Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tevin Campbell: tribute to O'Jays on BET Awards


BET Awards night was dedicated to honor the memory of The King of Pop, Michael Jackson. But there were other highlights that happened during the show that kind of got lost in the moment.

The O'Jays were honored with the Life Time Achievement Award. Introduced by Soul Train's Don Cornelius, Tevin Campbell took the lead in paying tribute to the O'Jays. The five time Grammy nominated R&B artist, brought the house down with the O'Jays hit, "Forever Mine". You can watch the video here.

Along with Tyrese, Trev Songz and Johnny Gill, Campbell and the group also belted out "Back Stabbers", and "Stairway to Heaven".

It was great. Real music that you could understand, and it didn't have to be bleeped out. Real music with real singers singing notes--not talking in some sing-songy-- everything sounds the same rythm.

Most recently, Cambell was on Broadway in the cast of Hairspray. Now that the play has closed, maybe we'll being seing more of him. I hope so!

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