VH1 Hip Hop Honors!!!

Every year VH1 Hip Hop Honors seems to be that ish!!! But I’m wondering, does anyone remember when VH1 wasn’t the ish? It became hot overnight! Here's the link to VH1 to see the performaces, http://www.vh1.com/home/splash/hhh_2007/index.jhtml
I did the best I could w/ youtube footage. Viacom took alot of ish down. :(

Honoree Missy Elliott

There was a lot of hoopla about her being honored and all, but I’m one to argue that she has paid her dues. She has been around for a minute. I wish they had elaborated on this a bit more. They did not mention when she was a part of the group, Sista, or that she first started out under Jodeci’s Devante Swing. I also wish they would have elaborated a bit more on her production/writing resume! They didn’t mention ½ the ish she produced for other peeps. Sure, she’s not the best lyricist, but production/writing wise, she hasn’t been touched by any other females in the game. Here’s the ish that stood out to me.



-I had forgot all about Tweet! Where has she been? For those of you who do not own a copy of her first CD, Southern Hummingbird, ya need to step ya CD game up! Her and Timbo did a good job singing, “I Can’t Stand The Rain” even though she’s not a rapper. She did the chorus bomb too!

-Did you peep Snoop w/ the fam and the pimp cup vibing when they were honoring Missy?! Lol

-Why didn’t Missy perform??????

-Keyshia Cole and E.V.E. did a great job doing “Hot Boyz”. Kesh did a good job, but it made me want to hear the original voice on the track, the highly underrated, Lil Mo.

-And does Ciara ever fail to entertain?

Honoree New Jack Swing

Teddy Riley is one most overlooked producers/musicians ever! I put him in the same boat as Roger Troutman and DJ Quik, they never given the credit they deserve! Same thing w/ Andre Harrell! Of course he’s not on the scale of Russell Simmons, but he was one of the first young hip hop entrepreneurs. Diddy was his intern! He developed the careers of Jodeci, Heavy D., Mary J. Blige, etc. Wow Here’s the ish that stood out to me.

-Andre Harrell’s glasses

-Doug E. Fresh is the ish! When they started singing Lodi Dodi, I was kinda salty because I love Snoop’s cover of it from his first album and was hoping he would perform it.

-T-Pain, vocals were not all there bruh. But in his defense, I guess it is a bit difficult for anyone to sound like Keith Sweat.

-Andre Harrell's glasses.

-“Remember The Time” is one of Michael Jackson’s best songs and videos.

-I don’t recall it being a duet though.

-I think for a second, towards the end, Neyo believed he was Michael Jackson.

-It would’ve been tight if they had the dancers dress up in the Egyptian get up like in the video.

-For a second I thought I was there when Teddy and Chauncey Black (the 2 members of Blackstreet who never left) did “No Diggity”.

-The audience was wack, how can you not enjoy throwbacks like “No Diggity” and “Rumpshaker”???!!!

Honoree Snoop Dogg

I’m from the West, and I am a Snoop fan! Peeps wanna hate but the man is legendary. He does not ever have to release another CD again and he would still be able to tour for life! Even if you don’t listen to rap, if you’re 82, if you live under a rock, you know who Snoop is! Ish that stood out.

-Pharrell looked good!

-He seemed like he really made an effort to sound like Snoop huh?

-TI and BG did “Deep Cover” (On the original track,I love the way Snoop recites the line, “We’ll give you 20 G’s if you snitch on ya homie”!!) but I think BG didn’t know the words.

-I know he’s grown, but it’s weird to hear Bow Wow cuss.

-Did ya’ll peep Ice-T doing the c-walk? Where was WC??

Honoree A Tribe Called Quest

So ya girl decided to finish watching the show in the bed and accidentally dosed off!!!! I’m gonna try to catch the repeat to hit ya’ll up later! Sorry