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Terrible. This basically sums up 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. I was already sceptical about the show considering the so-so line-up of performers, but it was a complete mess.

Setting the tone for the night was opener Britney Spears. With all that’s gone on, I was hoping she’d silence the naysayers, but this was a complete and utter and trainwreck. A combination of poor lipsyching, stiff choreography and an outfit that revealed her out of shape body, Britney’s performance will no doubt have many saying her career is over. It will be if she doesn’t find a way to redeem herself from that mess.

Most of the night’s other performers offered little of interest. Although I must give Rihanna props for doing her thing during Chris Brown’s so-so performance and later on during ‘Shut Up & Drive’.

The show wasn’t all bad, though. Alicia Keys’ performance was a standout. She nailed ‘No One’, making me like the song all the more. I wasn’t initially all that hyped for her performance, but she was definitely the highlight of what was a mediocre night (at best).

MTV really need to step it up and the show has been on a downward spiral for years. I was thinking it was all award shows, but the BET Awards this year really showed out – beating this mess hands down. SMH…

What do you think of the performances?

As reported, the Fashion Rocks 2007 concert took place in New York City this week. A host artists performed at the star-studded event including Usher, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson. Check out some of the performances below:

For the first time in the longest, I felt everyone did great. One of the standouts, for me, was Usher & Mary’s performance. With the way Usher was nailing the James Brown choreography I was left thinking ‘Justin who?’. Jennifer Hudson was also a standout; it was good seeing her sing something different. She really has a great stage presence too. I was pleasantly surprised with J. Lo’s performance – she is far from a great vocalist, but her live singing has improved a lot.

What do you think of the performances?

R&B star Usher appeared on the Season 5 premiere of the Ellen Degeneres show yesterday (September 4th). The ‘Yeah’ singer discussed a number of things including his controversial marriage to Tameka Raymond (which is how he introduced her) and their child – due toward the end of the year. He also plugged his new fragrance line ‘Usher He/She’.

He really seems to have found ‘the one’ in Tameka and I can’t hate on him for that. Though, with all the media scrutiny and his momma’s disapproval, it’ll be interesting to see how long this lasts. On a side note, I’m kinda surprised he didn’t plug his upcoming album – it is still slated for a November release, right?

What do you think of the interview?

*Before I continue, let me just say that I’m in no way confirming this to be true – so don’t shoot the messenger lol*

WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS Q!!!! TAKE IT FROM ME… THE KING OF ALL DL [EXPLETIVE]!!!! HE IS NOT ONE OF US…. Q IS A STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN BOTTOM ASS [EXPLETIVE]. I HOPE I DO NOT GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS, BUT HERE IT GOES……. I AM REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH JOHNATHON, WHO QUIT THE SHOW DURING THE DANCE EPISODE WITH LAURA. HE GETS DOWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND TOLD ME THE Q OFTEN HIT ON HIM AND TRIED TO GET WITH HIM OFF CAMERA. BEING THAT DIDDY IS A HOMO HIMSELF, HE COULD SMELL THE GAY ACTION GOING DOWN. HE APPROACHED THEM BOTH AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAN THE [EXPLETIVE] UP QUICK OR BE KICKED OFF BECAUSE HE COULD NOT HAVE HOMO DUDES IN THE BAND OR ON THE SHOW. LET ME NOT MENTION THAT HE MADE A PASS AT ONE OF THEM AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THINGS THEY MAY NOT LIKE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE. HE WAS NEVER REALLY AROUND AS YOU SAW, SO SOME [EXPLETIVE] HAD TO STEP UP AND DO THINGS FOR A CHANCE AT FAME OFF CAMERA.

DIDDY REALLY GOT PISSED OFF WHEN HE TRIED TO TURN HOMEBOY CARLOS WITH THE LONG HAIR OUT AND FAILED TO DO SO. THAT IS WHY THEY BROUGHT IN HIS PERSONAL SITUATION ON CAMERA AND HAD NO TYPE OF CONSIDERATION FOR HIM FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW, BRYAN M. COX, THE PRODUCER, GETS DOWN AS WELL. HE HELPED DIDDY MAKE CARLOS LOOK BAD , TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A READON TO WANT HIM TO GET KICKED OFF, BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT DO SOME OF THE SEXUAL THINGS THEY WANTED OFF CAMERA. OF COURSE THESE [EXPLETIVE] ARE BOUND BY CONTRACT NOT TO SAY [EXPLETIVE], BUT YOU GQ IS GONNA TELL IT, BECAUSE I HAVE TO PUT GRIMY [EXPLETIVE] ON BLAST EVERY CHANCE I GET. THEY MUST LEARN SOME HOW.

ANYWAY, JOHN ALSO TOLD ME THAT Q WENT FURTHER WITH DIDDY IN THE BEDROOM AND CONVENCED HIM THAT HE COULD PASS FOR STRAIGHT FOR THE FEMALE AUDIENCE. THAT IS WHY YOU SAW JOHN SAY THAT HE DID NOT WANT THIS BAND AS MUCH AS THE OTHERS. HE WAS TIRED OF PUTTING HIS PERSONAL VALUES IN QUESTION. BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YALL SEE AND THINK WHEN IT EVER COMES TO DIDDY!!!!! MASE WAS NOT HIS FIRST OR LAST ARTIST EVER SIGNED TO BAD BOY WHO GETS DOWN. THERE WAS ALSO LOON, CARL THOMAS, BENTLEY, SLIM FROM 112 AND OF COURSE THE DIKE FROM TOTAL. YOU KNOW GQ HAD TO BRING IT TO YALL!!!

On Her Relationship With Her Father:

“I am actually embarrassed by that. I don’t like speaking about it because I am not proud of it. But it is something that helped make me who I am today. Now people know that I am not perfect and that I had real conflicts. My dad is not pleased, because he is embarrassed. We still have not sat and had a conversation about it.”

On Her Past Image

“I felt like my girlie image was boring and contrived and generic. I was so restricted. I could not wear red lipstick. If I did I would get cursed out by my marketing person. I did a big performance on an awards show and I won some awards and [was happy] , but as soon as I got off the plane, I got the nastiest email from her about [my looks]. I then realized she was not treating me like a human being so I cut her off.

On Blowing Up After Playing Second Fiddle To Teairra Marie

That [was] a funny situation, but I always remained humble. I was just the little Caribbean girl. You have to be good to people. I could very easily say it’s all karma…God has favor on me and has blessed me, and I cannot even thank Him enough.

Hmm…seems like there must have been more to Teairra being dropped from Def Jam / Roc A’ Fella. She was more talented than Rihanna, in my opinion, and both of their first albums tanked – so something must have made the label choose to pull out all the stops for Rihanna’s success instead of Teairra.

What do you think of Rihanna’s comments?