I am watching 106/Park now... pondering.. why the hell am i watching this crap?
Every video is the same.. half naked women looking like rubbish, gold chains, rappers basically saying you have to hustle to get money and the only way to be cool is to have women whining up all over you and nice car with rims and diamonds, money falling from the sky and all this unrealistic shit.

Only once in a while you will see a good song/video

And there is so much more amazing black music out there.. but their videos aren't aired because they don't have the typical BET video crap criteria.
I can't believe I actually saw last weekend.. Sade.. No Ordinary love.. be still my bloody heart!

Isn't everyone getting sick of the chains, and money spraying all over the place and women just whining up and down looking cheap.??
How are we supposed to empower our youth when all they do is feed this GARBAGE to them constantly giving them a false view of what life is supposed to be about.

Then they have THE NERVE to air church on Sundays.

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Unfortunately it's all about what sells....and America is a very greedy place.

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I try to support as much black entertainers or shows as much as possible. However, BET is impossible to support. For the same reasons you stated as well as, its just a boring ass network! I have NO doubt in my mind that BET network will be canceled years from now and will hopefully be replaced by a more successful network.

They need to do what other networks do.They copy the same storyline, but add old seasoned stars with new stars in case of a spine off. Which brings more excitement and more viewers to their network. TA-DA!!! (just in case an executive from BET is reading this). Take a REAL star and give them a series that lasts for more than two seasons not a few little docs. Okay yeah Keyisha Cole had or still has a show that comes on. Sure DMX had one too, but damn are they real stars? Keyisha sales albums, but not like Beyonce. She doesn't have that much stardom and BET probably don't have that much money to shell out to Beyonce to make a series. Sad, but might be true!

unfortunately there will ALWAYS be someone with a video like that. the only thing we can do is just keep our kids from watching it as much as possible and watch other things ourselves, as well.
and coming from another black person, i think the issue of "black music" has nothing to do with it. turn to vh1 if you wanna see the good shit. LMAO! i've been SO over BET since the late 90's. i just think it's whack and lame and they have no original ideas.... all their "reality" shows are biting off of everything mtv puts out.
if i were you i'd just stop watching it like all the rest of us. i feel the same way you do about BET but we don't have to watch it. if you wanna see ANYONE'S videos you gotta turn to vh1. thats like the ONLY option now. let's say this is an issue of "black music"..... i see everything from alicia keys, john legend, common, mary j. blige, beyonce, janet, rihanna, chris brown, etc...... (i can go on forever) on vh1.
so good "black music" is out there, you're just on the wrong channel

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I know, I've been saying for YEARS that BET needs to fall off... I don't know/am not sure who their demographic is - who they represent... They're more frustrating than entertaining...

I remember 6 years ago (I think)...
As a soul/funk/oldschool music lover, I was amazed to see that BET existed but didnt have it until last year. Didnt last long, I'm really not into that kind of bling bling crappy videos they play.

I guess young people like it, and that's why they keep on making that king of music. But come on, am I that old? I'm 28...

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i feel you. i'm 27 and like i said before i've been SO over it since the late 90's like, my senior year in highschool is the last time i remember really watching BET. it's just so ragedy!

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I'm sick an tired of all the crappiness from ALL of the music channels, except for VH1. And it's not just rap songs or videos either. I wouldn't want my son or daughter listening to music about "bling and hoes" any more than I would want them listening to "I'm so depressed, let me scream about how I want to kill myself", and so on.

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I don't like the way it proclaims to be representing "Black" Enetertainment, then proceeds to completely categorise and stereotype black people.

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Hmm.. VH1 eh.. ?! I wonder if I have that.... I am definitely going to check it out.
MAC head you are right.. there is a problem with all music these days. It's like almost anyone can get a record deal.
When you turn on the radio playing the mainstream music and you actually listen to the lyrics... there is no complexity to song writing anymore. There's no message.. I remember watching some show where someone said "I remember back in the day when hip hop music actually made you think" .. very true.

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The best music isn't really aired very often no matter what you like listening to it seems.

BET really is a joke and it needs to be revamped but obviously they've got fans since it's still on.

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I was watching VH1's 100 Greatest Hip Hop songs and it also made me think about this. Music back then was so original and inspiring. The beats were complex but catchy. The lyrics were almost groundbreaking because they rhymed the way no one would think of and the lyrics actually meant something.

The number one song was "Fight The Power" by Public Enemy and if you compare that song to the more contemporary rap songs, it's almost sad.

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