Ok, I couldn't wait to get to work to talk about this show!!! Here's my take...
It was BET's first show, what did yall expect? I'm sure the first Grammy's weren't all that either. I'm not making excuses for the show, I'm just saying, give it a little time. I expected some ol' mess like that, so I'm content, lol.
I refused to talk about Whitney last night. We don't know if she was high or in withdrawal. She looked in withdrawal to me, not high. We kept saying that she looked like she needed a hit. Anywho. The fact of the matter may be that the drugs have jacked up her voice, and taken a toll on her body. She shoulda never messed with them, I don't think she'll ever be the same. At the same time, I think that they (the academy? lol) were trying to "heal" her, if you will. To show that, talent wise, she is (was?) a force to be reckoned with (I've never used the word "reckon" before, lol). Now, the yelling into the crowd, that was some mess, for real. I didn't pay to much attention to Cissy, I was too busy marveling over how Bobby Brown gave birth to that chile, cuz she don't look NOTHIN like Whitney. That's frightening. She looks JUST like him.
Enough about the madness. On to my list.
Ok, yall, I just wanna let yall know that I took NOTES during the show so I wouldn't forget what I wanted to talk about with yall.
1) WHY were there TWO performances BEFORE they even listed the attendees or gave out an award. That never happens. One opening performance, people. One.
1a) So, had DC had their run? I think folks might just be sick of them.
1b) Snoop started his rap late, and the chorus came before he was done with the first verse. I thought that was lightweight comical.
2) Devante was high. No doubt about it.
3) The sound system was horrible. The couple of people who didn't lip sync, you couldn't hear them.
4) Why did Mary have that damn paper?? That ticked me off because she is my girl, and she made me talk about her. I HATE talking about people I like!!!
5) Ok, Gwen Stefani. Ooookay. One, don't wear the shoes if you can't walk in them. Two, why you tryin' to dance in shoes you can't even WALK in?? ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE NO RHYTHM. Lawd... She was struttin' like a chicken.
6) Patti LaBelle has lost A LOT of weight. A LOT!! She looked GOOD!! Go 'head on girl, wit'cha bad self!
7) What was up with Christina's hair?? She looked like she had a pineapple on her head. And that string thing she had wrapped around the pineapple made it look like she had old bootleg fingerwaves in the front. Mess.
8) Was Luther's suit shiny or what??
9) How did I miss Outkast and JE perform????
10) I did like that Sisqo song, though. I really did. It was kinda different.
11) Shaq loves him some Omega Psi Phi. Big Nasty, huh? Ok then. LOL!
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