BET Tribute to Michael last night -- Can't anybody carry a tune?

What a letdown! I was hoping for magic, for passion, for talented performers doin' their thang, so to speak.

What I got was a bunch of folks who, mostly, cannot fucking sing.

Sure, Jamie Foxx tried very hard to hold things together.

But really, did Soulja Boy's falling down jeans have to be the highlight/lowlight of the evening? Hilarious. The dude cannot sing a note and looked like a fool wish his drawers out. Or am I just an old fart? Probably both.

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Bottom Line: Hip Hop has destroyed the entertainment industry as surely as illegal downloading has/did.

Remember Marvin Gaye? Lionel Richie (yes, Lionel Richie)? Kool and the Gang?

Folks who could actually sing a song?

Whatever happened to having some damn talent besides being good at taking a bullet?

Nineteen eighties, I miss you...