Personally, I prefer the original track for some reason. As for the video, it needs to grow on me. But HEY, check it out and tell me what you think…
So I just finished watching the BET Awards (SO UPSET I missed Janet Jack’s heartfelt speech!!), washed my face brushed my teeth and now Im ready to give yall the Ms. Zindzi’s take on the hottest show on television…..or something like that!
But let’s talk about more important matters…
Can somebody please tell me if Ving was on the ‘trone?! And if he was acting, he took it waaaay too far. I mean, swearing? NOT NEEDED!
I don’t know about you but after Beyonce’s performance I felt robbed! Robbed of the highlight of the night. I mean at the beginning of her performance I thought “Ok, she’s starting off slow…”, because Beyonce is an electrifying perfomer and I thought ‘Ave Maria’ was merely a lead up to ‘Ego’ or VIDEO OF THE YEAR WINNER ‘Single Ladies’ or some other recent chart-topping single. But boy was I wrong. After a string of wonderful and angelic vocals the performance was over! Yeah, over. No gyrating, no booty shaking, no glam’d out costumes, NOTHING! I wasn’t feeling her performance tonight at all. I mean really, whats with that damn wedding frock and veil? Please! Not impressed. And you know what else pissed me off?! The fact that Matthew Knowles pushed ‘Toya to the side for this disappointing Beyonce performance.
ROCSI – If you were locked onto BET’s 106 & Park RED CARPET special you couldn’t have missed Rocsi’s dress! Not sure who the designer was but it was ULTRA GLAM, ULTRA HAPPENING, ULTRA CUTE, ULTRA FAB! It was cuuuute! I really loved it, because it accentuated her subtle curves really well, just thought I had to mention that!
TARAJI - Oooh Child! Honey had that all covered front, long sleeve dress ULTRA SEXY low back. Reeeeal NICE.
BEYONCE – I think I kinda liked the retro look. the unmoisturized hair is what Im not too sure about. The hair looked long and dry, not a good combo Bey. You should know that Ms. L’Oreal.
I mean DOA is not a catchy tune but it certainly sends a message to the Hip Hop/Rap community and its doing a hell of a job by giving Jay-Z his come-back certificate. I’m looking forward to his next album….
I don’t understand this guy. I haven’t gotten the right vibe from him or his music yet and that “Best I Ever Had” song hasn’t quite reached me yet. And that performance tonight…Ummm, why was he sitting throughout. BORING! Lil Wayne and the Cash Money folk made waaaay too much noise on stage; It got to a point where it seemed like they had nothing to say or rap about…ummm, no. Spare us next time! but seriously ppl, what am I missing, what is so special about Drake?!…
You know what? After watching the entire BET Awards Im kinda upset that Jeremih didnt get to perfom inside. He was so good on the RED CARPET, I just though that on the actually center stage he woulda been well appreciated and well recieved.
Admittedly stage setup was nice, simple but nice. IDK, but I didnt like the performance at all. There were times when I would hardly be able to hear a what they were singing. And Keyshia’s hair do was a huuuge turn off and now-a-days she’s looking too skinny, not sure Im feeling that. TBH, “Trust” is one of fav. KeyCole album but I really did not enjoy the performance.
It was nice to see Queen La on stage rapping after all this time.
Lil Mama looked a mess with that do.
Loved Ciara’s tribute piece, she did her best.
Kanye and Amber were together ALL NIGHT! I guess that kinda throws the break-up rumour out the window, or does it?
BBV performed “POISON” - OLD SKOOOOOL! I danced my heart out to that song.
Ummmm….and what was up with the Soul Train guy who gave that long-a$$ speech for The Ojays?! Woooo, thank goodness they didnt let him host the show, we mighta been watching for twice as long.
LMAO @ Eddie Levert…He made the show even more entertaining. Jamie is an incredible host!
RIP MJ…We miss you mayyyne!
PS: ALL THE PICS WILL BE IN THE NEXT POST! (I will post ‘em in the AM….Im tiiiiired!)

Lately it seems like I’ve formed a new addiction – I’m addicted to BET’s reality shows (Harlem Heights, Baldwin Hills, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is) and since I discovered BET On Blast, I haven’t been able to turn it off. I’ve been glued to my laptop screen watching all the seasons, all the episodes of all my favourite shows. And usually I’m not too big on the adverts, but this time around I couldn’t help but pay attention to the trailer for Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.’s new film ‘The Soloist’ (click the poster above to view the trailer. NOTE: The trailer is different from the short TV advert) – I must admit the advert leave me wanting more. It all just happens so quickly, and I’m not even sure what the film is about but I KNOW I want to see it and I will. Strange enough though, apart from being attracted to what I saw, the song playing in the background of the advert also caught my attention. Every time the advert would play, I’d struggle to here bits of the lyrics so that I could Google it and figure out what the title was and who sang it. And alas, I managed to hear a few words (after listening for the 9,000 time), typed it into to Google and voila, I found it! The Killers‘ ‘Human’ (listen to the video below).
SINGING: Are we Human or are we Dancer?
Forrest Whitaker
Ron Howard
Quincy Jones
Morris Chestnut
Tatyana Ali
Samuel L. Jackson
Cedric The Entertainer
…I lost count and list of all the celebs in Jamie’s new video…See for yourself.
Well Done Jamie Foxx & Hype Williams (the director)! (BTW, What is it with Hype Williams and the red video effect? Remember his 1999 ‘Quiet Storm‘ video with Lil Kim and Mobb Deep? Hmmmm….)
Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne are on the remix – Nice!
I’m sure some of you have seen the episode of ‘The Jamie Fox Show’ when Jamie and Fancy got married and he sang his wedding vows. I thought that was so sweet and he sounded so precious. I’m smittened…Im a sucka for mooshy stuff like this…Here are the lyrics:
“Well its been 5 years
Can’t hold back my tears
Cause I’m just so happy I’m marrying an angel today
As I take your hand
I pledge to be your man
I vow to love to hold to cherish
And never disrespect the love we share
I’ll be honest I can not lie
There’ll be real good days
There’ll be some bad times
I’ll be standing right be side you my sweet baby
With the love of mine
And you take this ring
And i place it on your sweet and lovely hand
We will show our kids
They will tell their kids
What mom and daddy did
On the day I married my angel
I love you my angel”
AWWWHHH – Love can be sooo sweeet!
Check out the actually clip from the show here.
Jamie Foxx’s new album ‘Inuition‘ isn’t my favourite. But There are a few tracks that I absolutely love. Like ‘Freak’in Me‘ featuring the songtress from Floetry, Marsha Ambrosius.
And..I’m also madly in love with Keyshia Cole’s latest single ‘You Complete Me‘. Check out the offical video:
PS: Marsha has a mixtape out that is available to download on her MySpace blog. Click here to download it.
xoxo, Ms.Zindzi