PaisleyPark5083 said:

Forgive me everyone for never even have hearing of Janelle, but her singing was god awful and her choice of costume looked stupid. I felt uncomfortable just watching on TV, I can just imagine Prince having to sit through that crap, and fake a smile. Patti and Alicia seemed heartfelt. My favorite moments were, the faces Prince was making while Alicia shimmied on the piano and when he picked up Patti's shoe.

Prince loves Janelle. I'm sure he had no trouble whatsoever watching her.

And there is a meaning behind her look. If you don't know what she's about artistically, you're in no position to judge.

TREY SONGZ SOUNDS LIKE GOAT BOY... SHIVVERING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD!

THAT BIACTH SOUNDED LIKE A SHEEP BAAAAHHHHHH WHEN HE HIT THAT LAST NOT FOR PURPLE RAIN! HE SUCKS AZZ! AND RUINED MY ALICIA KEYS PREGO MOMENT!

--MONEYMADE

Genesia said:

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Forgive me everyone for never even have hearing of Janelle, but her singing was god awful and her choice of costume looked stupid. I felt uncomfortable just watching on TV, I can just imagine Prince having to sit through that crap, and fake a smile. Patti and Alicia seemed heartfelt. My favorite moments were, the faces Prince was making while Alicia shimmied on the piano and when he picked up Patti's shoe.

Prince loves Janelle. I'm sure he had no trouble whatsoever watching her.

And there is a meaning behind her look. If you don't know what she's about artistically, you're in no position to judge.

Really he likes that crap? It was painful to watch and I kept wishing I was not watching it live, so that I could fast forward through it. It looked like a bad spoof from "In living Color"

,,,Prince can make a pregnant woman get on top of piano and do the darling Nikki grind!

I seen it with my own eyes

Genesia said:

jeidee said:

why is it that chicks always sing the prince tributes?

Because Prince prefers female vocalists.

And also probably because he doesn't want to risk a male singer performing a song of his better than he has or can.

Maxwell would've cleaned house if he was given Adore or Do Me Baby.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Genesia said:

Because Prince prefers female vocalists.

And also probably because he doesn't want to risk a male singer performing a song of his better than he has or can.

Maxwell would've cleaned house if he was given Adore or Do Me Baby.

Maxwell probably wouldn't have been able to perform if he was asked being that he's on tour.

MikeyB71 said:

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Totally Priceless. This is such a beautiful picture of Prince. I am so proud of him. My son called me from back east since it aired b4 us here n LA. He says "Mom u should see what Prince is wearing". He said the shirt Prince has on is the business. He absolutely loved it. I had no idea because I told him not 2 tell me. Once I saw it, I had this big smile on my face. Thanks 2 the org 4 this.

Thanks Mikey 4 this beautiful photo of Mr. Nelson

moussemaker said:

Prince in the audience at the 2010 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ www.PictureGroup.com)

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and from parismatch.com

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thank u for sharing these beautiful define pictures... its good to see him all smiles and

enjoying himself... he greatly deserve this award.....

athena07 said:

moussemaker said:

Prince in the audience at the 2010 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ www.PictureGroup.com)

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and from parismatch.com

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thank u for sharing these beautiful define pictures... its good to see him all smiles and

enjoying himself... he greatly deserve this award.....

I love these 2 pictures, he looks wonderful!!!

ToraTora17 said:

ElectricBlue said:

OMG Train Wreck!

.... seeing black 40+ year olds trying to still be cool is well sad. Can someone tell everyone there, after you get around 35 years old, you are not happening anymore.

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....tht guy behind him ... his face is cracking me up laughin... its hillarious... this is so funny l love this GIF.. THERES prince looking Bemused.....

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Best moment of the night:

Seeing the entire audience sit down all at once at Prince's command.

I'll always remember that.

Love ya, man. Nice speech.. and nice shirt

Graycap23 said:

Is Trey Songz related 2 someone in the entertianment world? I don't get it.

Please educate me.

Someone needs to educate us both, because I don't get it either. As a matter of fact I "so" not get it, that I did a wikipedia search just to see if there was something that I was missing.

Out of the 4 ladies I think Esperanza Spalding had the best performance. Janelle was awful lol Alicia was off-key and extra. Patti was Patti. Crazy and amusing. I enjoyed Prince's speech.

No comment on Goat Songz. He deserves to be hung by his balls for that bullshit.

guarinigirl2000 said:

I sat for three hours watiting to see Prince and it was well worth it. He was still so gorgeous. All I wanan know is, who was that BALD CHICK next to him?

It was Shelby J.

After watching the BET awards my love/appreciation for Prince was relit. And ask for Alicia Keys being on the piano pregnant it was emotional, raw and essential she loves Prince and it didn’t matter if she was pregnant or not who knows the next time she'll be asked to do a tribute to him or God forbid never again get the chance to, she took the moment and worked it out, I for one respect the courage and her humility.

Trey Songz was amazing doing purple rain, Beautiful how Prince was almost brought to tears, Janelle Monae got it started (she’s a legend in the making) with Patti Labelle who’s performance was exquisite combined with Alicia keys just setting it off. Esperanza Spalding provided a melodic vibe that was needed for a balance. Alicia made me love Adore, and really listen to the lyrics; she did such an amazing performance and showed you can be sexy and pregnant; she still remained classy so conservative types get the stick out your ass lol.

Princes' speech was sincere, genuine and honest and it was beautiful to see the level of respect the majority of the industry seem to have for him and rightly so. His face when they where performing was as if they brought him back to the state of mind he was in when he was writing it, he looked so touched. He is so sexy.

I think the underlying fact of what his saying is you don’t need to swallow rosaries in your video or be blasphemous to be entertaining just show your talent and be yourself hence "don't follow my mistakes” maybe not necessarily being blasphemous because I always thought one way or the other he tried to glorify God the ways he knew how, but in terms of adding certain lyrics such as in Darling Nicki with with possible intentions of trying to be interesting or have edge. I’ve watched in interviews of him/his stylist, saying at the start of his career he felt needed to dress revealingly or outrageously to take away from his height. Now he accepts himself and if you truly love him you would to. Basically I dedicate my affection for prince through Mariah Carey – All I ever wanted' which is officially branded. And his adore lyric “Loves too weak to define just what you mean to me”

I dont care if he never reads this! Have to express my love somewhere, and I can't afford a shrink (university life lol)

PaisleyPark5083 said:

athena07 said:

thank u for sharing these beautiful define pictures... its good to see him all smiles and

enjoying himself... he greatly deserve this award.....

I love these 2 pictures, he looks wonderful!!!

Congrats to my #1 musical hero. The tribute performances were awesome (surprisingly). Hell, it was even great to see El DeBarge's comeback performance too. To my surprise, this actually was a somewhat, half-way decent awards show and not the hot ghetto mess that it usually is.

Trey Songs needs to stop pissing in the sacred "Purple Rain" though.

That's right, in my younger days........... wild... don't be like this.

2Naby7 said:

I don't know if this has been asked before and I really didn't feel like reading 14 pages to find out but...

Was it just me or did it look like Prince was going to cry during the tribute performances? It have just been the light reflecting in his eyes but I dunnnoooooo.

You tell me!

It did look for a minute, like he was getting a bit emotional over the outpour of love he was receiving from the BET crowd, but caught himself.

Erika2k8 said:

Trey Songz was amazing doing purple rain, Beautiful how Prince was almost brought to tears

What? Prince didn't even acknowledge his shitty tribute.

the tribute was wack, but prince accept the award was great. i love you prince!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Genesia said:

Prince loves Janelle. I'm sure he had no trouble whatsoever watching her.

And there is a meaning behind her look. If you don't know what she's about artistically, you're in no position to judge.

Really he likes that crap? It was painful to watch and I kept wishing I was not watching it live, so that I could fast forward through it. It looked like a bad spoof from "In living Color"

I really like her but I swear I have to agree here. It was painful to watch. There's "crazy" as in "Prince crazy" and then there's clown crazy. I turned off the sound and I thought I was watching a circus clown. I'm sorry.

I respect that its most of you guys opinions, but I swear, before people even found out who is performing what most of you got so angry as if you can do better. Trey Songz is an amazing singer, If you cant hear that you are tone deaf and that includes the people on here that I like I don’t f**k , when it comes to real talent lets cut ties now

I mean no one is expecting him to be better than Prince singing Purple Rain THERES JUST NO WAY but damn he’s young and tried to keep the authenticity of the song while making it as real to him as possible AND THAT’S like the rest of them that performed. And lets not forget, its not a music competition or PRINCE WEEK on American Idol it’s a bloody PRINCE tribute, so even if he did a fart rendition of the song ( not really) Its saluting Prince and what he means to him and to most of us. This makes people never want to do Prince songs, every artist gets other artists doing tributes to show they are indeed icons such as, Queen, Michael Jackson, Elvis, The Beatles; this is one of the many ways to make sure no one forgets them. If its left to most of you and your hating asses Prince will more likely not be remembered for generations ahead.

Reel said:

Graycap23 said:

Is Trey Songz related 2 someone in the entertianment world? I don't get it.

Please educate me.

Someone needs to educate us both, because I don't get it either. As a matter of fact I "so" not get it, that I did a wikipedia search just to see if there was something that I was missing.

What you are missing is the question that I asked around here, last year, some time, when I first heard Trey's song.

WHY on Planet Earth....would the PRINCE that we all KNOW him to be...just sit back and ALLOW his signature song of songs...be desecrated by the likes of Trey Songz?

When you honestly...answer that question...you see what you were missing!

trueiopian said:

Erika2k8 said:

Trey Songz was amazing doing purple rain, Beautiful how Prince was almost brought to tears

What? Prince didn't even acknowledge his shitty tribute.

If you have the heart to call any tribute to Prince on that stage shitty your already lacking morally and I am not going to waste time debating why but what I will say is the whole moment of him on that stage felt pretty intense and overwhelming besides they where two different set of performances in which Prince might have been backstage (he did say hes been keeping up with the show from his hotel etc) when Trey mixed Purple Rain in to his song. Princes heart seems very loving towards those who respect his work (and you can be smart and say "even rapists"). He might feel a little bad for not mentioning Trey, but I highly doubt it was on purpose why he didnt mention him or that any of them will lose any sleep or didnt meet backstage afterwords.

[Edited 6/28/10 16:27pm]

Erika2k8 said:

I respect that its most of you guys opinions, but I swear, before people even found out who is performing what most of you got so angry as if you can do better. Trey Songz is an amazing singer, If you cant hear that you are tone deaf and that includes the people on here that I like I don’t f**k , when it comes to real talent lets cut ties now

Here's the thing. Trey wasn't even a part of the Prince Tribute. He decided to sing Purple Rain on his own.

Now, why BET agreed to let him sing the song knowing full well that just 10 minutes later Patti Labelle would be singing it is beyond me.

It's one of the reasons why BET gets made fun of on a Daily Basis because crappy organization like that.

They should have denied him from signing the song. Not because he wouldn't have sung it well, but because someone else was already going to sing it.

Erika2k8 said:

Trey Songz is an amazing singer, If you cant hear that you are tone deaf and that includes the people on here that I like I don’t f**k , when it comes to real talent lets cut ties now

Girl, STOP! The only one tone deaf is you. Especially, if you consider Trey Songz an amazing singer. Seriously. The boy can't sing worth a damn and he sounds like a goat. I don't even know how he got a record deal.

Wow I was actually really impressed with the show! The 2009 awards stank until the O'Jays performed with the exception of Monica. I was shocked by how many of those performers can not sing live. But last night...

Everybody could sing. Maybe the sound system was better this year.

As far as award shows go that one is by far the best I've seen in a long time. Nice work BET.

Erika2k8 said:

trueiopian said:

What? Prince didn't even acknowledge his shitty tribute.

If you have the heart to call any tribute to Prince on that stage shitty your already lacking morally and I am not going to waste time debating why but what I will say is the whole moment of him on that stage felt pretty intense and overwhelming besides they where two different set of performances in which Prince might have been backstage (he did say hes been keeping up with the show from his hotel etc) when Trey mixed Purple Rain in to his song. Princes heart seems very loving towards those who respect his work (and you can be smart and say "even rapists"). He might feel a little bad for not mentioning Trey, but I highly doubt it was on purpose why he didnt mention him or that any of them will lose any sleep or didnt meet backstage afterwords.

[Edited 6/28/10 16:27pm]

Yes, I have the heart to say that his tribute was shitty and Prince obviously agrees. Lacking morally?

Anyway, he wasn't even a part of the tribute. Prince hand-picked Janelle, Patti, Alicia and Esperanza to perform that's all. Trey chose to put 'Purple Rain' in his performance for some odd reason.