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ATL on VH1 Soul Vibe Awards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sigh. Another day, yet another awards show, it seems like.
Next Monday Hot-107.9 is presenting its annual Dirty Awards. This past Sunday there was the American Music Awards, where metro Atlantans T.I., Akon and Casting Crowns picked up honors. And on a far more low key show on Monday, our city was well-represented as well.
VH1 Soul and Vibe magazine aired an hour-long program on VH1 last night, billed as either the 2007 Vibe Awards or the VH1 Soul Vibe Awards Special - depending on where you were looking. And once again, Atlantans were everywhere: As “presenters” (Big Boi of rap duo OutKast, music, film and and TV producer Dallas Austin, songwriter-producer Sean Garrett) - though the packaged show didn’t actually happen in a venue; nominees (R&B superstar Usher, rapper-actors Ludacris and T.I., producer Polow Da Don. DJ Drama); and winners (R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo for Best Collabo on “Make Me Better,” by Fabolous; rap group the Shop Boyz’ “Party Like A Rockstar” for ringtone; and - pictured above - rapper-singer-producer T-Pain’s “Buy U A Drank” for song of the year).
Is anybody else out there surprised that “Drank” beat out the inescapable “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé in the song of the year category? Or Robin Thicke’s “Lost Without You”, for that matter? Did you even happen to stumble upon this show on VH1 Soul or VH1? And if so, what did you think?
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By Lateef
November 28, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
Van Halen, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, all on national US tours, but nobody bothers to stop and perform in Atlanta. Can anybody tell me why?