Joe Budden's 2024 BET Awards Review | "The Show Was PANDERING BULL***T"

[@traxxmediagrouptraxx3234]

Bet awards ain’t been the same since they sold the company

[@getmoneychill6462]

@@traxxmediagrouptraxx3234 That’s what happen when you sale to outsiders.They water the brand down to stop the competition

[@JuicySmooyayy]

nah the new generation artist is ass

[@samuelclark1677]

​@@JuicySmooyayythe generation can be ass all they want. BET doesn't have to celebrate that trash.

[@BrandonThreatTV]

@@JuicySmooyayyboth can be true

[@Kim-yf8cv]

You mean gangster it from Bob Johnson. 💯

[@unniq36]

BET been low vibrational for far too long.

[@QueendomCome621]

It was too female centric. I like to see more balance, plus the way they put the categories together is always terrible. No male R&B artists paying tribute to Usher was a travesty.

[@ralfiejr34]

@QueendomCome621 think about the lyrics of those songs. He don't want men singing that to him....lol

[@romello4913]

@@ralfiejr34honestly bro, if they did a tribute to Beyoncé or Rihanna, you think they would have all or a majority of male singers performing the tribute? Think about that?

[@shawnikanewton1952]

@@ralfiejr34 I get it, but when it's a tribute things are a little different.

[@Nefertiti_Naya]

Wish there were classy females tho. They were a bit too ratchet. All wearing the same thing

[@raczgreen6053]

The r&b today is dark and now they call it Trap Soul music which is a fusion of rap/trap autotune sub of r&b..🤮🤮 Now let's see all the dudes they get to tribute to Beyonce in the future....but she ain't coming to no damn EBT awards no time soon 😂

[@RobMack510]

That boondocks BET episode speaking VOLUMES right now

[@janetdecemberlock1339]

Facts

[@Scantronacon]

I miss the Boondocks but it's written in stone now John is gone😢. Maybe one day a revival with JD as granddad

[@PFOD1008]

✅✅✅✅✅✅ THE BOONDOCKS IN ITS ENTIRETY

[@raczgreen6053]

The Boondocks knew too much...I hate that they can't come back ...🚬😮‍💨

[@torrijones8434]

Yep they did I remember boondocks

[@intelligentHoodlum]

That award show sucks it's been that way for years now

[@soda8736]

The fact they say Sexy Red is for the kids is crazy..

[@candidcamron1930]

Black embarrassment television in full effect

[@officialdoctv]

Pinned 📌

[@Coolcat3]

Art in general is at an all time low. No one cares. It’s money and politics these days

[@Tryhardblackguy]

More people are noticing. They fooled people for too long, it’s time for people to open their eyes. Consume older media. This includes video games, movies, tv shows, etc. there’s some exceptions these days but a lot of media is created by corporations and not humans/artist. I saw this happen to the movie and music industry, it’s happening really bad with video games currently (I truly love the video game industry and loved it since I was a kid) since it’s such a new form of entertainment corporations are flocking to the industry and delivering bullshit

[@PotatoGunCamper]

Not really. What is being promoted is just garbage. Still tons of great artistry, they just do not get deals or a big marketing budget

[@SurrealEtc]

FACTS

[@Boutdatright]

You frustrated...keep calm! Creature is genuine

[@GrooveGod256]

​@@BoutdatrightThe world is frustrated with the lack of culture

[@patsnation8427]

*Sexyy Redd is arguably the worst rapper ever after seeing that performance.*

[@charlita25]

Yes that performance was 🗑 🚮. I see 👀 she spent a little more on set design but she's just not a performer

[@Perfectly_Imperfect6fter]

That would be Cardi who doesn’t write her own raps.

[@aaronearnedanironurnn]

I think she gets paid to be that bad on purpose. The look, the sound, the ratchet. So yts and foreign blacks doing our music or their version of our music look amazing in comparison.

[@patsnation8427]

@@aaronearnedanironurnn she's definitely an industry plant

[@patsnation8427]

@@aaronearnedanironurnn she's definitely a industry plant.

[@Rodrickwashington-mf5dk]

Angela Simmons having a gun purse when Gotti almost got killed and his brother did a few months ago is crazy …

[@Birdface-gx2uf]

He baby daddy was also killed by gun violence 😂 yu can’t make this shyt up

[@achickfromthebricks]

Her brother was not killed.

[@blaqpho3nix]

@@achickfromthebricksthey said HIS as in Gotti brother

[@perseverancelite1]

This what’s FUKS me up mentally and spiritually. We had a young Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Sam Cook, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Usher and Chris Brown. That you mean to tell me there is NO up and coming male vocalist that can fill this vacant SPOT in R&B? Something not right!🤔😳

[@JRob1125]

Q, Lucky Daye, Durand Bernarr, Josh Levi.......there's definitely male talent in R&B lately. Either the labels haven't caught up or they're just ignoring it

[@kaylamaxine9217]

@@JRob1125they need to make some hit records. Vedo and Dustin are the only male artists that had me on the first listen like back in the day

[@DranksandGrub]

Man Luke James was literally in the audience and they didn't have him sing so BET heads were definitely pandering to the women but they put Sexxy Red for the ratchets and thirsty 🥷🏿 btw it's hell of good RnB artist out here it's just not getting the major support unless they make it more ratchet like.

[@perseverancelite1]

@@DranksandGrub That’s what I’m saying. I know that there are Brothers in the industry that can sang their ass off (No Diddy) but their not given a platform and also I feel that it’s now that for Black Men singing is considered soft which is crazy!

[@domj8504]

The powers that be do not want to highlight black excellence periodt

[@sedrickholmes2180]

Last bet awards I remember watching is with Rick James lol when he said “for the girl backstage never mind who you thought i was,IM RICK JAMES BITXH!”😂😂

[@CHYNALUVRARA]

😂😅🤣😅😂 oh yeah that was the best right there

[@Getawayk]

I stopped watching 10 years ago

[@kekarose2844]

Stop Lying

[@Getawayk]

@@kekarose2844 award shows fell off last decade

[@mikediddyTV]

@@kekarose2844exactly

[@amaraeddings4611]

I stopped 20 years ago

[@torrijones8434]

I stopped watching 20 years ago

[@sdot7117]

The fact that they barely had any men performing told me everything I needed to know. They want the black women vote.

[@JaiK64]

Exactly

[@dudesupremeX]

All they do is kiss up to women & abc community

[@Simsationxl]

Yeah I was done when willow smith was dancing in fire talking about God lol

[@user-kp7bi1ug9e]

And the Usher tribute is how you think they're trying to get it?? Lol our community is so damn stupid politically

[@dominiquesmith7680]

@@user-kp7bi1ug9eOur “community” isn’t mainly made up of the people under joe comments but I get what you mean

[@samuelclark1677]

You know these awards are trash when Chris Brown would rather take pictures with fans over doing backflips on stage of the BET awards

[@mikediddyTV]

BET still make it hard for Chris, so he said phuk it. And does his own thing. And that goes for all award shows. He’s over them.

[@rissilient85]

😂

[@Epic4Evr1990]

He’s on tour and from what I’ve been seeing it is 🔥 🔥 🔥🔥🔥

[@MayISpeak]

Umm he’s on tour… he cant come to the bet awards😂

[@KiwiFruitJules]

R&B needs more categories. New wave, old school, traditional, ballad, group, afro, duet, explicit whatever. There are a lot of sub genres

[@modernlegacy5555]

The pop out with ken and friends was way better than the awards.

[@hezekiahthomas837]

Boondocks went from parody to prophecy

[@RageE4Evry1]

They think nudity equates to art...i hate it here. The pandering is annoying

[@EazyRocko]

The B.E.T. Awards haven’t been good since 2010

[@ralfiejr34]

It definitely was full of pandering. Females in my family group chat spotted it first.

[@JaiK64]

Were they just as upset as I was that female singers were doing Usher's tribute? Like they couldn't get any other male singers 😅

[@ralfiejr34]

@JaiK64 it was supposed to be all females. Childish was a last minute replacement. Think about Ushers songs. He don't want a man singing any of them to him....lol

[@mikediddyTV]

@@ralfiejr34now now now. Male’s could perform the songs. It’s a tribute. It’s paying homage. Has nothing to do with singing to a male or not. But this tribute was set up this way because of all the spooning he did with a lot of these female celebrities during his Vegas residency, they wanted him to relax and they pay tribute to him.

[@colmanbrown9747]

This what happens when the people are nominated for singles not bodies of work

[@Johnnmmack]

Why did every black woman had to be shaking their ass on the BET music awards? That’s crazy

[@sassyk3906]

Latto& Tyla not black

[@Johnnmmack]

Woman period . It’s about the artistry.right?

[@AutochthonousBey]

There's NO WAY TYLA should've beat out OCTOBER LONDON in ANYTHING musical. HTF BET censor USHER but allowed THE WRETCHED FEMALE RAPPERS to speak freely

[@unlimitedpearl]

October London?

[@dudesupremeX]

Women’s rights is being taken too far fr. It’s really ridiculous

[@E.R225]

​@@unlimitedpearlIf you actually knew who he was you'd understand why people think he deserved to win lol

[@ZabDevin]

@@E.R225Facts.

[@unlimitedpearl]

@@E.R225 I gotta do my homework then

[@DGodwithaplan2]

I stopped watching the BET AWARDS and the GRAMMYS.

[@johntucker4056]

That sexyy red performance made me cry as a grown ass man, because I had to accept real talent real hip hop is truly over. Home girl made me cry all over my cheerios

[@AKrg9916]

It’s been over … gangster rap, drill rap, mumble rap ?

[@johntucker4056]

@@AKrg9916 your right it sucks

[@tjcougarfootball1]

It's not over dawg. There are several artists out here that can still rap their asses off. Just gotta find them

[@johntucker4056]

@@tjcougarfootball1 but on a whole scale it’s slim. Even the music they are pushing we have to dig deeeep to find a rapper that actually is rapping and making music to touch the soul. I feel you but it’s just not the same bruh

[@everyotherbar65]

I’m amazed that other black people are recognizing the overt cringey pandering

[@kendgabe822]

Me too. We act like we can’t see a darn thing

[@asdfxcvbn746]

funny how black democrats are the very last to notice how negative far lefty culture & mindset is until its too late. the rest of us black people been known all this lgbt, feminist stuff the far left is pushing has gone way too far. we said they'd add a "p" to Igbt & be after your kids & y'all democrats called us crazy... now who's laughing smh

[@KingGrizzBadara]

@@kendgabe822 Whose we?

[@justinlee3999]

They still gonna vote Democrat anyway. They need their daddy joe to validate their blackness for another 4 years

[@yonico_]

I did and i'm not even from america... i'm french caribbean

[@TellNoLiez]

*EBT Awards*

[@Cwenjae]

😂😂good one!

[@grvmbinoscott7163]

Eat better tonight 😂

[@brandonhunte2281]

FACTS!! 😂

[@Cornbreadfed82]

Racist

[@DejiiJones_]

@@Cornbreadfed82 Nah he’s right, it’s low quality ratchet mess

[@AJEbanks]

The legends don’t even show up anymore

[@Sheraytv]

Exactly

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

Not many left😪

[@tamarasky2043]

The bet awards was more like the EBT awards. Black people are not a monolith. We need to add more genres rock punk indie, so many good artist out there.

[@BrianPurnell-z1z]

Ebt awards. Lol

[@deesavage5198]

They catered to the highest bidder and the winner of that bid was Tylas team. They paid to make sure she won those awards so she can say Africa a bunch of times to please us poor blk folks because of the Breakfast club interview

[@mrevilren6507]

Or she just made good music

[@henryhudson4965]

I haven't watched an award show in over a decade 🤦‍♂️ 1:34

[@jackiecelestin6987]

Me almost 20 years😢

[@miiluvjames4709]

My sister was utterly disgusted 😂

[@BigUnc734]

Ozempics for pets is crazy work 🤣🤣🤣

[@tiffanyashford4769]

When he said that I hollered 😂 I have not seen that commercial

[@axxelfoley3304]

Taraji come on you saw your contract for the new color purple and signed the contract

[@ChanelStar1]

*Taraji was also out of pocket for her response to Keith Lee. She shouldn't even have responded because as he stated, it wasn't her fault and she apologized in the moment.*

[@JaiK64]

Exactly!

[@TashaOneal-l8h]

​@@JaiK64can't stand her

[@Havivamauri]

Well that’s because he was throwing subliminals and liking posts BEFORE he backtracked realizing he’s not that important to be acting like she did it on purpose

[@ChanelStar1]

@@Havivamauri *She’s still Taraji P Henson. I see her on a way different level than Keith. I expected her to be a lady and enjoy the success of her show.*

[@Havivamauri]

@@ChanelStar1 I understand your pov but please try to see it from the other perspective of he essentially came for her brand . The main narrative being pushed that he entertained by liking and trolling is that this successful woman intentionally disrespected his wife, another woman because she could. Tarajis whole public persona is a woman of the people but the industry has doubled down on her being a spokesperson for the female gender. So yes she had to address this in a way that wouldn’t affect her brand. H Her publicist giving a statement would have made her look unapologetic and shady and not responding would have allowed the narrative to grow and possibly lead to other narratives. She personally responded and told her side still was respectful and kept it classy🙌🏾

[@zachwalker522]

People still watch B.E.T after 2005

[@abunn72]

The BET awards have been trash for at least 7 to 10 years now...maybe longer.

[@Twelve30Radical]

0:38 man F all that ion know dem ninjas 💀

[@Wbd430]

Funniest shit🤣🤣

[@biggmonie]

I felt that the Sexy Red should not have performed, and they needed a couple more R&B acts. Too many rap acts ....Just do the top 2 like Meg and Latto. Well actually I liked Glorilla. Red and Little Orphan annie did not need to perform. Sorry. I needed to see Raheem Devaughn and like Lucky Faye. I liked the Usher tribute. I agree with Joe. Highlight some R&B

[@olearyeugene]

That show was so agenda driven it was disgusting. Trying to force people to vote and vote Democrat. And her saying it's about us was clearly geared towards women

[@Presidentofyt96]

The bet awards use to mean something if you know you know ! Gave alot of inspiration to our people and show cased us at our best

[@AKrg9916]

What about when the gangster rappers would take the stage ?

[@Presidentofyt96]

@@AKrg9916 they still had some type of professionalism

[@mr.allfacts9489]

Bafoonary is so entertaining, B.E.T. did thier job.

[@EyezPeepinIsh]

I stand on this Jacob Latimore should’ve been on that stage performing the Usher Tribute

[@getmoneychill6462]

Taraji had the fake abs

[@JaiK64]

You peeped that too 😅😂

[@QueendomCome621]

That was terrible!

[@TashaOneal-l8h]

​@@QueendomCome621can't stand taraji

[@w00deey12]

Do they still do the cypher? that's the only BET awards thing i like

[@IIIWallaceIII]

I think that’s the hip hop award

[@TheRedgoldenchild]

They added an R&B Cypher but since R Kelly and Diddy BET have cancelled Men!

[@MrLLLisLiving]

Right. Everybody a not a Democrat watching the bet awards, they might of clicked off

[@MrVenom973]

Well I'm sure it isn't maga morons turning out in droves to watch, too "woke" for them

[@Ishbikes]

Reason I didn’t watch, also the reason why I’m glad even the neutral ppl are upset.

[@twizzy585ots]

They not keeping it real because Mel up there...that was a slorefest, as a father of a daughter I saw trash all night

[@TabathaTMartin]

BET Award is not the same anymore. It's getting to be trash show now.

[@jgj5369]

EBT awards 😔

[@Saveyourbs]

@@jgj5369😂

[@jasonbrewbaker3932]

Meghan def killed it looks performance wise but literally outside of WAP and bodyadiyadi I have no idea what songs she has.

[@tscott9005]

What’s sad is majority of the people that performed I didn’t know any of their songs even album names. The fact yall have to say artists “look great” is sad because that is their talent not the music.

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

Haven’t seen anything BET for a decade lol

[@AshlyMonet]

Yea that usher tribute was horrible.

[@jackiecelestin6987]

Definitely could’ve been better!

[@northwestkidmarc]

The BET Awards this year was the craziest awards show I ever seen in my life 😂😂😂😂😂

[@wavydavybeats]

the best part was Lauryn Hill & YG Marley performance

[@ShonnysLab1995]

Facts

[@rickywashington2594]

I didn't see the awards...too many lil and youngs

[@stoneytv6777]

This shit been sucking ass for years now. I haven’t watched it since the last time CB performed there 😂

[@HeartBreakBonez]

What does it matter if people use Ozempic or not?

[@astarothamon2113]

They dieing

[@kjo2130]

DNC awards… man you ain’t lying. Only part of the show that pissed me out.

[@JhayBia]

I feel like people always wanna nitpick when it comes to Meg

[@DGodwithaplan2]

*Free Tory.*

[@shaheedsmith7339]

When Joe said Megan was fire shows you how far he has fell in the Rap game

[@Jay2Stoney]

BET awards stopped being good when Monique stopped hosting lets be for real she made it funny and had energy like no other I miss the old BET awards it used to feel like a block party you wanted to be at

[@qikstar]

I never cared for MoNique but that was the better era. 106 pre show and all

[@Cheekychi717]

Joe cross his toes like he cross his legs 😂

[@728GT]

😂😂

[@imani6938]

I just snickered so loudly lol

[@willjamesjr]

It's interesting how this podcast constantly panders to the industry by co-signing so many of the trash & mid artists, but then turn around and act surprised when BET platforms so many of those same trash and mid artists.

[@patricksolomon540]

That was trash at its finest.... Usher got the lifetime achievement award???? He's not even old enough when it's artist older than him tht have a waaaayyyy longer career..smh

[@ninad.7152]

One of the few times I agree with Joe. Meg performed 3 songs and it felt like one long song that no one knows the lyrics to. She is a good rapper and performer but her recent music kinda sucks. I do see her winning a vma or 2 because she had good music videos.

[@swanyay3304]

I’m glad someone said it about Megan. For such a superstar with great visibility, I really don’t know her individual songs like that

[@justwannabeme5388]

Because most men do not listen to female artist. Most women know megan songs because we play it at home, parties and around each other.

[@m.lisahollingsworth7784]

Thank YOU!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Carla_MyLuv]

I would LOVE for Joe to host an award show.

[@krystal2373]

Every man is saying meg is too skinny

[@qikstar]

I’m just now seeing clips of the show. Wow! gave up BET maybe a decade ago. Happy wit my decision 👏🏽

[@MrKingShyneAllDay]

It wasn't just the r&b award... It was r&b n pop award

[@thenotoriousrin]

Ish be mad quiet….Why is he around?

[@tf8187]

Ish be moody as hell. Lol he seems so bothered all the time. He gives baddie energy lol

[@rickeymickeyii4166]

You pick this clip to say that? Ish talks a whole lot

[@Alwaysbelieve619]

Why you so focused on that man lol

[@mstaylor1073]

lol I don’t know if you meant it that way or if whenever I see “why is he around?”I will forever hear it in Kendrick tone of voice. 😂

[@thenotoriousrin]

@@mstaylor1073 I did😂

[@anferneecephas7161]

Taraji did not diss Oprah. lol. Oprah does not run the studio nor is she your personal agent to negotiate your salary.

[@Coolcat3]

The panda verse awards

[@parissmith7932]

Not too much on Meg now…..just cause you love Nicki doesn’t mean you need to spread lies about her being on ozempic. She’s been clearly showing her workout and nutrition journey for years, so stop it Joe

[@youngzeus87]

Haven't watched one of these in a few presidents

[@MultiAugust10]

BET needs to clean up their Artist pool for the show. They need quality there was a lil better than last year hopefully continue to upgrade. I finally some of the New Girlies coming up in R&B & Rap because of Usher Tribute Lauryn Hill Killed it. BET don't need Sexxy Redd on the show

[@jeremylesso857]

I don't even have to listen and already AGREE 💯 percent

[@MrKingShyneAllDay]

That pisses me off... It's not ah award show with only 5 awards

[@keishabe3045]

Meg been working her ass off on camera working out stop joe

[@dee_scussions]

BET has been this way since 2000. Let's be real.

[@TuxedoKnox]

Joe wearing open-toe sandals without socks?! Africans is up right now 😆😆😆

[@JaiK64]

😂😂❤

[@SEBAS31077]

Lol straight from Nigeria

[@nitroluskincaid]

I can tell you either broke, young, or just ignorant. Real cats take care of their hygiene!! Why would I ever be ashamed of wearing sandals or flipflops without socks?! But in your defense I took my son to get a pedicure for the summer..... and he had a gross black toenail that the nail techs didnt wanna touch! 🤢 I was litewate embarrassed for him. Getcho hygiene up youngsta.... Idk what that africans comment even mean!! 💯😑😉

[@lilrosco5000]

Ice just say you don't listen to Meg and keep it moving.

[@draejackson707]

One of the best BET award is with Michael Jackson and James Brown I'm not trying to hear what nobody else talking about real talk

[@BigLante]

Joe budden “he oozing” pause u gotta chill my guy lol😂😂😂😂

[@mstaylor1073]

There is so much r&b talent idk why BET isn’t recognizing them new taken doesn’t get shine like it use to

[@etherieeetheriee1636]

Stop it. I love taraji but that not like us parody was not it bruh

[@CJBenjamin3000]

I had a serious issue when I saw Jhonni Blaze walking the Red Carpet.

[@made6ix]

It’s not owned by black people which is the problem

[@TheRedgoldenchild]

Bingo! Rupert Murdock is a well known racist Australian media mogule known from taking over TV networks to push agendas!

[@oaktree1626]

It was falling off before that

[@askia81]

​@@oaktree1626 No it wasn't

[@rodneyscott5450]

It hasn't been black owned since 2001...

[@dianevrules]

I didnt watch that EBT bs

[@wevibe4811]

I wish we can get Mel at the Breakfast Club instead of Jess 😫 She have a cool vibe and actually knows what she talking bout

[@AGAPAH]

BET HIRED Stormy Wellington as Director/Producer of the entire show. A lot of feminine masculinity energy skills went into the show.😂😂😂

[@Kim-427]

I don’t think Meg is on that. She was never big back. She is on tour and she work out. You can see the muscle definition. So…. I use to like the BET Hip Hop awards. I don’t remember Melissa Ford being that light.

[@Sally-tf9ou]

BET… was a mess! RnB is gone for good. Those days are gone. After Diddy disappointments in black music 🎶 industry/history ( hip hop/Rap/rnb). Allegations….! This is the end of the ROAD. KDOT is bringing back culture. God save/bless him. All over the world

[@DrewbattleTheGreat]

This was embarrassing and shows how we just not creating at the level we used to create ag

[@henryhudson4965]

I use ozempic and I went from 275 lbs to 233 lbs 👑 5:55

[@almightylambo9540]

Im trying to figure out Why Keith Lee is the one that needs to chill out 🤨

[@pastorbluntaround7701]

How in tf does Kendrick Lamar win male artist of the year for 2 months of activity? Are we fkn serious? This ain’t even a beef conversation, its the blatant pandering to what’s hot in the moment & snuffing people who put in work over the last year. Mr. Moral came out May 2022… there’s no amount of coping even as a Kendrick Lamar fan that would even put him up for a nomination.

[@thejessicadiaries]

I wondered the same thing. Like it was so obvious that it was given to him and I like Kendrick, but come on…

[@urekmazino6800]

Kendrick just opened his mouth 😂😂

[@Perfectly_Imperfect6fter]

Stop calling Megan a superstar. She’s not even doing well in America that tour isn’t selling in Europe.