No.

She always tries to be so over the top. Her performance was kinda ”blah” though.

She did this same performance for her concert. I guess she said to hell with learning something for the BET Awards I’m on tour!!! She just left NC on saturday and straght to Cali for the awards she is in a city every other day… so what do you expect!?

She gets weirder every year………

Ughhh that bride outfit was done by Madonna yrs ago.. Move the hell on already.

She looked real stupid, Chris Brown shouldve taken her place!

She looked stupid and sounded even worse. Her and Jay needs to go sit down somewhere!

What floors me is not only did her performance not make any sense to me *BLANK STARE* it lacked emotion she frustrates me so much that same plastic smile the pseudo creativity and her band wagon shout out to M.J. Just wake up and be real!

Glad I wasnt the only one who thought it was some shit. Beyonce is soo overrated its ridiculous! She tries so hard and it was whack! Dont get me started on that dollar store outfit!

LMAO @ that Irish-y type flute in the background, and her spinning around like she was playing in her moms clothing as a child.

LMAO Beyonce…

SHE WAS paying her respect to her idol it represents angleic and gentel and thas what mj was all about ,sometimes you guys should use what I call COMMON SENSE

BET needs to contact MTV for future awards shows. It looked thrown together-at best I will give the show a 4.5

I love Bey and although I know what she was going for…yeah, um…I kinda woulda went the opposite direction. Or at least sing the song without the change into that outfit. But, personally I would have rather her do “Ego” or “Diva”.

she looks like she was performing at a mental institution..and yes, shes a patient.

well, it wouldn’t have been bey if she couldn’t show T&A. what did yall expect from this one trick pony? she has been programmed to do certain songs this year. anything more requires them to pull the chip out and reprogram (too expensive). you didn’t expect that she could learn a MJ song in just a few days, did you?

breast bearing*

Yea that outfit was terrible and she was terrible. Boring and wrong timing to do something corny like that.

I rather she sung one of MJ’s songs than this Ave Maria song, and seriously has to stop her Mom from dressing her, she has enough money to hire a stylist, the show last nite was too boring.

SHE LOOK LIKE RNB FIRST HIP HOP WITCH,..FUK THAT DEVILISH OUTFIT AND HER IN IT!

@ Re

Thank you. Me being Catholic was totally offended by her. And this is part of her Tour. It was not a tribute to Michael. It is part of her show.

Always trying to be the center of attention…Go sit down Beyonce

LMAO @ SLIDE…

Tell em’ how you feel boo!!

HAHAHAHA…I missed most of the awards but from the responses here I cannot WATIT to catch up on that DVR! WOW!

I second anyone being a long time fan of her’s…however she is becoming more and more weird by the mintute! I wasn’t feelin her performance at all to say the very least! And since I am on the subject…I went to sleep, on the BET Awards! I wasn’t all that thrilled about it! What a waste of 3 1/2 hours!

OH YEAH LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION…

I’M SOO MAD AT B.E.T (Buffonery Entertainment Television)!!!

BEYONCE LOOKED STUPID AND THAT SONG WAS OUT OF PLACE…

THIS DUMMY COULDN’T SWITCH UP HER SONG AND SING ONE OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S TUNES?

I BET LATOYA LUCKETT WOULD OF DONE SO!!!

LATOYA, I KNOW YOU’RE READING THIS – YOU WOULD OF DONE THAT WOULDN’T YOU HAVE… I KNOW DARLIN’ YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL ME… IT’S ALL GOOD SWEETHEART, F*CK THEM… THEY’LL GET THEIRS FOR DOING YOU UGLY LIKE THAT… KARMA IS A B*TCH…

BEYONCE WAS SOO PRESSED TO SHOW OFF HER NEWFOUND VOCAL ABILITIES AND RANGE FROM ALL OF THAT PRACTICING… BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE STILL ISN’T A GOOD SINGER SHE SHOULD STICK TO WHAT SHE DOES BEST AND THAT IS = SHAKE HER A$$, RUN AROUND THE STAGE (*SCREAM & YODEL ON THE MIC) & ENTERTAIN…

@JB

Thank you! Could she have not stuck to her regular routines? This girl is heavily manufactured. My man is Catholic too…so he was confused.

@help the world

That performace didn’t have nothing to do with MJ. She does that same thing on tour. It was wack and no one wanted to hear that.

I didnt understand the choice of song the dress? Ava Maria? WTF? Save that for the Oscars or the Emmy’s. She should of sanf a MJ song like Gone To Soon or I’ll Be There. Everyone in the crowd was looking at each other like What the Hell?

I think she did good job. She was the only female that did her thing last night that was on point vocally. I don’t why you are so focused on the outfit. I think her hair was the worst.

Beyonce should have stayed at home!! her vocals were on point but overall that preformance was WACK!!! seriously… what da hell was that?? SMH..BET is a damn disgrace!! i hope the go bankrupt.

R.I.P Mike… hopefully MTV will do ur legacy some justice.

And Debra Lee NEEDS TO BE FIRED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT!!!

*they

“SHE WAS paying her respect to her idol it represents angleic and gentel and thas what mj was all about”

Soooo wearing a white wedding dress(supposed to represent virginity which we allll know her hoe azz isn’t) with a What? YES yet AGAIN! A DAMN LEOTARD underneath showing her hamhock legs and her plastic tatas spilling over the top was Angelic? And she is the ROLE MODEL to young girls growing up? Wearing a tasteless mini on the red carpet looking like a true skank. Thank god I don’t have any kids.

I didnt like her whole performance. I mean this is the DAMN BET Awards and I felt like maybe she thought she was at the spanish awards or something… I was waiting for you guys to post her just so I could speak my mind. Everyone is at home waiting for her to sing Diva, or Ego, or maybe even Single ladies and she goes into her spanish bag swag. SMDH… I’m really upset at her as you can see…..

She needs to sit down and have some babies. or she is going to be on every damn award the next 10 years too????? she’S SOOOOOO ANNOYING

The only thing I will say about her is that she did do a concert in Greensboro NC thenight before and flew out for the awards, but still keep your customes at the auditorim and damn sing something like, “She’s out of my life”.

RE: Your man is catholic…very diverse home huh?!

The only thing I will say about her is that she did do a concert in Greensboro NC thenight before and flew out for the awards,
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WOAH! I still don’t give her a pass on taht dry ashy weave though…that joint needed some Eucerin! Looked like her weave a had EXEMA! lol

@ Re

Tell him he is not alone. I was confused too. Like wait, she is not singing that song with that outfit is she? And she sings that in concert too? If she just sang “Sarah Macglaughlin’s(sp)” song’”Arms of the Angel” , she could have sang that sitting down with different pictures of Michael flashingo nthe screen. That would have been a tribute.

And why did Jamie promote his tour so much??? Just tacky!

@L
“RE: Your man is catholic…very diverse home huh?!”
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lol. You stupid.

*Michael Jackson Voice*

“Wanna be starting somethin… Gots to be startin somethin…”

This was the hottest mess that I have ever seen!!!!!!!!

Joe Jackson should have been booed out of the Shrine last night. Everyone knows he is just as responsible for killing MJ as the doctor is.

Ave Marie Is A Song That Was Sung At Weddings(Thats Where The Dress Came Into Place)..

@mijdc…

Too high to get over! yeah! yeah!

Too low to get under! yeah! yeah!

RIP…

I see why she didn’t want LeToya to perform. She sounds so much better then Bey. And she’s prettier.

JB (Tyrese, Johnny Gill and Trey Songz was teh best thing)

@ Re

Tell him he is not alone.
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Singing….

“You are not alone….”

awwwww

I’m sure Maraih Carey was envious of Beyonce stealing this ensemble from her personal closet.

This looks like Tina Knowles doing!

@L

LOL, the stans can’t give it to anybody after that mess, that’s why they’re not in here LOL…

HELL YEAH I’M FEELING IT!!! SHES MY ANGEL!!!

LMAO @ L

OMG!!! WHY!! This was an upbeat, as she an matty refer to it-”urban” show. WHY would you choose that song? Why would you choose that outfit? She didn’t want any paparazzi to ruin her wedding to Jigga but now she’s parading around in wedding themed outfits and veils? Girl. Stop. Immediately.

Me No Likee…

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Please remember that BET had 2 days to put a tribute together. Obviously you do not know the time, money and energy it takes to put an award show together, but to have to change it at the last minute, is truly a feat.
Beyonce looked and sounded amazing. That is a scene from her concert and she ROCKED it. I thought that “Arms of Angel” was appropriate and truly was touching. RIP-MJ I hope you are finding comfort in the arms of one of God’s angels.

Bey uses every chance to market herself and to show off what she thinks is her flexibility. She cared little about any tribute to MJ. That whole thing was atrocious. Her range is not operatic. She has sung that song before because it is within her range. Let her try something where she has to really hit some high opera notes. She can’t do it. The outfit was stupid. She insults us that the world will like anything she wears. No!

This dress is as a TRAVESHAMOCKERY!!!!

@L

VERY diverse. But we get along just fine

@Intelligent Sista

It doesn’t matter if MJ was still alive. That song was out of place. It was the BET awards, she should have done something more appropriate. Single Ladies, Ego or Diva would have made more sense

I usually love what Beyonce does at awards shows, so I was all ready for her performance. But what she did just bored me to tears….This isnt the Oscars Bey!!! This isnt the Academy Awards sweetheart!!! BET is where this Sasha Fierce character should have been in attendance.

Bless her for trying.

R.I.P. Billy Mays!!!!
*yelling*

@bg…

I couldn’t find any fault in waht he was doing…I thought it was a nice gesture…something different.

OOPS! I’m so sick of B. I was trying to say She needs to stop paying them for her awards and let another artist win. It’s time to see another artist other then “B”.

I generally like Beyonce’s style of dress & enjoy her performances but last night is still a big question mark in my head….I just didn’t get it?????

@ L
Those white folks were giggling and shit, hiding behind sheets of paper making comments, not to mention taxpayers sponsor those legislative sessions. I don’t have issue with HC, I have issue with having him perform in that setting

Hell naw!!!!

Her performance to me was self absorbed,boring,not very entertaining,but vocals were great,I used to like Bey when she first went solo,but not feeling her music or style anymore.

all of ya’ll SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!! Although her performance wasn’t good. You have to understand SHE IS ON TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ON YOUR BEYONCE IS ON TOUR!!!!!! SHE AIN’T GOT TIME TO INPUT SOMETHING NEW INTO HER ROUTINE…SHE JUST LEFT NC ON SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHERSIDE OF THE COAST TO PERFORM…WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!!!!

I put her on mute during the show!

all of ya’ll SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!! Although her performance wasn’t good. You have to understand SHE IS ON TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So that justifies being whack. “I’m on tour so I dont have to be my best” I hope people aint payin to see that shit!

*DERANGED BEY STAN ALERT*

OH YEAH DID YOU GUYS SEE JOE JACKSON STAND UP WHEN BEYONCE WON HER AWARD IN YOUR FACE HATERS HAHA

she looked gorgeous last night!

@Victorion……
all of ya’ll SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!! Although her performance wasn’t good. You have to understand SHE IS ON TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ON YOUR BEYONCE IS ON TOUR!!!!!! SHE AIN’T GOT TIME TO INPUT SOMETHING NEW INTO HER ROUTINE…SHE JUST LEFT NC ON SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHERSIDE OF THE COAST TO PERFORM…WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!!!!
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We expected her to be the Damn DIVA she claims to be!!! She should have implemented a MJ performance in her routine….EVERYONE else did except Bey & Jay!!!! How difficult is it to sing a couple of Bars of a MJ song???….a child could have figured that out….Face it Vic, she did horrible and should have respected what the BET show was about last nite which was to celebrate MJ!!!!! note…I’m a fan of BEY too, but she failed miserably….

Behind every successful woman is A ROOM FULL OF HATERS!

B performance was no bueno!!!! what the hell was the see thru wedding dress! who does that though?!

First time poster who finds it necessary because the BET Awards was soooo OFF!! Beyonce was TERRIBLE and she knows it. The O’Jays put it best when they said that it’s okay to have a hit song but if you have a HIT ACT, you will last in the industry. She should have sat down in a chair, like Ciara, and rested (from flying in) and blew everyone away with either a MJ song(everybody knows a MJ song!!)or one of her slow one….Her perfomance was UNPROFESSIONAL!! I’m so mad that I missed LeToya Luckett during the pre-show.

LADY J
100% Agreement!!!

I was cryin all the week and was expecting show.
I aient mad at other people because I am not a fan
but,why i mean why beyoncé came to sing that song?
-AVE MARIA-
i love this song but I prefer to hear you sing SAVE THE HERO OR DISSAPEAR OR I CANT HELP IT OR ABC,idk
-And usher,really,last year you just did the same acrobaty during your performance ?Maybe next year guys

Bey has turned into such a prostitute

WHAT I EXPECT IS FOR HER TO EXCERSISE SOME DIGNITY AND COMMON SENSE…AND SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE.. HOW BOUT THAT FOR ONCE??? WHAT I EXPECT IS FOR SOMEONE THAT IS ON TOUR TO TAKE A BREAK AND REST WHEN TIME PERMITS…AND NOT CONTINOUSLY EXHAUST THEMSELVES MAKING APPEARANCES. WHAT I EXPECT IS FOR BEYONCE TO GROW UP AND START PUTTING OUT TASTELY MATERIAL AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT SHE IS IN A POSITION THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS MAY LOOK UP TO HER….SET A POSITIVE EXAMPLE.

Who was that old-pimpep out dude with Joe Jackson last night? Was I seeing things? or was Joe Jackson wearing eyeliner? I mean come on-

@WHATEVA
i know i knwo but after all this mess,no
maybe if she married michael jackson but what the dress was for?
A prayer for jay maybe but MJ,i am not sure.I AM MAD AT MY QUEEN FOR THIS SORRY

AND Latoya couldn’t get no REAL time for this mess.

On a good note… MAXWELL, Ty & Tre & Johnnie, The OJays, and the Ol’schoolers (KS, Guy, BBD) saved that damn show!!!!
Maxwell….. is da bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that last performance… we couldn’t enjoy the song with all those bleeps! Ain’t BET a part of the cable line-up. I pay for those cuss words and danmit, I want’em! LOL!!!!!

@Victorian

Beyonce being on tour doesn’t excuse last night’s performance. The fact that she was on tour means that her performance should have been ON POINT!! So if she flies from NC to Dallas…her Dallas performance would be just like last night??? No, she knew, while performing, that she was awful. I think Beyonce is a beautiful young lady with great vocal ability but last night she was not up to par.

Lady J- Your right! She could have did a little piece of a MJ song.. but she is worn out it shows. I’m from DC and saw her perform Thursday night the first time seeing her solo performance, I was a fan but now I am a believer… she was amazing and for her to do what she did have that same energy in all 50 cities. She performed Saturday in NC I know 3 people who went to see her in NC and she had just as much energy. For an artist to perform like it’s there frist time and do that continiously, is amazing to me! And I have to give her some slack ONLY because I have seen her perform and she was amazing to sing and dance give so much to a performance.. wears you out! so I’m sure she was worn out. So yes she could have sung a little piece of MJ song but give her alittle slack.. again she’s on tour!

BG (more chips)- And you say your on tour… You are surely not a Beyonce!!! guys concerts are totally different than a females performance.. all you guys have to do is sit there or stand and spit lyrics, no dancing none of that! so please don’t compare.. not even close!

@ Victorian
All male performers arent rappers sweetie. You got guys that sing and dance! I agree it’s much harder to do. You made it seem like sense Bey is on tour it’s ok to come one BET and have a lackluster performance.

@ Whateva…
LOOK DUMBASSES THE SONG IS CALLED AVE MARIA, OTHERWISE CALLED ANGEL SALUTATION. And for those who may not get into four syllable words unless it has to do with weed, salutation means WELCOME. The song was a prayer for Michael, the white outfit was a symbol for angels.
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Then why the DAMN veil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is a symbol of a bride you mooron!! It was poor taste…Every performer makes mistakes even your Goddess Bey….

LADY J
Damn I like you. I think we can win this war!

Wow, for the first time I have to agree with everyone regarding the comments about her performance. Way to dramatic and the over the top Phantom of the Opera type singing was unneccessary. Definitely, an acceptable performance for the Oscars. The ensemble she wore was tacky as usual. BET should not have given the stamp of approval for that mess.

N-O!

The “EBT” Awards was a mess!!!
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LMAO.

Beyonce should have just went and had kids like Jay wanted..smh@her blind perfection

@ Whateva…
LOOK DUMBASSES THE SONG IS CALLED AVE MARIA, OTHERWISE CALLED ANGEL SALUTATION. And for those who may not get into four syllable words unless it has to do with weed, salutation means WELCOME. The song was a prayer for Michael, the white outfit was a symbol for angels.
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The song Ava Maria is song at weddings. But to be broken down a little bit more:

The Lyrics of the original version of Ave Maria actually correspond to the famous Marian Prayer known as the “Hail Mary”. This is the one sung by Gregorian monks.

The Latin version is given below:
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

In English, this translates to:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

So wearing a teddy with as someone called it earlier, a lamp shade, was down right disrespectful to not only Michael Jackson, but the Catholic Church as well. Madonna all over.

I LOVE YOU BEYONCE. YOU WERE AMAZING LAST NIGHT. YOU SHUT IT DOWN BABY. LOVE U QUEEN B.

For all you Stans,

hope this helps you out:

Ave Maria (Salutatio Angelica), is a traditional Catholic and Orthodox church prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Rooted mainly in Biblical texts, the Ave Maria developed in the Middle Ages; in this context, Mary is known as the Blessed Virgin. The prayer is also used by other denominations in the Catholic tradition, notably Anglo-Catholic members of the Anglican Communion. In the Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, it is known as the “Angelic Salutation” as well as being called the Hail Mary.

Really didn’t care for Beyonce’s performance at all.

MS BEYONCE PERFORMACNE ON THE BET AWARDS WAS TERRIBLE. This lady supposed to be a class act and the song she has chosen was not irrelavent to Michael Jackson memory.

Why in the world she was wearing a wedding essemble looking like she was in a opera play. Her performacne wasnt tastefull and im very shocked that her performance wasnt up to par

Shame on you BET….This was the WORST BET awards show I have ever seen,I think if this was suppose to be a tribute to MJ then they all should have sang one of his songs except the O’JAYS segment, which, btw, was the best part of the show…Beyonce…well, horrible, horrible..that performance would not encourage me to go to her concert… the outfit was just atrocious!!! Deborah Lee…after this fiasco there is no place for you to go but UP!!

@ Victorian
Hey she may be great live!! I will never know, It’s not that I hate her. I think she has talent, she’s really overexposed, plus she has alot of fans already. She don’t need lil ole me!!!

*looks round @ the 10 reply posts on other “celebrities”*

LOLOL Bey that Boss B1tch you wish your idol was

@ Your Boss

Yes she sang a prayer. But to sing a Prayer in a teddy and a pettie coat and vaill was totally tacky and disrespctful.

Um… swag? oh how original of you…

Do you know ANYTHING about the song other than Beyonce sang it??? Doubt it…

*note to self… not everyone on the net got out of the 5th grade*

Lady J- I don’t know! I didn’t like the performance. That is the same routine she did in her concert and I admit she could have changed it up some. But I’m not going to totally bash her like all of you guys are doing.

Okay i am going to say one thing and then bounce
because haterz/gators love to eat me
1. the dress awful/evil
2. performance very tacky
3. i am going to expose a secret so i keep my mouth shut……….so, 3 is instead
best female R&B artist
beyonce
keyshia cole
keri hilson
jennifer hudson
jazmine sullivan
and the winner is…….beyonce…she gets on stage
hands her the award and __________________________________________________

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dead silence______________________________________

longest pause on earth…..god dam beyonce would it kill you to congratulate MJ…he did just die
that was the longest pause ever…..and it made it on european news…..even they noted that at least last night you finally honoured someone else but yourself..because of the notable silence..that was the only thing you did right last night….thank god you kept that embarrassment to your performance only, as in which that embarrassment you are already known for around the world from your solo career

like i said yall, You reap what you sow, you put her up there and she would do what she is known to do best next time you buy tickets or albums check that these artist,authenticity before you buy, because beyonce was always noted for her attitude right form the start you guys saw this one coming a mile away but you pushed ahead and loved the fact that she was unstoppable….well now you see what an unstoppable embarrassment she can make of us all not only herself,so support love and not hate, next time

and on that note I am out
in micheals loving memory, R.I.P

@JB BUT is that what you were discussing??? NOPE! You guys didn’t even know that SIMPLE fact…

*smh*

She’s disrespectful BUT e’rbody else were great right? Right??

“you people” think she’s God… her fans know she’s human.

Good Day

she should leave such songs to say Mariah or Aretha, her version was too painful to listen, she could have done MJ’s song ‘You are not alone’ or something, this is not the time to impress anybody.

Bey came to the wrong show.

@ Your boss
And hell yeah it’s disrespectful. Can you imagine your church choir sing Amazing Grace in thongs!

If she was going for SHOCK value, she definitely got me.

Simply said: I’m tired of this B*tch.

Her performace was WACK as hell! Hated it! Hated the outfit. Hated the dress she had on after. I usually like Bey. But I’m just over her.

@evrybody

I am mad because she WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PUT A LIL SPIRITUALITY IN THE SHOW but after all those young rappers,it was weird,weird;Maybe after neyo but soulja boy?

@Victorian….Im not bashing Bey. I’m just being OBJECTIVE of her performance….She won two awards, and I expected her to win especially since she paid millions of advertisements to the radio stations….How else do you think their songs get played???? What if the other artists that were nominated paid just as much loot to get their songs played on the radio????? And the BET award goes to______________________________

@JB
i undrstand you but it was the only spiritual song of her repertory and she call MJ and ANGEL.
Iam sad for her because sometimes you take a good decisions for good reasons and people blame you again for that and call it bad choices.

But again not between those dude;black people always love to tear other down,that why MJ became WHITE.

THE WHOLE SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SINCERE IF:

1) JOE JACKSON (MIKE’S LEAST FAVE FAM MEMBER) WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE

2) JOE JACKSON WAS NOT SITTING NEXT TO THE LIKES OF BEYONCE

3)JAY Z DID NOT PERFORM W/ HIS MASONRY/ILLUMINATI LOGO BEHIND HIM

4) JAMIE WAS NOT PROMOTING HIMSELF TO THE DEGREE HE DID

5) BEYONCE HAD A MONTAGE OF MICHAEL JACKSON BEHIND HER VS THOSE DAMN LIGHTS DURING HER PERFORMANCE TO DISTRACT US FROM HER SEE THROUGH AZZ

6) CIARA DANCED (WHAT SHE DOES BEST) INSTEAD OF SUNG A MJ TRIBUTE

7) DEBRA LEE DID NOT SPEAK. BUT THEN AGAIN I THINK SHE WAS APOLOGIZING ON THE LOW AND ASKING US FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE GREAT EFFORT IT TOOK AND TAKES TO SWITCH AN ENTIRE SHOW TO HONOR SOMEONE AS LEGENDARY AS MICHAEL JACKSON. WHICH I DO. THEY HAD THREE DAYS TO TAKE IN THE FACT THAT HE WAS GONE AS WELL AS SWITCH A SHOW.

IN CONCLUSION…JANET JACKSON (HIS FAVE SIBLING) SAVED THE SHOW FOR MIKE! GOD BLESS HER.

@ Suzy

Spirituality and a wedding night ensemble? Hail Mary, Mother of God and a sheer cutains and a leotard and wedding vail. Right great thought process Beyonce. Hey I guess that is better than lil wayne throwing dollars at Miley Cyrus

I LOVED her bottom cane cane thingie. So cute! Loved her vocals also.

I thought Alicia Keyes outshined her and didnt even perform. Her humanitarian work and her ability to SPEAK impressed me.

I know it was last minute but BET should have came way better than that. Tribute my ass!!!

Oh, and totally agree Johnny, Tyrese & Trey were the best of the night.

@ Eveinthegarden

I think that shows that Beyonce needs to step up her game totally if she wants to be taken serious but people other than a performer. Ok I will back down a little, she is helping hamburger helper feed people. Everyone needs a little cheeseburger macaroni once in awhile.

I am not a Beyonce hater, she does have good entertainer abilities, however her performance was not entertaining to me… sorry… and I dont care for BET like the rest of conscious people, HOWEVER considering the time frame that they had to put this show together it was okay… but greatness is not created in 2 days… 6 days?? and the 7th is for resting…

@ Slide

No problem. I am just waiting for the catholic church to get on her like they did Madonna back int he day. Hell its countries to this day that don’t want Madonna to do concerts there becasue tehy don’t want her to offend catholics or the Church.

Usually Bey has the BEST performances but ummmm last night she FAILED…She was the worst…She got blown out of the water by miss Keri baby…HAHAHAHA!

In White folks news:

NEW YORK – Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.

@ ME, didnt want people to confuse us…(lol)!
I dont even understand why in the hell Beyonce wanted to do a so-called tribute anyway, wasnt it not too long ago that she was running her mouth about the Jacksons?

150…GOOD FOR HIS ASS!!! He prolly gone hang himself or something tho!

She looks atrocious

vocals, blah… why she would perform ave maria wearing lingerie is beyond me. just goes to show you all the money in the world can’t buy you class. we all knew that listening to her speak, but that performance just reaffirmed all of that.

In MJ news

Michael Jackson’s mother files petition seeking legal guardianship of her son’s three children, CNN has confirmed.

@ BG

the NY Post got a photo if his wife riding the subway and then she got mad, saying something like you just wnat to embarras me. Now boo boo you husband already did that.

I’d rather see Bey in her real wedding gown that that mess last night. Why is it she can’t share the wedding photos but she can subject us to that bs last night? Just a mess!

Keri Hilson totally SLAYED this girl’s performance last night. I wasn’t a fan of Keri’s before last night, but I am now.

the best thing about last night’s awards was Janet.

IF YOU GO ON YOUTUBE YOU CAN SEE THREE OLD LADIES DOING THE WHOLE SINGLE LADIES ROUTINE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS THE 70′S OR SOMETHING ONLY THEY DID IT AT A SLOW PASE AND THEY WERE WHITE SORRY I DON’T KNOW THE NAME OF THE GROUP BUT IT’S ON YOUTUBE BEYONCE WON AN AWARD FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN’T EVEN HERS

I wish Letoya Luckett would of performed. Know I know why beyonce nor her dad didn’t want Letoya to perform. Beyonce figured I’m going to do something know tonight and she didn’t want Letoya doing something amazing. Anything would of overshadowed Beyonce last night.

@ JB
How true!!!

Don’t know what her ho azz was doing.

PS: Take some acting classes!!

Wait

Tehre was one thing I did forgot that was awesome

Shanaynay(sp) and Wanda!!

Oops *there*

Goodness! Beyonce (or who ever works for her) simply have no taste. Bottom Line.
Besides the bodice being poorly made (or altered), the whole thinkg simply looks stupid…
There’s nothing artsy or couture about.

I’ve never been a fan of Beyounce. Ever.

Now you all see why.

OK wait,

Was anyone besides me more offended by TIny and her speech than Beyonce?

Keri Hilson is a terrible dancer and performer.

How embarrassing.

I DVR’d the show and had to FF through her performance.

BEYONCE STOLE THE SINGLE LADIES ROUTINE LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE SOME OLD WHITE LADIES LOOK AS IF IT WAS THE 60′S OR 70′S DID THE ROUTINE AT A SLOW PASE SO HOW DID SHE WIN AN AWARD FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT HERS

what was this performance of bey’s? it was so irrelevant … i mean at each breath she took i just knew she was going to come with it at some point of the performance and then when they put together that contraption called a wedding gown i was like, what the hell … where is this going? what is up .. bey you have lost about 500 kool points .. if this was a monopoly GAME SHE HAS TO GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL PAST GO .VERY DISAPPOINTED

You do NOT sing Ave Maria in lingerie. That’s all I have to say.

TRUE ENOUGH BEYONCE IS ON TOUR BUT KERI HISON AND TREY SONGS,KEYSHIA COLE ECT SO BEYONCE DON’T HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR THE POOR 1 MINUTE PERFORMANCE

Beyonce is such a drama queen! She ALWAYS has to be the best one!

@ beyonce stole the routine..
That’s old news honey. just about everyone on this board knows that, that’s why no one acknowleded you after the 1st time you posted it. It was cheographed by Bob Fosse. Moving on…

HOLD-DUP! What the fu#k was Bey doing up there on stage. I was so disapointed and bored all at the same time. Why and who told her that act was cool to do for the show? OMG…..

First and foremost, the onesie was inappropriate for a religious song. She looked a padded mess and her voice was not up to par. She is trying to be an icon, but she will never measure up to Michael. Beyonce and JayZ are always trying to be in the spotlight. Attention seekers are never happy or satisfied.

Tiny I thought she was from Jamaica or Isareal..I was like “oh T.I got him an international gal…” She couldn’t speak worth a damn. HEr show should be interesting.

NO! Not feeling it at all! Had no idea wtf that was and the performance was inappropriate for the BET awards, a MJ tribute show…

well i think that bey has finally showed us that she is just as tired of herself as we all are of her. See this is what happens when you stay so public you run out of things to do and that was a complete mess.

What was it? a fairy, a bride, a seashell. Help!

yeah i didn’t get it at all. of love the song ava maria alot. but then she went into that country singer song that be on the save the dogs commercial. and that outfit???? i was kind of pissed cause i would have liked her to sing an m.j. song or something. but i was just puzzled after she finished and was like wth was that about?

why did she sing that song? i just don”t understans and the way that she dressed, even ciara did dress similar to mj and song one of his songs and mj was all about dancing too, bey did not do herself or anyone else any justice she was in another world and even jz song was not a tribute to mj i just don’t get the message that they was sending that song was song good but the timing was totally off, it was not approiate for a tribute to mj, but thank god janet saved the day my heart goes out to janet because she and mj was very close, closer than the others was , of course their mom was close to mj and i hope that she gets a chance to raise her grands.

I wish I could honestly weigh-in on Beyonce’s performance, but as soon as I saw her come up on the screen wearing that over-the-top bullsh*t like the night was all about her, I rolled my eyes and left the room. Why witness another performance by her that lacks emotion?

it seems that beyone has to always show parts of her behind i just do not get that and jz sitting up there like if she don’t show her butt then she has not accomplished anything that dress are what ever in the hell it was needs to be burned, or donated to the humaine society, get rid of it beyonce its hideous, and does not make no kind of a statement at all, not to us humans maybe outer space it would score with the aliens but not withh us humans.

@lady shady u really need to shut ur ignorant behind up. get ur behind out the opera and go down to the hood and see how many people can afford some opera tickets. that’s kind of hard if u trying ur best to take care of your kids, make sure the rent is paid and car note, etc. and just b/c u feeling opera and u feel like u special cause u listen to it get over urself. it was the bet awards. and while u jumping on bey’s bones her lil opera performance was in the same show as wayne’s f–k ery girl in the world song. so tell ur girl if she trying to out-class some uncultured black folk she can pick a different venue. and no one is denying her beautiful voice but the production was sooooooo lame.

@ Lady Shady
I dont’ think it’s a lack of culture as much as it is that most people didn’t enjoy it. The song is beautiful, but there were other ways she could have been theatrical without that particular outfit. Beyonce’s an outstanding performer and nobody can take that away from her. Her vocals are superb, and she is on top-hands down! However, I think the people wanted more from her, and last night she chose to do less thinking it would mean more. I do understand what you’re saying!

DID ANYBODY ELSE NOTICE THEY ONLY LISTED THE NOMINESS IN HER CATEGORY, LIKE WE MUST KNOW WHO SHE BEAT… THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY TACKY…

AVE MARIA IS USUALLY PEROFRMED IN OPERA, TOO BAD BEYONCE DOESNT HAVE THE RIGHT VOICE TO SING IT PROPERLY

@Lady Shady

OH GOSH BLACK PEOPLE ARE SOOOO LAME. Beyonce performed an opera and yall didn’t understand it.
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But is she an opera singer? Uh, that would be a big fat NO. She should stick to what she knows best–catchy R&B/Pop songs that she can butcher and get away with it. But an opera? She ain’t Patti LaBelle or Mariah Carey–somebody with range and real vocal talent.

i heard boos when beyonce accepted that first award she won. that’s why she held her head down and said the award was for michael jackson. i felt sorry for her at first but not now. don’t try to use michael (who, may i add is a REAL icon and legend) to cover up for the fact that you are tired and falling off. and wasn’t she talking slick about the jacksons a few months ago. how DARE she acknowledge joe jackson???

BEYONCE DOES NOT HAVE THE VOLCALS TO HANDLE OPERA, NO DISRESPECT JUST IS WHAT IT IS…BEEN TO MANY MANY OPERAS, USED TO HAVE SEASON TICKETS TO THE MET (FOR THE RECORD)

@ Dizzyguy

LMAO!!! I was like WTH did she just say? Oh that was you are still the king baby. I hope wthey put captions under her sentences on the show.

***VOCALS*** my b

I can’t believe the hate, Beyonce sounded spectacular.

Costume by House of Dereon for the 5th grade christmas pageant.
***Btw, wasn’t Kanye scheduled to perform last night? That’s what was said on the ad.

hahahah…….this pic is wrong on so many level…

*levels*

Oh yeah, Keri Hilson CANNOT, I repeat CANNOT sing. Her performance was passable while she sang with the music but that ish at the end shoulda been OMITTED!!

@fngrl17The skit with Taraji P. Henson&Tyrese was funny but it should have been left at that. When Ving Rhames came out,the show peaked as the hot-ghetto mess it was.
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I agree…leave well enough alone…same goes for Keri who ended her routine only to do a follow-up acapella routine…that was just plain dumb…

Ave maria? How do you sing ave maria with no pants on? I want to start a Beyonce put some pants on petition.

@Magz….I’ll sign it!!

I just dont understand how anyone can feel that the outfit she was wearing was appropriate. A tribute to the death of a world-wide music icon, and you want to come out there with your @$$ hanging out, forget the fact that you sounded like $hit singing the song, but not only did you not show any respect for the person for whom you were SUPPOSED to be doing a tribute for….oh, wait a minute, my bad, it was really all about you, once again, you used someone elses spotlight to shine. Beyonce could NEVER be a Diva, simply because she will NEVER grow up.

I’ll sign it too. I’m waiting for her control top hoes to pop.

I AGREE Beyonce can sing, but it takes more than what she has to tackle Ave Maria.
Aretha Franklin’s version will make you cry..She’s just blah…..
Is it me or does se appear burnt out?
Maybe she really needs a break. She seems to be just going thru the motions.

what?!! Beyonce sounded way better than aretha who sounded like she needed an athsma pump when she sang it.

kerri hilson was mega wak and ciara sounded like crap, and did anyone else notice that that dude from new edition cracked when he sang and keith sweat was just a mess.

Lady Shady

what?!! Beyonce sounded way better than aretha who sounded like she needed an athsma pump when she sang it.
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Have you heard Aretha’s version of Ave Maria?
Please respect her. Beyonce can’t touch Aretha, on her worst day.
It takes more than sexual dance moves and girating your vagina to become ledgend….

@evrybody

I am mad because she WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PUT A LIL SPIRITUALITY IN THE SHOW but after all those young rappers,it was weird,weird;Maybe after neyo but soulja boy?

DID YOU NOT SEE MARY MARY PERFORM WHICH MADE ME UPSET THAT PPL WERENT AS HYPED UNTIL QUEEN LATIFAH CAME AND WHEN SOULJAH BOY WAS TURNING HIS SWAG ON EVERYONE KNEW THE WORDS TO THAT AND NOT THE GOD IN ME

New Edition was one of the better acts on the show! Maxwell was an exceptional. And a couple of others. Everyone else was par to WELL BELOW Par!
Beyonce was Par at best.

THAT WAS A THE WORST SHOW EVER

Black music took a L last night people around the world looked to use last night to see how we would honor MJ and we gave them NADA…

NE-YO did great

TO ALL THE BEYONCE FANS ITS OK SHE MAD ONE BAD ATTEMPT SHES NOT PERFECT SO CALM DOWN AND STOP JUSTFIYING HER HORRIBLE PERFORMANCE

Haaahha @ Devine, okay my bad, didn’t mean to get so tart Aretha is okay.

WHY????? What is wrong with her? Blasphemous!!!

Please! people use Common Sense! You complain about her being to flashy, now she done went the other way and she still cant please!! Good
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The costume was still flashy what were you looking at?

ciara and chris brown or Usher should do scream at the MTV awards

Bey want some lady gaga type of attention

Michael was an icon. You’re talking about a man who scored his first record deal during the civil rights movement when black folks weren’t even allowed on tv. It was his *sheer* talent that made him relevant.
That’s how BET paid tribute to him last night??
With Jamie trying his version of the moonwalk and singing Beat It.
Michael deserved more.
Sad.
I’ll look for the real tribute at next years Grammy’s.

my point was how do you win an award for something somebody else did you missed the point sweetheart.while she was dedicating the award to mj she should have been dedicating it to the people she stole it from.people work hard on their concepts and own music and she win an award for somebody else shit.thats all i’m saying where they do that at

@ mrs jones
Mary Mary was not a the wrong venue, there is no wrong time nor place for gospel or god, and i dont expect ppl to know the words that isnt what i saying i was stating the when a gospel song came on ppl werent as hyped as when turn my swag on was on i basically saying someone with no talent and simple lyrics and pants sagging got plenty of respect but when 2 woman came on that are talented and singing about god the crowd looked lost

I have never liked her but last nights performance from her reallllly pissed me off. What the F*** was she wearing. Those stans got her thinking she it…da real deal is she’s not. She is waaaaack. Then the smile at the end of her performance was really fake and upsettin’. My girl couldn’t even walk properly in that costume. Why does she choose to constantly perform in bathing suits…Jay-Z i guess you like your woman showing her business to the world like that…the look is getting tired. Her father didn’t wan tLetoya performing becuase he did want people to know the real deal and that’s that other members of the once “Destiny’s Child” group have more talent when it comes to singing.

@BLynette

Michael was an icon. You’re talking about a man who scored his first record deal during the civil rights movement when black folks weren’t even allowed on tv. It was his *sheer* talent that made him relevant.
That’s how BET paid tribute to him last night??
With Jamie trying his version of the moonwalk and singing Beat It.
Michael deserved more.
Sad.
I’ll look for the real tribute at next years Grammy’s.
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It looked really thrown together. And it probably was.

Hopefully something REAL to give him the honor he deserves will be in the works.
BET is a complete disappointment on so many levels.

@ sassy

I agree. Monica held back a whole lot.

@ Mrs Jones and ppl like you that support that crap and pointless music and ppl like christte Michelle gets no play…i mean come Lil Wayne had 12 yr old girls singing i wish i could f_ck every girl in the world and they knew curse words and all …i bet they dont know their school work like that

@ Kenny

Yes I noticed that and was inthe house telling my kids, that Wayne will never sell out a stadium

My friend just twittered that there may be a Michael Jackson Tribute tour in the works with Janet and the brothers! That would be fantastic. That will sell out in a few hours flat.
I would go.

First I’ll say Hi Hatersss…Obviously no one knows the meaning of this song or they would slighty understand her reasoning for singing the song & wearing the costume.

Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary. She gave tribute to Mike in her own way.

Try to learn a thing or two and look deeper into the performance before you write her off. She is extremely talented and creates such awesome shows thanks to MJ.

damn
wtff cant she act normal for ONCE?

BEYONCE WANT TO BE MORE THAN SHE IS….AND SHE’S LOOKING REAL PHONEY AND THIRSTY. MY GODSON HAS STUDIED OPERA SINCE HE WAS 12 AND WAS ACCEPTED TO THE LONDON CONSERVATORY. THE SAD PART IS HE NEEDS THE FINANCES TO GO AND IF HE HAD BEYONCE’S MONEY HE COULD GO WITH NOW PROBLEMS. JUST BECAUSE SHE’S AN R&B SINGER DOES NOT AN OPERA SINGER MAKE. KNOCK IT OFF CORNBALL.

@brooklyn kid

I hope your nephew can make it to London. That would be a great experience for him.

But you see what having no talent and a nice face can get you. While the ones with the true talent are left behind…sad shit.

She was dressed as a young girl at first communion.

My fault the whole performance…??? I told yall i was trying to stay positive. But this here has sent me over the top.

Why is everyone trashing Beyonce so much? The awards show was not designed to be a tribute show to MJ. There will be plenty of those. She was asked to do that song, which she did. What the hell is the problem?

I…that is. Why sing Ave Maria in a get-up like that. Blasphemy.

If she is so bad why is every one giving it so much attention she is stil the baddest women in the game period

Jo Lew

First I’ll say Hi Hatersss…Obviously no one knows the meaning of this song or they would slighty understand her reasoning for singing the song & wearing the costume.

Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary. She gave tribute to Mike in her own way.

Try to learn a thing or two and look deeper into the performance before you write her off. She is extremely talented and creates such awesome shows thanks to MJ.
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Her tribute was not good. I LOVE Ave Maria and know the significance of the song.
She didn’t do it justice and this was her LAZY WAY of paying tribute to MJ.

She sings this song on tour. She could have at least killed it.
Was learning an MJ song just too much for her at this point in her tour?

Either way, the best way to tribute MJ is to DANCE AND SING your azz off.
She did neither.

bg(More Chips than Estrada)

@ Your boss
And hell yeah it’s disrespectful. Can you imagine your church choir sing Amazing Grace in thongs!

Bwahhaaa!! True dat, True dat..

Why did Tiny sound like she was talking through some Grillz. She sounded like Paul Wall…

Tonya

Why is everyone trashing Beyonce so much? The awards show was not designed to be a tribute show to MJ. There will be plenty of those. She was asked to do that song, which she did. What the hell is the problem?
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Her trashy outfit was the topic of dicussion and it basically went on from there.
Her song was said to be a tribute. If so it was a fail.
If she was just performing, it was a lack luster performance.
She is getting “trashed” because she (like many others) wasn’t that good.
Sorry to hurt peoples feelings.

I hated every bit of it

She’s not bad, the outfit and performance was just weird and in poor taste.

I think this is coming full circle from the Inauguration performance. Beyonce does not have any songs that are fitting for a tribute of any kind, so she borrows from other sources to lend credence to her performances.

If Beyonce was trying to be profound and on some next level type of ish, and the majority did not relate then that is an epic failure.

@ Jo Lew

First I’ll say Hi Hatersss…Obviously no one knows the meaning of this song or they would slighty understand her reasoning for singing the song & wearing the costume.

Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary. She gave tribute to Mike in her own way.

Try to learn a thing or two and look deeper into the performance before you write her off. She is extremely talented and creates such awesome shows thanks to MJ.
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Nice try…but no! Beyonce sang the same song on tour wwwaaayyyy before Michael passed away. So yes, the meaning could apply…but more than likely it didn’t. I happen to like Beyonce, but her performance was hollow…as if something was missing…and boring to say the least. I wasn’t sure if she was trying to let us know that she is a performer that appreciates opera…or what! Whatever point she was trying to get across…it did not resonate with many of the viewers including myself.

you have to be on a certain mental level to appreciate how great beyonce is…she is the best, the prettiest, and the richest woman doing it…if you can’t get with what beyonce is bringing something is seriously wrong with you

I hear you Keke

Come on now people! 329 measly comments for the BOSS?! You people can do so much better.

chop chop!

the song and performance just went over everbody head.coming from the younger generation i didnt know the song or that it was a mj song im still not sure when they hooked the dress on her i thought she was going to fly or bust into single ladies or something.my mom thought it was great and she had to explain to me about the song, she sounded great but it just went over everbody head i thought she was singing a song off of the halo cd or something.i think the whole situation was misunderstood due to the younger veiwers.what about the effort deborah put into the tribute does that count for anything.it look as if everybody was happy to be together.also got to morn mj together.it looks like everybody did the best they could.keri performance was just alright’but it looked like she gave it her all.neyo was on point and trey songs sounded nice and looked nice.i say a for effort.thats what should count

you have to be on a certain mental level to appreciate how great beyonce is…she is the best, the prettiest, and the richest woman doing it…if you can’t get with what beyonce is bringing something is seriously wrong with you
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Are the people that are “on your level” trying to get Yolanda Adams to sing “His Eye is on The Sparrow” in a 2-pc bikini for next year awards!?!?!

Cause that’s kind of what Bey-wack-a$$ did to that Catholic song….

And I don’t get it….actually, I’m glad I’m not on your level

Did anyone notice Bey tip over trying walk with one foot directly in front of the other?

Omg i was @ her concert the night before in north carolina ! Give her a break shes tired!

You know All Beyonces knows is that entertainers with “chops” perform the heck out of Ave Maria.
And she wanted to shock and awe with her ability but fell short.

Stevie Wonder sang it at the Grammy’s one year. It was heartfelt and stirring
Aretha sang it at the Kennedy Center Honors for th President at the time. And people wept.

Beyonce just didn’t do it. And that costume didn’t help matters.
No matter how you cut it, she didn’t measure up.
She should have sticked to her signature. Girating and hollering.

@electrikblue

Omg i was @ her concert the night before in north carolina ! Give her a break shes tired!
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And that is her fault and her people’s fault. Now she has openeded herself for criticism.
She performs fro the sake of performing.
You don’t perform UNLESS You are going to give your best. (Hence the difference between Michael Jackson and EVERYONE ELSE).

Anyone who has EVERY done ANY KIND OF SHOW, knows that your best performance is your last performance.
And you CAN’T make excuses for falling short, because honestly,
NO ONE CARES.

That was some BS…but remember her and Janet were beefed out because she dared someone compare her to the Jacksons (R & B/ Pop royalty) remember shes the only ICON ever…

And that is her fault and her people’s fault. Now she has openeded herself for criticism.
She performs fro the sake of performing.
You don’t perform UNLESS You are going to give your best. (Hence the difference between Michael Jackson and EVERYONE ELSE).

Anyone who has EVERY done ANY KIND OF SHOW, knows that your best performance is your last performance.
And you CAN’T make excuses for falling short, because honestly,
NO ONE CARES.
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@Divine…so true girl.

There is NO DAMN EXCUSE FOR THAT BS Beyonce did last night…and just to think I was one of her biggest fans but she showed me aside of her last night that I turned me off….and now im startin to believe that maybe she is some “stuck up boogey I think im all that type of singer”-Because I wouldnt care how tired I am for someone like MJ I wouldve performed as if I was on a 5yr hiatus and ready to break loose…she could have BLOWN THAT STATGE AWAY…AND HONOR OF SOMEBODY THAT WORKED 100xs harder then she did and still performed his azz off on EveRY PERFORMANCE.

Well Dam he died like three days before the show…im sure they have something bigger in mind…

@ a must read

you are one of the few on here that really gets it. I agree with you 1000%

Her outfit was cliche,i think we can all agree on that.
BUT her vocals,were amazing. Really,listen to them and its hard not to be amazed.

THANK YOU KEKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Her vocals were amazing people,and if your to childish to comprehend that level of pure talent then shame on YOU.

@keke

“you have to be on a certain mental level to appreciate”

Yeah. Mentally retarded.

PUT SOME PANTS ON! INSTEAD OF TURN MY SWAG ON: Hop up out the bed PUT SOME PANTS ON. How U Doin?

Randi

THANK YOU KEKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Her vocals were amazing people,and if your to childish to comprehend that level of pure talent then shame on YOU.
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Shame on you. Home girl was in a negligee singing a religious song.
She is talented. She is not the best and she was not at her best.

i’m telling you, it’s the second coming of RuPaul, minus the talent.

I hated beyonce’s performance and felt all of her outfits were tacky…especially that trash she wore with the hoop earrings while sitting in the audience…PLASTIC HOOP EARRINGS WITH THAT FLASHY AZZ DRESS! I could’ve found her a better outfit in Forever 21!

What I have to say is do not say anything negative or have beef with Beyonce or family!!!!! Jennifer Hudson told her father he could not manage her and her whole family died….. Her and Janet had beef and her brother dies…… New Orleans is where her mother is originally from Just putting it out there

I love Beyonce but that was awful, prentetious, tacky and out of place. And she didn’t sound very good either. She should have sang Human Nature or something like that.

@Raina what are u talking about she sounded beautiful and how was she pretentious????

The performance was HORRIBLE!!!!! And I am still looking sideways at that costume. I’m sorry to all you Beyonce stans, but that mess was on a “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” level…seriously. :-l

This was truly a calculated move by the Knowles to showcase Bey to a larger audience. All of mainstream media was covering the event and she used this opportunity to showcase her talent as a crossover artist to mainstream audiences. It was NOT a tribute to Michael in his memory, it was an opportunity to shine in mainstream.

The KNOWLES want the same kind of attention and accolade as the Jacksons and the king of pop himself but unfortunately it’s not going to happen because Bey hasn’t done anything to change the dynamics of the industry. She hasn’t broken any barriers. Matthew Knowles is shady and disqusting in his efforts to trying to manipulate other artists from performing at events and moving forward.

Prince who is one of the prolific musical geniuses of the last few decades is next in line behind Michael to be given such honor.

It didn’t make any sense. The outfit, the song, there was no evident theme, nothing made any sense. If she did Diva or another one of the 10 songs she has in rotation now I coulda said “ok”, but this, this was just whack and I consider myself to have an open mind artistically.

she is a crack head ho (without the crack). next – her 15 mins should have been over a long time ago

@Rozza
… “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” level…seriously. :-l

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

She could have sang one of Michael’s song’s in tribute–(Wanna Be Starting Something)–anything to relate to the audience (“Remember the Time”).

Beyonce is nothing but a puppet. she does what she is told, period. jayz is her handler, as well as rihanna’s. it is very sad and not at all glamourous like people think. the poor girl is just a shell, keep in mind. awful performance. outfit and stage, etc was horrid. May God have mercy on her soul.

was the performance with the “rock with you” background some type of ritual? it was very eerie, very strange, I dont think people even see what it is, really…

This was the worst performance ever!

@ stop me when i start to lie…so you calling Beyonce jinky…Well the same could be said about Kidada Jones… Aaliyah… Tupac…

I thought Bey’s performance was horrible, and the singing was even worst. That outfit was inapprpriate for a Catholic song. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING.

@ DDHEN….True…Treu…True… esp. about Prince

I think this is coming full circle from the Inauguration performance. Beyonce does not have any songs that are fitting for a tribute of any kind, so she borrows from other sources to lend credence to her performances.
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i have been saying this for years –
thank you

Woowwww…..when I saw Beyonce with that whole bridal gown thing, THAT SH*T WAS TACKY!!!! I don’t know what she was aiming for, but SHE MISSED SO BAD IT CAME BACK TO HIT HER. SMH

The broad tryed at least, she was obviously trying get the best song from her current album that was fitting for the occasion. She failed miserably but, give her credit for try’in…damn….lol.

Ignorant girl from Houston.

it it just me or does she look a little down syndrome in this pic.

What was Beyonce thinking?!? Was she going for Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” wedding gown look or was she trying to be an angel??? I’m confused.

don’t know whats up with her lately, but in this picture she looks like a broke butterfly….and her hair looks off track.

By this stage she has nothing to prove and she knows it. But doing anything and getting away with it can go so far. And this will lead to her demise as well as Will Smith.
The people want to see Bey shake her ass(even the haters love that), even though that gets tired she needs to give the people what the people want. Will Smiths fans want to see him as an action hero yet all he is seeking is dramatic role and we know even his own fans dont find him believable as an oscar act and this will be his fall.

The pitiful part is she’s so full of herself she’s clueless to the fact that she looked plain SILLY!!! I can understand flaunting what you think is your best feature obviously she feels it’s her thighs but enough with the body suits already. I’ve never seen a performer repeat a costume style as much as she has with these body suits; (black, gold, silver, sequined, blah, blah blah; we get it already you’re bootylicious and we’re over it!

Both Bey and Jay Z looked like they rolled out of bed and came to the performance. He is a has been and she is what was. Get over it. Enjoy your money and start a family.

I just want her to sing off the dome…why does everything have to be rehearsed? Why because she is simulated arist…who can’t think or act on her own.

boy people are so stupid, it was posed to be a angel, not a wedding dress

Beyonce a self-indulgent ignoramus who cannot intelligently respond to basic questions from the media without preparation.

Not feeling this get up..THEY SHOULDVE LET LETOYA LUCKETT PERFORM instead of letting Bey come out in her tooth fairy outfit. Which they Knew beyonce performace was going to be thAT way so they didnt want LETOYA LUCKETT TO OUT SHINE HER.

I didn’t get it … I know she wants to be above the rest … on her pity/charity performance on a black station … but that was just weird! Singing Ave Maria in lingerie??? …

You can’t do stuff like this around a group of black folks … leave those antics to your elitist concert …

For the most part, she is a talented performer, but she had an off night in SEVERAL ways – costume, song choice, hair…you name it and she got it wrong. You can tell she has too many “yes” people around her.

Not only was she a mess,Gay-Z sounded just as bad, if not worse,they really deserve each other.

take away the beyonce disaster and you don,t have much of a show.so i got to give that to her she gave us something to talk about something to remember she created a wtf buzz

she has lost touch with reality – her and Joe Camel – why don’t they take their money and buy a new planet to rule?

…cause I hit the mute button (no lie) once she got into that song. Honestly, not because she sounded horrible but because I was like ‘in the hell?’.

Now Travis Barker ripped sh*t on the drums during Blame It. Joint was nice.

BIG A*S CHAIN!

Hmph, was not impressed with Beyonce’s clothes or performance. Poor at best!! And when is she going to develop and evolve into a better artist? We have been seeing the same hairstyle, the same clothes, the same weak lyrics for years now. When is she going to evolve? We always hear of Alicia Keys, for example, contributing to society around the world. Beyonce does not give a damn about the betterment of people apparently. She is in this high level powerful position, yet we see or hear of nothing but the many different lace fronts she has, followed by her clothes and concert sales. WTF??!! But I will close with this: thank God she did not speak any more than a sentence during the bloody BET Awards. We all know she lacks the intellect to speak well on her own; unlike Alicia who is always well spoken and poised.

tell me one song that Bey has , that will timeless??? exactly , this chic gets the name ICON, but with bootylicious and single ladies? Alicia Keys has better SONGS than BEY all day.

Lionel Richie said it best. Any fool can make a record , but everybody cant make a song…go figure

…and that is that her performance would have been better suited for the American Music Awards, even if this didn’t turn into a MJ tribute show.

Not that Black folks don’t or can’t appreciate something different but there is a place for everything.

i was disappointed that she did not sing a song for MJ instead of trying too hard to be number one in everything. So selfish…just did not understand the white frou frou and especially the Ave Maria perfomance. Really bad taste. I used to love Bey and now not anymore because it is always about her.

@wash ya ass

I agree 100%. The problem is that Lionel’s sentiment (“Any fool can make a record , but everybody can’t make a song.”) would probably go over a lot of these artists’s heads because they are so focused on making a quick buck instead of recording songs that resonate with the human experience. Not all do (certainly not Maxwell, Sade, Jon Legend, etc.), but definitely some.

I personally think Aliesha Keys should be the FACE of music for black women. she has class , which BEY will never have.

I WAS EXPECTING MORE.

i like tb——we think alike chris brown and ginuwine are the closest to dancing like mj………….. somebody needs to do it right

AV MARIE…MEANS HAIL MARY IN LATAIN,WHY AN WHAT HELL THAT HAVE TO WITH MJ….OMG I USE 2 LIKE HER BUT I THINK SHE REALLY HAS A PROBLME!

OH AND THAT HER SAME PERFOMANCE SHE DOSE ON TOUR!

RealiTee you are exactly on point!

N was i the only one noticed that they censored after the words were already said n the fact that they ruined lil wayne’s performance by muting his whole verse after curse words were already said.all they had to do was replace those words dammit

you can’t teach a horse to be a monkey

I think everyone is used to Beyonce’s hyperactive stage presence. When she performs a song without an 808 in the background, people are like Huh??? As an artist you have to be versatile, and you can’t be one way all the time. The song is not the issue, the ensemble was. You don’t need a publicist to tell you a tasteful gown would have been more appropriate. She has to many people in her camp telling her what to do, when she has a mind of her own. Her family needs to cease being overbearing and let her handle responsibility as a married woman.

The beyonce version of ‘Ave Maria’ is more of a love song than it is a prayer. It was completely wrong. She should have sang ‘She’s out of my life’ or ‘You are not alone’. I like Bey since DC and I have all her albums. She’s fast losing me as a fan because of late she seems too concerned about being a god and the greatest. She no longer seems normal. She worships money and power. Her fall will be hard.

LOL I knew you chunky b1tches had it in you!
ONLY a BOSS B1TCH could elicit nearly 500 comments on ANY topic as long as her name is mentioned.

Go BEYONCE Go!!! yeah baby!!!

Many people think it’s all satanic ritual, which it is, but it is also mind control conditioning. Beyonce was groomed from a baby to be controlled through her mond, which is why she seems to be “dumb” or “Feeble”. The real person, whom God ordained to be in this world, is not operating. There are ways to make people operate through totally different halves of their brains. The truama-based conditioning is called MK Ultra. That is very satanic, but it very real. Anyone ever hear of Pavlov’s dog or Little Albert and the white bunny. These things are very real and very sad. The dead ringer sign, is having a parent as a manager or even a parent who pursued the career for their baby or child. Many people think most stars came out of nowhere, NO. They are groomed before they are famous. groomed to be able to be comtrolled through different programmings. Butterfly, Jewel, Blue Bird are just a few. Please educate yourselves and also know the God shall prevail and none of these evil’s can hold a candle to the Father of Christ’s true LIGHT! The real light in our heavenly Father. Remember the devil is a liar. May God bless us and keep us all from evil.
p.s. ave maria is hail mary in latin, which is very strange. of course, beyonce and others wont dare to sing a song about God or Christ. Mary was just a person, not God and was created by the catholoic church well after Christianity was spread. What I’m saying is, it is man made and safe for those evils to sing. mary is NOT to be worshipped, don’t get it twisted.

@whoever defends this outfit and performance….GO TO YOUTUBE AND CHECK OUT KELLY PRICE DOING THIS SAME SONG…. THEN CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL VERSION..BEY’S VOCALS ARE NOT RIGHT TO SING THIS SONG LIVE mARIAH YES BEYONCE NO..

BAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAH!!!
When i saw this performance, my company and I immediately asked WTF, then laff’d!! B/c she looked RE-DAMN-DICULOUS!!! Who wears a bedazzled bathing suit to sing a Roman Catholic church hymn!?!? Not right! At all! And then throughout the event she sitting in the front (like royalty) w/her mom bobbing her head like a bobbleheaded ditz! Hmmmpfh….watever demonic worshipping she and Jigga-man have been doing has started to display in their appearance AND behaviour!!!

@ Lies and Bullshit-aka-The Truth…
Thank you for the education/wisdom! Much appreciated, keep it coming!!!

The majority of the comments up here are just plain stupid! Bey looked amazing & she sounded beautiful – as usual. She, JayZ, Ne-Yo & T-Pain were the only entertainment highlights of the event. All the other autotune idiots just need to stop already. BET can stop allowing washed up entertainers to perform though. It’s nice seeing the old greats but they don’t need to perform if they don’t have what it takes anymore. I guess many of the commentors on this post preferred that wack Keri Hilson performance. Now Keri’s performance is what you call over-the-top. Clearly Keri was trying to do more than what she’s capable of. I really wasn’t expecting Keri to bomb like that. Beyonce gave a very touching performance & it’s a shame that most of you are so caught up in your hater bs that you are trying to tarnish a tribute to the MJ. Recognize greatness for once in your lives & stop hating on Beyonce. She is a true class act! THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT BY FAR! The BET awards in general are horrible though, just like all the other awards shows are horrible! From the sagging pants to the over-the-top vulgarity, it’s a shame that BET hasn’t improved upon their image by now. I love you Beyonce & will always be a fan. I know what it’s like to give so much of yourself & yet there are some that will still say it’s not good enough. You absolutely are the best at what you do & don’t ever stop for these haters! Plenty of people look up to you & for good reason. You are beautiful both inside & out. The real insiders know that the majority of the rumors are nothing more than that. God Bless You!

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Please don’t try to defend that mess! You don’t have to know the song she was singing or what the song was about because she looked damn crazy! It had nothing to do with being a tribute to MJ. It was a tribute to her ego! I tried to give her credit before, but I think she’s slow.

I was very disappointed with this perforamce. Mathew had the nevre to ask BET not to allow Latoya Luckett not to perform WHY? to see this Bull Sh*T Bey pull. That’s Drama!!!! Bey is getting washed-up now. The song is a beautiful song, but we expect BEY to be the DIVA that she is at all award shows. That was some Bull. 3 thumbs down Beyonce. I am going with LaToya >>>>>>>

I think the dress was tooooo much and she could have at least had a layer underneath to show respect. She is a top notch entertainer however give othera a chance SOMETIME>>>>

First, I love that song she was singing but I didn’t even know what she was singing. Its not originally in English, that’s one reason why she shouldn’t have been singing it. Second, is everyone forgetting about the SHOULDER PADS!!! from the jacket?

LOL @ LINDA – completely clueless & delusional.

This forum is complete comedy. At the end of the day whether you enjoyed Beyonce’s performance or not, you are still commenting a subject about her. Whether you show hate or love, all of the chatter still promotes her career. I hope your stupidity doesn’t rub off on others with who may have minds as weak & underexposed as yours. And I hate to say this but the Catholics posting their negative comments should be more concerned about their priests malesting young boys & the many, many, many scandels they try to cover up in the church rather than trying to bash Beyonce for “her version” of Ave Maria & the Ballerina Wedding Gown designed by Thierry Mugler. As far as the other hate is concerned, it’s not expected for everyone to “get it” when an artist enlightens them to areas of music they would not normally listen to. Beyonce has proven time & time again that she’s not afraid to take risks & she’s an intelligent, driven & successful woman. At the end of the day, her performance was for MJ. Beyonce has expressed numerous times she idolized Michael & I’m sure if he were still alive to have seen it, he would have a much different impression than the one echoed by the sentiments of these highly acclaimed critics posting on this forum. LMAO – the more you post (hate or love) all you do is promote the Queen Bey. So in light of that…thanks for the continued support. Go Beyonce! You Rock!

I have no idea what she be thinking. Her dress after that was ugly. She need to tell her mommy to stop dressing her. On stage it made no sense at all. Singing about being an angel and she in a damn wedding dress. I think she on drugs !

I DID NOT THINK THE OUTFIT WAS RIGHT FOR THE SONG AS A TRIBUTE TO MJ. SECONDLY DIFFERENT DO NOT MEAN BAD. I ENJOY THE SONG AND AS FAR A TRIBUTE GOES PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND NO ONE PREDICTED MJ DEATH AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL ON THE TIME CRUNCH.

I think Beyonce should have save “THAT” perfomance for the funeral.

Beyonce could have easily put on an evening gown and sang Halo. But she didnt want to b/c she already did that live on a different show. She wanted to introduce another song from her cd and show off her newly learned vocal skills (btw she mutilated this song if you have ever heard it sung properly you would know this). Anyway as usual it was all about Beyonce. Look at me look at me arent i pretty cant i sing. She is an opportunist.

Who sings a song summoning Jesus Christ mother, Mary, for help looking like a stripper dressed up as the tooth fairy. I was appalled. Im glad she did not sing one of MJ song with her self centered attitude disrepectful attitude. Not to mention she insulted the whole family not too long ago. Beyonce needs to learn some humility and respect for others.

Her fans as usual eat this crap up and dont realize how she contributed along with Jaime, Lil Wayne, Drake, T-pain, Taraji, Toya & Tiny, and the rest set us back 30 yrs. Years of campaigning bye Obama gone down the drain in less than 4 hours.

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While I am a huge fan of Bey, and let me state her performance was wonderful however, her attire was a disgrace to the song. Down right deplorable. Someone should have told her that the song she sang was normally performed in the roman catholic church (let me add – it was sung in Latin). Maybe a little research should be done prior to singing her songs so that she is properly dressed for it

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She is the most beautiful woman in the universe, and I am very glad that she dresses up in this fantastic way!