VIDEO CLIP: EN VOGUE REUNITES AT THE 2009 TRUMPET AWARDS.

Jesus be a fast forward button and make Easter Sunday get here as soon as possible. That was my prayer before today. If you watch TVOne as much as me, then like me, you too are getting sick and tired of the 2009 17th Annual Trumpet Awards promo the network insist on airing every half hour. The show was taped back in January! They've been running it for damn near a whole month and I've been dying to see this En Vogue reunion. Because yall know their performance with Alicia Keys on the BET Awards does not count. But I digress. Anywho, to say my patience has run out with TVOne would be an understatement. I got tired of waiting and went and looked to see if I could find footage from the awards ceremony my damn self...and I did. Below you'll find the video clip of En Vogue's reunion performance at the awards ceremony which airs on Easter Sunday at 8 pm. Damn, I just promoted it again, huh?

Hope you all enjoy the video as much as I did. I thought it would have been a bit better, but hey, it's better than nothing.

See, this is why I have always had the utmost respect for TLC and EnVogue. To me they embody what a girl group is really all about: no one member is bigger than the other and each girl has their own style and personality. Yeah, they bitch and bicker, but what girl groups don't? In groups like TLC and En Vogue, each member played a big part in their respective group. It wasn't/isn't about just one member. And yall know who I'm talking about, but, again I'll digress because if I don't....

AFTER THE JUMP, CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF EN VOGUE ON STAGE & BACK STAGE AT THE TRUMPET AWARDS.

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TLC, SWV & EN VOGUE WITH ALICIA KEYS AT 2008 B.E.T. AWARDS.

Alicia Keys served up a girl power treat at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (6.24.2008) when she performed with SWV, En Vogue and the remaining members of the history-making, multi-platinum girl-band of all girl-bands TLC. Keys had arguably the greatest performance of the night and one of the best in the history of the BET Awards.

To reiterate my last post informing you guys of the 'surprise performance': Keys began her set with her hit song Teenage Love Affair, then segued into classics by top female R&B acts of the 1990s. Members of SWV, Taj, Lelee and Coco (humph...that's funny--if you used each girl's first initial of her name, you'd have TLC! LOL! Too bad the real TLC nabbed it first!) were the first group out the gate as the three women came out performing Weak; The Funky Divas a.k.a. En Vogue including Dawn—— stepped onstage for Hold On; and before Alicia could get the letters TLC out of her mouth good, the audience was already up on their feet awaiting the arrival of TLC's remaining members T-Boz and Chilli while singing along to the first verse of TLC's Waterfalls--cue Kanye West and Melody of the Pussycat Dolls. Emotional to the say the least. I, for one, got goosebumps at seeing the girls on stage again...and I damn near cried when I realized Lisa's rap verse wasn't incorporated into the set...then again, maybe that was a good thing because there's no telling how many folks would've been wiping tears and just all-out crying at watching Lisa 'perform' alongside her bandmates/sisters. But then again me and my baby sister had no problem rapping Lisa's part for her! LOL! She's is truly, truly missed. However, thanks to a Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes fan, Lopes was indeed there with her girls both in spirit (and image)....just check out the photo up above

In all, the reunions of SWV, En Vogue and TLC were the first for the respective groups in years. And it was the one and only time that all three groups have performed on stage together. I have always loved me some Alicia Keys. Always. But after last night, I will forever love me some Alicia Keys! Whether folks think the ladies' performances could have been better or if one group looked better than the other isn't even up for debate (although you can't deny the fact that after all of these years, Tionne and Chilli...as well as the ladies of En Vogue--Dawn included...and even Maxine with her preggy belly--still look as good today as they did back in the day!)..the fact that Alicia thought enough of them and in her eyes, deemed them each worthy enough to pay homage to them----especially TLC--is better than any performance--good or bad--that night. So, thank you, thank you, thank you Alicia, for taking us back down memory lane...the trip was nostalgically bittersweet.

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MORE PICTURES OF TLC, EN VOGUE & SWV PERFORMING WITH ALICIA AFTER THE JUMP! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE PICTURES.

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PERFORMANCE PICS FROM THE 4th ANNUAL PLYMOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL IN TOBAGO/

I've added pics from Whitney, Diana Ross and En Vogue performances at the Plymouth Jazz Festival. Click 'em to see em below...and check back throughout the day as I will post additional photos.

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THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF EN VOGUE ON THEIR RECENT REUNION: 'THERE WAS NEVER A BREAK-UP.' + PICS FROM THEIR PLYMOUTH JAZZ FEST PERFORMANCE.

Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones and Dawn Robinson: the original members of 90s girl-group En Vogue, reunited once again to perform together in concert at the 4th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago last weekend (peep the photos below). The last time fans witnessed the original members of En Vogue together was when they joined Salt N Pepa for the girl groups' first ever joint public performance of their respective 1993 chart-topping hit, Whatta Man, for VH-1's Hip Hop Honors show in September of 2005. Shortly after, Dawn pulled her 'I'm outta here' card and went ghost. It's no secret the members of En Vogue came and went and changed more than the each season of the year. Talk about coming and going...

Anywhoo, fast forward to 2008. The quartet a.k.a. the Funky Divas, who have been deemed as the best vocal female R&B group of all of time (for obvious reasons), mildly disappointed fans after opening their set with their hit song, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It). The ladies used music tracks instead of performing with a live band. However, according to sources, overall, the group's harmonies were flawless and stage presence was solid. The ladies-specifically Ellis--brought down the house with their closing song, Hold On. Backstage, organizers held a brief press conference where the ladies discussed their appearance in Tobago. "Just all of our personalities come out when we are back together again. It's always the same way. We're like sisters not seeing each other again coming back together," said Robinson about the experience. "It's natural! Very natural," Jones chimed in. When probed about why the group originally split and had they resolved their previous differences, things got a little tense.

Robinson spoke first.

"Uh, it was a little complicated," she began.

AFTER THE JUMP, FIND OUT IF THE FUNKY DIVAS HAVE PLANS TO REUNITE...FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND IF THERE WILL BE A 5th MEMBER OF THE GROUP ON STAND-BY JUST IN CASE DAWN LEAVES.....AGAIN.

Ellis interjected: "There was never a breakup. Dawn wanted to go solo and we were all pursuing different things at the time. That's just what it was." In 1995, Ellis released a solo CD called Southern Gal. When Robinson left En Vogue to pursue a solo career in 1997, the newfound trio released EV3 that year and later Masterpiece Theater in 2000 before being dropped by Elektra Records. In 2001, Jones departed the group to spend time with her family and was replaced by a singer named Amanda Cole. The revamped En Vogue then released a holiday CD called The Gift of Christmas. After the CD bowed, Cole vacated the group and was replaced by singer/actress Rhona Bennett, who was previously signed to Epic Records and was a recurring cast member on The Jamie Foxx Show. Around the same time, Robinson – having been ousted from the R&B collective Lucy Pearl by its founder Raphael Saadiq – released her solo self-titled opus, which basically went unnoticed. In 2004, the Cindy-Terry-Rhona combined En Vogue released an independent CD called Soul Flower. Jones returned to the group sporadically around this as well.

With Robinson now back in the picture, where does that leave Bennett? "Rhona is also still with the group," Herron offered. "She will be working with us as we need her. It's all about balancing everything. We have to work our shows into our family life. But balance is the key." The group was unable to provide any insight as to whether they will record again or if this reunion was just a trial situation. "We'll take it from here. We'll do the show for now I guess and take it from there and see how things go," explained Robinson.

"Right," Ellis confirmed.

"We're blessed to be together right now," Robinson closed.

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