This is by far the funniest thing that I could have ever read at work. I'm back here stifling my laugh like somebody is smothering my face with a pillow. This don't make no sense. I'm going to repost this til I can't breathe no mo.

Oh my word. HILARIOUS.

after LMAO...**slow clap followed by standing MF ovation** Bravisma!!!

This had me SMH because it was so true. I was so upset that I wasted time that I could have been sleeping or reading watching this show. I do hope that someone does a REAL tribute and puts BET to shame. People keep saying they only had a couple of days to pull it together, but that is no reason for the foolishness that their aired. I do believe Chris Brown will get a chance to do his tribute, in time...I hope.

AMEN!!!

(just an FYI, it's spelled Tougaloo, I went to school there, thanks for the shout out, it's a heluva lot betta than the one we got in "like a pimp")

btw, Notice how nobody was jamming to Mary Mary until Queen came out...

This award show was hilarious. Boycott back in effect today.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I've never seen a show so maligned. This sets a precedent.

Amen Luvvie. Amen,

Awesome!! Didn't watch the show - was upset that I missed it until I saw/heard all the reactions.

Well said.

This was too funny yet so true. I am still tryin to figure out what in the world Beyonce thought she was doing, instead of ava maria maybe she should have sung a negro spiritual- precious lord, eye on the sparrow- something we could relate to. There were a lot of horrendous performances but I was baffled by her performance.

It's been a couple of days and I am still waiting for a real tribute.

We really need to embrace some "hood rules" before making a journey down the dial to BET. If you want dignified entertainment, hang out with the Obamas on broadway. If you want a sophisticated award show, try the Oscars. This is Black Entertainment Television. Black Entertainment with the emphasis on black entertainment. So, check your snob expectations at the door, because BET doesn't really know what's going to happen on stage at all. That's the beauty. Pimps, playas, ballas and politicians mingle with the industry people and the fans and it all gets captured on video. That's the deal.

The show wasn't a tribute show or a funeral. Jamie did the best he could with his skill set to remain serious, but keep the program from being a wake at the same time. BET should be acknowledged for doing it their way.

somebody tells BET that Beyonce and Jay Z are not the end all and be all in black music right now. They have good PR but other than folks who obsess over them no one cares

That was ABSOLUTELY, by far, hands down THE funniest thing I have read in a long ass time. And why is it funny....because it's true.

Ya ALL!!!
I just GOTS TA share this! Had me runnin’ out my office, outside, to laugh so hard, and avoid an’ HR Violation.

Ya know the saying about stereotypes have a Reason? I had further confirmation, just moments ago.
See, gots this white chick up outside my office area. She into her ‘Blackman’ thang BIGTIME. You all know the type, the female equivalent of Malibu’s Most Wanted? She got her “ghetto” goin’ on, Baby! I think you girls all know the type I’m refereeing to (and LOVE them oh so much, lol)
So, I couldn’t resist (yes I admit my bad) casually made a reference to how many thoughtful A/A folks weren’t so happy with BET and the MJ , uh, “Tribute”. She F’ing drops the line “What WRONG wit ya?! Me an’ my BOO(s?) watched it ALL an’ Really liked it! Ooooo an’ Lil’ Wayne! They ALL had it goin’ ON! And Jamieeeee (Fox)! What a Brutha!”
No Joke!
I about pee’ed my pants! She was DEAD SERIOUS! Took all my control not to bust up laughing right there.

She might even take a few fashion/social clues away from it. Learn herself something she did.

Ah, ya gotta just love this stuff

And Luvvie ROCKS!

Get it Luvvie!

Luvvie,

Sho you right!

Thank you! Thank you! The BET Awards show was a disappointment from beginning to end. Jamie Foxx did a piss poor job as host and all the act followed suite. WHY, WHY, WHY! Why did BET just not proceed with the show as planned and take the time needed to plan a trubute worthy of Michael Jackson? Frankly, I have been over MJ since 1989 and maybe the tribute as poorly as it was executed was indeed worthy of him. I hope that MTV and the family can do a better job.

This was so on the money.

It was utterly disgraceful.

It was a COON-A-THON.

Nothing more.

@Wenzel Washington... SMH... You know what..?

I get so tired of people saying that we should not expect BET to meet our standards when it comes to their programming... What are you talking about?! Wanting to see our people have some damn dignity is not an overwhelming request..! And how about most of us simply expect more from the BLACK EXECUTIVES AND COLLEGE EDUCATED (Similar to the OBAMA's) African Americans running things at B.E.T! Wenzel, honey... Please... You my friend perpetuate the foolishness that is warping the brains of every little black child in America! (And probably a few white ones too...)

The BET Awards IS OUR OSCAR/ACADEMY Award ceremony. I mean sure the NAACP Image Awards are great... But the average person does not attend or watch it on TV. We look forward to seeing ourselves, OUR stars walking the Red Carpet... GET IT?! Black Folks have been loyal to that network! The least! THE VERY LEAST they could do is not have Janet Jackson - a woman who just lost her only if not best friend - walk on stage after Lil' Wayne completely degrades the worth of every black woman in America by having 12-year olds on stage, dancing to the lyrics - "I wish that I could F&CK every girl in the world?!" What?! Wenzel... Honey... PUH-LEASE! That kind of mismanagement of production has absolutely NOTHING to do with how many days they had to prepare for the show...

No. They may not know what's going to happen when a performer walks onto the stage... But it really doesn't take a rocket scientist.... Or even a top level executive to know that um... Soulja Boy... SMH... Soulja Boy in no way shape or form should be included in a "Tribute" show for Michael Jackson... Have Mercy... Ciara..? Nice young lady, but..? Really..? If she was going to be there, that child should have been dancing... Not singing...

At the very LEAST! BET could have focused more on the QUALITY of a program in honor of MJ. I'm 99.9% sure that they could have hosted a separate event for him and continued with their always subpar ceremony as scheduled. If an artist wanted to throw in a tribute during their performance... Fine. Roll with it. There was no need to sell this show as a Tribute to Michael Jackson.

IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AT ALL!!! PERIOD!

@Wenzel Washington... SMH... You know what..?

I get so tired of people saying that we should not expect BET to meet our standards when it comes to their programming... What are you talking about?! Wanting to see our people have some damn dignity is not an overwhelming request..! And how about most of us simply expect more from the BLACK EXECUTIVES AND COLLEGE EDUCATED (Similar to the OBAMA's) African Americans running things at B.E.T! Wenzel, honey... Please... You my friend perpetuate the foolishness that is warping the brains of every little black child in America! (And probably a few white ones too...)

The BET Awards IS OUR OSCAR/ACADEMY Award ceremony. I mean sure the NAACP Image Awards are great... But the average person does not attend or watch it on TV. We look forward to seeing ourselves, OUR stars walking the Red Carpet... GET IT?! Black Folks have been loyal to that network! The least! THE VERY LEAST they could do is not have Janet Jackson - a woman who just lost her only if not best friend - walk on stage after Lil' Wayne completely degrades the worth of every black woman in America by having 12-year olds on stage, dancing to the lyrics - "I wish that I could F&CK every girl in the world?!" What?! Wenzel... Honey... PUH-LEASE! That kind of mismanagement of production has absolutely NOTHING to do with how many days they had to prepare for the show...

No. They may not know what's going to happen when a performer walks onto the stage... But it really doesn't take a rocket scientist.... Or even a top level executive to know that um... Soulja Boy... SMH... Soulja Boy in no way shape or form should be included in a "Tribute" show for Michael Jackson... Have Mercy... Ciara..? Nice young lady, but..? Really..? If she was going to be there, that child should have been dancing... Not singing...

At the very LEAST! BET could have focused more on the QUALITY of a program in honor of MJ. I'm 99.9% sure that they could have hosted a separate event for him and continued with their always subpar ceremony as scheduled. If an artist wanted to throw in a tribute during their performance... Fine. Roll with it. There was no need to sell this show as a Tribute to Michael Jackson.

IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AT ALL!!! PERIOD!

I keep thinking of the "we only had 2 days" excuse for the piss poor-ness of this "event". Then I think of the adage, "less is more". So, they didn't need to do backflips, or even try to look like they were attempting backflips. They could have even asked ONE person to do a lil' vocals - coulda left it with Jamie and Neyo. I don't have cable so, although I didn't receive the FULL EFFECT, the very visceral reactions folks seem to be having have translated well... and I'm glad my soul was spared.

I really did think they were going to prepare another show specifically to honor MJ. Oh well. Just more confirmation that we are in a bad way as a people - please realize that there were millions of Black folk who actually were entertained and proud of the mediocrity... because that's what we shoot for and recognize as "excellence".

Mediocrity rules!

I know better than to offer another tepid defense of what the BET brass tried to do the other night.

As such, i offer a recommendation.

If your missing Michael Jackson something awful, you'll be doing yourself a huge favor by finding and listening to the penultimate love song offered to the world way back in 1972 by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes called, appropriately enough, 'I Miss You.'

Teddy P's on lead vocal...and that voice alone will get you through any hardship you ever had, or ever will.

Ya’ All,
May I be entitled to a small ‘outside’ take on one tiny piece of this?
Maybe a large part of it is about the overall lose of real talent, as in, REAL entertainers. Isn’t that, in itself, what set Mr. MJ so apart (and above) so many, that he was a totally talented, well-prepared Entertainer? I’m hearing the mild attempts to excuse BET because they only had a few days to do something. Well, I’m of the opinion that if you’d been able to give Mr. MJ about 5 minutes to think up something, throw the mike at him, he’d a ROCKED. Why? Because he was a real performer. I think back to the crazy ‘jam session’ George Clinton live performances … heck, I don’t think even George knew who all was out there with whatever band configuration he had goin’ that night, but, BUT … it didn’t matter. Why? ‘Cause they were real musicians, who, like, played instruments, wrote music, set-up a show, etc, so they could perform. They knew their BIZ! I just barely missed in life (too young, darn) the late, great Jimi Hendrix throwing together a 3 piece deal with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox (an all A/A rock band. Didn’t know black guys could Rock?), to make a ‘jam session’ band called Band of Gypsies, that did some live recordings at the Fillmore. It became a monumental Rock icon moment. Why? ‘Cause those cats (era-specific terms here, lol) could PLAY!!! So a ‘last-minute’ jam made a legendary event. In the ‘Glory Years’ of the past, with SO MUCH real A/A talent going, wow, what a “last minute” show you could’ve done. Give Aretha in her prime, what, 30 seconds to clear the throat and then she’d rock yer socks off! I know you all could rip off dozen’s an’ dozen’s of names of real talented performers, who, at the last minute, could put up a really great performance. Why? Because they are (were. R.I.P) talented people who know their craft.

Today, about all that runs in mainstream are fake creations. An Image. A Look. They possess so little real talent. They are the creations of Producers and recording labels. And Rap has about ceased to have any relevance, socially, musically, whatever, anymore. So, if they don’t have their hands held and every decision artistically and otherwise made for them, they are lost. And it shows. A low-grade, poor performance because, well, they can’t really perform. BET got what the “talent pool” could deliver (wow, that IS the shallow end of the kiddie pool ain’t it!)
Really sad part? It’s not like there is no A/A talent available. It just isn’t mainstream anymore. It resides in small clusters (think Jazz), or has an almost totally white audience now (think Blues). I “know” without really knowing, that there are probably lots of other pockets and genres where real talent lives. It’s just not shown. What a shame.

Hope I’m not “outta-bounds” on that.

I could not have said it any better. That fugnuckery was just....FAIL!