CalhounSq said:

I loved every second of the BET Tributes!!! Great job BET!!!

The performances were nice!

And Sheila's medly was everything I didn't know I needed. I was in tears at the end.

Thank you for that.

shiela did him proud!!!! jennifer hudson has an amazing voice wow!!

endiadj said:

GhostChick said:

They BOTH loved him. One just got to marry him, but I think for Shelia, Prince was probably the love of her life, and maybe Carlos too!

Again, Mayte just got to marry him.

He got BOTH of them still whipped (and hurting). I mean Mayte and Mani did a Memorial service for him. And Mani is married!!!

Prince had an affect on these women. I mean his male friends miss him too BUT these past loves, they are really attached to him.

Yeah, I just meant w/Mayte after everything that went down between she still in love with him til this day. it's sweet and heartbreaking at the same time. [Edited 6/26/16 21:29pm]

Oh I completely agree.

I mean it just seems like regardless of what went down, he still had a very strong hold on all of these women. Even the ones that left on not the best terms.

I remember years ago when Nona Gaye talked about how heartbroken she was in how he ended things with him and that she would NEVER forgive him. But then the day after on the Roland Martin Show, all she talked about was the "good things" and she really just remembered the good times. Didn't speak bad about him. Didn't bring up the break up.

Same with Vanity. She shunned that past life BUT she still prayed for Prince and in her book, she mentioned he was really the only man she ever loved. And Denise Matthews was fierce about removing herself from her past life.

Mani did an Memorial service with Mayte. Say what you want about her, I mean she is married and she still did that.

Even Ingrid Chavez and Tamar, both of who saw projects they did with Prince get shelved still had nothing but magical words to say about him.

This man had a strong effect on people.

BlackandRising said:

watchign this on the west coast, but, what was up with Alicia Keys pushing over the keyboard?

That was an odd moment to me, too. I was like, huh?

I now have Erotic City stuck in my head.

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babynoz said:

HeavenMustBNear said:

LOL you had me all excited for a minute thinking I miss Tamar!! Oh Lawd! No, that was not her. I wish though....Hopefully she will be apart of the tribute the family is planning later this year though. She is amazing.

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Oops! Who was that?

I'm thinking it must've been Marva, with a new hairstyle.

Dauphin said:

The BET site is giving me fits trying to play the video:

SheilaE Tribute

If you hunt around the source on the page for the vid clips you can find decent swf files. They seem to start in Low Quality, but get better a couple of minutes in.

THANK YOU for this- the site is sending me round in circles!

Sheila just wrecked the stage! Amazing- so good to see all the backing singers etc. The cloud guitar at the end got me crying.

(WTF with Jamie Foxx singing Erotic City at the kid tho!)

lezama said:

babynoz said:

Oops! Who was that?

I'm thinking it must've been Marva, with a new hairstyle.

Thanks!

Wishful thinking on my part, hoping for Tamar.

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GhostChick said:

jumanji2016 said:

This show was so emotional for me. Jennifer Hudson wasn't my ideal choice for Purple Rain, but her intensity had Stevie a bit emotional at the keys. When Janelle Monae collapsed to her knees at the end of her medley, I could feel every thing that she was feeling. And of course, seeing Sheila and Mayté fight back tears at the close of their performance was just...*sigh*. I'm so happy and sad at the same time. A lot of people that he loved seemed to be there. His hairstylist, Kim, was even in the audience. [Edited 6/26/16 21:50pm]

I noticed all the feelings up there too. Sheila and Stevie especially choked me up.

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OMG! YEEEEESSSSS! I saw Sheila with that glittery purple guitar; I thought that's the one they held up... I'M SO GLAD I'M MISTAKEN!! This is BEAUTIFUL! EXRAORDINARY! I LOVED the cloud guitars.

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P: "How'd ya like THAT?!" That's what he's saying rn!

I finally saw Janelle! She is so adorable and stayed in her range and killed it with her cute self. I wish she had a fuller voice but I love her to death. She lost it at the end and had me sobbing again.

LuxLove said:

Dauphin said:

The BET site is giving me fits trying to play the video:

SheilaE Tribute

If you hunt around the source on the page for the vid clips you can find decent swf files. They seem to start in Low Quality, but get better a couple of minutes in.

THANK YOU for this- the site is sending me round in circles!

Sheila just wrecked the stage! Amazing- so good to see all the backing singers etc. The cloud guitar at the end got me crying.

(WTF with Jamie Foxx singing Erotic City at the kid tho!)

I'm gonna have to wait till it gets up on YouTube. It's buffering so slow.

I saw Mani in the audience too

kchammond said:

babynoz said:

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P: "How'd ya like THAT?!" That's what he's saying rn!

Exactly!

kchammond said:

CROWNS1 said:

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OMG! YEEEEESSSSS! I saw Sheila with that glittery purple guitar; I thought that's the one they held up... I'M SO GLAD I'M MISTAKEN!! This is BEAUTIFUL! EXRAORDINARY! I LOVED the cloud guitars.

Mayte & Sheila holding up that guitar just gives me closure and a sad kind of joy. I needed this - them - you guys and am so very grateful to have had this ride with Prince in my lifetime.

Thank you so much purple people.

We are so very very lucky.

terrig said:

I finally saw Janelle! She is so adorable and stayed in her range and killed it with her cute self. I wish she had a fuller voice but I love her to death. She lost it at the end and had me sobbing again.

Bless her little heart, Prince thought very highly of her.

Jhud also said during the backstage segment that Prince used to tell her to use her voice to take people to church so she was just following his advice.

The Twinz were working it! I always felt they never really got the credit they deserved from mainstream critics. They were really great back up dancers for him.