4 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

SLC

OMG!!!!

 

DEAD.

 

Yep. Pretty much.

 

Which is why I rolled my eyes when Gizelle announced at the beginning of the season that the "toxicity" was gone.

Looks like I'm unsurprisingly on the right side of history when it comes to what I saw happening after Monique said deuces following her one-two punch: everyone still having the same issues with Candace's mouth and with Pinky and the Brain. 

I've got no dog in yesterday's Potomac fight since Zen Wen was the same chick that had much to say about Monique being "making Black women look bad" last season over reacting to being the target of the very same attacks on her marriage and family. 

(no, I don't care that Mo made mincemeat out of Candiace's skull... You expected her to take that sh1t on the chin and are now finding out that heat is too hot for you.)

#NeverForget

On 7/22/2021 at 10:00 AM, ChitHappens said:

Lawd!  I just don't know where to begin.  

Don't care that Aubrey is gone but Nivea     She truly has a good soul and didn't come for the cameras but to make music.  

The twins are evil beasts!  They don't work well with others are no one hardly knows who they are for them to be torturing folks this way!

I am almost caught up with the show and all I have to say about Nivea is that I hope that she gets her own show out of this. She was, by far, my favorite castmember on the show and as much as I enjoyed seeing her get into Thing One and Thing Two's asses, I hated to see her go.

I'm also mad that I was denied the chance to see Misha and Irish tag team those oompa loompas, but that's another subject for another day.

 @ playa pleathe acting torn about joining the group

31 minutes ago, Chris B said:

@VirginiaHamiltonWendy’s instant dislike of Mia reminds me of Nene with Kandi on RHOA S2. It’s literally out of nowhere and Mia did nothing to her lol. Such a random feud! I must say Wendy from the moment she was first announced is nothing like I expected. She has a messy side to her, which I do like because that makes a great HW. 

You know... that's a great comparison. Linnethia was determined to bait Kandi for existing for reasons that went beyond her remixing Tardy For The Party into something listenable, the same way that Zen Wen is determined to bring Mia down to size for being a plastic surgery-addicted former "bartender" (stripper) who married well.

I know Candiace gets into it with Mia down the line, but her following the rest of the cast in throwing cute shade here and that goes a long way in making her look better than thirsty Dr. Wendy.

If Wendy is hoping to launch her own Gizelle/Grande Dame feud to maintain relevance on this show, she has overestimated her appeal with viewers. Whether one is Team Karen or Team Gizelle, what is mutually agreed upon is that both have seasons-long history with each having enough charisma to keep it going for as long as it has.

Wendy needs to remove whatever is up her ass re: Mia. Instead of feeling her out like everybody else on this show, she's coming for her throat and thinking that she'll fold like a cheap suit. 

And while I'm not one that thinks that Wendy is hideous-looking (she's pretty) or that Mia is this untouchable stunner (she's no Katie Rost), Zen Wen clearly believes so which is why she's pressed by her presence while trying to refashion herself as an IG ho. If these over the top confrontations weren't evidence, her telling Eddie to revise his answer spelled it out.

Imagine being an accomplished and intelligent academic/cable news panelist who achieved success through her own hard work and merit being completely bothered by someone who had to marry to get to where she is...couldn't be me.

I can't speak for anyone else, but my unapologetic love for the Grande Dame (since season 1 when everybody else hated her) is due to her blend of wit, heart, and delusion that I find absolutely irresistible.

Karen Huger has made me rediscover that loving feeling that I lost when Sheree from RHOA left and the rivalry between her and Gizelle fulfill the promise that RHOA dropped the ball on by failing to find a worthy rival for Kenya, post-Phaedra.

Folks think that they can come for La Dame's marriage and finances while that she is dealing with the decline and eventual loss of her parents for sh:ts and giggles and are mad at her for asking "is Jamal's coming?" at a reunion, huh? I guess folks truly believed that the Grande Dame would be shaking in her boots because that little Heathers act she and her sycophants pulled on Monique last season died from the moment that she let them know that she's "a wh0re from Hampton".

Oh, and people whining about La Dame's "Sing Sing" shot being a low blow can go kick rocks. It's okay for folks to air out Karen and Ray's tax issues while she is dealing with dying parents, but folks allegedly being institutionalized because they couldn't handle Pastor's Holy Whoring is a bridge too far? Fvck that.

On 7/6/2021 at 11:15 AM, ChitHappens said:

Hey VH!  Good to have you posting

 

I love The Encore.  Aubrey O'Day is hard on the eyes but the show is really good.  I know the album they put together is going to be really great but I enjoy watching these women get there.  

*waves*

Hi, CH! Great to see you as well.

It's interesting to see singers from all stages of life get together (from those who never really left the industry after their heyday ended like Nivea to those who've been on the game for a while like the 702 sisters).

On 7/6/2021 at 11:24 PM, DemetriKane said:

Loving the show as well. Been enjoying what I’m hearing of the songs they have recorded, hope we get to hear them in full. Nivea and Shamari are the best vocalist on the show. I have a soft spot for Misha because I view her as a underdog.

 

 

 

Same (I feel similarly for Irish).

9 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

I swear, if it's not Aubrey, it's the damn twins!  LeMisha, as queen, should have asked Aubrey to not participate because she was MIA and didn't tell anyone.  She doesn't get to reappear and be in the thick of things!  

 

Kiely is still here becauzzzzzzz?  

Kiely is here to stir up sh!t while flying under the radar as Aubrey and those horrid chipmunks get the lion's share of the vitriol. That pendulum will swing back in her direction once either of them leave or fall back because she can't help herself.

I think LeMisha was unwisely linking up with someone who hated those chipmunks as much (or nearly as much) as she did instead of choosing strategically. Aubrey's only concerned with herself and has no problem screwing people over (that said, I was side-eyeing that Elijah songwriter person for talking both sides of his mouth).

I wonder what old group members are going to show up on the next episode (though I'm pretty sure booked and busy Naturi Naughton will not be).

43 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I just got into this show today! It’s so damn good!

I have no idea if an actual single or album will come out of this show or if there will still be nine people in this group when this show ends, but I do know that it has become appointment TV for me. 

I've been looking for something to occupy my time until RHOP returns on Sunday and I found it in 

Quote

BET To Assemble All-Women R&B Supergroup For New Series ‘BET Presents The Encore’

Written by BET Staff

BET is set to bring together nine of the most memorable solo female artists and groups from the 1990s and 2000s to form the ultimate R&B supergroup in the new original series, BET Presents The Encore. 

 

Among those involved include Shamari DeVoe of Blaque, Irish Grinstead and LeMisha Grinstead from 702, Nivea Nash and Felisha King  of Cherish, Fallon King and Pamela Long  form the group Total, Aubrey O’ Day  from Danity Kane, and Kiely Williams of 3LW have signed on to the one-of-a-kind music experiment to become the next big musical sensation. 

 

The talented singers turned wives, moms, and entrepreneurs, will move in together, write new music, learn choreography, record an album, and put on a live performance. And they’ll have to do so in only 30 days and with none of them knowing who their bandmates will be ahead of time. 

 

The ladies will have to go beyond their musical and personal comfort zones to succeed as a team. An esteemed roster of music industry experts will drop in each week to prepare them for their big debut and deliver a chart-topping record, including music producer Kosine, choreographer Aliya Janell, songwriter Elijah Blake, and vocal coach Cynnamyn.  

BET Presents The Encore premieres Wednesday, June 9 at 10 p.m. EST/PST on BET and BET Her. 

 

https://www.bet.com/music/2021/05/20/bet-assemble-all-women-supergroup-the-encore.html

 

 

 

Granted, I haven't watched BET reality shows since the days of Frankie "Code 10 Man Down" Lons, but my desire to relive the soundtrack to my high school and college years is what lured me towards this messy mess and messy doesn't even begin to describe what this network has gifted me every Wednesday night.

Whether it's that lisping girl from 3LW proclaiming her creative direction or Pam from Total being totally delivered from her lesbianism or Aubrey from Danity Kane starting [!@#$%^&*] on her latest reality show those twins that I've never heard of proclaiming to be highly in demand while shading former group members who've outsold them 10 times over, Carlos King and Todd Tucker have sucked me in.

No Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Friendster, or any email access?

Well, OnlyFans is hiring.

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

Heheh. Same. It was all organic while I personally loved. 

 

Though to be fair...I loved her when she said that.

I fell in love from the moment that she let them know

La Dame has since been consistent in capturing the hearts of the American public.

Don't mind me... I'm just smirking at how the tables have turned when it comes to the Grande Dame Karen Huger from the first season when she was mistakenly maligned by the public to the present day as a beloved national treasure.

To reference Amanda Seales, VirginiaHamilton be knowin' 

TV One has the most bipolar scheduling for this show that I've ever seen. 4 episodes of Unsung, then 2 episodes of Unsung Hollywood.... what gives?

Furthermore, when the hell are they finally airing that Howard Rollins episode?

My favorite delusional housewife of all time has returned to grace us with her messy presence! Come through, queen....

1. I could've sworn that they did an Unsung episode on Maze featuring Frankie Beverly (or am I confusing this with another show?) already.
2. Candi Staton is an Unsung that I'd love to see. 'Victim' is one of the most tragically underrated disco classics of all time.

Very late to this thread, but:

1. I'm mad that I missed the Chuck Brown/GoGo episode (stupid DVR taped over it) and hope that they air it again in the near future.
2. While I'll concede that Xscape were unsung (compared to groups like TLC and SWV that enjoyed a higher profile), I'm side-eyeing the lie that they were the first R&B artists to wear hip-hop attire when the aforementioned had been doing it for at least a year before they were a thing (The stan in me will also mention that Mary J. Blige ushered in that era of hip-hop soul glamour when she first came out before all of them.)
3. I'm thrilled that they closed the season with Kid n' Play (and do believe that House Party deserves its own Unsung Hollywood episode), as it brought me back to my childhood (when having fun in hip hop was the norm and not the exception to the rule).
4. I sure hope that that bucktoothed backstabber Steve Harvey isn't involved in tomorrow night's season premiere of Unsung Hollywood with the dearly departed Bernie Mac and that they get into one of the main reasons why I loathe that fool.

Since everything worth mentioning has been said, I'll just sit back and sip the sweet-tasting nectar of karma.

LOL @ the idea that Mariah's 90s hits were obscure especially since radio played them to death.

YASSSS and its her birthday..what a gift to her stans..

https://vimeo.com/127978225

The QUEEN is already trending

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFGyCHEUIAAKMYI.png

I wonder if the rumors of her album title being Conversations in a Cafe are true. If so, I approve of the Queen's choice.

Here's another idea for an UH episode - the fully integrated yet short-lived (1989-91) soap, Generations, which didn't stand a chance due to a poor timeslot and preemptions of Persian Gulf War coverage. Several of its actors are still in soaps (James Reynolds, Kristoff St. John) and one of its cast members is even the subject of her own UH episode (Viveca Fox)!!! To this day, it's a soap not many talk about and I would like to learn more. I think it would be a perfect subject for UH.

Frankly, I'd much rather see this as an Unsung episode over Baby Boy.

That spoiler is precisely why I have no problem side-eyeing the hell of one of the writers when they'd taken to Twitter to complain about this show not being promoted by airing commercials during ratings-winner Empire. Around this time last year, you were lauded as one of the best new shows of the season because what Empire is doing now - putting Black characters front and center - and was on track to garner those big numbers. Instead of continuing to build that momentum so that you'd be able to stand tall next to the hot new show on the block, you threw away what was working and decided to focus on what never did.

No shade to Nicole, Lyndie, and Orlando, but I can't say that I'll be mad at all if this show doesn't get renewed for season 3.

Hakeem can't. Sorry to any Hakeem fans, but he just can NOT. People are calling him ugly. That kid is not ugly. But I think we all know what is behind that. Just in case you don't, I will spell it out. His lips are too thick and his skin is too dark (in comparison to his siblings) for a lot of people. I'll end that there.

I'm so glad that you spoke the truth of the matter. I found this hate far more disheartening than the typical homophobic trolling that I'd expected, honestly.