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Last night, MTV brought the Video Music Awards to Brooklyn. Everyone was excited about the new location and looked forward to another stellar awards show.
Well....we did get some stellar moments in the show. But, there was also an unfortunate mix of tackiness and plain ole ratchet behavior.
The Good
Justin Timberlake aka The "President of Pop"
About 90% of the good can be summed up in two words: Justin Timberlake. He took home the MJ Video Vanguard Award and turned his performance into a full blown concert, performing a wide range of hits including "Suit & Tie", "SexyBack", and even a snippet of old school N'Sync. Yes, my 90s fangirl child came out. JT was certainly the MVP of the night.
Rihanna's Shade
Rihanna is my girl and she was clearly not in the mood for the rachetness that went down last night. She kicked back in the front row with her jeans and T-Shirt on and looked completely bored to death throughout most of the night. She did sing along with JT and she may or may not have rooted for her comrade Kanye West. Who knows? He had it dark as hell up in there!
Kanye, Drake, and Lady Gaga
*here is a clip of Kanye's performance!*
Kanye took the stage in rocked it in typical Kanye fashion. While rap/singing "Blood on the Leaves", Kanye's silhouette and an eerie background that brings "Strange Fruit" to mind. Leave it to Kanye to make a bold statement. Other notable performances included Lady Gaga's "Applause" (and her wardrobe switching antics onstage) and Drake got the crowd hype with "Started From the Bottom" (my guilty pleasure song).
The Bad
Here is a list of a few things I saw:
- The Pre-show Hosts (except Sway) were terrible
- They showed Taylor Swift about 1984375897 times.
- The audio was ratchet at times.
- Kevin Hart was not funny. At. All. Love him, but not this time
- The N'Sync "reunion" only lasted about 30 seconds before JT told them they had to get up outta there.
- Everything about Miley Cyrus.
Speaking of Miley...
I want her to stop it. Seriously. My blog is all about spreading love, but last night was not a good look for her. I am not sure if she thinks that being "down" with Black people means she has to twerk all day or if she is just making a mockery (and some $$$) off of what a group of Black people do. All I could do was stare blankly as she twerked/grabbed her crotch/looked crazy with some Black girls and giant teddy bears. And just when I thought it was over, Robin Thicke (love him) came out dressed like Beetlejuice and Miley had her cakes all on him too (and her tongue out). I guess the good thing is she is being written and talked about. The bad part is she can't dance and she is letting her talent become grossly overshadowed by her crazy antics.
-T. Amour
