BET AWARDS ‘09: CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES + SHOW PICS
Monday, June 29, 2009

Host Jamie Foxx pays tribute to Michael Jackson to open the 2009 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, June 28th in Los Angeles, California.
If you follow Concrete Loop on twitter, then you’ve seen our commentary on this show this year. It has some great moments, but overall is wasn’t up to par.
Check out performance + backstage photos of: Maxwell, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Ciara, Drake, and more. I’m sure youtube has some rips of some of the performances.
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76.
Kim
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@#46 It doesn’t matter what her religion is,it was still a prayer.You get your ass up there and do it and say something that’s worth my time and energy.
77.
Tlo404
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
The show seemed like it was a lot fun to be at. The audience seemed to be dancing the whole time and the energy seemed fun. Most of the performances were excellent! The ones that were just okay would propably be New Edition, Keith Sweat and Guy only for the singing aspect, they danced their butts off but the singing wasn’t as tight as it could be but it was nice to see them. Only thing I would say that was a negative was the timing and the censors. Jamie wasn’t being told when he was on the air and the cursing wasn’t censored very well. Eddie Levert was too comfortable. Lol!!! I Enjoyed the show and I think the mistakes will be edited out. I think BET did a great job and worked very hard to make a great show and Honor Micheal Jackson.
78.
HUH
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
JSCENE…there’s clearly no reasoning with you as you have made up your mind to totally disagree with everything Bey does….
i have therefore decided to leave you to hate on her…like you personally know her
bring her down, claim she’s fat, she can’ sing…..blah blah blah
HATER would be an underestimation of what you are….there’s def more to it than we know so yeah, keep talking your rubbish….
79.
Miss Hoodglam
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
* The BET Awards was alright, being that they had to plan a whole different show over night but someone [preferably CB ] could’ve paid Michael Jackson a tribute for his dancing, not only his singing. I think it’s pure selfishness how Jay Z threatened to remove himself and Beyonce from performing if Chris Brown would have opened the show with a “Beat It” tribute for MJ. How you can you ridicule someone out of their respects to a person they idolized so much. And on top of that, B & Jay’s performance wasn’t even worth SHIT!
Anyways the awards could have been a bit better, but what can we expect?
80.
Michael Jackson BAD
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Kim,
Dont get mad because Beyonce was trying to act Hispanic on a Black show! She could have done that at the World Music Awards show….but at BET (Black Entertainment Television?) PLEASE!
81.
rmb
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Ciara’s performance was wack! She can’t sing so that was not the song choice for her! Beyonce’…what in the world was she singing? How was that a tribute to MJ? She looked beautiful but WTF? I thought she was getting married! Overall I think the show was a disappointment, had some funny moments but was just not what I expected.
82.
~esperanza sueno creer~
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@44…That is the DUMBEST, IGNORANT PIECE OF GARBAGE I have ever heard in my life…I can’t believe u fixed ur fingers to type that IGNORANT SHYT…
83.
HUH
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
*can’t
84.
Ren
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
#6–you did a great job; I agree with everything you mentioned!
85.
~esperanza sueno creer~
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Sorry, #44, I meant #46…NUMBER 46…That is the DUMBEST, IGNORANT PIECE OF GARBAGE I have ever heard in my life…I can’t believe u fixed ur fingers to type that IGNORANT SHYT…
86.
MY THOUGHTS
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
KERI HILSON WAS TOO DAMN ACTIVE DURING HER PERFORMANCE. TIRED ME OUT JUST WATCHING.
87.
annie :o)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Maxwell kept it from a complete disaster… besides that, an EPIC FAIL. especially the “Every Girl” performance (what was up with them 12 year old looking girls?) and the Ving Rhames thing was just really uncomfortable and not funny at all. and what happened to Chris Brown… wasn’t he supposed to be there?
and they did not do a good job doing a tribute to MJ at all. hated it!
88.
~esperanza sueno creer~
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@ 47…OMG ARE U FREAKING SERIOUS?!?! IT WAS LATIN NOT FREAKING SPANISH!!!…I AM TOO THROUGH WITH THE IGNORANCE ON HERE, GOOD BYE…And CL, GOOD JOB ON UR REVIEW, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT…STRAIGHT BAFFONERY…
89.
1*STEP*AHEAD
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
OH BOY THESE COMMENTS ARE STARTING TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE….JUST LIKE THE BET AWARDS LAST NIGHT.
90.
~esperanza sueno creer~
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@47…OMG, ARE U FREAKING SERIOUS?!?….IT WAS LATIN, NOT SPANISH!!!!…I AM TOO THROUGH WITH THE PURE IGNORANCE OF MY BELOVED PEOPLE ON HERE< SO GOODBYE…AN CL, YOUR REVIEW WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND ON POINT…STRAIGHT BUFFOONERY…PEACE
91.
BMW4JR
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Pathetic!!!!!!!!! Ghetto
92.
jscene
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Best performances
Neyo (he saved the entire show)
Trey Songs, Johnny G, Tyrese (wonderful)
Worst performances
Beyonce (what a real dumb azz)
Cici (song was out of her range)
They should have just waited until later to do a tribute….Debra Lee should be ashamed…and Jamie Fox know that show was horrible, yet he thanked Debra at the end of the show, claiming she had done a good job…bullshyt! That’s gotta be the worst lie he ever told.
MJ deserved so much better.
93.
call me crazy but...
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
All I have to say is MJ was not given any tribute. BET wanted ratings and viewers and lied to us. WE WERE TRICKED. I think they threw Ciara up there the day before because she knows better than to sing. Keri Hilson didn’t know if she was tributing Elvis or Michael Jackson. I didn’t understand her or her singing.
Ne-Yo was the only one who really thought about what he was doing and he was really good.
Beyonce is all about Beyonce 24/7. She does the same thing on tour and had the nerve to show a clip of herself. IDK if she was doing a tribute for MJ or herself.
Drake and crew! WTF BET this is why I’m not watching next years show. How disrespectful and with those little girls y’all looked like R.Kelly up there.
WTF was Jay Z point? We are sick of your wife yet she is still in our faces. Do you really think auto tune is going to go away? NO
94.
sadie
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
That bet awards was horrible as a tribute to micheal jackson. I felt the BET network used this as more pubilicity since the world was watching to see the tribute to jackson. To be called his people as jamie said the white people did a better a better job then we did. They embarassed us and it seem like a funeral than a celebration. I pray mtv do a better job and give that man a better credit than bet did. He was up there with the beatles and elvis. BET SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!!!!!!!
95.
CareFor
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
MONICA DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT TO KC.LOL SHE WAS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MY NIGHT, SHE SLAYED IN EVERY WAY!!!!
96.
call me crazy but...
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@89.
Does it really matter what language? I have to agree. That was not the time or the place for that. Nobody is asking for Sasha Fierce, just a tribute to MJ. The night before she was in Philly and sung I Can’t Help It. Beyonce could do so much better but she decided to make things about herself. Recreating what she does on her tour wtf! Was she tributing MJ or herself? She is not the worst but was not the best either. The best was Neyo. He really put his heart and soul into it.
97.
Jazzy
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
The Ving thing was embarrassing.
98.
WATCH IT NOW
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
WTF! WHATS WITH BEYONCE AND THOSE DAMN LEOTARDS??? BITCH PLZZZ RETIRED THOSE THING>>>TINY IS AN IDIOT PLUS GHETTO AS HELL…
99.
Greatestloveofall
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Wait until the VMA’s on MTV give Michael a REAL tribute show.
100.
Tiff.Will [CL'S BEYSTAN]
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@96..
Girl please.
Neyo was onstage over 10 times, he had chances to be good. Beyonce sang a “PRAYER” to MJ. You sound stupid as hell.
101.
Call Me Crazy
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Beyonce WTF?!?!? NO HUN should have didn I Cant Help it
Ciara SHOCKED me she did good only a minute long tho … and why this BISH and DANCE and save this FUKERY called the BET AWARDS.. Ugh Ci its yo fault lmao Im putting the blame on you.. still love you hun!
NEYO now he delivered and his 90s group fantastic.
The Ojays hell YES! They owned upstaged everyone lmao!
Rest was terrible and Drake his no stage presence dude is whack. LIL WAYNE OH NO! I was embrassed to watch this with my parents and bleep out every other word TERRIBLE!
Rest is just as horrible no need to mention…
102.
MamaDoc
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Everyone was great except Beyonce”. That shit was boring as hell and VERY inappropriate!
103.
TJACK25
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Yeah Ving took the skit too far!!
Taraji was funny tho… I love her. She is so down to earth.
104.
Call Me Crazy
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
oh Imma put someone on blast this whack bish Keri hislon. Jacking Ciara’s Like A Boy routine she did on Ellen and Jimmy and wtf is she doing Elvis moves for BISH its Michael EPIC fail go back to writing flop azz album fillers your not needed!
STILL PISSED BEYONCE WAS N EPIC FAILURE TOO
Ciara aint DANCE and save that FUKERY of an SHOW! WHAT THE HELL Debrorah and those others BISHES were thiniking not having the greatest female dancer dance?? Thats why they show flopped azzwipes! aRGH!
105.
SAN
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
JAMIE FOXX IS THE DEFINITION OF IGNORANCE!
Could his jokes have been anymore rude, sexual, and uncomfortable?
From the penis fondling to the weird HIV joke he just sucks.
Did anyone watch the After-Show where he takes the script that the woman gives him and then like a “Diva” throws it on the ground for her to pick up? I was like that was uncalled for.
I have never been so let down by a beyonce performance it was just boring…vocals were on point though…you know maybe if everyone else wasnt so slow/boring Beyonces performance would have been welcomed but goodness we needed “Sasha Fierce” save that horrid show.
Keri Hilson….she tried to fill sasha fierce’s shoes, but if you dont have Sasha Fierce you need Ciara in full club mode if both are doing ballads the show will suck.
Mary Mary got down though and Queen Latifa was very suprising
They should have left the show as it was and added a tribute at the end.
BET also needs a dress code cause I AM TIRED OF SAGGING PANTS!
Janet was too much for me I nearly burst out in tears
Everybody was wondering where Usher or Chris brown was and I say screw them! Where the heck was Whitney Houston I wanted her to perform cause her new single would have been the perfect tribute to Michael, it’s called “I look to you” and it is amazing I’ve heard some of it it’s crazy lyrically there would not have been a dry eye in the house.
Oh and Alicia Keys is on her way to being a legend she is so regal and classy.
106.
2 BAD
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
YES I AGREE WITH CALL ME CRAZY BUT..
WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE GETTING ALL HOSTILE BECAUSE WE DIDN’T FEEL BEYONCE’S PERFORMANCE WAS GOOD? YES I KNOW THE SONG. WE ARE CATHOLIC. THAT ISN’T THE POINT. THE POINT IS AS JSCENE SAID BEYONCE IS DOING THIS ON TOUR ALREADY. IT’S NOT AS IF SHE DID THE SONG ESPECIALLY FOR MICHAEL. SHE IS SO NARCISSISTIC IT’S FUNNY! SING ONE OF HIS FREAKING SONGS! DUH! HOW MANY SONGS DOES THE MAN HAVE? I MEAN PICK ONE! GEEZ! SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS IMPRESSING EVERYONE WITH THAT BUT PEOPLE SAT THERE DAZED AND CONFUSED WONDERING IS IT FINALLY OVER??
107.
KRAYZEE.
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
The awards suckked!!!! Idk man i wasn’t really feeling it. I mean i guess it was alright because they had to throw it all together in a matter of 3days but jeez…
Lil Wayne’s performance should have been CUT!!!! Performing Every Girl waas just disgusting and completely unnecessary. Drake’s performance in the beginning was good but with the whole money crew talking about how they wanna eff every girl in the world was just … ewww. The whole performance was bleeped out so it was a waste.
Keri Hilson’s performance was fiyahh! I do think that she tried a little to hard but i was definitely entertained. Her dress for the night was really nice too. I loved the colors. So glad that she won best new artist. She def deserves it.
Maxwell’s performance was AMAZING!! I looooove that man. He is truly talented and blessed with just pure amazingness. words just can’t describe.
Beyonce looked gorgeous but i was confused with her whole performance, sorry.
Jay-Z .. its HOVA!! Great!
…Everything else was just lackluster and ghetto.
108.
Phillybul
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
I loved Keri’s performance. She wasn’t doin Michael Jackson until the end when she did the lil “Bad” skit. Her performance, dance moves and outfit were inspired by Jimmy Dean but I wouldn’t expect u ignorant people 2 know
109.
Call Me Crazy
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Cause BEYONCE owned I cant help it… and then she do Ave Maria btw which is a beautiful song but no it was no just no… still I put the blame on her and Ciara for this flopped azz show.. and I do love them.
But they had everything in it to own the show and save it but they didnt.. argh
maybe im reaching I will say that they did do an amazing job I will say that.
110.
Nothing But Love
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@ 2 BAD
Im glad you got it because some people are acting like fools, this was supposed to be about MJ, she didn’t say that the song was for MJ so i dont know why people are just assuming the “prayer” was for him.
111.
Gift from a Virgo
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
It would of been Good if BET just let Chris Brown do MJ Tribute… Instead of showing flakey
112.
Shelby
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Good: MAXWELL, NEYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!, TREY SONGZ, TYRESE and JOHNNY GILL, MONICA and KEYSHIA, BBD and GUY, JAIME FOXX, lol and MARTIN LAWERENCE lol
Okay: BEYONCE, being that the jackson family are jevonah witnesses and far from catholic and i am sure that the majority of people there don’t undestand latin lol, the song was WRONG (i don;t care if teh meaning behind the song fit the moment, if the people can’t understand it then it is NO GOOD)…..i thought she would of sung a nice MJ song like my man Neyo…and Ciara, it could of been worse people, i anticipated bleeding ears but i was somewhat surprised..still don’t know why they had her singing oppose to dancing
Bad: damn where do i start…….LIL’ WAYNE has to GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, KERI HILSON (wtf…she is like rihanna, pretty but can’t sing lol)…and every1 else (including Tiny…who should not be allowed to speak…EVER lol)
every1 is saying where was Chris Brown, ya’ll know why he wasn’t there lol….what about where was Usher…..for teh most part BET did quite well this year because some of ya’ll are forgetting that MJ doed on THURSDAY and the show was SUNDAY…i know they did a big turn around to do the show and i applaud them for taking the exra mile cause i am sure it wasn’t easy to completely turn the show direction around like that
113.
missbeyfan
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
BET AWARDS SUCKED BIG TIME!!!!!!
WTF? LIL WAYNE.
KERI HILSON…… SUCKED
CIARA… OMG! CHILD CAN’T SING.
BEYONCE…. AVE MARIA IS A PRAYER, SO IT WAS APPOPRIATE. LOVED IT. she had the best vocals out of all the performers.
JAY-Z….. LET’S SAY THE BEST PERFORMANCE. but i thought it was supposed to be a tribute. D.O.A had nothing to do with MICHAEL JACKSON (RIP)
NE-YO… GREAT TRIBUTE
JAMIE FOX… UMM…. WTF??? i liked the last song tribute though. AGAIN BLAME IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MJ.
JANET JACKSON… HANG IN THERE, PRAYERS FOR YOUR FAMILY
SOULJA BOY… OH LAWWWWWWWWWWWWWD
MAXWELL.. YASSS. GREAT PERFORMANCE
114.
Kelly
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
I completely agree w/ #15 break down of the show! @ 28…you made some very good points as well but this is a blog and they have their own opinions. I personally wasn’t impressed w/ the awards (I never really am) but w/ the short amount of time given, they tried. I think they should have just did one musical tribute that was absolutley exrodinary and then save a REAL tribute for another date & time. I was more entertained watching the phillipino prisoners do their tribute than watching the awards. Anway, I know im going to hear alot of shit about my next comment but I know for a positive fact that MTV will do a Michael J. Jackson tribute & succeed. MTV & MJJ was the beginning of the music video era and that’s how it should end, w/ MTV. Ok, im done. btw…I think VH1 might do better!! These were the original’s & they were very much apart of the MJJ generation.
115.
Lee
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Ok, so Beyonce, I mean, she’s beautiful, but I’m not feeling the angel butterfly imitation plus I wanted to hear EGO!!! She sounded great though.
Janet, She’s trill. I was so happy to see her. Very courageous.
Don Cornelius slow talked his ownself to sleep and the producers told the Ojays to get the hell up and gone on the stage cause Don don’t know what he doing.
Mary Mary and Queen Latifah…Sigh, ok Mary (Tina) I mean the pants…for why??
And Queen Latifah need to give Jenny Craig back her money cause she done re-nigged!! Gal ain’t lost a pound! (I’m sorry, I had to say it)
Soulja Boy made that song up as he was going whatever day he was recording it
Neyo sounded good with the whole Lady in my life bit, BUT, NEYO, you got a clef lip
Tiny, you sound like Young Buck or somebody. STAY OFF A MIC TALKING FOREVER!
Trey Songz…you got THE LOOK baby boy
Jay-Z, you’re 80. Quit rapping
Jamie Fox, funny at times, flat at times, a fool all the time
How in THE hell, NOBODY that could dance, did a dance tribute to MJ. Where the hell was Usher? Chris? Hell, even Justin????? Somebody dammit!
Gal from atlanta housewives was a pure breed yeddy
116.
THE BLOCK ♥
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Monica/Kesshia & Maxwell Had the Best Performances♥
117.
Taylor
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Shaking my head at most of these comments. Are you close minded are what??? Then again there is that saying “everyone is entitled to their opinion”.
118.
JUDAH
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
That show was entertaining because it showed how low black music has sunken. Most of those people are not even talented anymore. They’re just their because of their affiliations. It looked like a junior high school talent show where all the students play dress up in commemoration of one person and do terrible renditions of that person’s music. Pathetic, lol. The reason why Beyonce sang “Ave Maria” is because that was a ritualistic ode to the Queen of Heaven a.k.a. Ishstar, Venus, Diana, Isis, etc….the moon goddess basically, who is also the goddess of the worship of the female, and feminism. This is why Beyonce calls herself a “diva”, which is Latin for “goddess”. She played the moon goddess, who is of course, the wife and consort of the sun god, Osiris/Ra. Jay-Z represents Osiris/Ra, which is why he throws up the “roc sign”, which is the pyramid with the eye of Osiris/Ra “shining” through. That was the point of her performance. She is praising her own “godesshood” as a physical manifestation of Isis. The marriage of Jay-Z and Beyonce is, in my view, figurative and representative, not literal. He is, more likely than not, a h*mosexual, and she is certainly a massive wh*re. Notice in her “Halo” video, she thanks a certain entity for basically opening her mind. Michael Ealy is in the video to run interference for the being that she is really praising, which is Lucifer. That is why the sun also plays a prominent character in the video. That is an indirect way of saying that Jay-Z is probably the man who introduced and initiated her into the mysteries of Luciferianism. I missed most of this stupidity but I have to watch the performances again to see how much these negroes exposed their demonism.
119.
sophie
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
flipped the channel when bday came out in a wedding dress and then the veil. chick please. made it all about her and it was about michael.
120.
Glamstar
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Disapointing! What a tribute to The king Pop i mean really were was it? i thought drake an lil wayne were the worst NOT CLASSY NO RESPECT and what was keri hilson doin lookin like elvis????? (added by Mobile using Mippin)
121.
BlueSuede Shoes
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
This guy pretty much summed it up. Hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMoA9UQRLPo
122.
mj
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
the show was ok given the time they had to put it together. the sad thing is you know MTV will have a tribute show that will be banggin! They will have Usher and possibly Chris Brown. Not sure about Chris because the “public” may not be ready. But mark my word MTV is going to do it up big. I see Usher, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears,Shasha Fierce (leave Beyonce at home), MTV will do it big I just know it!
123.
Alicia
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Don’t get me wrong but it is something about the bet awards, it lacks energy or something, i love my black people and what they were trying to do in a short amount of time but in my opinion they should have postpone the award so and just replace it with the tribute show, or did the tribute show later, i mean another week would not be forgetting micheal, it would just gave them more time to put together a good show, something like with they did with the ojays which was great by the way. for the little time that they have they didn’t to do that bad, but is wasn’t good neither, ups and downs (my downer was that beyonce performance) WTF
124.
♥♥PEACHEZZZ♥♥
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
YES THE O’JAYS JUST ROLLED UP ON THE STAGE AND JACKED DON CORNELIUS FOR THE MIC! THEN EDDIE WAS LIKE “WOOOOWWWW DON” LMAO!
MAN THE O’JAYS HAD ME LMAO! THOSE OLD DUDES WERE FUNNY! PLUS I’M SURE EDDIE LEVERT COULD RELATE TO HOW THE JACKSON FAMILY IS FEELING SINCE HE LOST 2 SONS NOT SO LONG AGO HIMSELF.
JAMIE’S DANCE ROUTINES WERE FUNNY TOO IN THE BEGINNING. THEN HE JUST STARTED PROMOTING HIMSELF TOO MUCH! I’LL BE IN VEGAS BLAH BLAH BLAH. HE LOST THE FOCUS!
PLUS HE DIDN’T NEED TO PERFORM 3 TIMES. THERE WERE OTHER TALENTED PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM.
NEYO DID THAT! HE SUNG THAT MJ SONG WONDERFULLY!
MONICA WAS SICK WITH THE VOCALS!
ALL THE OLD SCHOOL GROUPS DID THEIR THING N.E., B.B.D, GUY
WAS VING RHAMES ON SOMETHING? I GET THE POINT BUT HE TOOK IT TOO FAR!
CIARA..BLESS HER HEART SHE TRIED AND SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSET. YOU KNOW SHE IDOLIZES JANET!
NOW HAVING SAID ALL THAT. THIS SHOW WAS NOT UP TO PAR FOR A PROPER TRIBUTE. PEOPLE KEEP SAYING THEY HAD TO REARRANGE EVERYTHING IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. NOOOOOOOO THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO!
THEY CHOSE TO! ONLY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE THE FIRST TO DO A TRIBUTE. THEY COULD HAVE DONE THEIR SHOW AS PLANNED (ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICHAEL. EVEN DEDICATE THE SHOW TO HIS MEMORY) THEN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT A MJ TRIBUTE WOULD FOLLOW SOON. THEN DO A TRIBUTE WITH PROPER PREPARATION. BRING IN OTHER MUSICAL HEAVY WEIGHTS MARIAH, WHITNEY, PATTI, GLADYS, CHAKA, PRINCE, ETC. COMBINED WITH THE YOUNGER BEYONCE, CIARA, NEYO, USHER ETC. ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH TAKING YOUR TIME AND DOING IT RIGHT. TOO MANY PEOPLE LOVE MICHAEL FOR THIS TO BE ACCEPTABLE.
125.
alicia
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
i can’t even imagine how hard it was for janet to come on stage.
i would slape debra lee
keke was great !!
where was chris brown ?!
stop saying that bee’s perf was like a tribute, she was half naked.
monica : AMAZING
126.
MY THOUGHTS
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
SOULJA BOY DIDNT EVEN HOW TO REHEARSE FOR WHAT HE DID. HE JUST SUCKS.
127.
Ashley T.
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
That show was definitely NOT the best. I liked all the tributes to Michael Jackson and what-not but overall the show was lame. They didn’t even announce that Ciara was going to perform or anything. Beyonce did great as usual but she should’ve chose a single she came out with. Drake was great (sexy too lol) but if he hadn’t torn his ACL, trust that performance would’ve been hotter. I did like when Bell Biv Devoe came out. Keyshia Cole did okay and Monica did so well. Jamie & T-Pain did okay. Anything else was just blah. They need to just re-work the whole show especially for next year since it’s going to be the ten-year anniversary of the BET Awards. They need to get old hosts back and the performances need to be even crazier.
128.
Q.B.
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@#108 I’m glad you understood WTH Keri Hilson was doin because I damn sure didn’t lol finally someone who knew what she was doin lol I have asked so many people & they had no clue lol
129.
IFuSEEK..
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
the awards were really a mess.. u could tell everything was just thrown together.
as for the performances beyonce did great but the whole ave maria song as random and the wedding them was weird… neyo did a good job… ciara lol i think she did well up there too, of course she should have been dancing, but she did wat she had to do and she did a nice job
130.
Ashley T.
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
I also wanted to add that I LOVED Jay-Z’s performance and also Ne-Yo did really well.
131.
msblknasty1
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
bey was disrespectful to the fullest she got the same memo everybody else did she was determined to make the show about her and she failed… as well as her camel … she should not have sung that song in a leotard and wedding shit,,,,, this was about mj….. aaron hall , ralph trevant, tven campbell, keith sweat. all crakheads ewww…. neyo and jamie stole the show janet made me cry….. did jamie moonwalk or what ….my man lololol he is a nut….. jay sucked but aleast he got a haircut tho ….lolol…. taraji and tiny gheeeeetttttoooo
132.
CARMELHOTTIE
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
THIS BET AWARDS WAS A BUNCH OF CRAP……
THE KING OF POP! I REPEAT THE KING OF POP ANDTHE KING OF BET HAS JUST DIED AND THIS IS HOW HE IS REMEMBERD. WHO EVER PUT THIS TOGETHER NEEDS TO BE FIRED NOW!!!!
SOME OF THE MUSIC OUT HAS TAKEN A STRAIGHT PATH TO HELL….
OK JAMIE WHEN YOU CAME OUT WITH THE MJ OUTFITS ON THAT WAS COOL BUT YOU THEN TOOK THE S**T WAY TO FAR WITH THE JOKES. ALL IN THE CAMERA WANTING A ZOOM IN ON YOUR CROTCH AREA. HELLO KIDS WERE WATCHING THE SHOW.
WHERE WERE THE OTHER LEGENDS. THAT COULD HAVE TORE THE HOUSE DOWN FOR MJ.
MAXWELL, NEYO, TYRESS AND THEM WERE ALL GREAT. AND JANET AS WELL BLESS HER HURTING HEART.
THEY BETTER PULL SOMETHING SPECIAL JUST FOR HIM AND IT WILL BE REAL THAT EVERYONE ONE HITTING THAT STAGE IS SINGING A MJ SONG.
THAT SH**T AIENT RIGHT. MJ IS BIG LIKE OTHER LEGENDS BEEATLES, ELVIS, COME ON NOW. HE NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERD AND WE NEED LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH HIS MUSIC HAS BLESSED OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND PUT WONDERFUL MEMORIES IN OUR HEADS.
133.
ladytroublesome
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
BET wanted to rush & be the first to do an MJ tribute instead waiting until they had more time to be their best & they FAILED miserably.
134.
YEA J
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WHAT THE HELL WAS BEYONCE DOING…………….WHAT!!!! DID NOT FIT THE SHOW!!!!!! WAS THAT HER WEDDING DRESS!!!!! WHATTTTT!!!!
135.
NiQUEnique
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Was it me or was Keri Hilson’s performance a mess???
I mean, I feel for them changing things last minute, but that last part of her performance was like, “Huh?”
136.
Confucius08
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Beyonce was st8 Garbage!!!! And last night showed how SELFISH AND SELF-CENTERED she really is. Plus, I don’t understand how she won all of those awards….BET, are you serious? Sasha Fierce…up against Jasmin Sullivan, Jennifer Hudson, and a host of others..yeah right.
I liked the dedications to MJ, especially given the short time to prepare for it.
I know Viacom got whacked with fines due to the curse words that got through.
The encore performance with Lil Wayne was AN EMBARRASSMENT!!!
Other than that, the show wasn’t really that bad considering they only had a day or two to get ready for it.
137.
ANGRY
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
WHERE WAS CHRIS N USHER AT??????????
THEY WOULD’VE KILLED A TRIBUTE TO MJ!!!!!!!!!!
UGH
HATE THE AWARDS
BESIDES NEYO
138.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
i dont care what anybody says…………….BET IS A COON STATION THAT PLAYS THE WACKEST LAMEST MEANINGLESS MUSIC AND COPYCAT SHOWS……
I ONLY WATCHED THAT AWARDS SHOW FOR MICHAEL..AND IM SORRY I DID BECAUSE IT SUCKED PURE FLAMING AZZ.
MICHAEL DESERVED A WAAAAAAAAAAY BETTER HONOR THEN THAT…I DONT CARE IF IT WAS DONE IN 3DAYS….IF I WAS THE PORDUCER IT WOULDNT OF EVEN SEEMED AS IF IT WAS DONE IN 3DAYS.
BEYONCE LOOKED A HOT AZZ MESS…SINGING A SPIRITUAL SONG IN HOOKER ATTIRE…I WAS ONCE A FAN AND NOW IM NOT.
KERI HILSON DID GOOD….BUT CRAZY ENOUGH SHE WAS EXTREMELY BETTER THEN BEYONCE.
ALL THE OL’SKOOL COMEBACKS SOUNDED WACK AND TIRED AZZ HELL.
KEYSHIA COLE AND MONICA LOOKED LIKE TWO HOODCHICKS SINGING SOME TIRED GHETTO AZZ MELODY WE ALL HEARD BEFORE.
SOULJA BOY SHOULD NOT EVEN HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO PERFORM SUCH COONERY AZZ MEANINGLESS SONG.
LIL WAYNE AND DRAKE SHOULD HAD BEEN ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES PEROFORMING A SONG ABOUT BEING SOME TOP DOLLAR MALE HOZ WITH LIL AZZ GIRLS ON STAGE….
OVERALL I CAN SH!T ON BET WACK AZZES FOR HONORING MIKE LIKE THAT….WITH THERE GHETTO SHALLOW IGNORANT DISPLAY OF AN AWARD SHOW. 100 Thumbz down to that BS.
139.
ANGRY
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
O YEA
OJAYS, MAXWELL, N JAZY Z WAS GOOD 2
140.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
PS. NEYO WAS THE ONLY ONE LAST NIGHT THAT GAVE MICHAEL A GREAT TRIBUTE SONG.
141.
R.I.P. KING OF POP
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
JAY -Z …Thank you for banning Chris Brown from the show.
Jay was GREAT!
A-KEYS- CLASS act!
Maxwell was AWESOME!
Janet….well done.
Chris would have made the show worse. SO GLAD he was not ALLOWED!
GOD is GOOD!
FALL BACK Chris Brown STANS.
142.
UM...I GUESS
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
ciara canNOT sing OMG!! ew. i agree, i want my 4 mins back also
big ups to miss janet. i have nothing but the UTMOST respect for her. oh and i was a bit disturbed at the fact that joe jackson was just there chillin acting like everything was fine and dandy. he STAYED with a smile on his face. suckin up the publicity. smh… SAD
beyonce’s performance was very weak in my opinion. though she has an undeniably strong voice, her performance was lackluster.. and what the hell was she wearing?! her hair was the pits too.. ok i’ll stop now lol
umm the baby boy skit was what confirmed the BET awards 09 as a disaster for me. i mean, was that even necessary?? man oh man
neyo= great talent, but NOT the next mj.. for that will never be attainable for ANY recording artist. past. present. or future
don cornelius was PURE COMEDY. the end. lmao
143.
beyonce_fan89
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
BET Awards is great place to show how talented black america is…
However last night’s show wasnt as good as it was hyped to be….
I know that they had a matter of three or four days to rearrange the show and pay tribute to the World’s Greatest Entertainer Michael Jackson, but they could have done much better for him. The snippets of Ne-Yo and Ciara singing some of Michael’s greatest ballad’s were GREAT! and New Editions intro reminded us of what the Jackson family has done for Black America, but why is it that all the members of New Edition are young than many in the Jackson five yet they were dancing and singing like they were older?? lol
Why did Ne-Yo and Jamie Foxx sing three songs??
Keri Hilson, I am a fan of her cd however she is not a performer and should never get on stage again. She was trying way to hard.
Keyshia Cole and Monica…Wonderful Job..Well, Monica did anyway
Beyonce…. Excellent. Many especially young viewers expected her to do “Ego” but she showed many of the audience members a song she does while perfoming on her I Am… Tour. She showes uniqueness which represented MJ in every way….
Joe and Janet Jackson, so amazing to see their strength to be their and show us that they care of about our love and sadness for “THe KIng of Pop”
Drake, Lil Wayne and whoever else = Lames! Why were their little girls on the stage while they were saying I wish I could FUCK every girl in the world??? and if Drake was not able to move around on stage Lil Wayne and the rest of them should have stayed near him so the perfomance didn’t look so awkward.
THe O’Jays tribute.. Great! Longevity is a word that comes to mind when I think of them..
Tyrese, Johnny and Trey did a wonderful job paying tribute to them
Ne-yo, Keith Sweat, BBD, and Guy… GOOD MUSIC stays alive forever
I was dissapointed in BET for not closing with a DANCE Tribute to Michael Jackson which is something he would have loved..
CHRIS BROWN, USHER, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, NE-YO, CIARA, BEYONCE, GINUWINE, AND MARIO.. SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ON STAGE AND DO A DANCE MEDLEY..THAT’S WHAT I WAS DEFINATELY WAITING FOR AND IT NEVER HAPPENED… CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY??
Maxwell’s Perfomance… SeXy
144.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
ummmmm @MISSBEYFAN ur right sweetie that was a prayer so why in the hell was she dressed like a damn upscale stripper performing it??? She has truly fallen off the map…she must really think shes the sh*t now….because for her to have performed Ave Maria like that was DEAD WRONG AND HIGHLY DISRESPECTFUL. Im really starting not to like her anymore….she could have ripped that stage up for Michael but instead she came out lookin like some high priced prositiute fairy godmother…….she disappointed the sh*t out of me…with that weird azz performance…….
Poor Michael he did not deserve that WACK LAME GHETTO FLAMING HOT AZZ MESS OF AN HONORABLE AWARDS SHOW.
mtv awards show is going to kick bets azz….just watch.
145.
BET AWARDS WAS WACK
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
I DON’T KNOW ANY WAY ON THIS EARTH THAT WE CAN STRESS HOW HORRIBLE THE BET AWARDS WERE. TO TALK ABOUT THE BAD THINGS WOULD TAKE ME FOREVER AND NOBODY WILL READ THAT LONG ASS COMMENT SO THE GOOD PARTS WERE
NEYO SINGING LADY IN MY LIFE
NEYO AND JAMIE FOX I’LL BE THERE
THE OJAY TRIBUTE
JANET SHOWING UP
CIARA SINGING HEAL THE WORLD (EVEN THO SHE CAN’T SING)
DON’T SIT UP THERE AND SAY YOU WILL BE DOING A TRIBUTE AND BROAD CAST THAT BS.
YALL DID NOT HAVE TO DO. NOBODY ASKED YALL TO REARRANGE THE AWARDS. YOU COULD HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED ON THE SHOW YOU WILL BE SETTING UP A TRIBUTE FOR A LATER DATE. NOW EVERYBODY IS THROUGH WITH BET.
146.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
I tottally agree with #136
147.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
Beyonce just showed the world how she MUST FEEL like shes the prettiest girl in the world with that bs….now I clearly see what everybody is talkin about…..selfish and HIGHLY ARROGANT….Booooo Beyonce is not the buiz to me anymore……And her and Keri should NOT have won over Jazmine Sullivan….damn BET is full of sh*t…..The Black community should truly boycott that station.
148.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
STANDING OVATION FOR #145
149.
MS SMOOTH CRIMINAL(80s BABY)
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
@BEYONCEFAN ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?????? U MUST BE A BOBBLEHEAD STAN….
Thank God Jaimee and Neyo DIDDDDDDDD perform three songs…they did the BEST TRIBUTE FOR MICHAEL….
Are you freakin serious ABOUT BEYONCE LAME AZZ WEIRD PERFORMANCE??
WHO IN THE HELL IN THEY RIGHT GOD GIVEN MIND…would perform a CATHOLIC PRAYER IN HOOKER ATTIRE??? Are you damn serious?? That was beyond BLASPHEMOUS??? She may have sounded nice but it not go with what she was wearing?? Thats some BS you rock if your going to perform some club type street song NOT A RELIGOUS SONG.
I have lost my love and respect for HONORING MIKE LIKE THAT…when she could have performed Man In The Mirror or Billie Jean…or one of MJs song that would have fit her sasha fierce persona…..Thats how you Honor Mike….not singing a Spiritual song half azz naked.
All she wanted to do was show off her damn body…….selfish broad….we get it B…the world knows your every curve…..the world knows your pretty…the worlds knows you mUST NOT think ur some damn princess or fairy or whatever the hell you were dressed like.
150.
JstBReal
Monday, June 29, 2009 /
know that I think about it, maybe Bey got confused and was trying to pay tribute to Madonna for when she wore a wedding dress and vale to the MTV Awards many years ago lol. yall know the poor girl alil slow so dont be hard on her haha!
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