Pitbull's Opening Monologue I am assuming that everybody else in Hollywood was booked Sunday night and Pitbull was the the only one free. His opening monologue was very stale. He was trying to ride the "twerking" train and at this point, I think everybody is over it. Honestly, not sure why they even had a host. I think he was on stage for an overall 5 minutes the whole 3 hour show.
It was the Justin Timberlake Show Let's all take a minute to give JT another round of applause. Even though his performance was giving me Mumford and Sons, I was totally feeling it. Not only did he make an awesome comeback after like 7 years (20/20 is that sh*t), but apparently, he has taken over the R&B genre. This leads me to another point: why is it that JT can cross the color lines into R&B but Rihanna can't cross those same lines into Pop. There is no way you would consider Suite and Tie Pop, but for some odd reason Found Love in a Hopeless Place is the epitome of R&B. I will never understand this, but yeah, whatever.
Shine Bright like a Diamond Studded Bobby Pin When African American women wrap their hair, it means it's time for bed. But in Rihanna's case, it's time to leave for the American Music Awards. I am not sure if her hair stylist ran out of time or what but she wore that wrap with the most confidence. However, it didn't stop there. When she performed she decided to take it up a notch and added diamond studded bobby pins. You read that correctly. Diamond. Studded. Bobby. Pins. But what makes me really mad is that I know that all the teens and 20 somethings will be wearing wraps and bobby pins in the next few weeks. You remember when Solange wore those box braids and then the next thing you know everybody was wearing them? The beauty supply stores are going to be selling diamond studded bobby pins in all colors by mid-2014. But I ain't made at you Rihanna and congrats on your Icon Award.
TLC Performs with the help of Lil' Mama If you go back a couple of posts you know that I love me some TLC. So I was excited about their performance on the American Music Awards show. But what took this performance to another level was having Lil' Mama stand in for Left Eye. If you saw the movie you will know that Lil' Mama hit it out of the park with her portrayal of Left Eye so it was fitting for her to do the rap on Waterfalls. Some people on my timeline was not feeling it but she gets two thumbs up from me.
Ariana Grande Can SANG If you had any doubts about Ariana's talent, those doubts were squashed Sunday night. Homegirl can SANG as we say in the black community. She really has a Mariah Carey feel to her. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for her.
The American Music Awards Show was underwhelming and long. But like any other award show, there is always going to be that one thing that stands out.
What were your feeling about the show?
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