BET Awards

Limited commercials, relevant performances, and much deserved tributes. This year's BET awards was the best in years. Time to recap:

1. Alicia Keys- That girl is SO pregnant!! She deserved her awards, and she looked very pretty. But which stylist said that pink mini dress was ok? And who said it was cute for a pregnant lady to climb on a piano? Prince's face was classic!...And Swizz Beatz son looks JUST like him. Alicia better pray their child looks like her.
2. Prince- It definitely was his time to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. He's payed his dues to the music world. Janelle Monet was a little random with her performance, but Prince chose all the girls so I guess it's cool. That second girl (Esperanza Spalding) was great! No one knows who she is, but she sure can SANG. Alicia and Miss Patti LaBelle (I love her) were amazing. We've already discussed Alicia, but they both did his songs much justice. They were excellent. And watching Prince make crazy faces was worth the whole 10 minutes. By the way, did anyone else notice that onPrince's shirt was an image of him in what he had on that night? That was a little too well thought out.
3. Diddy...and those two chicks- the Dirty Money performance was awesome!!! They kept the show alive. With that said, almost everyone I was watching the show with had to ask "which one is Dawn?" or "why does Diddy always have those girls with him?". Now I know who they are, but apparently Diddy is an overall failure when it comes to artist promotions. Not only does he screw up other people's careers (meaning they are never heard of after their first album), but he can't even promote himself. On the after show they asked him when Last Train to Paris is coming out, and I had a revelation! "Last Train to Paris isn't out yet??? That's why I couldn't find it in btjunkie" HA! How are you the president of a label, but you can't get your own album released? Sad.

Last but not least is CHRIS BROWN. That dude officially has his career back. We know he was the only one who could really do Michael any justice. I know you all remember the MTV performance when he did Michael. He was awesome then and he is awesome now. Despite his amazing dance moves, we still didn't want to like him until he started to cry. I've heard the rumors about the cry being staged, but no one can fake that cry. That was the my momma died, my girl pregnant, and I'm living on the streets cry. That boy had spit coming out of his mouth. That can not be staged. I would just like to know why he was crying so hard. Was it because:

• the man he loved, respected, emulated, and built his career around is dead
• he felt so honored to be allowed to pay tribute to the King of Pop, even after all his mistakes
• he was singing "Man in the Mirror" and he realized that that song has so much meaning for him now

Whatever the cause of his breakdown, it worked. He has definitely gained back some respect. The icing on the cake was his apology after he won the Fandemonium award. We can't help but accept him back. Chris Brown- Redemption will be in stores Spring 2011.

P.S. How the heck did Chris win that award? I am a die hard Trey Songz fan, and I just knew he had that award in the bag. So when chris won I was baffled! I guess those Chris fans are more serious than I thought. I guess they all come from broken homes; got 911 on speed dial...