Monday, June 29, 2009

Janet Jackson Emotional Thanks You



She kept it short and simple. You can tell she was torn by the tragic loss of her brother.

This leads me to the so-called award show Tribute to Michael Jackson. Yeah the show was revamped in 3 days to honor Michael Jackson. OK, but you should be ready for unplanned events like Death. You had one shot to do it right and you blew it big time. Yeah, Jamie Foxx opening was funny, with the pants, the jacket and the socks but Monique's to Beyonce "Crazy in Love" was funnier. If you're not ready don't do it at all.

It was supposed to be all about Michael Jackson but it turned out to be the Jamie Foxx and Friends show. I started asking myself if Jamie owed these 80s-90s dudes any favors because I sure didn't understand the appearance of Tevin Campbell, Keith Sweat and Johnny Gil. I think their idea was to honor MJ's music throughout the show with the likes of New Edition, Ciara (who killed it) and Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo to close out the show. It wasn't enough! The public was waiting on Usher, Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake to pop up and make it a memorable show. Michael Jackson was an Entertainer, they only touched the music aspect of his career, nobody honor the dance revolution that he brought to the world.

BET has failed to entertain us last night, they quite embarrassed us and tarnished Michael Jackson legacy by putting Janet Jackson right after the worst performance ever in Cable TV: Lil Wayne, Drake, Young Money & Cash Money. They had 12-13 years old in tutus dancing to a song saying "I wanna fuck every girl in the world". It even looks like one of Wayne's daughter was on stage. What kind of parents wants their kid around grown folks business. Not to forget to mention the bleeper going off every 3s. Beyonce reminded us again that she got married last year. She wore that damn wedding dress and sang "Ave Maria". You have to know your audience nobody was interesting in seeing that, all we wanted was a little booty shaking that's all. Is that too much to ask? And Don Cornelius who put us to sleep with his slow motion talk and everlasting stories while honoring The O'Jays who called him slow by the way (uncalled for) and cursed on Live TV (no 30s delay)

BET you have one more shot at this, I say you start working on a bigger and better 2-3 hours Special on Michael Jackson going through all his music, starting with the Jacksons 5 all the way to the end of his solo career. Make it happen and make it right.

Get it right next time!

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