The Soul Train Awards died a looong time ago

I don't know about you guys' areas but aroud here the show didn't get any press and if you just happened to be home and awake at 11:35pm on the airing night you would catch it

thekidsgirl said:

Where I'm at, that shit came on at 3 pm.

maaan I wouldn't pay to fly in a bunch of one hit wonders either. they were probably losing money because as someone said earlier, the state of r&b is down. I don't know if not enough use of the neo soul type artists and too much of the one hit wonders and gangsta rappers with their pants sagging or what the deal is, but I wouldn't pay for a lot of them to show up. no sense in ruining a rep that didn't start that way.

chewwsey said:

Yeah and Don C. probably said "FUCK THIS SHIT!"

yeah, just like the vibe awards. that was a great idea, and look what happened--the game sang his big hit and hell all the poor camera guy could get in the shot was draws--then the fight. I wanted to see that take off but people messed that one up.

chewwsey said:

That's why we need our own security when it comes to our shit.

I remember the year they forgot to book a venue for the awards (2003 -2005?) and had it at the soul train studio where they film the series. They brought out folding chairs from your moma's last church function and had A-list celebrities cramed in next each other.

So ghetto.

I remember Usher won an award and had to walk 12 inches to reach the stage. It took him a minute because evryone had to move out of the way without falling over the folding chairs.

Since the studio is so small there was no room for an audience so the applause was a track. I think Ciara performed (lip-synched).

Fun times.

After that year no one with any sense would attend that H.A.M (Hot Ass Mess).

I won a Soul Train Award once for Best Male Speller on the Soul Train Scramble Board.
I put the award up on eBay ahile ago but am still waiting for any bids to come in.
If any of y'all reading this would like to place a bid on it, orgnote me.

It is in near mint condition & is autographed by Howard Hewitt, the name that I had to spell that got me the nomination.
Haggling is invited.


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Timmy84 said:

For Jay-Z, I can understand. But that's no excuse for the rest of them.

Timmy84 said:

Exactly. When they crossover, they're no long True To The Game. No more Soul Train Awards or Source Awards.
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Timmy84 said:

It can also be the Suge Knight factor. Everytime he appears at any award show, controversy happens.

TonyVanDam said:

I agree. He's a danger to any show.

MuthaFunka said:

Classic Soul Train Awards Moments:

1. Everytime Whitney Houston wins any award, the whole audience booed.

2. Everyone was happy when Color Me Badd won 2 awards. But when they won a 3rd award that same night, the whole audience booed.

3. When Vanilla Ice was nominated, the biggest boos in Soul Train Awards history took place.

4. TLC was the first and only group in Soul Train Awards history to NOT get booed for winning too many awards.

5. When Snoop Dogg won his first ever Soul Train Award, he referred to the show as THE Black People's Grammys! He said this in responds to the Grammy Awards Committee denying him an award for the Best New Rap Artist category.

6. When rap group Public Enemy won a Soul Train Award, that moment mark the first and only time the group won ANY music award from any award show.

TheMightyCelestial said:

Did you spell it "Hewitt?" Not being picky, but since you said it was for correctly spelling his name, it's actually "Hewett." That might make the award even more interesting!

Graycap23 said:

Y'all sho called this one right!!

TonyVanDam said:

U FORGOT #7. "SECRET GARDEN"- WHEN EL DEBARGE, AL B. SURE, JAMES INGRAM & BARRY WHITE SANG. AND BARRY TURNED THAT MUTHAFU**A OUT!!!! I HAVE THAT IN MY VIDEO ARCHIVES!!!!!

Rhondab said:

They sure do. The old schoolers are the best part of the show, heeeeeheeeee-

.... and with VH-1, I always imagined that they ran out of "divas". None of these young folks are really up to par with with the old schoolers...and even from the old school bunch, I think we might only have enough Divas to count on fingers and toes. I noticed they started to repeat guests after a while. For the younger ones I would see some people on there and wonder "why is she on there as a Divette" (i.e. Ashanti, Jewel, and some others). I Guess ultimately the show just ran out of steam. I wish they could format diffrently and bring it back though, cause I was a big fan of the "Save The Music" program it supported.

Regarding the TV show....it's time to let soul Train rest in peace.The show's been "dead" for awhile now.I stopped watching in the late 80s.

They need to concentrate on the 70s and early 80s episodes Release those episodes on DVD!

MuthaFunka said:

The Aretha Franklin Lifetime Achievement Award did go to Ashanti one year, didn't it ??? Wasn't this the incident that sparked a nationwide protest petition with folks saying she should give the award back? I remember this being a hot topic a few years ago...

Ottensen said:

LOL! Yep!

I'm now hearing that Don himself canceled the ST Music Awards because he was worried about the strike and that he hoped to bring it back next year. He's also planning a movie about two guys who make a trip to the show. It said Don canceled "Soul Train" in 2006.

Timmy84 said:

"Harold and Kumar Get Some Soul"

MuthaFunka said:

"Dude, Where's My Soul Train?"

TheMightyCelestial said:

Good ones!

It gets on my last good nerve when I see black artists run their mouths on & on about the same ol' "we should support our own" militant cliche,,,,yet when they cross their asses to the other side of town, those same mofos forget what they preached.

Talk about the shortest memory ever. Oh yes, there's no such thing as BET no more,,,its UTET(Uncle Toms Entertainment TV) the minute it was sold to viacom.

If you want some black entertainment, stick with TvOne or PBS. Flush the rest down the toilet.

Harlepolis said:

True. I hardly watch BET anymore. And if I do, it'll be for the award show to see the legends but I always get turned off by everything else.

Timmy84 said:

The only time I watched the awards was when Chaka got rewarded(lifetime).

Oh yes, the 1st award when Whitney lost her damn mind on-air

Harlepolis said:

"Now...
HEY! This mine!
You better chill...
Youuuuu better lay low! "



That and her little rap! And her "I'm a SURVIVOR" performance.

woogiebear said:

I remember that moment! El made a huge mistake of trying to steal the show with his vocal ability and Barry had to tell him what time it was. Classic!!!

I remember when Soul Train used to come on how I excited I would be waiting to see who would perform, than all of a sudden, it was like the Apollo with amateurs and unknowns. And the Soul Train Awards? I am NOT suprised the ceremony is cancelled, depressing but forthcoming.