Usher performing “In This Club” as the opener for the 2008 BET Awards, which aired last night live from Los Angeles.

The 2008 BET Awards went down last night, and while there were a few lackluster performances (Usher’s being one of them), there were a few memorable, surprising, and exciting moments. One being Alicia Keys’ performance when she brought out SWV, En Vogue, and TLC! Another notable performance of the evening was Ne-Yo’s, where he showed us he can hang with the big dogs when it comes to his dance moves - he even brought out the Jabbawockees (winners of MTV’s America’s Dance Crew). Chris Brown did his thing as well, and surprised everyone when he brought out Ciara. Did Rihanna approve of this beforehand? I’m curious to know. And speaking of Rihanna, did anyone else notice how far she’s come along, as far as her live vocals? I was really impressed when she performed Take A Bow! And last, but most certainly not least, on my list of the best performances of the night, Lil’ Wayne! He kind of scared me towards the end of the show because it seemed like he wasn’t going to come out. The show was already running 15 or 20 minutes over when he was introduced. But he did come out, and he showed us exactly how and why he has sold nearly 1,500,000 copies of Tha Carter: III so far! He started out with Got Money (feat. T-Pain), paid homage to Static Major (R.I.P.) with Lollipop, and ended off his performance with A Millie. He had the whole crowd hyped, and ended off the show perfectly.

While the 2008 BET Awards did have its good moments, much of the show left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. I expected a lot more from Usher. His performance was probably the most hyped up (pre-show), and ended up being one of the absolute worst of the night. While I love Keyshia Cole’s Heaven Sent, she really needs to work on her live vocals … and her stage presence. She had a lot of energy, she just didn’t know how to keep it all together. She looked like she was doing too much to me.

In my opinion, the 2007 BET Awards were much better. The performances, the overall show, and oh yeah … the host! Who the hell approved of D.L. Hughley being the host of this year’s show? I hope they received a pink slip in their box this morning. BRING MO’NIQUE BACK!!!

Follow the break for nearly 50 photos from all of last night’s performances
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More photos of celebs hitting up the Red Carpet at the 2008 BET Awards: Ludacris, Mario, Jermaine Dupri, and LL Cool J. Follow the break for more photos!

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I just came across this hilarious commercial of Ludacris and Tommy Lee sponsoring a new television network called “Planet Green”. The first “green” channel about saving the planet. Check out the commercial above!

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter attended the Barclays Center Opening Night Party in New York Thursday night.

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The newly single Star Jones was spotted look mighty happy Nikki Beach for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. That is a cute dress Star!

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Ciara has a new track that has leaked and supposedly is going to be the first single and on her new album, Fantasy Ride. The titled of the track is titled, “High Price” featuring Ludacris. When I hear this song, there’s is no “Ciara” vibe. This is not a track you would expect from Ciara but it has similar bass lines to one of her previous tracks, “Oh”, which is also featuring Ludacris. I guess I’ll let you guys decide for yourselves. Click the following link to listen.

Listen to Ciara - High Price F/ Ludacris

Here are the official T2W video premieres from Busta Rhymes, Fall Out Boy and OneRepublic; with the first two being Don’t Touch Me and We Made It (featuring Busta Rhymes. Both singles will be included on Rhymes’ new album, I’m Blessed (Flipmode/Aftermath/Interscope), in stores July 17th, 2008! We Made It is after the ✄
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Ludacris has recently enlisted Ciara to help him with his youth club called the Ludacris Foundation. Ludacris started this youth club to help young kids instill what they call the “Principles of Success” and help build the community of our youth today. The club has been up since 2006 and still running. Visit the Ludacris Foundation official site below…

VISIT “THE LUDACRIS FOUNDATION” OFFICIAL SITE