After Gotty™ attended the BET Awards in LA and returned with a stellar recap, we figured gaining media & press credentials to the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards — being filmed in my backyard this weekend — would be an easier draw for the Crew. We dutifully submitted our requests and sat back waiting. Two weeks later, we received a response.

Request denied.

Neither shaken nor stirred, we took the time to reflect. Reflection on the importance of BET and it’s “Hip-Hop Awards.” Self-reflection on our own thoughts, actions and rise to e-prominence; things that may have caused BET to deny our request.

In the process, we came up with 10 likely reasons why we weren’t permitted admission into the greatest Hip-Hop awards show ever.

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1. Jesse H. and TC combined would’ve superseded their allotted malt liquor budget.

2. They’re still salty about the way LC left the station when they fired her from being the voice of Ms. Cita.

3. Because they only allowed in the Top 10 of Vibe’s Top Hip-Hop blogs. “Fuck #12″ was their initial response.

4. They read Contra’s™ “Until BET Is Taken Off The Air” post.

5. After TC’s intro for the cipher, Terrance J. was scared he’s lose his job when TC met BET execs Stephen Hill & Debra Lee.

6. Our Cooler posts are too smart for their viewers.

7. BET doesn’t care about black people. Remember: “BET is the reason why the caged bird is in fact in the cage.”

8. They found out that a majority of our Crew was actually of African-American descent, including L. Courvoisier Weber.

9. After they confirmed Amanda Diva would be in attendance, TSS wasn’t granted press access due to TC legally not being allowed to be within 200 feet of her. It’s complicated.

10. Or perhaps BET is just scared of the future. We would be if we were in their shoes. No one with a salary wants to admit what’s going on here. Around the water cooler at the BET office has to be a scary place. They joke about the illegitimacy of blogs, but everyone has that quiver in their voice as they laugh and look over their shoulder. Then they go back to their cubical to check TSS updates. They know that we and other sites of a similar ilk are taste-making and control-taking. God save the BET…but TSS is on the prowl. Respect Our Fresh.

Next year, maybe we’ll just bumrush the show, word to our Public Enemy roots. That’s unless it’s held in Colorado, because we all know Black males are not allowed in Colorado.