10/06/2025
Baby I had a tiiiiiiiiime last NIGHT!!!!!
Now last year and probably the year before that, I was disappointed, but THIS? BRAVO! 👏🏾 I felt like I worked a full shift, and I had to throw some cold water on my face to stay awake, but YAS. 👏🏾
1. Kirk Franklin deserves every award he’s ever received. He changed the game in so many ways. A genius, an innovator-such a complex and impactful human.
2. BUMP BUMP BUMP!!! Those boys looked good!!! They was poppin and lockin and spinnin. THAT’S what a millennial like me came to see! The mics weren’t on, but inject it into my veins! 🙌🏾
3. The old 106 and Park crew reunited?? YES PLEASE. What a time to be alive when you could tune in to see who was in the top 10 for the day!! A cultural MOMENT.
4. Speaking of the top 10-Mr. 106 & Park-BOW WOW. I was so glad to see him on the stage getting his things. Talk about a celebrity who had real impact-for a LONG TIME.
5. Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. A man of many talents. Singer, actor, comedian. A TRUE artist. He deserves every flower he receives, and I’m so glad he’s here to receive them! 💐
6. MARIAH CAREY always been THAT girl. I played ALL of her albums until I couldn’t play them no more in childhood, adolescence AND adulthood. An icon and a legend. My favorite thing about Mariah is how she pretends she can’t walk. 😆 And why is this her first award??!
7. Amerie. One thing. ☝🏾 I mean, that’s really all that needs to be said.
8. Keyshia Cole had an era that not many can say they had. She truly had her own lane and deserves to be honored for that!!
9. Big Tigger revving “The Booth” felt sooo good. An era of hip hop that cannot be replicated. Real artistry, hip hop at its foundation. What a time!!!!
10. The mention of Ms. CITA. As Quinta said-our first AI girlie. Loved being reminded of her contributions-even as a digital presence.
I give this award show 10s across the board. A reminder to honor and revere those that helped to define a culture and time period that we LOVED. Many of these people crafted the soundtrack to our lives and shaped the culture that we enjoyed for decades. BLACK EXCELLENCE at its finest.
What did you enjoy the most about last night?