BET Awards 2014 Recap

I usually don't watch the BET Awards, but decided, what the hell. Kandi's Wedding was on hiatus until next weekend so my 8pm time slot was open. First of all, I have to say, what a show! It definitely had some ups and downs, but overall, was an ok show. Let's recap a few of those moments:



The Host

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Chris Rock - Honestly, his jokes were not that funny to me. I mean he had a few punch lines here and there, especially when he said Paris Hilton was getting her Kim Kardashian on for the night, but overall, it was a hot mess. He was probably nervous or something.

 

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Keke Palmer - Her dress was confirmation that she is no longer True Jackson VP. It was an interesting Alon Livne number with cut outs on the sides of her hips and down her bust. But anyway, she was the host for the social media tracker. At one point, the tweets reached up to 8 million.

Guests

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Busta Rhymes - Now, this man right here, was dressed as if it was 1990. He had on some colorful jacket that people compared to The Cheesecake Factory bag and Dance Dance Revolution. I mean, I credit Busta for doing him, but man, this Zebra Stripe Gum number won’t be laid to rest for a while.  

Performances

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Pharrel Williams - The show opened up with a school girl on roller skate type theme to, "Come Get It Bae." Half way through, our favorite female rapper, Missy Elliot, popped up with a remix/collaboration of "Pass That Dutch." It’s been quite a while since we’ve all seen Missy. Hopefully, she’s here to stay.

 

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Nicki Minaj - Now, this performance was quite interesting. At first, the girl started rapping on the back of a motorcycle which then turned into an Alice in Wonderland set for "Pills and Potion." She came busting out of the top of a mushroom complete with a bunny rabbit (people on twitter were like, I bet you Drake is hiding up in there), a ballerina and a guitarist dressed like Mad Hatter. Kind of weird, but it works for her. Also, let's not forget her acceptance speech for her fifth BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. She was throwing a good amount of shade to some other rapper (people are saying Iggy Azalea), stating she is a true artist who writes all her rhymes.

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Usher - This was the best performance of the night, hands down (he did get a little bit of slack for coming out in this Cotton Eyed Joe raccoon hat). He did a compilation of hits from "You Remind Me" to "Confessions", all leading up to his latest single, "Good Kisser."

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Lionel Richie - He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Some of his greatest hits were performed by John Legend, Ledisi and Yolanda Adams. After accepting this award, he hopped on the piano and finished it off with "Easy Like Sunday Morning" and my all-time favorite, "All Night Long."