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The B.E.T. Awards are my personal happy holidays. It really is like Christmas, all my favorites dressed-up fresh, strutting down the red carpet to sit in neat rows and bob their heads between commercial breaks. Street jangle: Mad respect, ya’ll.
Performances: It creates a crack in my heart to say that Usher’s opening to the show was not very memorable even while he was doing flips, tossing females around and footwork on a conveyer belt. Luckily, Young Jeezy got the crowd up on their feet with a Kanye feature that became pointless because the majority of his parts were bleeped out. Beautiful Keisha Cole decended from mid-air to have her “sweet” look literally ripped off her booty to reveal the “spicy” portion of her performance with Lil Kim. Catch the theme so far? Popular artist then surprise (gasp!) popular guest appearance. Good thing Alicia Keys got the memo in time because homegirl needed the help from SWV, En Vogue and TLC. Goosebump central, RIP Left Eye. The ultimate sidekick, T-Pain, brought on Flo-Rida, Rick Ross (surprisingly shirtless, must have spent all his money on ice), DJ Khaled and ATL proud Big Boi and LUDA. It’s good to see Ludacris out, what a lyrical pimp. Chris Brown? Pass the towel after his “waterfall” performance with Ciara. Of course there were other performances but on to more notes..
Thank you’s: In the beginning it seemed like all the invites didn’t quite make it in the mail. Winners Missy Elliot, The Dream and Kobe Bryant were not present to accept. (Two out of three of those need an explanation.) Kanye gave respect to Lil Wayne by pulling him up on stage to accept Best Male Hip-Hop Artist. It’s good to see Wayne’s success recognized, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling like I’m sipping on some sizzurp. Speaking of the purple…UGK featuring Big Boi won Best Video and since the recent passing of Pimp-C (Long Live), his late wife was part of the appreciation.
Et Cetera:
Until next year, Merry Crummus.
“What else can you do?” Yu said. “It’s just the battle scars of trying to get your music out there. And for every band that doesn’t or can’t do it, there are other ones that can and will.” — Gas prices thwart indie band tours - CNN.com
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Man Brandishing Palm Frond,Flip Flops Tries To Rob Store - News Story -
Only in Florida, ya’ll.
“He just kept saying ‘give me 50 dollar, give me 50 dollar,’” Sarkar said of the incident. Olivieri, with his shirt pulled up over his head, made the most of his homemade weapon. He started jabbing it toward the clerk, shaking the branch, slapping the man’s hand away and demanding he open the register.”