VIDEO: Rihanna and T.I. Shut Down the VMAs!

Sandra Rose September 8, 2008

Due to my recent move to a new place, I have neither cable tv nor Internet. Luckily I have a working phone ~~no thanks to Bellsouth/ATT~~. Anyway, I heard that T.I. and Rihanna rocked it at the VMAs. So I couldn’t wait for Dimewars.com or Worldstarhiphop.com to put the videos up!

Now that I’ve seen the performances for myself, I am convinced! We already know T.I. is the King, but Rihanna is the undisputed Queen!

Beyonce, Ashanti, et al, better hold on to your wigs ’cause Rihanna is coming to collect ’em!

I loved the blond highlights in Rihanna’s hair and, of course, her styling was impeccable! Rihanna looked so H-A-W-T in those boots with the 5-inch heels. I was a little worried that RiRi would lose her balance and do a Beyonce, face first down the steps. But my girl is too cool to slip and fall on national TV.

starr

Rihanna easily had one of the worst performances of the nite. The whole show sucked….u didn’t miss much
mizzdallas

I wasnt too impressed with Rihanna first performance and her second performance with TI was okay, PINK performance was better then Rihanna she is sooo STIFF. Lil wayne I have no words for that FUGLY goon him and TPAIN. Leona Lewis did okay job of Nina Simone “Misunderstood” she is still BORING.
black beauty

Rhianna need vocal training asap and the girl has no stage presence AT ALL but her outfits were fabulous and the lyrics to that T.I.song she sang the hook to should have said ” I’m going broke from living my life” LOL

T.I. looks good as usual and so do Tiny for just having a baby!
bloggergirlz

i guess u will 4ever overlook the “hottest chick in the game” memo (or 4ever tweak it how u c fit, lol). u called ol girl the queen, which is hilarious! i don’t care how much u hate or get tired of bey, she is the $hit when it comes 2 performing. ashanti shouldn’t have been mentioned at all. i cringe everytime she performs. those american apparel leggings shes been wearing don’t help her thick a$$ either…

i guess this is the type of write-up cici would kill for, huh?!
JustSaying

OK, SR we all know Rhi Rhi can LOOK good but come on now you know D@mn well that chick CAN NOT sing and she CAN NOT perform live. SHE SUCKS.

And for the record I don’t care for Bey either but I will take Bey any day over RHI RHI. HELL, I will take Solange over RHI RHI.

Later!
srv

MTV blatantly staged Britney Spears’ come back. An awards she hasn’t even won in her hey day she wins last night 3 or 4 of them. I almost feel like I did the year Halle and Denzel won oscars on the same night…it’s just so yeah right, you know? I was ashamed of Lil Wayne, I’m thinking that because of the resources he had available, he’d try a little harder….I guess now, then Kid Rock coons him with that Chicken George hat on later in the show. The host was AWFUL, Rihanna did ok…but, I just felt like something was missing. Some of the performances were set-up on the back lot, so the were all a little awkward. Tip was pretty good. Xtina was great! It was good to see her stepping out of her element and do something edgy. TPain is another coon for always running around in those damn circus get-ups. He came in on an elephant! Dumb ass…It’s funny how LL was reduced to the new artist stage at stage right… The awards just keep getting worse and worse. I was also surprised they condensed it to two hours.
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

Rihanna and T.I. shut down the awards….stop with the jokes Sandy! It’s too early in the morning

The award show SUCKED….not like how MTV awards used to be, exciting. T.I.’s performance was ok, I was hoping he wouldnt sing that awful song, “Whatever You Like” and sure enough he made my wishes come true and sang that hot mess of a song. It got a little better when he switched to Rihanna but her stage presence is always lookin like a stiff alien robot.

Everybody else sucked and the fact that Britney Spears kept winning awards showed me that the industry is full of sh*&. Video of the Year goes to Britney Spears? smdh
mrsdawn

Star,
I agree w/ you 100%. Rihanna sucked. TI should got anyone else, but right now she still a FAD, truct me she will not last that long. That is the reason for the ROCK CHICK style and edgy hair cut. AS for Ashanti, whatever. BUT I am quite sure B aint giving a damn about stinkin ass, long head Rihanna. Time will tell. B’s cd will be out in NOV.
as well as her hubby, so Sandra Im sure you’re ready to diss as usual.
DMNB

Personally I don’t think RiRi can sing all that well, she is not even in the same category as Bey.
intensemocha

her hair looked like a rooster, only a rare few can pull that style off

but yep her style was fiyah! but what else is new, rihanna is the industry’s barbie right now, you can put anything on her and she will look great, put together a song with a hot beat and stand her in front of a mic-and she will look good while performing

I aint mad at ya rhi rhi get your shine on as long as you can…
pointhimout

naw, i’m DIGGIN the way t.i.’s performance was like a video right before your eyes…i think more artists should do that. rhianna, um nawh. she aint shut shyt down. she was horrible. a ciara or beyonce woulda tore that phuckin stage down…str8 killed it. she was terrible. t.i. did real good though. i’m impressed by him. again.
kwallace577

ri ri is so pretty but she got missed when they were handing out talent. needs to go back to “pon de replay” and try to recapture the magic.

my fave person of the night was christina. loves me some xtina chile.

wayne. wayne. wayne. what a waste he has become. please step AWAY from the drank wayne. i remember when you were a wee lad and now you are almost gone all the way. again, leave the sizzurp ALONE.

and that was a black tomfoolery MESS with t-pain and the elephant. i am starting to suspect he is on something his own damnself.
teecee

APPARENTLY I MISSED SOMETHING BUT I GUESS IT WAS OK…. SHE MADE TI LOOK LIKE HE WAS THE SIZE OF A 12 YR OLD…. WAIT HE IS. LOL
selly

The awards SUCKED! The worst ever….The crowd looked bored and I was dissapointed cuz Rhi Rhi was boring, too! Her notes were a lil’ off in her first performance. I think MTV staged all those Britney awards too but I can say Britney did look great.
ReadTheBlog

Rihanna looked like a dyke last night. And that performance was wack, as is all of TI’s performances…I think X-Tina did the best, IMO…
coaretained

I was bored by “Whatever you like” and that’s sad cuz I love me some TI… I actually liked Pinks performance.. that girl can sang!! I thought the British dude was kind of funny.. I like sarcasm I guess… and I am feeling like the rest of you.. I didn’t even know Brittney had a damn video to be video of the year… in my best Flav voice… “woooooooooow.”
katgirl33

Hey Sandra,

I heard on the radio this morning that TI was about to step in Chris Brown’s azz at the VMAs, for playing too much…..

You got some details on that? Chris Brown looks like he play too much! LOL
katgirl33

Damn y’all! I missed it! I had a paper to turn in, and I lost the TV fight last night, for football!

They gon show it about 50 times between now that next week, so I’ll catch it soon enough!
MOCHAMOMMY

Sandra, what does rhiannas teat taste like? the girl is awful, to say the least. Did anyone catch Jamie Foxx’s joke?
katgirl33

Rhi Rhi looked like one of them ladies from Pat Benetar’s video, “Love is a Battlefield”….LOL LOL LOL Anybody remember that? She was cute though.

I see that lip synching must be real hard for some of them…..;)
http://myspace.com/tamarlese Peachiz

^^^^^^Lol Mochammommy u are too much,
Rright before TI took to the main stage it was like superstar, RiRi, all she did was she the hook and she made up for the horrible performance in the opening. RiRi is a superstar there is no denying that, her performance could have been better, i saw her @ Essence and she was worst..
BayArea

srv I could not have said it better myself. I agree with your comment 100%.

I think MTV had Britney in rehab/lockdown for the past few months to avoid the embarrassment she pulled last year. She made them the laughing stock of TV Land. She is getting ready to act up again in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…….
kwallace577

@katgirl. dead at the pat benetar video! i used to LOVE that song! i had it in my ipod for ages. yes rihanna looked like a video reject from the old skool pat benetar video. she is really into channeling the 80’s ain’t she?

if the 80’s are back like THAT i’m going to my daddy house after work to find my pleather mike jackson thriller-esqe jacket. it is red and has about 15-20 zippers on it….
whyohwhy

Rihanna tour up the VMA’s alright, I have never understood the fasination of this girl and while I was crying through her performance I understand why.. First off she was lip singing during her and TI’s performance.

Disturbia was so bad I actually cried from laughing so hard…

Rihanna associated with words like SUPERSTAR, SINGER, DANCER even compared to BEYONCE should be banned from every site on the internet. This is why she is going broke if not already there and why her label has no faith in her.

Did you watch her sing the song with the other girls? Why did Miley Sirus have to help her sing her part?

At Fashion Rock she is suppose to be singing one of Madonna’s song, somebody help us…
kitty4shigady

Pink killed it hands down she had the best performance of the night. I was disappointed in christina cause I was excited to see her. she was lip synching and she looks like she had some work done to her face.
pointhimout

24, yeah, lil miley was rockin that performance the ladies all did together. rhianna is famous for reasons unbeknownest to me.
purepisces

I didn’t even watch. I don’t have a DVR and cannot possibly sit through the whole thing without wanting to fast forward through most of any of these award shows they put on now. I remember when I was younger I HAD to see them all, but no more. I did see some pics though, and no matter how manufactured it was, Britney looked great! Way to do a comeback. T-Pain always looks like a circus freak, so no surprise there. I will have to go look for the Pink performance online, that girl can SANG and I’m always excited to see her perform. Rhiyawna?! Please, that girl is always stiff as a board.

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