1999 MTV Awards

[Moderator]

I was looking through the website, and found archives and i fell upon the 1999 VMA's. Lauryn was nominated for 5 categories and won 4 awards. Check out what she won and who she was against. I've done it below.

Video Of The Year

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop - That Thing
Korn - Freak On A Leash
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Will Smith f. Dru Hill & Moe Dee

Best Female Video

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop - That Thing
Jennifer Lopez - If U Had My Love
Madonna - Beautiful Stranger
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

Best R&B Video

Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
Brandy - Have You Ever
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop - That Thing
Whitney Housten f. Faith Evans & Kelly Price

Best Hip Hop Video

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Busta Rhymes f. Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop - That Thing
TLC - No Scrubs

Best Art Direction

Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Busta Rhymes f. Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop - That Thing
Korn - Freak On A Leash
TLC - No Scrubs

How tough was the competition back then? Lauryn was up against tough nominees, but she did it ;D

Link - www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/voting.jhtml#/ontv/vma/archive/main.jhtml

[ballagrl23]

Uggh, I strongly dislike the Beastie Boys...

[Moderator]

ballagrl23 said:

Uggh, I strongly dislike the Beastie Boys...

same here, how did they win?

[Big-D]

ballagrl23 said:

Uggh, I strongly dislike the Beastie Boys...

why?

[ballagrl23]

They're just not my type of music. Just sounds like meathead frat boy bullshit or something. Not my style never will be. They have no influence on rap music. They can't rap. Seems like they were just watching Run DMC on their TV one day and decided, 'hey we can do that.' How they won in the best hip hop video category blows my mind. They aren't hip hop.

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ballagrl23 said:

They're just not my type of music. Just sounds like meathead frat boy bullshit or something. Not my style never will be. They have no influence on rap music. They can't rap. Seems like they were just watching Run DMC on their TV one day and decided, 'hey we can do that.' How they won in the best hip hop video category blows my mind. They aren't hip hop.

I can't believe what I just read,I'll just say that they are first white hip-hop group,and that they started their career before Run DMC,and even today,they are still creating great music,they stayed true to the game,much respect for Beastie Boys

[ballagrl23]

They started their career before Run DMC yes I know...but they started it as a punk group. They didn't start 'rapping' til quite a while later. I'm sorry but I disagree that they create great music as I can hardly listen to it. I don't think that they were ever a hip-hop group... I think they may have passed as a rap group... but to me, it just ain't hip hop.

[Nico]

ballagrl23 said:

They started their career before Run DMC yes I know...but they started it as a punk group. They didn't start 'rapping' til quite a while later. I'm sorry but I disagree that they create great music as I can hardly listen to it. I don't think that they were ever a hip-hop group... I think they may have passed as a rap group... but to me, it just ain't hip hop.

i gotta agree with u on this one. i mean their songs were fun at first, but i don't see what all the hype is about. and i swear that song girls could have been made by a 5 year old.

[ballagrl23]

Haha, made by a 5 year old... I ain't ever heard the song, but I can imagine what it is like ;D.

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ballagrl23 said:

Haha, made by a 5 year old... I ain't ever heard the song, but I can imagine what it is like ;D.

do you listen a hip-hop music?
if you do,can you tell me,which hip-hop artists/groups do you listen?

[Moderator]

I don't mind the Beastie Boys, but i prefer other kind of music. They were good in their time.

[ballagrl23]

Yes of course D, I live for hip-hop...

First and foremost... The Fugees...Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By Nature, Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Magoo, Big Dady Kane, EPMD, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Slick Rick, Doug E Fresh, Nas, Dilated Peoples, Public Enemy, The Notorious BIG, KRS-One & BDP, Kardinal Offishall, Dead Prez, Eric B & Rakim, Tupac, Juice Crew, The Roots, Kanye West, Jay-Z, NWA.

And if it counts.. I love hip-hop soul... (first and foremost) Lauryn, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Aaliyah, TLC, Anthony Hamilton, Mary J. Blige, Destiny's Child, John Legend, Montell Jordan, Monica.

I'm not saying it's wrong to like The Beastie Boys... I don't care if people like them, I'm just saying.. I don't... I mean, some people will be surprised that I like Frank Sinatra. If you think he sucks and has no skill... so be it. But I like him. And I apologize for saying that the Beastie Boys aren't hip hop... in most people's eyes they are. I mean, hip hop isn't just the culture. It's also about expressing urself, they did it. But, some people might think some of the people in my list aren't hip hop. I'm fine with that. Music is music people. And I love music too much to be categorizing people and they music they make, and I'm sorry that I did that.

[Big-D]

ballagrl23 said:

I mean, some people will be surprised that I like Frank Sinatra. If you think he sucks and has no skill... so be it. But I like him.

what a coincidence,I'm listening to Frank Sinatra now
anyway,I like your choice of music,but you didn't mention Ice-T,Afrika Bambaataa,World Class Wreckin Cru,Wu-Tang Clan...what do you think about them?

[ballagrl23]

I don't listen to Ice-T, I know a couple of Afrika Bambaattaa songs, never have heard of the World Class Wreckin Cru, and love Wu-Tang (totally forgot to put em on).

As for u listening to Frank Sinatra... thats one creepy coincidence man

[ballagrl23]

I just downloaded some World Class Wreckin Cru songs and I'd like to say thanks D for tellin me bout them. I feel shocked I didn't know about them... even more so when I realized that Dre and Yella are part of the group! ;D I recognize lots of the beats in the songs as they've been sampled on many songs I like.