BET Awards

Okay, okay. Yes I confess, I was one of the many thousands of people on twitter giving a play-by-play on what was going on at the BET awards. (shouts out to @djmerkmusic and @dorroughmusic for actually being there) The night started off right with Jamie Foxx acting up every time he got on stage, but after Beyonce's outfit, the jokes just poured in. Let me name off some of my concerns and opinions for last night.



1.)Why in the hell did they have a teleprompter 20 feet away from Don Cornelius in size 12 font?


2.) Did Jamie Foxx REALLY have to wear his little cousin's pants all night? I mean, I understand a tribute, but don't sacrafice your balls in the process.

3.) WHO IN THE HELL LET THESE BABIES ON STAGE WITH WAYNE!?

4.) Why did all the washed up R&B artists (except Trey Songz) have to speak between intermission? (Were they subliminally throwing punches)

5.) Doesn't Trey Songz look like Michael Andrews little brother?

6.) Does T-Pain feel threaten after Jay-Z performed DOA?

7.) Shouldn't there have been more Michael Jackson tributes?

8.) Aren't we all waiting on the Skank Robbers film?

9.) So pretty much, every R&B artists should hang it up after Maxwell did a spilt in his performance?

10.) Have you seen this man?

Album Review: B.O.M.B.-Busta Rhymes

I was given this album by one of my supervisors who pretty much doesn't fit the description of a hip hop fan. He told me that it was good, and I was a bit skeptical since Busta hasn't released a good album since 'Genisis' which pretty much established him as a legend back in 2001. So I played the CD in my car, and was instantly disappointed by the sound quality. I guess his switch to Universal Motown from Aftermath meant getting bad engineers. But once I got passed that I listened, and was brought back to the days of when Busta had the dreads. I actually got some lyrical food from this one, and also a sense that Busta is showing us who he truly is. Which is nothing more than a classic legend from Brooklyn that's a responsible father and has been around the block a couple times. Certain tracks such as 'Hustler's Anthem '09' featuring T-Pain almost sounds like both of them are talking to their sons and it makes you feel like one giving advice on how to stay consitent and keep your head up at all times. Another one of my favorites is 'We Want In' which brings you back to the days when Busta was a small tyke running behind A.T.C.Q. (A Tribe Called Quest) and the Beastie Boys declaring his hunger to break into the industry and how he wants to take over. Unfortunately tracks such as, 'Don't Believe Em' and 'World Go Round' makes the underground think that Busta is going pop. Overall, I give this album a 7 out of 10, only because the full body of work doesn't have that replay value. But still, you gotta expect consistency from a legend like Busta Rhymes.