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T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Barack Obama rule the BET Awards
By SANDY COHEN – 13 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest.
In addition, Lil Wayne just this month scored the year's best-selling album sales debut with 1 million copies sold of his new CD, "Tha Carter III."
So it was appropriate that both artists dominated Tuesday's BET Awards with not only their energetic performances but their presence, despite winning just one trophy each.
"We're blessed to be in this man's presence," Kanye West, one of music's biggest self-promoters, said of T-Pain when the pair accepted their award for best collaboration for "The Good Life," going on to call T-Pain a "genius."
"I'll let y'all know because I'm one of the kings of this game. My opinion counts." West also paid homage to Lil Wayne, calling him "my fiercest competition."
"You scared me man," West said, bringing Lil Wayne onstage when West won the trophy for best hip-hop male. "Congratulations on selling over a million records. And they say hip hop is dead."
Other highlights from the three-hour ceremony included a girl group reunion; a stirring tribute to the Rev. (and soul legend) Al Green; and topless performance by ripped rapper Nelly.
T-Pain, who led the nominees with five nods for his many collaborations — not his own hits — performed with his fellow nominees twice during the three-hour ceremony. He transformed the Shrine Auditorium into a circus with a multi-artist medley that showed his wide-ranging influence during his first appearance.
Wearing a spangled top hat, the rapper-singer shared the stage with fellow nominees Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi, along with a bevy of big-top freaks, including fire eaters and acrobats.
"This industry is my circus," said T-Pain. "Ride with the ringleader."
Then T-Pain gave a sample of his musical assists over the past year. Double nominee Flo Rida performed his hit with T-Pain, "Low"; a bare-chested Ross flaunted his gut while singing his song with T-Pain, "Boss"; and all joined in on the collaborative "I'm So Hood."
He also joined Lil Wayne for the evening's final and much anticipated performance — a show-closing medley of Lil Wayne's hits including "A Milli" and his No. 1 smash "Lollipop." Lil Wayne showed off his vocal dexterity as he feverishly rapped and sang; though censors muted some of his curses, it let his sexually explicit "Lollipop" fly virtually untouched.
Another name heard frequently throughout the night was that of Barack Obama. Diddy, Alicia Keys and other nominees used their time onstage to urge viewers to vote, and clearly showed their support for the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, who could become the nation's first black president.
The night's most memorable moments came in performance form. Keys, who was named best female R&B artist, invited SWV, En Vogue and TLC to join her onstage for a medley of their biggest hits. By the time they closed with TLC's "Waterfalls," the crowd was on its feet. Even West was singing along.
After tributes by John Legend, Jill Scott and Maxwell, Lifetime Achievement Award winner Al Green delivered a smash performance of his own, hitting all the high notes on his hits "Let's Stay Together" and "Love and Happiness," as Diddy, Ludacris and the rest of the awards-show audience sang along.
"I'm sorry I didn't sing as well as I could. I got scared," a modest Green, 62, confessed backstage.
Queen Latifah introduced Humanitarian Award recipient Quincy Jones, calling him "an international artist" and "a leader."
"He showed us black entertainment is more than just a hustle," she said. "It's more than just selling albums. It's about inspiration."
The night's most somber moment came when UGK was named best group. Bun B honored his fallen bandmate, Pimp C, who died in December at age 33 from complications of sleep apnea.
"It's hard to do this with my brother not being here," Bun B said, while joined onstage with Pimp C's wife. "We want to thank y'all for supporting UGK all these years. It's still UGK for life... Long live Pimp C."
Usher opened the show pyrotechnics-filled performance as he sang "Love in this Club." Singer (and BET reality star) Keyshia Cole gave a glamorous performance of her ballad "Heaven Sent," descending from the ceiling while wearing a long flowing gown, before a dancer ripped it off, revealing a white top and shorts as she sang her hit "Let It Go" with Lil Kim.
West rapped alongside Young Jeezy in performance that was marked by its omissions — censors omitted so much of their performance that at times there was stretches of silence. Chris Brown, who was seated next to rumored girlfriend Rihanna, won the night's first award: best male R&B artist. Brown was later joined onstage by Ciara for a sizzling performance that showed off each artist's dance skills. A shirtless Nelly unveiled a new song, then was joined by Fergie for their track, "Party People."
Kobe Bryant and Missy Elliott were early winners, but the best male athlete and female hip-hop artist weren't there to collect their awards, nor was the evening's best new artist winner, The-Dream. Other awards were given off camera.
It's time for another installment of the BET Awards. I invited my friend C-Ra over and thought it would be a great idea to do a running diary of this year's show. Here we go厖?/p>
The always entertaining Usher opens the show with his hit Love in This Club. I'm not a gambling man but I bet he's lip-synching. If not he's the only guy I know who can do consecutive back flips without losing his breath. Decent performance. What you would expect from Usher
DL Hughely is hosting this year's show. His monologue is not that funny. I have no idea why his jokes didn't hit?.oh wait they weren't funny.
Wow a new season of Hell Date. Didn't know the first one ended.
Young Jeezy performs. I like this track. Looks like Kanye forgot his words. I'm sure he'll blame BET for it after the show is over. BET is real heavy on the censors this year. Way too many bleeps for this performance. I feel like I'm listening to an Emergency Broadcast.
It's the best athlete performance. Surprisingly there are no white athletes on the list. Kobe Bryant wins the award this year. C-Ra comments that "he basically won best black athlete."
How did Keyisha Cole's family get on TV? After they went of screen our exchange went something like this:
C-Ra: HA! Have you seen this show?
Me: Nope
C-Ra: Her mom is a TRAIN WRECK!
Keyshia Cole and her new teeth perform. Nice voice! She can really sing. WOW! You gotta love the tear-away dress that turns into an all white cat suit. The crowd seems to really love Lil Kim. Looks like prison has done her some good. I assume there was nothing to do but sit-ups. What happened to her face? I think I'm officially scared of her.
Is it me or is Cuba Gooding Jr. higher than these gas prices. I think he has morphed into Rod Tidwell. I'm waiting for him to say, "Show me the money."
Ne-Yo is suited up for his performance. It reminds of an old MJ routine. Nice set from Ne-Yo. He's one of the R&B cats that I really enjoy. He always puts on a show.
LL hasn't aged a bit. The guy is in ridiculous shape to be 65. I keep waiting to look up and he's going to be old and flabby. Not sure that's going to happen. Would anyone be surprised if his name popped up in the BALCO investigation?
Alicia Keys performs with a live band. Good set so far. Kicks it up a notch with an SWV cameo. Whoa! Here comes En Vogue! I know my dad is at home saying, "They still got it!!" If she brings out Xscape, I'm going home. I spoke too soon; TLC comes out and performs Waterfalls. Looks like Chili is drinking from the same fountain of youth that LL is. Nice set from Alicia Keys. The best performance of the night by far.
Best Male Hip Hop goes to Kanye West. He had to win something or he was going to spaz out at the after party. Nice gesture for him to bring Wayne on stage. I loved Kanye's speech. He's such an underdog and everybody wants to hold him down. Maybe that's why he wins all those Grammy's. (I think they've showed Lil Wayne about 50 times tonight. I feel like I'm watching a Lil Wayne reality show)
The Hilarious outfit of the night award goes to T-Pain. His "iced out top hat" is taller than me. Why does he look like the black Mad Hatter? I'm not sure I want to take my kids to his circus. Here comes Flo-Rida in a black tank top and jeans. C-Ra says he thinks that's the only outfit Flo-Rida owns. Maybe he got a bad record deal, who knows. Here comes Rick Ross with no shirt on! He's the anti LL Cool J. Let me get this right: BET will censor whatever Kanye was saying but they won't censor Rick Ross and his man boobs? They should have had one of those parental advisory warnings, "What you are about to see is graphic and may disturb viewers under the age of 14." I starting to think I should have waited to eat. They perform I'm So Hood Remix. Nice appearance from Ludacris. I'm not a huge fan, but not a bad set from T-Pain. They all put on a nice show.
Video of the Year goes to UGK and Outkast for Playas Anthem. It's actually a very good video. I'm surprised it won. Real emotional speech from Bun B厖?. RIP Pimp C
Here comes the Gospel portion of the show. One performance is not even 10%. This Marvin Sapp performance is not going to save you from the lake of fire BET.
Chris Brown puts on a show. I feel like I'm too old to like him. Nice cameo from Ciara gets C-Ra to sit up in his seat. Am I too old to like her too? Some suggestive dancing with Chris and Ciara. Someone should tell her that Rhianna is sitting in the front row. It's been a good show. So far the performances have been on point.
I think everyone and there mom has given Lil Wayne a shout out. Are they filming a DVD about his life?
T-Pain's slow motion walking is comedy. Me and C-Ra joke that he wouldn't pass a drug test right now. I'd bet my life on it.
Very nice tribute to Al Green. Jill Scott comes on stage and rips it, followed by Anthony Hamilton. That guy sounds just like Al Green. It must be the Apocalypse because Maxwell just hit the stage. I'm going to church immediately after the show is over. I hope he's somewhere secretly working on an album. Everyone seems to love Al Green's set. He is still a showman.
Lil Wayne wins his first award of the night. Somehow he managed to bring his whole family on stage.
Another performance at an award show from Rhianna. She looks like she dressed for the future. No dancers and no frills. Nice set from Rhianna as well.
Where has Nelly been? My first guess would be the gym. Cornelius is actually a good performer. I had no idea there was a, "Stepped on my J's" dance. Ciara shows up again. I think C-ra's head is going to explode. Yet another good performance. I must be dreaming.
My mom may read this, so no comment on Lauren London. I just think she should have her own TV channel.
Good to see Alicia Keys win. She has a really good album. Nice acceptance speech for her. She dedicated the award to everyone except me.
There have been a ton of shout outs for Obama. I think everyone in attendance is voting for him in November. I wonder if McCain gets that kind of love at the CMA's.
T-Pain in another hat. Now he's a mad scientist. Wayne hits the stage to lackluster applause. Maybe people are tired of Lollipop. I'm shocked they let Wayne say "lick me like a lollipop" on TV. I think the censors missed that one. Once A-Milli hit the crowd seems into his performance or it could be the fact that T-Pain tossed his hat. Nice performance from Wayne to end the show.
Good show from the folks over at BET. The award show has come a long way. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Some really good performances on this year show. I almost wish I was there. Looks like a lot people stepped their game up. Hopefully they can come with the same energy next year.
By SANDY COHEN – 13 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest.
In addition, Lil Wayne just this month scored the year's best-selling album sales debut with 1 million copies sold of his new CD, "Tha Carter III."
So it was appropriate that both artists dominated Tuesday's BET Awards with not only their energetic performances but their presence, despite winning just one trophy each.
"We're blessed to be in this man's presence," Kanye West, one of music's biggest self-promoters, said of T-Pain when the pair accepted their award for best collaboration for "The Good Life," going on to call T-Pain a "genius."
"I'll let y'all know because I'm one of the kings of this game. My opinion counts." West also paid homage to Lil Wayne, calling him "my fiercest competition."
"You scared me man," West said, bringing Lil Wayne onstage when West won the trophy for best hip-hop male. "Congratulations on selling over a million records. And they say hip hop is dead."
Other highlights from the three-hour ceremony included a girl group reunion; a stirring tribute to the Rev. (and soul legend) Al Green; and topless performance by ripped rapper Nelly.
T-Pain, who led the nominees with five nods for his many collaborations — not his own hits — performed with his fellow nominees twice during the three-hour ceremony. He transformed the Shrine Auditorium into a circus with a multi-artist medley that showed his wide-ranging influence during his first appearance.
Wearing a spangled top hat, the rapper-singer shared the stage with fellow nominees Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi, along with a bevy of big-top freaks, including fire eaters and acrobats.
"This industry is my circus," said T-Pain. "Ride with the ringleader."
Then T-Pain gave a sample of his musical assists over the past year. Double nominee Flo Rida performed his hit with T-Pain, "Low"; a bare-chested Ross flaunted his gut while singing his song with T-Pain, "Boss"; and all joined in on the collaborative "I'm So Hood."
He also joined Lil Wayne for the evening's final and much anticipated performance — a show-closing medley of Lil Wayne's hits including "A Milli" and his No. 1 smash "Lollipop." Lil Wayne showed off his vocal dexterity as he feverishly rapped and sang; though censors muted some of his curses, it let his sexually explicit "Lollipop" fly virtually untouched.
Another name heard frequently throughout the night was that of Barack Obama. Diddy, Alicia Keys and other nominees used their time onstage to urge viewers to vote, and clearly showed their support for the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, who could become the nation's first black president.
The night's most memorable moments came in performance form. Keys, who was named best female R&B artist, invited SWV, En Vogue and TLC to join her onstage for a medley of their biggest hits. By the time they closed with TLC's "Waterfalls," the crowd was on its feet. Even West was singing along.
After tributes by John Legend, Jill Scott and Maxwell, Lifetime Achievement Award winner Al Green delivered a smash performance of his own, hitting all the high notes on his hits "Let's Stay Together" and "Love and Happiness," as Diddy, Ludacris and the rest of the awards-show audience sang along.
"I'm sorry I didn't sing as well as I could. I got scared," a modest Green, 62, confessed backstage.
Queen Latifah introduced Humanitarian Award recipient Quincy Jones, calling him "an international artist" and "a leader."
"He showed us black entertainment is more than just a hustle," she said. "It's more than just selling albums. It's about inspiration."
The night's most somber moment came when UGK was named best group. Bun B honored his fallen bandmate, Pimp C, who died in December at age 33 from complications of sleep apnea.
"It's hard to do this with my brother not being here," Bun B said, while joined onstage with Pimp C's wife. "We want to thank y'all for supporting UGK all these years. It's still UGK for life... Long live Pimp C."
Usher opened the show pyrotechnics-filled performance as he sang "Love in this Club." Singer (and BET reality star) Keyshia Cole gave a glamorous performance of her ballad "Heaven Sent," descending from the ceiling while wearing a long flowing gown, before a dancer ripped it off, revealing a white top and shorts as she sang her hit "Let It Go" with Lil Kim.
West rapped alongside Young Jeezy in performance that was marked by its omissions — censors omitted so much of their performance that at times there was stretches of silence. Chris Brown, who was seated next to rumored girlfriend Rihanna, won the night's first award: best male R&B artist. Brown was later joined onstage by Ciara for a sizzling performance that showed off each artist's dance skills. A shirtless Nelly unveiled a new song, then was joined by Fergie for their track, "Party People."
Kobe Bryant and Missy Elliott were early winners, but the best male athlete and female hip-hop artist weren't there to collect their awards, nor was the evening's best new artist winner, The-Dream. Other awards were given off camera.
It's time for another installment of the BET Awards. I invited my friend C-Ra over and thought it would be a great idea to do a running diary of this year's show. Here we go厖?/p>
The always entertaining Usher opens the show with his hit Love in This Club. I'm not a gambling man but I bet he's lip-synching. If not he's the only guy I know who can do consecutive back flips without losing his breath. Decent performance. What you would expect from Usher
DL Hughely is hosting this year's show. His monologue is not that funny. I have no idea why his jokes didn't hit?.oh wait they weren't funny.
Wow a new season of Hell Date. Didn't know the first one ended.
Young Jeezy performs. I like this track. Looks like Kanye forgot his words. I'm sure he'll blame BET for it after the show is over. BET is real heavy on the censors this year. Way too many bleeps for this performance. I feel like I'm listening to an Emergency Broadcast.
It's the best athlete performance. Surprisingly there are no white athletes on the list. Kobe Bryant wins the award this year. C-Ra comments that "he basically won best black athlete."
How did Keyisha Cole's family get on TV? After they went of screen our exchange went something like this:
C-Ra: HA! Have you seen this show?
Me: Nope
C-Ra: Her mom is a TRAIN WRECK!
Keyshia Cole and her new teeth perform. Nice voice! She can really sing. WOW! You gotta love the tear-away dress that turns into an all white cat suit. The crowd seems to really love Lil Kim. Looks like prison has done her some good. I assume there was nothing to do but sit-ups. What happened to her face? I think I'm officially scared of her.
Is it me or is Cuba Gooding Jr. higher than these gas prices. I think he has morphed into Rod Tidwell. I'm waiting for him to say, "Show me the money."
Ne-Yo is suited up for his performance. It reminds of an old MJ routine. Nice set from Ne-Yo. He's one of the R&B cats that I really enjoy. He always puts on a show.
LL hasn't aged a bit. The guy is in ridiculous shape to be 65. I keep waiting to look up and he's going to be old and flabby. Not sure that's going to happen. Would anyone be surprised if his name popped up in the BALCO investigation?
Alicia Keys performs with a live band. Good set so far. Kicks it up a notch with an SWV cameo. Whoa! Here comes En Vogue! I know my dad is at home saying, "They still got it!!" If she brings out Xscape, I'm going home. I spoke too soon; TLC comes out and performs Waterfalls. Looks like Chili is drinking from the same fountain of youth that LL is. Nice set from Alicia Keys. The best performance of the night by far.
Best Male Hip Hop goes to Kanye West. He had to win something or he was going to spaz out at the after party. Nice gesture for him to bring Wayne on stage. I loved Kanye's speech. He's such an underdog and everybody wants to hold him down. Maybe that's why he wins all those Grammy's. (I think they've showed Lil Wayne about 50 times tonight. I feel like I'm watching a Lil Wayne reality show)
The Hilarious outfit of the night award goes to T-Pain. His "iced out top hat" is taller than me. Why does he look like the black Mad Hatter? I'm not sure I want to take my kids to his circus. Here comes Flo-Rida in a black tank top and jeans. C-Ra says he thinks that's the only outfit Flo-Rida owns. Maybe he got a bad record deal, who knows. Here comes Rick Ross with no shirt on! He's the anti LL Cool J. Let me get this right: BET will censor whatever Kanye was saying but they won't censor Rick Ross and his man boobs? They should have had one of those parental advisory warnings, "What you are about to see is graphic and may disturb viewers under the age of 14." I starting to think I should have waited to eat. They perform I'm So Hood Remix. Nice appearance from Ludacris. I'm not a huge fan, but not a bad set from T-Pain. They all put on a nice show.
Video of the Year goes to UGK and Outkast for Playas Anthem. It's actually a very good video. I'm surprised it won. Real emotional speech from Bun B厖?. RIP Pimp C
Here comes the Gospel portion of the show. One performance is not even 10%. This Marvin Sapp performance is not going to save you from the lake of fire BET.
Chris Brown puts on a show. I feel like I'm too old to like him. Nice cameo from Ciara gets C-Ra to sit up in his seat. Am I too old to like her too? Some suggestive dancing with Chris and Ciara. Someone should tell her that Rhianna is sitting in the front row. It's been a good show. So far the performances have been on point.
I think everyone and there mom has given Lil Wayne a shout out. Are they filming a DVD about his life?
T-Pain's slow motion walking is comedy. Me and C-Ra joke that he wouldn't pass a drug test right now. I'd bet my life on it.
Very nice tribute to Al Green. Jill Scott comes on stage and rips it, followed by Anthony Hamilton. That guy sounds just like Al Green. It must be the Apocalypse because Maxwell just hit the stage. I'm going to church immediately after the show is over. I hope he's somewhere secretly working on an album. Everyone seems to love Al Green's set. He is still a showman.
Lil Wayne wins his first award of the night. Somehow he managed to bring his whole family on stage.
Another performance at an award show from Rhianna. She looks like she dressed for the future. No dancers and no frills. Nice set from Rhianna as well.
Where has Nelly been? My first guess would be the gym. Cornelius is actually a good performer. I had no idea there was a, "Stepped on my J's" dance. Ciara shows up again. I think C-ra's head is going to explode. Yet another good performance. I must be dreaming.
My mom may read this, so no comment on Lauren London. I just think she should have her own TV channel.
Good to see Alicia Keys win. She has a really good album. Nice acceptance speech for her. She dedicated the award to everyone except me.
There have been a ton of shout outs for Obama. I think everyone in attendance is voting for him in November. I wonder if McCain gets that kind of love at the CMA's.
T-Pain in another hat. Now he's a mad scientist. Wayne hits the stage to lackluster applause. Maybe people are tired of Lollipop. I'm shocked they let Wayne say "lick me like a lollipop" on TV. I think the censors missed that one. Once A-Milli hit the crowd seems into his performance or it could be the fact that T-Pain tossed his hat. Nice performance from Wayne to end the show.
Good show from the folks over at BET. The award show has come a long way. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Some really good performances on this year show. I almost wish I was there. Looks like a lot people stepped their game up. Hopefully they can come with the same energy next year.
rimm
GR, there's always another way to find the correct entry price, after I've been stopped out. GR didn't go along with retail ( RTH) . Instead, it's going with XLI---SO, now it's easy to figure out when GR will bottom. GR bottoms when XLI at RSI 30.2--- I give trade this 5 to 1 odds of making money --by buying GR at XLI = RSI 30.2---
5 to 1 means--You put up $1,000 and I put up $5,000 and you bet me that I'm wrong---
RIMM misses by 1 cent--might as well been by $1.00, considering the worthless P/E the market gives this stock--look for much lower prices, in the next few weeks
RESEARCH IN MOTION(NasdaqGS: RIMM)
After Hours: 131.19 11.15 (7.83%)7:59PM EThelp
Last Trade: 142.34
Trade Time: 4:00PM ET
Change: 1.86 (1.32%)
Prev Close: 140.48
Open: 140.00
Bid: N/A
Ask: 133.15 x 100
1y Target Est: 161.35
Day's Range: 137.49 - 142.40
52wk Range: 53.103 - 148.13
Volume: 31,462,929
Avg Vol (3m): 18,955,500
Market Cap: 80.09B
P/E (ttm): 63.01
EPS (ttm): 2.259
Div & Yield: N/A (N/A)
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5 to 1 means--You put up $1,000 and I put up $5,000 and you bet me that I'm wrong---
RIMM misses by 1 cent--might as well been by $1.00, considering the worthless P/E the market gives this stock--look for much lower prices, in the next few weeks
RESEARCH IN MOTION(NasdaqGS: RIMM)
After Hours: 131.19 11.15 (7.83%)7:59PM EThelp
Last Trade: 142.34
Trade Time: 4:00PM ET
Change: 1.86 (1.32%)
Prev Close: 140.48
Open: 140.00
Bid: N/A
Ask: 133.15 x 100
1y Target Est: 161.35
Day's Range: 137.49 - 142.40
52wk Range: 53.103 - 148.13
Volume: 31,462,929
Avg Vol (3m): 18,955,500
Market Cap: 80.09B
P/E (ttm): 63.01
EPS (ttm): 2.259
Div & Yield: N/A (N/A)
Quotes delayed, except where indicated otherwise. For consolidated real-time quotes (incl. pre/post market data), sign up for a free trial of Real-time Quotes.
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Button Ads: I'm not sure why button ads have never really caught on in the blogging world because they've been around for a long time. Personally, I made more money on button ads last month than on text and banner ads combined. Furthermore, because I keep the size small (2 kb or less), 10 button ads load in the same amount of time that 1 banner ad does. So I think button ads are good way to go for bloggers.
Blogads: Personally, I chose not to do Blogads because I felt comfortable with the advertising I already have set up. However, I've heard a lot of good things about them, they're selling a lot of ads, and a quite a few top notch blogs use them. I think for a lot of people, Blogads are probably a good way to go.
Amazon: I've tried selling Amazon products before, but really wasn't terribly impressed with them. For the amount of space you end up giving them, you just don't get enough of a return to make it worth it. In my opinion, you'd be better off putting ads in the same space. However, other people like Oliver Willis who really push Amazon in individual posts may get better results. If you're going to use Amazon, that's the way I'd recommend that you go.
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