Hip Hop Honors Is Leon-Approved
Posted by ListenToLeon on
October 7, 2008
I am sitting home watching the 2008 VH1 Hip Hop Honors award show for the 2nd time in a row right now. That should give you an idea of how much I loved it. The honorees were all acts that I grew up on: Slick Rick, Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Naughty By Nature and Too Short. On top of that, the talent paying tribute was top-notch. Throw in Tracy Morgan for some comic relief, and you have one incredibly entertaining award show. I’m still laughing at the scene on the bus where some man asked Tracy Morgan about the energy crisis, to which he replied “You got this weird look about you…Were you on ‘To Catch A Predator?’”
I don’t know why I always find myself laughing at Tracy Morgan’s irreverent outbursts, but I do…So why ask why? All I know is, I’m tempted to let VH1 slide for recycling the same half-assed reality show stars on programming that follows the same half-assed unoriginal format. I even saw a commercial for a new show starring The Brothers Bitchass and their search for love. Sometimes I feel like this network is running a modern-day minstrel show with some of the coons they give a national spotlight to, but when they focus on Hip-Hop, VH1 usually takes things seriously. For that, I’ll refrain from focusing on the negative.
Besides, as much as folks talk about Flavor Flav and his antics, he looks like he’d be a fun guy to hang out and party with. The only drawback is that I’d have to stop hanging out with Flav if he’s still smoking on that crack rock. It’s a well-known fact that any drug harder than marijuana(or powder cocaine if you’re some kind of high-powered lawyer) is the type of shit that makes the record stop at a party when someone uses it. Upon first sight of any crack rocks or crack paraphanelia, I’m coming up with an exit strategy! “Uh Flav…It’s getting late, and I have to go home. My sister’s bar mitzvah is tomorrow at 9AM. Plus, I gotta drive down to Mexico for it. Sorry cuz…”
But back to the original focus of this entry: Hip Hop Honors was great this year. I recommend watching it whevever VH1 re-airs it.
