Neyo’s songs are relatively easy to sing is why the man danced so much AND sang PERFECTLY but IDK… Usher was really really boring…And Chris focused too much on dancing too…I don’t like his voice AT ALL and he sounded worse than he ever has last night…and the “rolling” in “Take you down” is SOOOOOOOOO gay so when Ciara came out looking like the insect that mates and eats her lovers head I wanted to puke.. When she was rolling on top of him it was NOT entertaining but raunchy and that’s why she’s #25 (she should be happy to be on the list AT ALL cause she aint doing nothing with Beyonce and JLO) on the dancer’s list. That was so ghetto it made me cringe…that AND Ashanti’s intro…and that is why the two of them will forever remain D List!
One more comment to add to my speil earlier as (POST #189)……..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 during his show opener.
i thought usher performance was good
CB vocal performance was weak in the with u song but take u down pt when he brought out ciara was HOT!
ne-yo performance was good
i love how they had alil tribute for the 90s girl group en vogue,tlc, swv, they should of had destiny child 2 they came out at the late 90s though
lil wayne good performance i used hate his music but now i begining to like it
LAWD HAMMERCY!!!! KERI KERI KERI!!!! WHAT HAVE U DONE??? SHE LOOKS SO DAMN STUPID!!!
Loving Nia Long, Rihanna & Lisa Raye’s looks the best….JD KNOW he coulda hooked Dondria up…!
Who is that chick with neyo! He could have fone better than her.
ashanti and nelly are the cute’s couple in hip hop b.t.w ashanti looks beautiful
The best award show ever….& lil wayne was not the best performance lol I liked every one especially alicia keys and ne-yo
I’d like to share it with the hotties who also like sports I met at RICHLOVING.COM where the hot affluent singles and sexy girls and models to hook up for Hot Love, Flirt and Sexy Dating!
177, 185, 189(toriano) – too long…no one’s here to read essays….damn, I thought I had a lot to say…ya’ll are really into it. Get down!
My favorite performances:
1. Ne-Yo
2. Alicia
3. Chris Brown & Ciara
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I felt hypnotized, o my d@mmnnn
I actually enjoyed Usher’s performance. I thought the moving floor was a nice touch and I really enjoyed whe him and his male dancers broke it down… But Usher still broke his ass on that one flip in the beginning…that was funny as hell…LOL
I absolutely loved Alicia’s performance. I miss all those old girl groups. I felt like a teenager again watching that and they all still look good! Go Alicia!!
Lil Wayne’s was hot but it got even hotter when he did my joint “Milli”…that is my jam right now!
Neyo did the damn thing!
I love and appreciate me some Al Green even more after that performance! That whole tribute was fiyah. I love the way he just had the whole audience jammin’
Overall, I enjoyed the whole show!
HAPPY 2 NOT SEE THE BUFOONERY……FUC YALL LAMEZ WITH THAT SHIT….IM WITH WHOEVER SAID IF THAT WAS UNCLE CHARLIE YALL WOULD B JUMPIN UP DOWN CHEEZIN AND GRINNIN’……..I WISH THEY DID HAV SOME OF THE BUFFOONERY….U SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY TAKE THE SOUL OUT…NOTHIN……BRAINWASHED INTO THE THINKIN THE MAN IS RIGHT….REAL TALK……….THESE FUCKIN AWARDS WAS WACK…NO SOUL AT ALL….EXCEPT KEYSHIA COLE FAMILY……..THEY NEEDED 2 PASS OUT A BUCKET OF CHICKEN OR SUM’N….I HATE SEE’IN MY BLK PPL WITH HANDCUFFS ON……ALL YALL TALKIN ABOUT GOOD NO GYRATIN’…IN THA SAME BREATH…SAYIN THE SHIT WAS BORIN…WHAT IS IT..HAPPY 2 SEE NO GYRATIN OR IS THA SHIT BORIN’…….AND U LAMEZ TALKIN DOWN ABOUT BEYONCE AND JAY,MARY..ETC…….SHOWIN YO TRUE COLORS…..U AINT NEVA CALLED A BEYONCE BET PERFORMANCE WACK IN YO DUMB ASS LIFE…..RIHANNA IS A BORE..REAL TALK..ALL CUTE AND NO SOUL….CHRIS AND CIARA…DID WHAT DANCERS DO…..I THINK THAT CRUNK SHIT GON WORK OUT FOR CIARA…ALL U DUMMIES TALKIN BOUT NOOO.BUT EVERYTIME SHE GET CRUNK..OH SHE WAS GREAT….LAMEZ…WE R BLK…WE LIKE 2 DANCE AND JUKE(GYRATE)…WE LIKE 2 KICK IT..U TAKE THAT OUT….U GET WHITE PPL…IF U DONT WANNA SEE OUR STARS……….WATCH THE 4000 WACK DEVOID OF COLOR AWARDS SHOWS THAT EXIST…..USHER WAS WACK THOUGH..BORING……T PAIN..THE ONLY NIGGA NOT SCARED TO ACT A FOOL…I FUCKIN LUV IT…..WHAT IS A BLK AWARDS SHOW WITH OUT SOMEBODY ACTIN A FOOL……UNWATCHABLE……..MY POINT HAS BEEN PROVEN……….
@201 the R- too much for you to read- keep it moving. It’s MYYYY comments about the show. Shadap!
loved nia long & lauren london’s look. they are gorgeous!!!!!
i am sorry but pimp c’s wife ???????????????
The BET awards sucked compared to the others DL Hughley tried to hard to be funny the only good performance was alicia keys when she came out with the girl groups half the celebritys nominated were not there ushers performance was horrible compared to other opening acts like j hud and jennifer holiday.
#203 Oooooooohhhh. Oh snap, you went off!
I thought the show was ok, I did read a lot of rumors about usher doing the remix with bey and Wayne but that didnt happen…….
nobody really seems to care how ridiculously tight jennifer hudson dress was. I have no problem with her weight at all but come on, go up a half-size or a full-size, and I guess that I am one of the few people that thinks ciara and chris brown’s routine was tacky and raunchy….and now I done saw some grown ass lil girls on my block really copying the bullshit..
Most of them looks good and fabulous!