‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ is now a monster hit for VH1
Joseline has become a stand-out presence and focal point of controversy on "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta." CREDIT: VH1
Take that, “Real Housewives of Atlanta”!
America now has a new trashy local show critics can complain makes Atlanta look bad: “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” on VH1.
The reality show – which focuses on local hip-hop musicians and their twisted love lives – is now pulling in more viewers than “Real Housewives of Atlanta” did in its fourth season.
This past Monday’s episode hit a series-high of 3.5 million viewers, with another 2.1 million who caught the repeat at 10 p.m. The show has seen steady growth after opening at 1.9 million in its first airing in June. The 18-49 rating has jumped from 1.1 to a 2.0 over five weeks.
Through six episodes, the show has averaged 2.9 million viewers, comparable to the original “Love and Hip Hop.” In metro Atlanta, the show draws around 150,000 viewers.
The show is also lifting the fortunes of “Single Ladies,” the Atlanta-based scripted relationship drama despite the departure of Stacey Dash. “Single Ladies” hit a series high 2.66 million viewers this past Monday.
I solicited comments on my Facebook page about the show. Tarryl BrotherTee Rosier sampled one episode and dubbed it “pure trash.”
“I dislike VH1 even more now that they are showing that program on their station,” Rosier wrote. “Even though, I don’t like both programs, I will say that RHOA has more class than LHHA.”
Demeeka Mhoon likens the show to “a wreck on 285 u see miles ahead, but u still look once u pass by. Its absolutely horrible as a TV program.”
Juanita Vann willingly admits she enjoys it: “A lot of people who watch it are ashamed to say so because they feel it portrays African-American’s and Atlantans in a negative light. I watch it EVERY week! It’s funny, entertaining and oh so ratchet. People who are calling for boycotts of it need to have a seat. This is ENTERTAINMENT. If you don’t like it, just don’t watch it. The simple fact that it’s pulling in such strong numbers is a testament that somebody likes it. By the way, I feel it is more trashy than RHOA, and the “housewives” have lost a bit of their edge. I was totally bored with the last season. I hope the next season can capture some of the craziness from prior seasons that made it so much fun to watch!”
Nyssa Green, on Twitter, simply called it “a hilarious train wreck.”
I resisted but now that it’s clear this show isn’t going away, I will begin writing recaps Monday.
Join my Facebook fan page and Twitter.
By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk
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126 comments Add your comment
Oscar Bater
July 25th, 2012
4:33 pm
Hip-Hop is indeed TRASH, as are those who cultivate it.
A disgrace to our hometown of Atlanta and a detriment to our your people.
No argument here.
Good Piece, Rodney.
Mark
July 25th, 2012
6:54 pm
People take this show and other reality shows to seriously..Its just entertainment…By the way years ago some people didn’t like ‘The Cosbys” either..saying it didn’t represent true black life in America..
Wayne stuck in AL
July 25th, 2012
8:40 pm
VH1 (along with E! and Bravo) is run by a bunch of queens only interested in those who do nothing but brunch, shop and have drama.
Leslie
July 25th, 2012
10:55 pm
Love the show. I dislike. Stevie. J and that ho ja want be. Rapper
liberalefty
July 26th, 2012
12:29 am
i like this show because the women are fine unlike the old cows on RHOA..
Robert Brookins
July 26th, 2012
12:54 am
Iam not in to drama at all! But i love me some LHHA!
mechi
July 26th, 2012
8:45 am
Mark I completely agree..And if people feel this represents all black Atlantans, then they are the ones who are truly short sighted. I mean if someone in Wyoming doesn’t have enough sense to realize LHHA is for entertainment, then they probably have more serious issues in their lives than this show. Also for the critics that say it sends a bad message to our youth, it’s not a kids show, that seems more like an issue that parents are not raising their kids, but letting television raise them. BTW, I don’t even watch the show, not my thing, but for those that do let them enjoy their guilty pleasure.
cynthia
July 26th, 2012
9:14 am
is Joseline Hernandezts man.
Ummm....
July 26th, 2012
9:21 am
I agree with Mark and Mechi, obviously, people have way too much time on their hands if they believe or try to live out the way the show is portrayed on television. This television show and others are ONLY for entertainment purposes, sure they are trash, but sometimes it’s funny watching trash do trashly activities on television.
Bout Business
July 26th, 2012
10:09 am
I’m learning a lot of valuable lessons from the show and will aplly them to my actual life. I think Stevie J is a real man who is simply battling with the perks that come along w/ being a multi-millionaire many times over. He’s trying to work things out with Mimi, who is a real woman for sticking by his side no matter what. Not everyone is perfect. I too have 4 kids but that doesnt make me a bad person. I pay what I can to their mothers and spend TIME with my kids. In the end, they’ll remember time with me looking at toys in Target much more than they will a mere $200/month in child support.
Great show regardless of what the haters are saying!
Been there done that
July 26th, 2012
10:18 am
People hate to see the truth that’s really how people get down in Atlanta. Men have more than one girlfriend and the women fill as long as the man have the funds to make all them happy they are cool with everything. You have to also realize half the show is not from Atlanta. Also what do you expect have the men in Atlanta are gay. Really there isn’t much of a choice just share and know your place. Alot of the rappers have wives at home and a girlfriend at the studio and then the groupie on the road. If you don’t like what you see turn the television. It’s the truth.
Fetus Breath
July 26th, 2012
10:19 am
Just because we have TVs does not mean we have to watch them all the time, or create garbage programming for them.
Kristie
July 26th, 2012
10:21 am
Bout Business, “remember time with me looking at toys in Target much more…” dude, looking at toys is not something to brag about compared to being realistic and knowing that your kids have REAL needs like food, clothes, shelter, lunch money, help with homework, listening to the issues they encounter dealing with other kids, spiritual needs, etc. P.S. Please use protection to avoid a 5th child by another baby momma, and most likely additional STDs. Yuck! You’re just too wrong for words.
Joseline Hernandez
July 26th, 2012
10:25 am
We bev lov Steebie and I lu my man. Sumtiems hatas hate and we are the vest.
Rabbit
July 26th, 2012
10:32 am
isn’t the show just pure entertainment.
WOW
July 26th, 2012
10:35 am
I weep for the future of my people.
mamaj
July 26th, 2012
10:37 am
My daughter tried to get me involved in that show and I had to draw the line after a few minutes. I’m particular about my trash, and I’ll stick to RHOA. I WOULD like to be looking at it though, when Joseline throws off all that giddup she has on and reveals that she is a man. A harder looking woman I have never seen.
26belly
July 26th, 2012
10:38 am
Well, if this is just entertainment, will they incorporate the end of summer bash complete with fried chicken, malt-liquor, and watermelon? Don’t forget the overall’s and straw hats for the men and sun-dresses with be’be’ kids in arms for the women!
25 to LIFE
July 26th, 2012
10:39 am
LHHA has more booty on duty then Diamonds and Magic City:)That’s why I watch!The Camera man and director are on point with all kinds of angles! I have no idea what the hell they are talking about since we watch while at work on mute…but I will quote Bubba Sparkx “Booty, Booty, Booty, Booty,Booty EVERYWHERE! That must have been a pre-requiste for all the women, No ass, need not apply!
WOW
July 26th, 2012
10:46 am
26belly…”end of summer bash complete with fried chicken, malt-liquor, and watermelon?”
Off topic: I understand ‘watermelon’ from the early racist movies from the early 1900s. But, when did fried chicken become an insult to us? I don’t know 1 person(black or white in the south) that doesn’t love it.
ATLPeach
July 26th, 2012
10:47 am
I watch because it’s entertaining! It doesn’t represent any race of people, just the people that’s on the show. I can represent myself as a black woman, thank you very much! So sick of that argument!
@25, men!!! Joseline’s butt is as fake as those big azz fake breasts she has! But I know men don’t care if it’s real or fake…they just like the scenery! Lol!
KB
July 26th, 2012
10:49 am
Hip-Hop is being portayed by people who has no clue what true hip-hop is. TV is just showing people who has made a some foolish choices in their lives and have to live with those decisions. I wished that we had shows that show the great side of Atlanta than this crap. Many people of color have rich and fulfilling lives. TV just show the ones who don’t.
Just like the movie “Brown Sugar” a couple of years ago hip-hop has grown up, but the people in it hasn’t. Hip-hop is global now. It crosses so many cultures and nationalities. Unfortunately, the popular media groups have tried their best to keep it closed in a box. I pisses me off.
I will say one thing. We as men have to do a better job in being men. Women must not act like nothing less than powerful women. A peach tree produces peaches, not pears nor apples. Men, if want a “10″ in a women, then you must be one. Women likewise…..
LOVING LHHA
July 26th, 2012
10:55 am
I LOVE IT AND FOR THE HATERS THE ONLY WAY NOT TO LIKE IT IS TO WATCH IT SO YALL HELPING WITH THE RATINGS!!LHHA DO YALL THING MUCH LOVE!!THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN ATLANTA I SHOULD KNOW I AM FROM DECATUR,GA AND YES THESE MEN THINK THEY ARE GOD’S GIFT BUT ITS ONLY WHAT WE WOMEN ALLOW I DO NOT LIKE STEVIE J BUT WHO REALLY IS TO BLAME OTHER THAN THE WOMEN!!LOVE K MICHELLE SHE CRAZY AS HELL!!LMAO “OOOHHH THIS BITCH SHAKING THE TABLE”, IN MY K MICHELLE VOICE!! GOTTA LOVE IT!!LMAO
SWAT Native
July 26th, 2012
10:58 am
The people on the show may act trashy, but LHHA show does a nice job of showing different locations around intown Atlanta (Single Ladies does too). It makes the physical city look good, if not the people.
And I agree with several other posters: the ladies are fine.
Dixiecrat
July 26th, 2012
11:00 am
This show is a train wreck and an embarrassment for Atlanta. Every time I go to Montana, or somewhere out West to go fishing, and tell the guide(s) I’m from ATL, they make some comment about the Housewives of ATL or some other comment like that. If one is not from here, and is somewhere else in the country, he or she might think that ATL is comprised of nothing but black people driving fancy cars, renting mansions, having children out of wedlock, and filing chapter 7….
wyndero
July 26th, 2012
11:01 am
One has a right to like whatever they choose, one also has the right to protest. This show is a microcosm of today’s young black society, it specialize’s in ratchet behavior and fans of the show enjoy it for entertainment purposes or its similar to the life they have or one that they would want. If you can’t figure out why people are upset then what does they say about you? This one is so easy, Older black folks from another era just don’t get the younger generation and vice versa, but at the end of the day someone is right and somebody is wrong on this one.
26belly
July 26th, 2012
11:01 am
@WOW…you/we/southerners all know how you/we/southerners can grease down on some fried or grilled chicken to the point you/we/southerners don’t care who’s looking or what anyone thinks! Until the scene goes on blast via television or the internet!
Sluggo
July 26th, 2012
11:10 am
It’s a highly educational show useful for the entire family and it saves me time. Rather than teach my children to be degenerates, I can plop them down in front of the tube and VH1 does the work for me.After one episode,they want body ink, gold chains and have learned new expressive terms like mugga fugga.
Successful Black Man
July 26th, 2012
11:14 am
Stevie J is a role model for how you treat BLK WOMEN. Treat them right then they dog you out, but if you treat them like dirt they stay with you. GO FIGURE?
Danny
July 26th, 2012
11:15 am
Porn,Sex Shops, Strip Clubs, Swinger’s clubs are for entertainment as well
Whatever...
July 26th, 2012
11:16 am
In all honesty the producers are brilliant! They are the ones who will make all the money whereas these wannabees make a modest salary. Staged improvisation is all this show is. When it all blows over you might see one person “make it” like NeNe!
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
11:20 am
I must admit this is a train wreck I can’t help but tune into. Someone blew smoke on Stevie J’s manhood and he went bonkers…that dude believes he’s smooth. I am still amazed at the things he’s admitted on national television, along with how foolish MiMi is making herself out. She may come across as being “strong” when she’s on camera by herself, but she’s one of many poster children for weak, insecure, gullibe women walking this Earth. Man, the BS she has tolerated and put up with over the years.
Stevie J is a pint-sized troll looking pimp! That’s right I said it….
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
11:20 am
gullible…
C Jae of EAV
July 26th, 2012
11:22 am
Let’s face it, LHHA is no worse for than RHOA and in some respects may be more entertaining as the participants in LHHA less pretentious lay more of their lives open in front of camera.
Sure bearing witness to love triangles and relationship conflicts in real time as they are unfolding will make for some embarrassing moments, but on some level I have to respect the participants for their willingness to lay so much of their lives on the line and subject public scrunity.
I believe the shows increasing popularity is steming from the fact that what’s being protrayed are real life situations that most if not all of us have experienced or are experiencing on some level.
Danny
July 26th, 2012
11:22 am
Anybody that says “It’s just entertainment” doesn’t see past their nose length. There a lot of things that are entertainment for many people. Some people abuse other people for their entertainment, some people use drugs for entertainment, some people find it entertaining when innocent people get beat up or hurt. I don’t see anybody say “Lighten up it’s just ENTERTAINMENT”
Also let me put somethings in perspective for those “It’s just entertainment” folks
America is 300 Million people – Black people ONLY make 14% total which equals about 33 Million, spread them out over 50 states with majority of concentration in the bigger cities. So there many many Americans that are NOT black, that may never interacted in depth with black their entire lives and I know quite a few, they only interact maybe at work for some extend.
But these shows like RHOA, Hip Hop, etc. gives them the perspective that this how the majority of black women are and what they go for in their lives, mix it up with the Hip Hop songs and videos and there you have the perception. If it doesn’t bother you don’t get upset when someone treats like that.
Cops are not all bad but yet their overall stigma is so, so go figure!
Bad Newz
July 26th, 2012
11:26 am
Yo Rodney Ho, you call this a monster hit/entertainment? As you and I both know, if it is dumb, stupid, lazy and crazy, we know who will irresponsibly sign up first. Again, shame on VH1’s executives for exploiting the African-American Community with these programs all for a quick buck. Unfortunately, as time as shown, these programs have failed to be productive for the African-American household. I am sure it these programs depicted the Asian community in a negative way, you would be offended too. So, let’s write postive articles and educate the folks to use their time and resources much wiser rather than continue to be exploited by TV Executives at VH1. I believe the time is now!
Darryn R.
July 26th, 2012
11:34 am
Stevie J is a disgrace to the male black race. All men are not like this. I have 3 kids by 3 different mothers and I married the last mother who I have been with for 9 years. One of them I had at the age of 17, 22 and 36. I am 37 now and getting too old for anymore women or kids. They are all expensive. All of my kids live with me and the oldest is due to graduate college 2013. I have a 15yo 10 th grader who loves football and 1yo is my heart and last child. But just because you have many children by different women doesn’t make you a bad man, it makes you a bad father if you cannot take care of them all, nevertheless show them be a leader by example. Stevie J rap it up man and go get a real job!
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
11:37 am
Stevie J is a disgrace to the male black race. – Naw, he’s a disgrace to himself.
Just like you said, “all men are not like this.” He doesn’t represent anyone but himself! A walking IDIOT.
Hate a man who thinks he’s so smoother and his isht stinks…..
Mike
July 26th, 2012
11:38 am
I’m black … I’m an Atlantan … Native Atlantan. Black folk need to chill out and quit being so embarrassed when a subset of people share our nationality act a certain way. Quit feeling as though their actions represent you. Every nationality has a stigma about them, but that doesn’t represent them. All asians don’t represent the associated stereotype. Low and behold, all white people don’t represent their associated negative stereotype. Neither do hispanics or any other nationality. Take a chill. It’s entertaining television … but Lil Scrappy doesn’t represent me. Neither does Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. I represent me. You should to.
And let the record reflect, Swamp People don’t represent all white people. Chill out.
???
July 26th, 2012
11:42 am
I’m confused by all the negative reactions to the Love & Hip Hop -Atlanta tv show. How is this show any different from the old soap operas that once filled-up daytime tv? Soap operas had characters who cheated on their spouses: The bad guy who cheated on his nice-girl wife. Some of the women were determined to seek revenge on the person who wronged them. They manipulated each other and sometimes the characters tried to hide their past to become someone new…..And all of this was in one episode. What’s the difference between LHHA and soap operas or other reality shows? What’s the big uproar about? Is it because the characters are Black and based in Atlanta? As if we do not go through the same drama and heartache as others. I’m Black and from Atlanta and I personally know people who are experiencing the same issues as seen on LHHA. They live in Decatur, Southwest Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lawrenceville, Austell, and Roswell. They all see themselves in the show. They can relate to the people on the show…including the brothas who struggle with being monogamous. Perhaps they will see themselves from a different angle. The stripper/drug dealing moms can realize they can turn their lives around and show love for their kids. The ex-con mom can reunite with her adult daughter after years of abandonment and shame. Perhaps this show can help sistas who are thinking about compromising themselves in the name of a career. This tv show will most likely make women (and men) wonder if it is worth using your body as a bargaining tool. Let’s not forget the folks who are trying to overcome setbacks and tragedies to live a happy life. I see all of this in LHHA. I see people I grew up with. I see my coworkers. I see some of my relatives. I see my neighbors on the show. I believe the show can actually inspire someone living the same life as those on the show.
locals
July 26th, 2012
11:46 am
I’m sure the white people that live in Midtown and Buckhead cringe when they see them and the camera crew coming..lol
???
July 26th, 2012
11:52 am
@locals “I’m sure the white people that live in Midtown and Buckhead cringe when they see them and the camera crew coming..lol”
Why do you care about what White people in Midtown and Buckhead cringe over? What do you think about the show?
Miss J
July 26th, 2012
11:52 am
Ok here’s my Top Five concerning Love & Hip Hop
1. It’s just a show (some of it is probably scripted)
2. The genre of DRAMA is as old as Shakespear and grabs the audiences attention.
3. All Black, White, Latina, Asian and others don’t act the same (even within their own races) you got your good, your bad and you got your ugly.
4. Shows like these will continue to thrive CuZ Folks are watching.
5. For all you haters (get a life) get over it.
Homer the Brave
July 26th, 2012
11:57 am
“Reality” shows are just becoming scripted nonsense. The only reality show I care to watch anymore is Survivor and I’m not even watching all of it anymore. I’m glad there’s a thing called TV on DVD to watch shows that were actually good when I’m not doing something else constructive with my life……….
Miss J
July 26th, 2012
11:58 am
By the way, I watched the show last night and I was very impressed with the performances. (notice I said performances).
Folks need to recognize that the actors in this show are being paid to ACT (when the cameras are rolling)..
Again, it’s just a show……..LOL
Miss J
July 26th, 2012
12:01 pm
@Homer the Brave
You said and I agree – that’s what makes AMERICA great. You can choose to watch or choose to tune it out.
The hell with stereotypes – let people be people and just cause an actor acts like a fool on a TV show and he or she just happens to Black does not mean all Blacks act the same way………GROW -UP ………
Eric
July 26th, 2012
12:04 pm
I’m black and I think the show is scripted trash!
Grasshopper
July 26th, 2012
12:05 pm
If this show is pure trash (which it is) what does say about the hip-hop world in Atlanta?
mugglemikki
July 26th, 2012
12:09 pm
If people can’t see this show is staged and scripted, then Lord have mercy!
It’s really simple to understand, in today’s world, the more ratchet and stupid
you act, the more buzz you create which equals 15 minutes of fame.
They are just in it for the money.
How is this any worse than Mob Wives, the Real Housewives of New Jersey, etc.???
Miss J
July 26th, 2012
12:15 pm
@mugglemikki (great name)
I agree with you 100%. Does anyone out there remember AMOROSA (of the Apprentance).
Drama sells (people getting along and making nice is BORING) give me more fights, and conflicts (this keeps my ratings high and money rolling in)..
AGAIN – IT’S JUST A SHOW AND A DARN GOOD DRAMA AT THAT…………
Jasmine T
July 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
So are all Armenian women trash because Kim K is a slore?
ATR
July 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
Its the Stevie J show. lol Lil Scrappy trying to be so gangster. Maybe his career will take off now. Notice the er at the end of the word. The show doesn’t make Atlanta look bad. It makes those that start on the show look bad. If you REALLY want to see Atlanta watch the straight to dvd Curtis Snow in the bluff THEN you see Atlanta for real.
nestle73
July 26th, 2012
12:22 pm
Don’t like the show, but watch it because it’s “funny” to me. I keep it onVH 1 so I can remember to watch Single Ladies, which I love.
ANGEL
July 26th, 2012
12:34 pm
UBETTAREDNECKANIZE! HONEY BOO BOO!
GREAT COMMENTS…RODNEY WILL WE EVER SEE AN ASIAN SHOW CAST THIS BAD???
NO OFFENSE, BUT AS BROTHA SPIKE WOULD SAY, BA-FFOON-ERY AND COONERY @ ITS BEST.
zoe
July 26th, 2012
12:35 pm
Are all insipid and unsophisticated people in Atlanta on TV?
Da Commish
July 26th, 2012
12:40 pm
and be sure to check out http://www.loveandhiphopatlanta.net for more info on the show as well.
Niss
July 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
To ???, I totally agree with you I couldn’t have said it better….very well put!!!
TB
July 26th, 2012
12:52 pm
People can continue to say that shows like this are just entertainment, but until you’ve met people who acutally live like this and think it’s okay, then you don’t really know what you’re talking about. The sad truth is that, whether or not people believe these shows are scripted, these “entertainers” come from parts of town many of us never had to drive through. Come on…how many of us had mothers who were pimps?
Not to say it’s right, because people grow up and learn right from wrong, but it’s not just entertainment. Those who live similar lives see this on tv and feel okay about their own situations.
tyrace
July 26th, 2012
1:13 pm
Love the show it just entertainment. But it funny great and real life we all go threw life like this we just not on TV.
haha
July 26th, 2012
1:21 pm
Stevie B is the man, I like how he puts it down. wassup with counseling?
daamn stevie you need to make sure jose, oops joseline aint a switc hitter.
scrappy, “feel me?” yeah we feel you scrappy.
Julius the son
July 26th, 2012
1:25 pm
Stevie J is funny as hell.
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
1:27 pm
The show is what it is, something to laugh at, tsk, tsk, tsk at and sometimes sit there with big eyes. Is the show scripted? Ummmm, who takes a pregnancy test with a camera in the bathroom? Who fakes acting tears when looking at the results? No way this show is shot from the hip with no script. No freaking way.
L. Hill
July 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
If you ingest trash, what does that make you? Go to the library, read a book, pray, meditate, EXERCISE, spend some time with your kids, visit a sick friend … black people are wasting too much time on foolishness! BTW, black people watch more hours of TV than any other race. Practice turning the TV off – especially trash TV!
Brainwashed black women
July 26th, 2012
1:32 pm
I dont see black women marching in the streets to get this turned off….
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
Since I pay my own cable bill, I’ll watch as much nonsensical tv I care to.
'trtainmntatitzbest
July 26th, 2012
1:46 pm
Omarosa got rich and famous from ‘not being nice’ then turned Preacher then saved her boyfriend’s life. Trash is Trash, there’s no levels of TRASH…what did the viewers expect the LHHA Show to be about.
Pitchy
July 26th, 2012
1:56 pm
I guess when our grandmothers watched Peyton Place back in the beginning of time, wonder if anyone said turn that “white trash” off the boob tube!!!
luvlife
July 26th, 2012
1:56 pm
IT IS WHAT IT ISSSSSSS……..
carla roqs
July 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
where does one find the statistics on who watches the most tv?
Atl rep
July 26th, 2012
2:02 pm
What happened to education, class and professionalism? Yet alone the bible attachment and with morals and manners. To each own but damn…. A disgrace to the community.
Maxx
July 26th, 2012
2:29 pm
I love everything about the show. It’s very entertaining and why not get a tatse of Love And Hip Hop Atlanta style. I am a fan and I will continue to watch.
Sissy
July 26th, 2012
2:37 pm
I just don’t know what to say. It’s trashy at some moments and entertainment at times. I just look at it to see the different places here in ATL that I don’t get out to see. I hate driving around this city, so I can see it on the shows. Sometime things get out of hands/control, but that’s show biz. Same thing for Single Ladies, RHOA and any other show dealing with ATL.
Funny
July 26th, 2012
2:40 pm
Like the other comments of “watching a train wreck” and not being able to turn away because it is sad, dysfunctional, and funny-all rolled up into one! But who is smarter than the average bear? The entertainers on the show or the producers, or VH1?
DebDoes
July 26th, 2012
2:41 pm
Yep, watched it by mistake, once, because I saw Atlanta skyline in the background. It does appear scripted (I watched the ice cream scene with girl and her mom in Chamblee). I really wished these guys that are lucky enough to have a tv show, please use proper English/grammar and not speak in Rap/Ebonics. For the kids sake in this town that watch this stuff….at least prove you have some sense of proper English. Or buy a book with all that money you are making!
Exagg
July 26th, 2012
2:46 pm
Dixiecrat posted: “Every time I go to Montana, or somewhere out West to go fishing, and tell the guide(s) I’m from ATL, they make some comment about the Housewives of ATL.”
Right!?!? The fishing guides in Montana are watching VH1 and RHOA to the degree that they can comment on it??? Must we lie to make a point? Let’s pretend what you’re saying is true. You need better associates. I’m black… and when I travel the world, nobody brings up those shows when they find out I’m from Atlanta. Sometimes, it’s the company you keep.
IloveMyself
July 26th, 2012
2:51 pm
I think Mimi need THERAPY MY HERSELF. Where is Mimi’s mom are other close relatives to give her sound advice? I do think Stevie is a poor excuse for a man period, simply pathetic, unexcuseable, and so on. I know that some of the people that reside in Atlanta are a little ashame of the show because they not only represent hip hop community but the state of Atlanta. There is another side to Atlanta-but the producer decided to include some blank, blank, people that do not care who they step on and what they do to get what they want. For the ones that have kids, what are you thinking-but again I GUESS YOU ARE NOT.
Don Barksdale
July 26th, 2012
3:03 pm
Joseline is my kind of woman, I will be looking for her on my way back from boston in sept, yeah she’s all that and then some @DBarksdale . You better ask somebody !
Don Barksdale
July 26th, 2012
3:08 pm
Joseline is my kind of woman, she’s bound to come out on top cause she already is with me, oooh weee!
Daniel
July 26th, 2012
3:17 pm
I don’t think the show, as it stands right now, has staying power. The quality of the show has to improve in order to sustain those ratings.
carla roqs
July 26th, 2012
3:20 pm
daniel, i do not watch it and even i know that the show HAS those ratings because of its current quality…or lack thereof…
Devil's Advocate
July 26th, 2012
3:45 pm
I am not a fan, but I think almost anything is better than “Basketball Wives.”
Former Atlantian now in D.C.
July 26th, 2012
3:48 pm
I encourage every parent to sit down with their daughters and sons and watch the show. It’s a perfect real life example of:
A. The kind of lady you don’t want your daughter to be
B. The kind of man you don’t wan your sont to be
C. How a man shouldn’t treat lady
D. How a woman shouldn’t let a man treat her
E. How it sounds when you speak poorly
Miss J
July 26th, 2012
4:09 pm
@Former Atlantian now in D.C
Ok,
But before I sit my child down to watch this show – I will need to explain to him/her that what they are watching is just that a show. It’s probably scripted and sometimes it may mirror various issues that some of us maybe going through.
LOL ….I will not be using TV to raise my kids…that’s my job.
FOLKS IT’S JUST A SHOW ——IT’S HOLLYWOOD – IT’S SCRIPTED….IT’S FOR FUN….IT’S NOT REAL…………
PLEASE DON’T TAKE THIS SHOW SO SERIOUSLY
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mona Scott Young Denies Cancelling Reunion For Hit Show Love & Hip Hop
July 26th, 2012
4:10 pm
[...] miss out on an opportunity to cash out the huge ratings of the reunion show? According to latest reports the VH1 reality show hit a series high with 3.5 million viewers for Monday night’s 8pm [...]
Ron D
July 26th, 2012
4:24 pm
Scary………..
Bad Newz!
July 26th, 2012
4:26 pm
It is a sad day to read the responses supporting these trashy programs. Is it entertainment or exploitation? Folks, it is 2012, please wake up for your own good! Just look where we, as African-Americans, are ranked (education, jobs, health, ownership, networth, etc) in this country. We are doing an injustice to our proud heritage supporting these sort of negative programs. WE MUST DO BETTER and WE MUST DEMAND BETTER! Enough said, peace out!
Quagmire
July 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
Can anyone translate what lil scrappy and his mother are saying to each other? They sound like to lost slaves in California for the first time
Quagmire
July 26th, 2012
4:34 pm
Call this show what it really is(all the VH-1 shows). When Groopies Get Old
Dixiecrat
July 26th, 2012
4:35 pm
Hey Exagg…I assure you I’ve been out West fishing in MT each of the last 11 years and the “guides” there have satellite dishes and cable and they do watch VHI and the shows that are on there. Unfortunately, ATL is “stereotyped” negatively from the ATL Housewives and the LHHATL shows. People who haven’t been here may think that our city is comprised of nothing but black people who are living beyond their means, having kids out of wedlock, aspiring to be a rapper or actor, and filing chapter 7 because they can’t pay their bills. The producers of the show know what they are doing to attract an audience, and to each his own. It’s just not for me and I think it’s an embarrassment.
Midtown Diva
July 26th, 2012
4:41 pm
I think Stevie got more problems than MiMi, I think Ms J is a Mister. I don’t care how many picture he/she post..That is a man.
Former Atlantian now in D.C.
July 26th, 2012
4:42 pm
@ Miss.J
It might be a show and it might be scripted. Personally, I don’t think they have the acting chops to make it seem real if all of it was scripted. I do think they use extras at the various backdrop locations.
Unfortunately, there are people in the real world that think and behave the way these people do. I know some of them from my 6 years in Atlanta. As far as using a TV show to educate a child, nothing is better than a visual aid to reinforce what you’ve been saying.
@Quagmire
You do need an Atlanta Urban dictionary to understand Scrappy and his mom. When I need to laugh I imagine Scrappy as a telephone customer service rep.
TheEssence
July 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
First of all lets be clear THERE IS HIP HOP AND THERE IS RAP!!!! This show which I refuse to watch consist of artist who are on the shelves and have been for years. This show is not about Hiphop as not one single HIPHOP artist is a cast member. Common is hiphop Mosdef is hiphop Lil Scrappy is a failed RAPPER. Please stop confusing the two. And please kill the racism is 2012 already
pat
July 26th, 2012
4:51 pm
I honestly did not think there was a show that come make African American women look worse than NeNe and her crew. I was wrong. This is a pity and the housing marketing is going to start to suffer if we continue to let the world think we are this dumb. Who would want to live next door to any of them?? Seriously!
Nellina
July 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
People need to sit down and shut up. Everyone wants to act perfect in the open but still have issues in their personal lives. These people are sharing their personal lives with us and just like everyone else these people are not perfect. Just sit back and enjoy the show. I wish all the cast well. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. I’m looking forward to watching you guys every week until the season ends.
smart
July 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
All these reality shows are scripted and they have nothing on the new reality show “The Jackson’s Madness”. Now that’s reality at it’s best.
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July 26th, 2012
5:45 pm
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scott
July 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
simply trash and negativity for the black race as a white male..it feeds my friends sterotypical views of the black race ..and makes Atlanta not look like the capital of the black middle class but the ghetto capital of america..strickly embarrasing to the city and hard workin and decent ,intelligent blacks ..it lumps them all in a pile
scott
July 26th, 2012
5:55 pm
if THE GREAT martin luther king was alive today and saw how black americans murder each other in record numbers,walk around with their pants saggin,has the highest hiv rate in the country,committing record crime everyday in his hometown ,walk around with numerous tatoos all over their bodies,disrespect each other,speak in boken english,having numerous kids out of wedlock,..HE WOULD SHAKE HIS HEAD IN DISGUST ON TOP OF WATCHING THIS MESS ON TV
Animal187
July 26th, 2012
6:19 pm
I do not watch either show because I think it is a direct disrespect to black people not only who live here in Atlanta but in the entire country. Alot of people are right that it is entertainment and should be viewed as such as well as it is on cable and there are more channels than just this one to watch. If you do not like HWOA of LHHA…then turn it off. But my question is, how many white people do you hear complain about My Redneck Vacation, Swap People, or Duck Hunters? It is about white people doing some of the craziest stuff but in a different way.
DUV4LUV
July 26th, 2012
6:19 pm
wow……………………………the overwhelming number of posts and HIGH VIEWERSHIP ***** say LOVE & HIP HOP – ATLANTA is crazy, shameful and sometimes outright distasteful********************* but i admit *************** im addicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im addicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im addicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im addicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yea im addicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
???
July 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
I read all of the posts and I’m still confused about the outrage and embarrassment some of you are feeling. People, lighten up! The LHHA show will not change any opinions of Atlanta, Black People or the south. No one changed their opinions of Italians after watching Jersey Shore, Housewives-New Jersey or Mob Wives. Why are you so bent out of shape over a tv show that depicts the real lives specific people in Atlanta? Change the channel! This show will not set anyone back and it will not slow down the progress of Black people. MLK is not shaking his head in disgust because he knew people just like the characters on LHHA. He did not judge or scold them….He tried to help them. Some of you should consider avoiding tv all together. The extreme over-reactive personalized responses you gave are more troubling than any tv show….even the one about red necks in England.
Latashi
July 26th, 2012
8:53 pm
Honey’s, we need to breathe…the people on the show are so funny,stupid and strictly entertaining…En-ter-tain-ment!
Erin Harper
July 26th, 2012
10:12 pm
VH1 Protest Organizer Explains Why She is Full of Hate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-harper/boycott-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta_b_1621567.html
Tia
July 27th, 2012
4:09 am
I TOTALLY LOVE LHHATL !!! THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT, SO STAY FOCUSED PPL!!!!
THE WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THE MEN ARE SEXY !!! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!
PS. STOP SAYING YOU DON’T LIKE IT, BUT YOU SEEM TO BE TUNED IN TO EVERY EPISODE!!! LMAO AT ALL OF YOU !!!!
MIMI.....
July 27th, 2012
4:12 am
WE LOVE THAT SHOW!!!
DIAMOND :)
July 27th, 2012
4:12 am
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!!!!
COURTNEY BLAZE
July 27th, 2012
4:13 am
I LOVE THE HIGH FASHION AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!! TOTALLY ROCKS!!!
6 CHAINZ LESLIE
July 27th, 2012
4:14 am
I LOVE MYSELF SOME STEVIE!!!!
NYC STUNNER
July 27th, 2012
4:15 am
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND ATL IS A FABULOUS PLACE!!! THESE PPL ARE BALLERS WITH NO BUDGET AND I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!!
ATL SHORTY
July 27th, 2012
4:16 am
LOVE THIS SHOW TO THE DEATH OF ME….. ATL IS SO RICH IN CULTURE AND THESE PPL ARE NOT EVEN FROM THE ATL BUT I LOVE THEM ANYWAYZZZZZZZZ!!!!!
TAJ
July 27th, 2012
4:18 am
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND SEXY CLOTHES!! LOVE IT!!!
LOLLI
July 27th, 2012
4:18 am
TOTALLY CUTE!!!
JOSH
July 27th, 2012
4:19 am
I LOVE MYSELF SOME BLACK WOMEN AND THESE GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL !! STOP HATING!!!!!!!!
mark
July 27th, 2012
7:31 am
lol, shows you how ignorant people can be. your statement comparing the Cosby Show t this crap.. Ok, so in your words, ” The Cosby Show didnt represent black America”. perhaps it would have been a good blue print to study… instead you have uneducated, greedy, low class idiots representing your demographic… must make you quite proud… quite frankly, I dont blame Bill Cosby for ‘ calling out ‘ the younger generation of black americans. you are not acting ‘ white ‘, by portraying doctors instead of talentless rappers, etc. Yes, talentless.. I shoot photos of these mindless fools.. it’s sad, but i laugh AT you.. No, it’s a very small part of what I do, so dont think i am ‘ exploiting ‘, nice try…
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4:30 pm
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Kate
July 27th, 2012
5:10 pm
This is television what do you expect. Everyone has an option about everything good or bad. I absolutely love watching this show because it’s entertaining and as mugglemikki said how is it any worse than MOB WIVES especially. LMAO constantly…..
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6:57 am
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Magic Tam
July 29th, 2012
1:52 pm
I love this show Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. It shows what is really going on. We all grew up on General Hospital and Days of our Lives, this show runs circles around those soaps. Let’s support our people as they entertain us….
Queens NY
July 29th, 2012
2:47 pm
Black people why do we continue to allow white America to exploit us like this!! Don’t you want to see the best of what we represent as a people and as a culture? I mean really?!! I hate VH1 and all of you stupid, ignorant blacks folks on the show and those who watch shows such as this hot ghetto, no class, low life mess!
Truthpaste
July 29th, 2012
11:14 pm
I love Hip-Hop. THAT is not Hip-Hop.
Upplekray
July 30th, 2012
4:39 pm
I do not understand why people are acting like some parts of the A are not hood! We have all types of black people in Atlanta, and just because the people on Love & Hip Hop do not act you, doesn’t mean they are a disgrace to black people.
LVR56
July 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Enter your comments here 3.5M viewers. This show makes me laugh. I can’t wait to see what happens next. Stevie J. needs to watch out because like it or not Joseline is going to be a super duper moneymaker. If he blinks, some major label is going to steal her and he and Mimi will be standing on the highway watching their meal ticket ride off into the sunset. LMBO. I love K. Michelle, Rasheeda, Mimi, Shay, Momma Dee ( crazzy). Nightime soap opera. That’s all it is folks.
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10:59 pm
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Camay
July 30th, 2012
11:49 pm
T.V. was invented to be a mindless distraction so it’s really only fulfilling it’s purpose. Get outside do some exercise, read a book (before they become completely obsolete) use your money to travel the world and see how other cultures live so you can have a more clearer perspective on life as whole. When you value your time here on this planet you will not want to waste it watching other peoples problems when you really need to get on with fixing your own. Not judging anyone that watches the show it is what it is.
Negast
July 31st, 2012
12:00 am
Lets not fool ourselves the show really is trash, but it’s no more trash then any other reality show, daytime soap’s been trash. As a matter of fact the sister is right when she wrote “T.V is a mindless distraction” it is a few (wasted) minutes being entertained by other peoples fake rehearsed drama. Dame! 3.5 million viewers… if this is what life has become then please let the Mayan prediction be right that way it will all be over soon fokes.
realitycheck
July 31st, 2012
5:34 pm
Why is it always about the African American reality shows. Has anyone checked out some of the other reality shows that are not predominantly African American. They fight, cheat and drink all the time, not to mention backstab and some of these are family members.