Hey, where's Bobby? Oh well, it's awesome that they really turned this into a show, I hope it's good.
Showing posts with label BET. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BET. Show all posts
September 09, 2012
The Real Husbands Of Hollywood Coming In 2013
July 02, 2012
The Winners & Losers Of BET Awards 2012
Losers: Kendrick Lamar's shades with shades and slave hair; Rocsi's cleavage; Future; Tamar's dress; Big Sean's chest; Young Jeezy's shiny Chopper Suit; any hope Will and Jada had that Willow wouldn't be gay in a few years; Willow Smith's new song; Driicky Graham's hat dance; Trey Songz's sideburns; Ginuwine.
Main Show
Winners: G.O.O.D. Music; Kanye West; Randy Watson; Negros In Paris; Jay-Z; Pee-Wee Herman; Lala's dookie braid; Usher; Taraji P. Henson; Kevin Hart; Cedrick The Entertainer; Big Sean; Chante Moore; Elle Varner; Meagan Good's titties; Nicki Minaj's ass; 2 Chainz's "If Michael Jackson was darkskin as an adult" swag; Wale; Melanie Fiona: The Real Househusbands; D'Angelo; Mike Epps; Beyonce; Kevin Hart again; MMG; tank tops; Frankie Beverly & Maze; Joe; Tyrese; Faith Evans; Jamie Foxx; Trayvon Martin; Jay-Z again; Kanye West again; Django; Al Sharpton; Mariah Carey; Nick Cannon; Monica; Brandy; Brandy's ass; Jamie Foxx's daughter; Cissy Houston; Soulja Boy's tears; Waiting To Exhale; Chaka Khan.Biggest Winner: Everyone involved in the Whitney Houston tribute.
Losers: Samuel L. Jackson; Spike Lee; non-comedians hosting award shows; Lala's shiny jumpsuit; Lala's microphone; Usher's red boots; #FreesAss tweets; Free's Hair; Charles Perry; Jay-Z's drink; Miguel's sexuality; Miguel's hair; Mindless Behavior; Kevin Hart's ex-wife; Meek Mill and Wale's stage coordination; the Female Artist Of The Year award; Jamie Foxx's tape; Chris Brown; Chris Brown's boo boo; Chris Brown's music; Mariah Carey's attempt to muster up some tears; Lauren London's appeal; whoever let Cash Out and Tyga close the show.
Biggest Loser: Samuel L. Jackson. I love him too, but let's be honest, he was a terrible host.
June 01, 2012
Terrence J & Rocsi Announce They're Leaving 106 & Park
I can't believe they've been doing the show for 7 years! Man, where does the time go?
Oh well, I guess it's about time for Terrence J to move on with his career hosting on bigger stations and being an actor, and for Rocsi to move on to dating Eddie Murphy. They'll be missed....well, unless BET picks me as one of the replacements. In that case, they won't be missed at all.
October 17, 2011
Premo Block: Bieber Denied BET Cypher Appearance
Of course he should've said no as soon as Bieber asked to be down, but I'll give him a pass since the right decision was ultimately made.
What the fuck is wrong with Justin Bieber though? How you wanna be an MC, but don't wanna write your own rhymes? Fuck outta here with that bullshit, Bieber.
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So it turns out the Biebs did write his own rap for the cypher after all. Oh well, disaster avoided regardless.
October 12, 2011
BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Rankings
1) Kendrick Lamar
2) B.o.B
3) Big K.R.I.T.
4) Machine Gun Kelly
5) Tech N9ne
Bar for bar, I've got to give it to Kendrick Lamar. Dude is just nice. Next I have to give it up to B.o.B for showing everybody that he's a real MC, and not just a pop star (Side note: I wonder what B.o.B did at 3:32 when he was setting up that special needs line to make BET take the camera off of him? The retarded man bend wrist chest smack thing? Who's to know.) Coming in 3rd I have to give it up to K.R.I.T. He didn't go for punchlines and just spit some real nigga shit. Fourth is Machine Gun Kelly, who despite having a nice flow, made a couple of missteps (Rhyming "Cobain's back" with each other 3 times?). And bringing up the rear is Tech N9ne, who totally squandered his first appearance on BET since Sway and Tech's The Anthem back in 1999.
1) Busta Rhymes
2) Reek Da Villain
3) Ludacris
4) 2 Chainz
It was a close race between Busta Rhymes and Reek Da Villain, but I had to give it to Busta because he embodied exactly what you'd want from a cypher, from lyrics to delivery. Reek is clearly #2, and he's followed up by Ludacris at #3, who nearly loss points for his wild pronunciation of Zach Galifianakis' name. The #4 spot almost went to Premo's laptop or Luda's headphones because 2 Chainz brought pretty much nothing to the table here. Ultimately, I decided to just give him 4th place (and last overall) instead of 5th or 6th, but only because he changed his name from Tity Boi to 2 Chainz (even though for some reason he thought it'd be a good idea to rock 3 chains the day this was filmed).
1) Skillz
2) Lady Of Rage
3) Blind Fury
4) Dom Kennedy
You have to give this one to Skillz. You've just got to. In fact, it was almost predetermined he was going to have the hardest bars in his group as soon as BET called him to do it. Checking in at #2 is Lady Of Rage, who was shockingly quite impressive. Blind Fury did his thing as well, so he gets the 3 spot, and last was Dom Kennedy, who really didn't bring much to the table.
1) Pill
2) Meek Mill
3) Rick Ross
4) Stalley
5) Wale
The surprise upset first place goes to Pill! Who would've thunk it? Nobody, but he made it happen. Congrats. Next up is Meek Mill, though his raw Philly style carried him more so than his lyrics. I wasn't expecting much from Ross here, but he ripped it so he gets third. Stalley was nice, but he needed a little more energy, so that's good for 4th. Bringing up the rear is Wale. His verse didn't suck, he was just the 5th best on this occasion.
1) Lecrae
2) Nitty Scott
3) Estelle
4) Soprano
Lecrae blazed it and showed that a Christian rapper can be nice as hell too. He gets the #1 spot. Coming in #2 has got to be Nitty Scott, whom which I'd like to exchange numbers with and possible take out on a date. Third is Estelle, but it was by default because I refuse to sit and read Soprano's (I'm assuming) fourth place lyrics.
1) Kevin McCall
2) Tyga
3) Chris Brown
4) Ace Hood
I thought Kevin McCall was a singer? Clearly I had him mixed up with somebody else because dude is nice, and for that, he gets first place. Second goes to Tyga, who has improved more lyrically in the last 2-3 years than anyone I can recall. I mean, dude was completely wack back in 2008, but now he's almost nice. Next I'll give props to Chris Brown, who is 10x the rapper he is singer. Last place goes to Ace Hood, but it's not because he sucked, it's just because the others did better. Ace was just fine, and I'm just proud he remembered his rhyme this time.
1) Eminem
2) Joe Budden
3) Royce Da 5'9"
4) Crooked I
5) Yelawolf
6) Joell Ortiz
This is easily the greatest cypher in the history of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, and it's truly a shame somebody had to come in last in my rankings. For starters, Eminem is just out of this world lyrically. To this date, NOBODY can flip rhymes the way he can and that was on full display in this video. Coming in at #2 is Joe Budden as he remains the most underrated rapper, possibly ever. Royce is 3rd because not only did he murder his verse, but "Hi Rihanna" is still a trending topic on Twitter nearly 24 hours later. Crooked I gets 4th place for his killer bars, while Yelawolf and Joell Ortiz bring up the rear with sick verses that just weren't on the level of the lead 4, but still good as hell. Damn, that was tough.
Illest of the Night: Eminem
Runner Up: Joe Budden
Wackest of the Night: 2 Chainz
Runner Down: Tech N9ne
July 27, 2011
Random News Shit: On That Bullshit Edition
1) 5th Eddie Long Accuser Uncovered
This is a joke, right? These folks didn't really waste spend 7 weeks working on this story did they? No way. No fucking way!
Oh, they did? This isn't a comedy sketch? Wow.
Seriously though, get the whole entire fuck outta here with this nigga Centino. This fruit booty is trying to act like he doesn't want the attention knowing damn well his ass probably called them fools down there. I'm supposed to believe he just happened to be coming out of the studio when the camera crew showed up and then he just happened to have a limo waiting for him to leave? Yeah fucking right! And did you see how he tried to walk by and act like he didn't see the cameras and the reporter? Negro please.
Now, I'm not saying he didn't fuck Imposter Eddie Long, I'm sure Centino was his main bitch and they had a real (gay) relationship (which is why he has the tattoo), but there's not even an ant's dick worth of a chance he doesn't think this "shine" would help him break into the music industry.
It's sad what people do for attention. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he comes out with a tell-all book (or at least a tell-all Worldstar video). Yep, we're officially on the clock.
2) BET Cancels The Monique Show
Oh no! Now where am I gonna see all the chitlin circuit celebrities, has been musicians, and canceled TV show reunions? I bet we were this close to a Soul For Real reunion too!
The Monique Show, gone before its time... just like most of its guests.
In all seriousness though, I love Monique, but this show was fucking bad. I remember I saw it recently and she and Rodney Perry were doing a "Who's on First?" bit that couldn't have be any less funny if Doug Williams walked out and did his Emmitt Smith Roast jokes without Jamie Foxx. I've seen Monique absolutely kill in person doing stand-up, so it was really hard to watch her show and that's why I'm happy it's gone. Monique is so much better than that shit.
4) Alex Trebek Injured Chasing A Burglar
Now Alex Trebek knows good and damn well he's too damn old to be chasing down a burglar. I don't care if it was a 56 year-old broad he was chasing, the nigga is waaaaaaaay too old to be doing it. And now he has a football injury to show for it. You know what though? He totally deserves it. I mean, is Alex Trebek really hurting for money to the point he has to chase down a burglar at age 71? Of course not! He's been hosting Jeopardy longer than I've been alive, he's straight financially and can afford to replace whatever that bitch took a million times over.
And yes, I understand the bracelet was a gift from his mom, but come the fuck on Alex. You're rich.
June 26, 2011
The Winners & Losers Of BET Awards 2011
Pre-Show
Winners: Eve's cleavage; Karmin; Laurie-Ann's see-through shirt; Rick Ross' undershirt (no blurcle needed tonight); Free's body; side views of Tracee Ellis Ross; Kelly Rowland's everything.Losers: Eve (performing first… in the pre-show?); Laurie-Ann's near fall while standing; Tyga's hairline; Miguel's masculinity; whoever handles the bleeps/edits for BET, they suck; Malik from The Game's suit; Lloyd; Lil Twist's career; auto-tune microphones; MC Lyte's hair; Diggy Simmons' dance routine; Keri Hilson's outfit; YC's ability to pronounce words;
Main Show
Winners: Mary J. Blige; Anita Baker; Jadakiss; Kevin Hart; Tracee Ellis Ross again; the Smith Family; The Real House Husbands of Hollywood; Nicki Minaj's acceptance speech; Jill Scott; The 5 Heartbeats; Meagan Good's titties; Alicia Keys' performance; Nicki Minaj's curves; Sunday through Saturday; Nick Cannon; Wiz Khalifa; beige greyhounds; Kelly Rowland; Steve Harvey; Cee-Lo; Marsha Ambrosius; Patti LaBelle; Chocolate Drop; Tiffany Green; the Tiffany Green face; Beyonce; Free's ass!Biggest Winner: It's a tie between the Tiffany Green face and Free's ass!
Losers: Mary J. Blige's outfit; Jadakiss' hand clapping (nigga was off beat as fuck); Chris Brown's hair; Rick Ross' titties; the committee who decided on the Female Hip-Hop Artist award; Kalenna's hair; Kalenna's cleavage; Chris Brown's performance wardrobe (A zoot suit and a onesie?); Busta Rhymes' jacket (again); BET's censors; Meagan Good's face (What happened baby?); Alicia Keys' hair; Nicki Minaj's barbies; Justin Bieber's swag; Big Sean's outfit (blouses, sports coats, and sagging skinny jeans just don’t go together); Alexander O'Neal's mouth; Nia Long's pregnancy; Kelly Rowland's back up dancers; Debra Lee; Gladys Knight's muumuu; Shirley Caesar's fairy godmother swag; Tiffany Green; the argument for tablets over envelopes.
Biggest Loser: Tiffany Green!
Who Should Win, Who Will Win: BET Awards 2011
Viewers’ Choice Award
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes "Look At Me Now"
Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz "6 Foot 7 Foot"
Mindless Behavior "My Girl"
Nicki Minaj ft. Drake "Moment 4 Life"
Rihanna ft. Drake "What's My Name?"
Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj "Bottoms Up"
Who Should Win: Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz "6 Foot 7 Foot"
Who Will Win: Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes "Look At Me Now"
Thoughts: First off, who in the fuck is Mindless Behavior and how did they get nominated for anything? Having your song played anywhere is no longer a requirement to be a BET Awards nominee? Cool, well I like Young Real Nigga’s chances next year.
Anyway, call me old fashioned, but I feel like the viewers should vote for the best song, and 6 Foot 7 Foot is the best song, thus it should would. Unfortunately, that’s no longer how it works now that most of the viewers are as clueless as the artists they adore. For that reason, Chris Brown should win this in a landslide.
Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Rihanna
Who Should Win: Rihanna
Who Will Win: Rihanna
Thoughts: As odd as it is to say this, Rihanna should and will win Best Female R&B Artist. Yeah, should can’t sing and all, but out of this group, who had a bigger year than her? Keri Kilson? Please. Rihanna’s only real competition here is Beyonce, and her damn album isn’t even out yet (well not in stores at least). Rihanna grabbed a platinum plaque, 3 #1 singles as a lead artist, and 1 #1 single as a featured artist, but it’d be a tragedy if she didn’t win, if not for her titties performance in the Man Down video alone.
And if you still can’t wrap your head around the worst singer nominated winning this award, just keep in mind, this is “Best Female R&B Artist,” not singer.
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Cee-Lo Green
Bruno Mars
Trey Songz
Usher
Who Should Win: Bruno Mars
Who Will Win: Chris Brown
Thoughts: If this award was given for "best ability to stay in the news for anger issues while being seen as a sympathetic figure by fans for reasons that aren’t quite clear" then I'd agree that this award should be all CB's. BUT if we’re going off who had the most successful past 12 months, there's no question it's Bruno Mars.
Now I know it’s trendy to not like Bruno (for reason that are also not clear), but since the last BET Awards, he’s had a platinum album, 2 #1 singles, a 3rd single that rose to #4, 0 nonsensical Twitter beefs, 0 chairs thrown through Good Morning America windows followed by shirtless getaways, and 0 cries for attention via hair bleaching. This is Bruno’s award.
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Diamond
Cymphonique
Lola Monroe
Nicki Minaj
Who Should Win: Nicki Minaj
Who Will Win: Nicki Minaj
Thoughts: To this day, I still struggle with why exactly this is a category. If you reach in your ass and pull out Diamond, Lola Monroe, and (most egregiously) Cymphonique (Somaya Reece is more qualified to be nominated than this nobody) and STILL can’t fill out the category with 5 names, maybe it’s time to discontinue it.
Besides, can’t we just give the awards to Nicki Minaj for the next 5 years and be done with it? Is there any chance any of these other chicks get their album released, let alone succeed, at any point ever? Probably not, and that’s be generous. Seriously, "Best Country Singer" would make more sense at the BET Awards than this shit. It’s a disgrace to Hip-Hop.
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Kanye West
Who Should Win: Kanye West
Who Will Win: Kanye West
Thoughts: Yes, Kanye should win and will win, but this shit wasn’t as a decision and you might think. Rick Ross had a helluva past 12 months. He put out a near classic album, countless street anthems, and made people care about who Meek Mill is. Oh, and that’s not to mention proving that you can’t be a total hypocrite and liar and still be success as long as you put out good music. That counts for something. Unfortunately, not as much as any and everything Kanye West touches tough.
Best Collaboration
B.o.B ft. Haley Williams of Paramore "Airplanes"
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes "Look at Me Now"
Kanye West ft. Rihanna "All of the Lights"
Chris Brown ft. Tyga & Kevin McCall "Deuces"
Waka Flocka Flame ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale "No Hands"
Rihanna ft. Drake "What's My Name"
Who Should Win: Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes "Look at Me Now"
Who Will Win: Rihanna ft. Drake "What's My Name"
Thoughts: You read that right, yes, I think Chris Brown's Look At Me Now should win Best Collaboration. B.o.B's Airplanes was good, but the song undoubtedly would’ve been better sans Haley Williams; Kanye West's All Of The Lights was dope, but Rihanna really brought nothing to the record, and besides, you can’t even recognize the overwhelming majority of artists featured on the song; Deuces is old as fuck and shouldn’t even be nominated; and Waka Flocka's No Hands wasn’t even a good song, so it’s placement in this category isn’t even legit. That leaves Look At Me Now and What's My Name, and the determining factor for me was the fact that Busta Rhymes had a better verse than everybody on every other song nominated in this category.
Best New Artist
J. Cole
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Willow Smith
Wiz Khalifa
Who Should Win: Bruno Mars
Who Will Win: Bruno Mars
Thoughts: For the reasons stated above under "Best Male R&B Artist," Bruno Mars should win this award as well. Unfortunately, the real reason he’s going to win this award is because there’s no chance he wins Best Male R&B Artist, despite having a vastly more successful year than Chris Brown. Sad, but true.
Best Group
Diddy Dirty Money
Cali Swag District
N*E*R*D
New Boyz
Travis Porter
Who Should Win: Diddy Dirty Money
Who Will Win: Diddy Dirty Money
Thoughts: Dirty Money wins this by default. Cali Swag District cursed Hip-Hop with yet another bullshit song and dance, N*E*R*D doesn’t even make BET-type music, the New Boyz are essentially irrelevant, and Travis Porter is Travis Porter. Dirty Money falls up into this win.
Video Of The Year
"Far Away" Marsha Ambrosius
"Airplanes" B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams of Paramore
"Look at Me Now" Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
"Pretty Girl Rock" Keri Hilson
"Whip My Hair" Willow Smith
"Runaway" Kanye West ft. Pusha T
Who Should Win: "Look at Me Now" Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Who Will Win: "Pretty Girl Rock" Keri Hilson
Thoughts: First off, Marsha Ambrosius' Far Away is disqualified for a dude-on-dude kiss. Completely uncalled for, my eyes have yet to recover.
Also, Kanye West's Runaway is DQ'd as well because it doesn't even have a real video; it just has a snippet from his movie "Runaway." Why wouldn't All Of The Lights be nominated instead? Not only does it have a "Runaway" snippet, but also an actual video. And of course, this is all besides the fact that Runaway the song should've been nominated for Best Collaboration instead of All Of The Lights. I swear there are some true retards working for BET.
Anyway, Look At Me Now is probably the best video of those left to choose from (mainly for its use of the DeLorean). My logic in saying Pretty Girl Rock will win is based on BET possibly growing tired of slobbing Chris Brown's knob. I doubt it, but who knows?
Video Director Of The Year
Benny Boom
Mr. Boomtown
Chris Robinson
Kanye West
Hype Williams
Who Should Win: n/a
Who Will Win: n/a
Thoughts: I hardly even watch music videos anymore, let alone pay attention to who directs them. That’s sooooo 1998.
Youngstars Award
Shenell Edmonds
Keke Palmer
Diggy Simmons
Jaden Smith
Willow Smith
Who Should Win: Diggy Simmons
Who Will Win: Jaden Smith
Thoughts: This is the BET Awards, Diggy is the only 1 who makes music I'd listen to, thus he should win. Too bad he won’t though.
Best Actress
Halle Berry
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoë Saldana
Kerry Washington
Who Should Win: Taraji P. Henson
Who Will Win: Taraji P. Henson
Thoughts: Not saying she isn't deserving of this award, but Taraji P. Henson wins by default because she’s the only one who's working on anything the bulk of the BET audience would know of (I don’t think 106 & Park and Southland have much crossover in this department). Then again, Zoë Saldana was in "Takers" albeit as about the 10th lead, but still.
Best Actor
Laz Alonso
Chris Brown
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx
Who Should Win: Laz Alonso
Who Will Win: Idris Elba
Thoughts: Question: How is "The Book Of Eli" nominated for Best Movie, but the lead in that movie (Denzel Washington) isn’t nominated for Best Actor? Someone explain that to me. And I know Tyler Perry is a (shitty) writer, but he starred in the biggest "black movie" of the past year. He gets no nod either? I guess what I'm trying to say is, I still don’t know how Chris Brown was nominated for Best Actor for being the 4th or 5th lead in a movie sitting at 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Laz Alonso probably should win, but I’m pretty sure Idris Elba will.
Best Movie
Death at a Funeral
For Colored Girls
Takers
The Book of Eli
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Who Should Win: For Colored Girls
Who Will Win: For Colored Girls
Thoughts: I guess. I don’t know.
Moving on….
Best Gospel
Byron Cage
Deitrick Haddon
Mary Mary
Karen Clark Sheard
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Who Should Win: Mary Mary
Who Will Win: Mary Mary
Thoughts: I don’t claim to be an expert on Gospel music, but its gotta be Mary Mary, right?
Centric Award
Marsha Ambrosius
Eric Benét
Cee-Lo Green
R. Kelly
Kem
Who Should Win: Kem
Who Will Win: Kem
Thoughts: I'm not exactly sure how R. Kelly found his way under this category, but making one non-bullshit album in the past 5 years doesn’t make you "centric."
Regardless, Kem makes consistent Neo-Soul music and his album Intimacy sold 74,300 copies first week without any mainstream single or buzz. This is really the least BET could do to give the man his just due.
Sportswoman Of The Year
Tamika Catchings
Candice Dupree
Maya Moore
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Who Should Win: Maya Moore
Who Will Win: Maya Moore
Thoughts: How did BET not know that Serena Williams didn’t play at all over the past year?? That seems like something that shouldn’t slip under the radar when nominations are being considered. And how does that cutie from Norte Dame, Skylar Diggins, not get nominated? Yeah, her team didn’t win the tournament, but she beat Maya Moore’s team. Whatever just give it to Maya.
Sportsman Of The Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Derrick Rose
Michael Vick
Who Should Win: Michael Vick
Who Will Win: Michael Vick
Thoughts: No question, heads down, it’s GOT to be Mike Vick. This isn’t up for debate. Matter of fact, let’s just move on.
Best International Act: Africa
2Face Idibia
D' Banj
D-Black
Fally Ipupa
Angelique Kidjo
Teargas
Who Should Win: n/a
Who Will Win: n/a
Thoughts: Who the fuck knows? This award is almost as useless as Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Almost.
Best International Act: UK
VV Brown
Chipmunk
Laura Izibor
Skepta
Tinchy Stryder
Tinie Tempah
Who Should Win: Skepta
Who Will Win: Tinie Tempah
Thoughts: I have no idea why this International award had to be split into 2 separate categories (that no one cares about), but I guess it’s the BET way to make these sort of nonsensical decisions.
Anyway, I’ve only heard of Skepta and Tinie Tempah, and I think Skepta should win for this video alone.
May 20, 2011
Fiyah's Show Of Disrespect Ep. 114
May 17, 2011
Kevin Hart To Host The BET Awards; Nominees Announced
Anyway, if you want to check out the nominees for the 2011 BET Awards, click here. I'll go through them all one by one and pick the winners at a later date.
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January 13, 2011
Random News Shit: Entertainment Edition
Rumors have been swirling about Slaughterhouse signing with Shady Records since they dropped their self-titled debut album in 2009, so I'm not too surprised they were finally signed up. But Yelawolf? I had no idea he was even in discussion with Shady. I feel like I should've saw it coming though, they're basically of the same ilk, so it makes sense Em would be attracted to him when he heard him.
Well, hopefully this rebuilding of Shady Records goes better than the first phase (Obie Trice and Stat Quo) and definitely better than the second phase (Bobby Creekwater and Cashis). Then again, having Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf (2 already established acts) is a different horse than trying to bring along relative unknowns.
(Side note: I wonder if it's gonna be awkward when Joell Ortiz encounters Dr. Dre??)
2) Kanye West Does NOT Buy $180k Watch...Of Kanye West
**UPDATE**
According to Yeezy, he did NOT buy this watch. Darn, I thought my take on it was pretty good too. I blame AllHipHop.
Okay, take a look at this bad boy:
3) "The Game" Returns To 7.7 Million Viewers
It would be simple to say, "If all you fans of 'The Game' watched it on the CW, you wouldn't have had to wait all this time for season 4." That is true, but it's not that simple. I don't think "The Game" started building a real following until BET started showing re-runs of it all day.
For example, my uncle was in prison when "The Game" started in 2006, but he became a fan of the show after coming home and watching the re-runs on BET. Now, I'm not saying everyone was in prison in 2006, but obviously if its fanbase was as massive then as it is now, it would've never gotten canned in the first place.
And with that being said, you know the fine folks at the CW are looking so sick right now lol.
4) MySpace Slashes Its Staff In Half
I guess when Tom realized him starting the rumor that Facebook was closing in March didn't help, he knew this had to be done.
October 14, 2010
Skillz BET Cypher + Other Cyphers
Skillz almost tricked me with this shit until he said that line about Stephen Hill and Waka Flocka. I'm sure I'm not the only one who didn't watch the Hip-Hop Awards in its entirety, so it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that I missed a cypher.
Anyway, outside of the points loss for wearing one of those 2007 ass neck scarfs this deep into 2010, Skillz ripped that thoroughly.
I'm mad I forgot to post this cypher the other day because this was actually the 2nd nicest one outside of the G.O.O.D. Music cypher. I don't know who Bones Brigante is, but son is nice! Wiz, Yela, and Rae all did their thing too. I wonder why Big K.R.I.T. wasn't invited??
(Side note: How dumb are niggas that they really thought Inspectah Deck was dead when Chef CLEARLY stated that his mother died?? That's the problem with a lot of shit today, everybody wants to be the first to give their meaningless opinion on something rather than gather facts. Sad.)
This was obviously the most useless of the cyphers, but its still fine I guess.
October 13, 2010
BET Hip-Hop Awards '10 Cyphers
Everybody else did they're thing too. I'm not a big Big Sean fan, but he ripped it.
Anyway, Diggy had the hardest verse, but I'm anxious to hear how Rev and his wife feel about Dig's closing line. JoJo has clearly stepped his bars up since the Run's House days, but he's still #2 on the depth chart. And as far as Ice Cube's sons go, why is one named OMG?? That's so not gangsta.
September 09, 2010
Random News Shit: Entertainment Edition
Welp it's all over now. I guess somebody got into Soulja's ear (most likely somebody at Interscope) and explained to him how dumb he looks calling out Fab for making jokes at his expense as everyone else with internet access did.
I am glad it stayed on Twitter though, Fab would've looked silly taking Soulja out on wax when he's so clearly better than him.
Now it's time for Brian Pumper to step up and follow Soulja's lead lol.
2) BET Hip-Hop Award Nominees Announced
Look at those categories, doesn't it look like they just drew names from a hat?? Drake for Best Live Performance?? Jay-Z nominated 3 times in one category?? and most egregious, Nicki Minaj for Lyricists of the Year?? Come on now BET, y'all can do better than this.
Oh well, like most Hip-Hop fans, I'll only be watching to see the cyphers. Hopefully Joe Budden is invited back.
3) Eminem Performance To Open Up VMAs
Well this is awesome news, but I have something even better to share, I found a solution to my "fuck, the VMAs are gonna be on at the same time as the Cowboys game...FUCK!" problem! Dual TVs! That's right, I'm taking the TV from the living room, and putting it in my room. That way I can watch both at the same time, while still have computer access for Twitter efficiency. Fiyah, you are a fuckin' genius!
4) Jay-Z Signs Will Smith's Daughter Willow To Roc Nation
I'm a huge Will Smith fan, and I'm clearly a huge Jay-Z fan, but let's stop the madness. I'm not gonna bash a child of 9 years for making a terrible song, but c'mon son!
(Side note: Rihanna must be totally pissed off that Willow sounds exactly like her and that this song sounds telegraphed for her.)
5) SNL Adds Jay Pharoah To Cast
Congrats to buddy, hopefully they let him shine because SNL really hasn't been that colorful in recent years, if you know what I mean. Thank goodness someone can finally replace Fred Armisen when it's time for Barack Obama skits.
Anyway, if you've never heard for Jay, check out some of his impressions here. His shit is flawless.
(Side note: Anybody know why he spells his stage name "Pharoah" and not "Pharaoh"?? Seems odd, but maybe it's an inside joke or something.)
June 27, 2010
Who Should Win, Who Will Win: BET Awards 2010
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Who Should Win: Alicia Keys
Who Will Win: Alicia Keys
My Take: Rihanna is still considered a R&B artist??
Anyway, Beyonce is always great, but over the past year all she's done with make 2 videos with Lady Gaga. Mary J. Blige had a decent year sales wise, but no real hit singles. Melanie Fiona is great, but lets be serious. Rihanna does mainly pop and alternative music, and Rude Boy alone isn't enough to win her this award. That leaves Alicia Keys. She had several hits over past year, stayed relevant the entire time, and her album went platinum fairly quickly. She's GOT to win this award.
(Side note: How in the hell did Melanie Fiona beat out Monica for a spot here?? Not only has Monica outsold her, BUT SHE HAS A TV SHOW ON BET!)
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher
Who Should Win: Usher
Who Will Win: Trey Songz
My Take: Let the records show now that if Trey Songz does indeed win, he deserved it. This was his breakout year, and you'd be hard pressed to find a female who doesn't want to help their neighbors know his name as well. I would give it to Usher though because I can't go anywhere without hearing OMG, Lil Freak, or There Goes My Baby! Whether I'm watching TV, driving in the car, or getting my haircut, you just can't escape them. And that's not to mention he's already outsold Trey, even though his album dropped 7 months later. Yeah he's Usher, but Trey is on fiyah right now with the ladies, he should have sold MUCH more than he has at the moment.
Also, Don't sleep on Maxwell. Ladies love him just as much, if not more, than Trey Songz and Usher. That's evidence by him coming from out of nowhere last year and selling 316,000 of his BLACKsummers'night in its first week. Here's the dark horse that could actually steal this one from the front-runners.
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil’ Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina
Who Should Win: Nicki Minaj
Who Will Win: Nicki Minaj
My Take: Even though Nicki hasn't really done much over the past year outside of a few cameos here and there, she's got to win this one because her competition is basically non-existent. The nominees were essentially thrown together just to say they gave out this award. Seriously, Ester Dean, Lil Kim, Rasheeda, and Trina?? Ester Dean had a minor hit, then disappeared, Lil Kim is only in the news because of a feud with Nicki and Drake, Rasheeda is still an underground artist, and Trina's Amazin' album dropped with so little fanfare than I'm not even sure Slip-N-Slide knows it's out yet. They might as well had thrown Foxy Brown and Missy Elliott in there too. If anything, Nicki wins by default.
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Who Should Win: Jay-Z
Who Will Win: Drake
My Take: Jay-Z dominated the competition again over the past year notching another #1 album, a platinum plaque, and 3 top 10 singles. Even so, this award will be given to Drake to reward him on his big first week numbers. Oh well, I doubt Jay will be trippin' off of this loss.
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money
Who Should Win: Nicki Minaj
Who Will Win: Nicki Minaj
My Take: Justin Bieber?? Really?? Has BET even aired any of his videos?? Like the last award Nicki won, this one was seemingly thrown. I mean, Young Money is literally nominated for "Best New ARTIST," even though they're a group.
Oh well, it's not her fault there haven't been many hot new artists over the past year.
(Side note: Why isn't B.o.B nominated here?? I mean, yeah, he's been out for awhile, but so has Nicki, Wale, Melanie Fiona, and pretty much everybody in Young Money. B.o.B having two #1 singles to his credit cancels out the fact that he just dropped his debut album this past March?? If Melanie Fiona can be nominated for "Best Female R&B Artist" and "Best New Artist," why can't B.o.B be nominated here and "Best Male Hip-Hop Artist" too?? If he were nominated, he'd surely win.)
Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans
Who Should Win: Marvin Sapp
Who Will Win: Marvin Sapp
My Take: I won't claim to know all there is about Gospel music, but I do know Marvin Sapp has been the most commercially successful over the past year. It's his award.
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money
Who Should Win: Young Money
Who Will Win: Black Eyed Peas
My Take: The Black Eyed Peas sold more records than all these acts combined over the past year so they will win, but if you ask me, they shouldn't even be nominated. 1) They aren't a Hip-Hop or R&B act (anymore), and 2) I'm not even sure they get any play on BET. I don't watch 106 & Park or The Deal, but I'm almost positive Boom Boom Pow or I Got A Feeling were getting much play.
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Drake & Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Who Will Win: Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
My Take: Drake is the hottest artist out right now, so they have to get him more camera time than just one award and one performance. Plus, the strength of the featured artists makes it easier to explain why it will beat out 2 #1 records in Nothin' On You and Empire State Of Mind.
(Side note: Why isn't Run This Town nominated?? It charted higher than 4 of the 6 songs that were.)
Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams
Who Should Win: I don't know.
Who Will Win: I don't know.
My Take: I'm not gonna lie, I hardly ever pay attention to who directed the videos I watch, so I don't know who did what. BET is banking on you not knowing either so they'll give it to either Benny Boom or Chris Robinson because we know who they are. We know Hype Williams too, but I doubt he actually directed many videos over the past year.
Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Who Will Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
My Take: Since Empire State Of Mind will get snubbed in Best Collaboration, BET will make it up by giving this one to Hov and A. Keys.
Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything to Me”
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”
Who Should Win: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Who Will Win: Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”
My Take: This award will be interesting seeing the viewers select the winner, and not BET. I know it's out of BedRock and Say Ahh, but I'm leaning towards BedRock because of Drake, Nicki, and Lil Wayne.
Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)
Who Should Win: Sade
Who Will Win: Sade
My Take: This award is stupid, but I'm be totally shocked if Sade didn't win.
Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade
Who Should Win: Maxwell
Who Will Win: Maxwell
My Take: This award is really a slap in the face to Chrisette Michele, Monica, and Sade. BET is basically saying, "you weren't good enough to get nominated in any of the real R&B categories, so we'll give you this one."
Nevertheless, if Maxwell doesn't steal the "Best Male R&B Artist" award, they'll throw him a bone and give him this.
March 15, 2010
The Winners & Losers Of Rip The Runway
Winners: Nicki Minaj's plastic surgeon (he actually got paid to do that to her nose); Nicki Minaj's butt pads; Trina's REAL ass...damn!; B.o.B; fat girls; Bruno Mars' likeness to Tay Zonday; rubber basketballs; Dwight Eubanks (his flamboyant gayness will get him his own show somewhere...or at the least a few more spots on BET over the next few years); malnourishment (I pray Luda didn't request these sickly looking models walk during his set); Shaqnosis sneakers (it must've taken at least 50 pairs to make Nicki's My Chick Bad performance outfit); Janelle Monae's performance and ass (surprisingly nicely shaped...or were those them butt pads at work again??); Vanessa aka "Subway to Runway" girl; Dwight's decision to make Vanessa wear those booty shorts!
Losers: Whoever dressed Estelle in that bullshit; ponytails; horses and now bald-headed girls in India who made it possible for all these wack ass Rapunzel-length ponytails to exist; whoever dressed Estelle again because somebody else came out in that same ugly ass dress; Nicki Minaj's nose; fake British accents; shoulder pads; masculinity; black people (Tiny & Toya coming back for a 2nd season); pink wigs; mohawks (black people, let it go, its over); And1; pink wigs again; Nicki Minaj's stylist or lack there of; dudes who think that's really Nicki Minaj's ass and hips; girls who think Nicki Minaj's outfits look good; basicness; stamina and going low (Luda's dancer got a little winded there at the end); women's shoes (I'd hate to see my girl wearing 80% of those ugly ass shoes).
Like before, if you have any to add, leave them in the comments.
October 27, 2009
BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher
This was again the best part of the show! Nicki was wack (lyrically and facial expressionally lol), Buckshot was cool, Crown Royyal was nice, and Mouse KILLED that shit!
Wale sounded like he was sleepy, Nipsey did his thing, I don't know what the hell 3rd buddy was talking about, and KRS-One ripped it the hardest with an actual freestyle.
This was EASILY the best one overall because they ALL ripped it! Like seriously, I wouldn't mind listening to this shit as a song, its that dope.
September 03, 2009
Random News Shit
Welp so much for a rap career.
Question: Does Jim Jones gets his money back for bailing Max out that time since he just ended up in jail anyway??
I never been to jail before so I don't know how the bail/bond thing works, but I think he should get back at least some of it. Right??
2) Busta Rhymes Announces The Name Of His Next Album
The new album is gonna be called The Chemo because "We're coming to kill the cancer in music." Busta Rhymes clearly never heard his last album lol.
3) Mike Epps To Host 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards
I know Lil Duval was lobbying for the job a couple days ago on Twitter, but BET gave it to Mike Epps anyway. I ain't mad at Epps, I hope he brings the funny.
What I am mad at though is the Hip-Hop Awards being in Atlanta still. That makes no sense! Its like having an anti-child molesting seminar in the back of a van with no windows.
4) Jin Becomes A Christian Rapper
After I saw that picture of him on his MySpace on some emo shit a year or so back, I figured it'd come out that he was becoming a homo rapper. Nope, he's a Christian rapper now instead. I ain't mad at that. In fact, as long as he promises to never make a song like Fill In The Blanks again he can be whatever kinda rapper he wants. Damn that shit was terrible lol.
5) The Green/White Ranger Wants To Fight MMA
Fuck this story, I wanna talk about that flute/dagger the green ranger used to have! What ever happened to that thing?? Do they still sell them anywhere?? I tell you what, if I could find one, I'd buy that shit right the hell now! I don't even know what I'd do with it (kinda like when I bought my nunchucks and sais) but I just want it. Somebody price it for me, I'd appreciate it lol.
August 28, 2009
Random News Shit
As you can read in the link, Juvenile is said he doesn't really know what's going on with the project so we can go ahead and file this under the list of Cash Money albums that will never be made or released. Is Turk even out of jail though?? You can't have the Hot Boys without all 4 members and I think there is a good chance he's still locked up. Welp, I guess we shall see.
On another note, I got some new Juvenile stuff to post so I'm gonna try to get that up before football starts tonight.
2) Tiny & Toya Set Viewing Records For BET
Before all you ghetto birds jump in rejoice, remember the headline says "viewing record for BET."
Anyway, "Tiny & Toya" had 3 million viewers on its debut and average 1.8 million for the 8-episode season. Not bad, not bad. I have nothing mean to say about the ladies but needless to say I didn't watch the show.
3) Roy Williams Day-To-Day With Shoulder Contusion
Damn, I was hoping it was much worse.
4) J.R. Smith & Jason Richardson Suspended By The NBA
J.R. will miss the first 7 games of the season and J-Rich will miss the first 2. No big deal here.
July 03, 2009
Charlamagne Buys 10 Maino Albums, Rips Wayne & Drake
Well looks like Charlamagne Tha God was also not feeling that weird pedo-type performance Lil Wayne and Drake put on at the BET Awards. It was really fuckin' weird though, them niggas HAVE to admit that.
Looks like BET has also come out and denounced that performance after a strong backlash of that performance in particular. Welp, at least we still have the Best I Ever Had video :-).
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