BET to give Prince lifetime achievement award NEW YORK – This month's BET Awards will be a royal affair: Prince is getting a lifetime achievement honor. The 51-year-old joins the likes of James Brown, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross and Al Green in being honored by the BET Awards, which will celebrate its 10th year in Los Angeles on June 27. BET says the Prince tribute will stand out. Stephen G. Hill, president of programming, music and specials for the network, said BET will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's "unique style." "Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music," Hill said of the performer, who has 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles to his name. The BET show will be hosted by Queen Latifah and include performances by Kanye West.

can't wait to see it on utube, we don't get the BET here

RnBAmbassador said:

BET to give Prince lifetime achievement award NEW YORK – This month's BET Awards will be a royal affair: Prince is getting a lifetime achievement honor. The 51-year-old joins the likes of James Brown, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross and Al Green in being honored by the BET Awards, which will celebrate its 10th year in Los Angeles on June 27. BET says the Prince tribute will stand out. Stephen G. Hill, president of programming, music and specials for the network, said BET will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's "unique style." "Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music," Hill said of the performer, who has 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles to his name. The BET show will be hosted by Queen Latifah and include performances by Kanye West.

Why do I get the feeling that Prince's thank you speech is in for a rude interruption from Captain Douchbag?!?

Kanye: I don't mean to interrupt you Prince, and I will let you finish shortly. I just want to tell you to your face that the late Michael Jackson loved YouTube and you should too.

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now let's have some tribute artist whom actually can do prince music justice and not not just a collection of the most popular current acts.

I hope this doesn't suck but I'd be surprised if it doesn't.

Hmmm I wonder if they'll also show a re-run of the 2006 or 2007(?) awards with 3121 performance , Stevie, Chaka and Prince etc? I've never seen them on UK BET before now. The Prince connection with this year's awards might mean a re-showing?

TonyVanDam said:

Kanye: I don't mean to interrupt you Prince, and I will let you finish shortly. I just want to tell you to your face that the late Michael Jackson loved YouTube and you should too.

[Edited 6/15/10 3:23am]

Naw that'll never happen...you got a wild imagination though

Funny how now they honoring Prince. I wonder if the purple one will even show up to this hot mess event. And let's not get started on who they will choose to sing his songs during his tribute.....if I even see Ginuwine try to belt out "When Doves Cry" I'm changing the channel and then I'm going to write a letter to his agent explaining why Ginuwine's voice box should be surgically removed and thrown into a landfill.

[Edited 6/15/10 4:56am]

Thinking again, who am I kidding of course the Prince tribute list will be (and not necessarily in this order):

"Kiss" - Trey Songz

"Purple Rain" - Drake

"How Come You Don't Call Me" - Ciara

"When Doves Cry" - Ginuwine (I'm so hoping I'm wrong on this )

"I Feel 4 U" - Chaka (and if she isn't available, then Angie Stone)

even Kanye know not to mess with the little man, Prince would cut him with the vicious side-eye....

missfee said:

Thinking again, who am I kidding of course the Prince tribute list will be (and not necessarily in this order):

"Kiss" - Trey Songz

"Purple Rain" - Drake

"How Come You Don't Call Me" - Ciara

"When Doves Cry" - Ginuwine (I'm so hoping I'm wrong on this )

"I Feel 4 U" - Chaka (and if she isn't available, then Angie Stone)

If they put Drake & Ginuwine on stage, Prince will NEVER attend the show at all. Trust me.

How Come You Don't Call Me would have to be Alicia

Ciara can do her Prince knock off-Promise

It would be cool if TLC did If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm sure Beyonce will find some Stripper song to sing....

taco!

BklynBabe said:

How Come You Don't Call Me would have to be Alicia

Ciara can do her Prince knock off-Promise

It would be cool if TLC did If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm sure Beyonce will find some Stripper song to sing....

You know, I hate to be negative but I already know that this is gonna be a hot mess..who can do a Prince song justice...SERIOUSLY.

DigitalGardin said:

BklynBabe said:

How Come You Don't Call Me would have to be Alicia

Ciara can do her Prince knock off-Promise

It would be cool if TLC did If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm sure Beyonce will find some Stripper song to sing....

You know, I hate to be negative but I already know that this is gonna be a hot mess..who can do a Prince song justice...SERIOUSLY.

The only person I think would come close would be Maxwell.

BklynBabe said:

How Come You Don't Call Me would have to be Alicia

Ciara can do her Prince knock off-Promise

It would be cool if TLC did If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm sure Beyonce will find some Stripper song to sing....

I doubt if Alicia will be there, but even if she is, her ass better not touch that song. Just because she re-recorded doesn't mean that I want to hear her screech it live.

missfee said:

DigitalGardin said:

You know, I hate to be negative but I already know that this is gonna be a hot mess..who can do a Prince song justice...SERIOUSLY.

The only person I think would come close would be Maxwell.

nah I can't see it, unless he did Adore. Nobody is flamboyant like Prince, even Prince is not as flamboyant as Prince.....

Gaga- "Little Red Corvette" (probably dressed as a damn corvette somehow ) or "When You Were Mine" done at the piano the way she did "Speechless".

Teena Marie - "Adore" (and RELEASE that shit in an album!)

Janelle Monae- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"

Chaka will undoubtedly do "Feel for U" but she could do "Sign o' the Times" too.

In johnart's dreamworld Annie Lennox would also make an appearance and sAng "Nothing Compares 2 U"

I know rock isn't BET's thing, but I hope they have some rock band on and honor his rock side, being it's a tribute to him and his music.

DigitalGardin said:

BklynBabe said:

How Come You Don't Call Me would have to be Alicia

Ciara can do her Prince knock off-Promise

It would be cool if TLC did If I Was Your Girlfriend

I'm sure Beyonce will find some Stripper song to sing....

You know, I hate to be negative but I already know that this is gonna be a hot mess..who can do a Prince song justice...SERIOUSLY.

Lots actually, if they don't try to copy, give it their own style and we as P fans don't listen to it already convinced we won't like it because nothing can touch the man.

Cool just hope they do a good job..... BET is normally rubbish:-(

They should use this as an opportunity 2 bring D'angelo out of the moth balls.

If they somehow bring Justin Timberlake on stage, its over.

I'd also like 2 Mint Condition get some love.

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prince should not be honored by bet. he criticized them in the past. he dosent considered himself a black artist. so why should he attended? if he attend this event, he would be a two face twerp.

jackson35 said:

prince should not be honored by bet. he criticized them in the past. he dosent considered himself a black artist. so why should he attended? if he attend this event, he would be a two face twerp.

<--sees luvSnips in the future of this thread.

http://prince.org/msg/7/338274

johnart said:

Gaga- "Little Red Corvette" (probably dressed as a damn corvette somehow ) or "When You Were Mine" done at the piano the way she did "Speechless".

Teena Marie - "Adore" (and RELEASE that shit in an album!)

Janelle Monae- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"

Chaka will undoubtedly do "Feel for U" but she could do "Sign o' the Times" too.

In johnart's dreamworld Annie Lennox would also make an appearance and sAng "Nothing Compares 2 U"

I know rock isn't BET's thing, but I hope they have some rock band on and honor his rock side, being it's a tribute to him and his music.

Wow. Man u just got my imagination of how this would sound going wild!

Tajeznah said:

johnart said:

Gaga- "Little Red Corvette" (probably dressed as a damn corvette somehow ) or "When You Were Mine" done at the piano the way she did "Speechless".

Teena Marie - "Adore" (and RELEASE that shit in an album!)

Janelle Monae- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"

Chaka will undoubtedly do "Feel for U" but she could do "Sign o' the Times" too.

In johnart's dreamworld Annie Lennox would also make an appearance and sAng "Nothing Compares 2 U"

I know rock isn't BET's thing, but I hope they have some rock band on and honor his rock side, being it's a tribute to him and his music.

Wow. Man u just got my imagination of how this would sound going wild!

I think it would be amazing! I can't believe she hasn't covered this yet.