BET AWARDS 08 – RECAP

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Lola

I will keep this fairly short, and just post videos of the performances I enjoyed the most…
I will point out however, that Soulja Boy + V.I.C. + Polow Da Don + JD + BUN B = Embarrassing. I don’t think Soulja Boy or V.I.C. are on neither Polow’s or Bun’s level.

Polow is my homey, but I would have preferred to see him spit a lil verse when Nelly and Fergie went up. They are mature, developed artists with more substance, growth and overall delivery and stage presence. PLUS Polow produced the beat for “Party people” so it would have made more sense. BUN B rapping to “GET SILLY”???This is the same guy that was honored with a “Living Legend” award (UGK) at the Ozone Awards in 2006. There was no need for him to perform GET SILLY!!! with Soulja Boy and VIC after performing with legends like OUTCAST and JAY Z. No need. Unk was cool because he’s right up their alley, and JD too.
Performances I enjoyed the most!!!!

AL GREEN – LOVE AND HAPPINESS

NE-YO – CLOSER

CHRIS BROWN FT CIARA

ALICIA KEYS FT. TLC
(Loveee TLC but T-Boz sounded off for sure. Her voice was really raspy and drained and she did NOT look like she wanted to be there. And why they didn’t show usher’s face when Chilli performed same way they kept flicking back and forth between Rihanna and Chris brown when either of them went up!)

T-PAIN FT. FLO-RIDA, RICK ROSS, DJ KHALED, BIG BOI & LUDACRIS
(I actually enjoyed the performance. However I would have liked it better if Ross had a shirt on. Ludacris RIPPED it on the mic. As far as performing, delivery & stage presence, Ludacris can bring it…)

YOUNG JEEZY & KANYE WEST – PUT ON
(Kayne sounded whack with that audio!!!…but it was an entertaining performance)

USHER – LOVE IN THIS CLUB

T-PAIN FT. LIL WAYNE – A MILLI
(I think Wayne is an entertaining performer, but I wasn’t too impressed with this. I don’t think I enjoy hearing him deliver on stage. I LOVE his songs, I probably know the Leak 3 off by heart top to bottom. His punchlines, his emotions, his recordings – everything is bad ass….but on stage. I think on stage Wayne (along with countless other rappers) sound a lil off. His voice (espc in this performance) sounds scratchy and he sounds like he’s struggling to breathe. In “Lollipop” Wayne sings and when he tries to do the same thing live, it sounds horrible…obviously Wayne is not a singer…so yah…my two cents)

Just building a little on what I mentioned above about Weezy’s performance…
I think that goes for a lot of rappers…when they go on stage live, they don’t have the same powerful delivery on the mic, and their voice sounds weak, and like they’re running out of breath. That’s why I don’t care to see rappers in concert too much…because the records sound nothing like what they sound after the post production, engineering and mixing…
Either way, I was impressed with the BET awards overall. It was nicely put together.
Definitely will be there next year. Too many things going on here this year for me to get up and go…but 2009, BET and I have a date

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