Post by fugees-online on Jun 29, 2005 13:45:05 GMT 1
THE FUGEES - reunited - at BET Awards!!!
Fugees End Fued At BET Awards
HOLLYWOOD — The reunited Fugees gave a surprise performance, Destiny's Child gave surprise lap dances and BET gave some, well, not-so-surprising awards on Tuesday at the fifth-annual BET Awards.
As has become an award-show ritual over the last 12 months, Kanye West was the top winner, taking home Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Video of the Year for his "Jesus Walks."
West, like Best Male R&B Artist winner Usher, Best Actor winner Jamie Foxx and six other victors, was not in attendance at the Kodak Theatre, shifting the focus off the awards and on to the show's performances.
Fugees kicked off the show with an unannounced medley of "Ready or Not," "Fu-Gee-La" and "Killing Me Softly," signaling that the once-feuding group had settled their differences. "We've been in the studio," Pras said before the show. "We're trying to figure out how we gonna do it."
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source: www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504910/20050629/destinys_child.jhtml?headlines=true
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Performances Steal BET Awards Spotlight
By RYAN PEARSON, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES -- Stevie Wonder showed off his dance moves, Will Smith arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and The Fugees got together again. Extravagant performances and on-stage antics largely stole the spotlight from the winners at Tuesday night's BET Awards -- if the winners showed up at all, that is.
Among the eight no-shows was top honoree Kanye West, who earned trophies for male hip-hop artist and video of the year for his "Jesus Walks."
West's discovery, piano man John Legend, picked up his trophy for new artist and performed "Ordinary People" and "My Cherie Amour" with Wonder, who later danced while singing his new single, "So What The Fuss."
Soul diva Alicia Keys hoisted her award for female R&B artist toward the audience and declared: "This is for all my people who are really trying to dream big dreams."
Others who did show included soon-to-disband Destiny's Child, named best group, and 19-year-old Atlanta singer Ciara, the leading nominee who won for her dance collaboration with Missy Elliott on "1, 2 Step."
The show kicked off with a surprise reunion of The Fugees, who haven't recorded an album together since 1996's "The Score" and haven't even been on speaking terms in recent years.
"If you want another Fugee album, let me see your hands in the air right now," Wyclef Jean said after climbing into the crowd. The group performed "Ready Or Not" and put a reggae twist on "Fu-Gee-La."
Lauryn Hill, who had largely dropped out of public view since her 2002 live album, sounded weak at first, saying at one point, "We got a little overzealous in rehearsal." Her voice returned in time for a rendition of "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
Backstage, third member Pras said the group was in the studio and hoped to release an album next year. The Fugees split after "egos got real big," he said, adding that there were "a lot of wounds ... getting healed right now."
source: www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top18jun29,1,3738227.story?coll=la-ap-topnews-headlines
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Fugees singen bei BET Awards
Mit dem Auftritt scheint die Wiedervereinigung besiegelt.
Endgültig zurück: The Fugees
Deutlicher geht's kaum: Nachdem The Fugees im Mai angekündigt hatten, dass sie Pläne für ihr erstes gemeinsames Album seit fast zehn Jahren schmieden, hielten sich beständige Gerüchte, dass die Geschichte nur eine PR-Kampagne sei. Der umjubelte Auftritt bei den Black Entertainment Awards (BET) sollte nun auch die letzten Zweifel aus dem Weg geräumt haben.
Die überraschende Eröffnungsshow des Trios förderte ihre alten Qualitäten zu Tage. Sängerin Lauryn Hill sorgte mit ihrem exzentrischen 60er-Jahre-Outfit, das stark an die großen Zeiten von Diana Ross erinnerte, für staunende Gesichter. Wyclef Jean wiederum sorgte für Aufruhr, als er während der Performance des Hits "Ready or not" die Bühne verließ und anfing, mit dem Publikum zu tanzen.
source: www.kino.de/newsvoll.php4?channel=musik&typ=musiknews&nr=182066
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Fugees End Fued At BET Awards
HOLLYWOOD — The reunited Fugees gave a surprise performance, Destiny's Child gave surprise lap dances and BET gave some, well, not-so-surprising awards on Tuesday at the fifth-annual BET Awards.
As has become an award-show ritual over the last 12 months, Kanye West was the top winner, taking home Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Video of the Year for his "Jesus Walks."
West, like Best Male R&B Artist winner Usher, Best Actor winner Jamie Foxx and six other victors, was not in attendance at the Kodak Theatre, shifting the focus off the awards and on to the show's performances.
Fugees kicked off the show with an unannounced medley of "Ready or Not," "Fu-Gee-La" and "Killing Me Softly," signaling that the once-feuding group had settled their differences. "We've been in the studio," Pras said before the show. "We're trying to figure out how we gonna do it."
[...]
source: www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504910/20050629/destinys_child.jhtml?headlines=true
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Performances Steal BET Awards Spotlight
By RYAN PEARSON, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES -- Stevie Wonder showed off his dance moves, Will Smith arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and The Fugees got together again. Extravagant performances and on-stage antics largely stole the spotlight from the winners at Tuesday night's BET Awards -- if the winners showed up at all, that is.
Among the eight no-shows was top honoree Kanye West, who earned trophies for male hip-hop artist and video of the year for his "Jesus Walks."
West's discovery, piano man John Legend, picked up his trophy for new artist and performed "Ordinary People" and "My Cherie Amour" with Wonder, who later danced while singing his new single, "So What The Fuss."
Soul diva Alicia Keys hoisted her award for female R&B artist toward the audience and declared: "This is for all my people who are really trying to dream big dreams."
Others who did show included soon-to-disband Destiny's Child, named best group, and 19-year-old Atlanta singer Ciara, the leading nominee who won for her dance collaboration with Missy Elliott on "1, 2 Step."
The show kicked off with a surprise reunion of The Fugees, who haven't recorded an album together since 1996's "The Score" and haven't even been on speaking terms in recent years.
"If you want another Fugee album, let me see your hands in the air right now," Wyclef Jean said after climbing into the crowd. The group performed "Ready Or Not" and put a reggae twist on "Fu-Gee-La."
Lauryn Hill, who had largely dropped out of public view since her 2002 live album, sounded weak at first, saying at one point, "We got a little overzealous in rehearsal." Her voice returned in time for a rendition of "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
Backstage, third member Pras said the group was in the studio and hoped to release an album next year. The Fugees split after "egos got real big," he said, adding that there were "a lot of wounds ... getting healed right now."
source: www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top18jun29,1,3738227.story?coll=la-ap-topnews-headlines
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Fugees singen bei BET Awards
Mit dem Auftritt scheint die Wiedervereinigung besiegelt.
Endgültig zurück: The Fugees
Deutlicher geht's kaum: Nachdem The Fugees im Mai angekündigt hatten, dass sie Pläne für ihr erstes gemeinsames Album seit fast zehn Jahren schmieden, hielten sich beständige Gerüchte, dass die Geschichte nur eine PR-Kampagne sei. Der umjubelte Auftritt bei den Black Entertainment Awards (BET) sollte nun auch die letzten Zweifel aus dem Weg geräumt haben.
Die überraschende Eröffnungsshow des Trios förderte ihre alten Qualitäten zu Tage. Sängerin Lauryn Hill sorgte mit ihrem exzentrischen 60er-Jahre-Outfit, das stark an die großen Zeiten von Diana Ross erinnerte, für staunende Gesichter. Wyclef Jean wiederum sorgte für Aufruhr, als er während der Performance des Hits "Ready or not" die Bühne verließ und anfing, mit dem Publikum zu tanzen.
source: www.kino.de/newsvoll.php4?channel=musik&typ=musiknews&nr=182066
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i couldn't sit still on the bed...i was jumping up and down. never thought in a million years i would see them together again.
