Salutations Lovahs && Hatas!!

If you don’t live under a rock I’m sure you all tuned in last night to watch the BET awards hosted by Jamie Foxx. Since Michael Jackson’s passing on Thursday BET basically had to rearrange the whole, entire show in order to pay tribute to the pop icon just in three days. The show wasn’t HORRIBLE like a lot of people are saying but there were some bittersweet moments I will admit. Although I do think people set their expectations too high for last night’s show because we all knew that MJ would be the highlight of the night. Many thought Chris Brown would perform a special tribute to MJ but were highly disappointed when he was nowhere in sight. Let’s be serious with ourselves people….Chris just got five years probation, 180 days of community service, a requirement to attend domestic-abuse classes for a year AND he must stay 50 yards away 4rom Rihanna (except functions like award shows where he has to stay 10 yards away) 4 five years….do YOU REALLY THINK he was gonna perform?? Like fa real?? Yes I know it would of been some GOOD SHIT and made MJ proud (since he basically is the only other person who can dance like mike) if Chris was able to perform but the whole Rihanna incident is just too fresh 4 that to have happened. My whole opinion of the show is it was decent for the time they had to re-do everything so let’s cut BET some slack folks. There will be plenty more MJ tributes aired soon that are more organized. For now what people really need 2 worry about is letting MJ literally REST IN PEACE..damn!!! But let’s go over the FR3SH, the good and the UGLY moments that everyone is talking about from last night’s show.
THE FR3SH
NE-YO PERFORMING “LADY OF MY LIFE”
I loved Ne-yo’s performance. He sang MJ’s heartfelt song with such tranquility, it brought tears to millions of people’s eyes. Go head Ne-yo!!
BEYONCE PERFORMING “AVE MARIA” & SARAH MCLACHLAN’S “ANGEL”
She was AMAZING…and I won’t argue. Bey has many many haters but I’m sure everyone can agree that she did a GREAT job last night. Her voice is incredible.
JAY-Z SHITTIN’ ON THESE LAME “MC’S” WITH “D.O.A” (CAN’T WAIT 4 BP 3!!)

Yes Jay, u’ve done it again….spoke the truth and nothin’ less. Got a lot of fellow rappers pissed but I mean somebody had 2 say somethin’ and who else could say what’s real but Hov??
MAXWELL’S “PRETTY WINGS” PERFORMANCE
Maxwell…got damn he can sing me 2 sleep n e night!!! His voice is just so smooth and comforting. His “Pretty Wings” performance was great. I really enjoyed it. He didn’t give 2 much and not 2 little. Perfect.
JANET JACKSON’S 1ST APPEARANCE SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON’S DEATH
All I can say about Janet is…she a damn soldier FORRR REAL. It took a lot of courage to do what she did. I salute her and have nothin’ but respect for what she did. God Bless Janet!!
THE GOOD
JAMIE FOXX’S BLAME IT PERFORMANCE
Jamie was basically all over the place last night lol. His “Blame It” performance was pretty good. T-Pain and that (literally) BIG ASS CHAIN was doin’ 2 much, along with him sippin Nuvo (that’s my ish tho) on stage…so damn country lmao.
KERI HILSON PERFORMANCE
Intro was spectacular with the whole motorcycle and MJ ensemble she sported. I love Ms. Keri but I think she needs to get her stamina up before tryin’ 2 dance here and there like Mike. Overall her performance was good.
SOULJA BOY’S “TURN MY SWAG ON” PERFORMANCE
What can I say about Soulja Boy. As coon-like as his music is…I will admit it’s quite catchy and hard 2 escape. I enjoyed his “Turn My Swag” on performance, the ginormous bed was a nice touch. It wasn’t a great performance but it wasn’t horrible either.
THE O’JAY’S TRIBUTE
The O’Jays received the lifetime achievement award and who can forget Eddie Levert sayin’ SHIT before the bleep??!! Lol hilarious. But artists Johnny Gill, Trey Songz, Tevin Campbell and the oh so sexy Tyrese performed a few of the legendary group’s songs. Good tribute overall but a tad long…thanks 2 Don Cornelius talking 1 mph…but that’s Don 4 ya tho always did talk slow.
THE UGLY
NEW EDITION PERFORMANCE
Ugh I’m so disappointed in New Edition’s tribute. The group (minus Bobby of course) performed some of MJ’s songs from when he was young such as “ABC” and “The Love You Save”. The imitation of The Jackson Five moves were okay but the singing….hmmm more practice fellas.
CIARA MURDERING “HEAL THE WORLD”
They really couldn’t get somebody else to sing “Heal The World”??? Smh oh Ciara….A1 dancer you are but I think singing needs to be your last priority. Not only does “Super C” always run out of breath at 90% of her performances that I’ve seen by tryin’ 2 be another Beyonce (singing&dancing…FAST…it ain’t 4 everybody!!) but this performance oh lord it just didn’t do it 4 me. They should have let someone like Jill Scott, Vivian Green, Floetry, or India Arie do this one. FAIL.
YOUNG MONEY’S STRAIGHT COONERY
I love Weezy, point blank, period. But I was SHAKING MY DAMN HEAD at him and the rest of Young Money’s performance last night. Now Drake he was good it’s just too bad he tore his ACL so he had to perform sitting down but at least he was able to perform. But when “Every Girl” came on and Weezy galloped on stage that’s when it was downhill 4rom there. Majority of Drake’s songs are quite vulgar so it didn’t help that every damn word was bleeped out, especially on Wayne’s verse lol. And what was up with the LITTLE ASS GIRLS on stage with them??!! It’s just disturbing that 7 year old’s were on stage while the lyrics “I wish I could fuck (well edited version says LOVE) every girl in the world”. No no no. But what made matters even WORSE was when Weezy performed “Always Strapped” (alongside Birdman’s daddy wannabe ass) and had the nerve 2 say put your hands up 4 MJ DURING a song that let’s us know that nigga is always strapped when he hits the club…No. Michael Jackson was not about violence my nigga. I mean you really think “Beat It” wasn’t written 4 anti-gang purposes??!! As much as I’m a fan of Wayne and Drake and the rest of Young Money I was highly embarrassed during their performance. Thank God they didn’t involve Nicki in that mess.
There you have it sugaplumz the FR3SH, the Good, and the Ugly BET moments…agree or disagree the show was pretty okay for the time they had.
Until next time Lovahs && Hatas….This has been a FR3SH thought 4 ya!!!
P.S. The FR3SH and The good listings have been FR3SH approved by Reesebabey….not the Ugly though.