I didn’t watch the BET Awards in its entirety last night. But I did watch enough to hear some of the most atrocious “singing” in the history of televised Awards shows. I guess the entertainment standard is set so low in R&B and Hip Hop that no one even cares anymore.
Back in my day, singing off key was a sin that got you the hook on Live at the Apollo. An artist wouldn’t dare sing off key at Madison Square Garden, so why is it OK at the BET Awards? Artists in the 70s and 80s took way more pride in their art than these artists today.
The artists I saw last night were much more interested in how they looked than how they sounded which is a sad reflection on the industry.
It’s ironic that the main protagonist of the “less substance and more flash” style of singing (Beyonce) didn’t perform last night.
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