Black Error Television, should have been the name of last night's awards program. And the biggest error came from the executives that decided to have Damon Wayans, host the 6th annual telecast. Wayans, who seemed under the influence, was unbearable, unenergetic, unfunny, and boring. He lacked the comedic style of Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey; the grace of Monique; or even the entertaining skits that Will & Jada put on last year. Overall the show could've hosted itself. But that's not where the error stops.
Rapper, and BET Best Male Rap Artist winner, TI, had a performance marred with sound problems. The artist in true performer style went on with the orchestra accompanied version of "What You Know About That", which through the first half of the song had no background accompaniment. The sound just failed. The crowd tried to get into it. But the violin heavy arrangement was still missing the familiar bass line.
Diddy, would also fall victim to microphone failure; which continued when his BadBoy South act Young Joc took the stage to perform a short version of "It's Going Down". In good fashion Diddy made light of the failure and still showed that whether its high flying choreography or the latest down south snap, pop, shoulder lean, dip dance combo that he can still do it like no other.
The show had 3 highlights for me. The best performance Award for me goes to Busta Rhymes.
Not only did he get 6 of the 7 artists that were featured on his "Touch It" remix (missing only DMX), he also featured a unheard verse of Eminem. Busta puts on a show, and he made sure that his 2006 Club banger wouldn't be outdone ever. The BET Stage has seen many people on there at one time for one performance, but not everybody had a verse like this incident.
Best Concert Award: Goes to the Chaka Khan Tribute.
Now I say the tribute because Chaka, looked like her and Damon were sharing some of the same substances backstage. She didn't seem to command the stage like she is known for. She felt more comfortable turning the show over to her fellow performers in the likeness of Prince, Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, and India Arie. Yolanda Adams for the first time I have seen singing secular music. And then singing "Sweet Thing" and "I'm Every Woman" better then Chaka could think about. Yolanda wailed on both songs, and showed that even gospel artists could be Divas.
Best Epileptic Performance: Goes to Beyonce'.
She killed it. She sounded great on the track. She looked great. The all girl band was sexy and showed you what Earth, Wind, & Fire would have looked like if they had been women. She gyrated all over the floor, flung her Diana Ross style hair-do and worked every part of the stage. Noticeably missing was her Bootylicious area. Ms. Knowles seemed to have made a deal with her personal trainer to trade in her Bounce for a Better Tummy. Her butt was definitely smaller, but the 6-pac was a little more defined. I guess she is trying to hold off on looking like her mother for a few more years. B's new single from her sophomore CD B-Day, "Deja Vu", is very deja vu for the BET Awards. She hit the stage a few years back with "Crazy in Love" with her then rumored man Jay-Z. This year seemed to be a little of the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Only difference was the clear butt pat that President Sean Carter gave Beyonce' during their opening performance.
Overall, the show was the weakest of the last six years. It just didn't seem to have BET's Star Power that they are always toting as their personal mantra. Maybe next year we can get Monique back. And lets see how much of Beyonce's performance she can duplicate next time.
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