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Posted by Robert
Rap News Network
6/19/2004 12:08:54 PM
Since its inception in 2001,the annual BET Awards special has generated higher ratings with African-
American viewers than any other awards telecast, including the Grammys, Soul
Train Awards, NAACP Image Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. This year for
the first time, the show has its own soundtrack album, as more than a dozen of
the biggest hits of the past year from today's hottest hip-hop and R&B stars
are featured on BET AWARDS*04 Nominees (Hip-O/UTV/UMe). The compilation CD is
set for release on Tuesday, June 29 to music retail stores, the same day as
the premiere BET Awards telecast at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The star-studded BET Awards special will be hosted by actress/comedian
Mo'Nique, and features performances from Outkast, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z and
others also heard on the new album. Producers of the new collection are
Stephen Hill, BET Senior Vice President for Music Programming and Talent;
Erika Irish, BET Vice President for Business Development; and Ron Weisner of
Ron Weisner Entertainment.
BET AWARDS*04 Nominees includes three massive #1 smashes: "The Way You
Move" (#1 pop/#1 rap/#2 R&B) from Outkast featuring Sleepy Brown and "Crazy In
Love" (#1 pop/#1 R&B) from Beyonce featuring Jay-Z are both Video of the Year
and Best Collaboration nominees, plus "Stand Up" (#1 pop/#1 R&B/#1 rap) from
Ludacris. A more vintage R&B #1 is the 1975 bonus track, "Fight The Power,"
from The Isley Brothers, winners of the 2004 BET Lifetime Achievement Award.
Top 10 R&B/Top 10 rap/Top 20 pop are G-Unit's "Stunt 101," Kanye West's
"Through The Wire," and Sean Paul's "Like Glue." Two other Top 10 pop/Top 10
R&B hits are R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" (#2 pop/#2 R&B) and vocal group
Jagged Edge's "Walked Outta Heaven" (also #2 R&B). Musiq lays down "Whoknows"
(Top 30 R&B). Also heard from the Dirty South that produced Outkast is the
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