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BET Awards was a bucket of laughs, but also a huge disappointment
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Well, BET kicked off its 9th annual awards show, and boy was it a laughing hot mess filled with profanity.
Jamie Foxx hosted the show and he was funny, but of course some of his material was bleeped out because of the inappropriate content. On a positive note, he moonwalked across the stage and wore many of MJ's classic outfits.
The highlight performances included: Maxwell, the trio Tyrese, Johnny Gill, and Trey Songz,The Ojay's, Jay-Z, Jamie Foxx, and Ne-yo (although it seemed liked Jamie Foxx and Ne-yo were in every performance). Beyonce did perform, but she didn't bring her alter ego Sasha Fierce; Keri Hilson did much better.
There were also many old school R&B groups/singers who popped up too: New Edition (which even included Bobbi Brown), Guy, Tevin Campbell, and Keith Sweat.
Overrall, the show was a big downer because every other word was censored due to the profanity or content and many things just seemed out of place. For example, Drake's performance had Lil' Wayne and his pre-teen daughter with other young girls on stage rapping along to "Every Girl in the World," which is a song about having escapades with all the girls in the world; plus, Lil' Wayne's entire verse was basically censored because he didn't tweek the original crude words. What was supposed to be a parody of the movie Baby Boy got out of hand because Ving Rhames had harsh curse words about other awards shows. Don Cornelius, the first Soul Train host, rambled on and on about something that no one understood. Zoe Saldana presented an award and had the nerve to tell the entire world that her co-presenter, the original Uhura, was in the restroom. And last but not least, many of the presenters sounded as if they had speech impediments or couldn't read cue cards. The show didn't seem to have any class or organization.
As expected, there was a tribute to Michael Jackson, but it wasn't as good as it could've been; Ciara was clearly the worse of them all because she couldn't sing (she should've danced some of MJ's moves instead). Maybe if Usher, Justin Timberlake, or Chris Brown did a rendition of "Billy Jean," "Beat It," or "Thriller," the tribute would've done a lot more justice to Michael Jackson's musical legacy. The best parts of the tribute were when Janet Jackson gave a touching and tearful speech about her brother and Jamie Foxx and Ne-yo sang "I'll Be There."
The BET Awards show should really be ashamed of itself for some of the foolishness and buffoonery that went on tonight. They need to do something quickly to redeem themselves from utter embarrassment and sinking ratings.
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