Well, Vh1 has done it again!!! They've come up with another reality guilty pleasure that will surely keep everyone buzzing throughout the summer. With the recent season finale of Basketball Wives, we have a new set of ratchet wives (I mean girlfriends and side chicks) to laugh at and shake our heads to in Love & Hip Hop's new installment in ATL. Mona Scott-Young has outdone herself with this cast of ATLiens that are working, loving and fighting their way through the cut throat Atlanta entertainment scene.
The cast has newcomers like Karlie Redd and K. Michelle, that some of you might've heard of and original players like Steve J, "a three-time Grammy Award-Winning producer who has worked with artists such as Diddy, Jay-Z and Mariah Carey, and his longtime girlfriend and mother of his child, Mimi Faust, whom we are just meeting. Mimi claims her and Stevie have been together for over 15 years, yet, I'm wondering when he had time to be with her because the last time I checked, he and rapper Eve had a longtime love affair. Things start off with a world wind between these two and I can't help but think how much more juicy its going to get throughout the season (Did you see the highlights?!?!??! Wow!).
There are other familiar faces via ATL born rapper Lil' Scrappy that has worked with the likes of Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz, among many others throughout Atlanta and the mother of his child, Erica Dixon, whom accepted him back after rapper Princess recently broke his heart. These two seem to be patching things up and are on the road to recovery, while Scrappy's crazy and overprotective mother, whom used to pimp and sell drugs (sigh), has to keep her nose in the business and make sure her son is being well taken care of. This mother-son-girlfriend dynamic is very reminiscent of Jim Jones' and Chrissy's love triangle with Mama Jones.
Up and coming female rapper Rasheeda and her manager husband, Kirk Frost, seem to have their work cut out for them as they embark on introducing Rasheeda to the world via her new album. The season opener would not be complete without the fiery Latina rapper, Joseline, whom like Somaya Reese of the 1st edition of Love & Hip Hop, is hungry for her spot in the rap game and will do almost anything to achieve her dreams, which includes, possibly stealing Stevie J away from Mimi.
I already know what you all are thinking: Mimi is a fool, Stevie J is a misogynistic a-hole, Scrappy and Erica are the ride-or-dies who just might make it work, Karlie Redd is messy and K. Michelle is too emotional. We didn't see much of Rasheeda and her husband Kirk, but I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about in the upcoming episodes. All in all, this soap opera, drama style of reality TV is just like a train wreck, you can't stand the gruesome and grimy scene, yet you can't take your eyes off it and I'm sure Mona Scott-Young likes it that way.
Check out the cast, photos and clips from the new hit reality show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta here on Vh1:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/love_and_hip_hop_atlanta/series.jhtml
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What do you think about Episode 1 of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta?
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I think this show is too much! Half of the time I was wondering why I was watching it, and the other half of the time I was fast forwarding through the commercials (I taped it) to get to the next scene. *smdh* Run down: I feel bad for Mimi, but then I get mad at her because her man does her wrong to. her. face. She knows who he is just like she knew why he wants to move her an hour away. She needs to accept it completely or move on, becuase even if he does become all about her, she's NEVER going to trust him. His "artist" is a hot mess. She knows she's the mistress and doesn't care, even protects him ("we didn't kiss"), so she's down and he knows it. She disgusted me with this first episode. I like Ericka and think that she's been through a lot and is hurt. I hope she finds what she needs. Scrappy's mamma is too much, but very entertaining ("have you had your medicine--no." LOL). I like that she can "pop off" at any second! I have no thoughts about Frost's girl or about the singer K. Michelle. K. Michelle is the "Olivia" of the group and O's storylines bored me in the original LAHH. Halfway through the first episode, I swore to myself that I would not put this show into my regular schedule of reality shows, but after watching the previews of the upcoming season....well, I may have slide it on in.
ReplyDeleteI love the show it's very good to me. I just think Mimi don't know how to leave Steve J cause they been together for along time but when she fed up he will know and he won't relize what he had until it was going. But all cast are doin good keep it up!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't like how scrappy is treating the mother of his daughter messing around with shay from flavor of love come on she is way more classier then her. One thing that really bothers me with scrappy how is he gonna move to his new spot as he calls it which is way better then his baby mothers place he has a out door pool and a Jacuzie and they show her place it's outdated computer and furniture and he is chilling plus she has to work to take care of his daughter he is really a corn ball!! Then he spends his money at the strip club on hoes he really need to step it up for real and stop looking for defection and be a man and take care of his family!!!!
ReplyDeleteThen this episode he said he is getting a lawyer and he took his furniture out the place he lived with Erika scappy is a Real Looser:(
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