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Droppin In 1.1 – 1.4

Was it Teddy P shitting on all other soul singers?  Was it the Belly-inspired entrace where I learned the lyrics to However Do You Want It?  Was it Dara Lannister ripping my throat out and kicking me and Wandas teefs in?  I dont know….I just know all them things happened in episode 4 and here I am writing again.

Hey y’all! If you know me, you know I love Snowfall. If ya don’t know me, I love Snowfall. So welcome to Droppin In, my running The Drop: A Snowfall Saga recap, where I’m talking characters, music, mess and whatever else makes me holler at the screen. Let’s get to it.

With me being so far behind, im just gonna post some collective thoughts and get into a more timely recap next week…hopefully…..who am I kidding, yall could never read me again and we both know it.  I swear to Big Sandals that I saw the premier months ago at NABJ and took about 20 pages of notes.  What had happened was, its a new look around here and it took more time than I thought, so sorry.  Took all them notes and all yall likely gonna get from that event is this:

Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons at The Drop: A Snowfall Saga Premiere

Lamar in The Drop: A Snowfall SagaLamar:

I’ve been bamboozled to believe this child and my actual nephew share some physicalities, so my affection – despite some of yalls irritation – for him is really high and I wanted to fuck James up each and everytime he puts his hands on my baby them first couple of eps! His innocence despite the world surrounding him is so endearing to me, and the way he fights to stay true to himself is inspiring if not admittedly maddening at times.  But, give him a minute yall! Leon wasnt always Leon and with his family by his side, there is no telling who he could be. That stripclub scene was soooo funny to me. And I love his lil friend too…strong Jazz vibes.

 

James in The Drop: A Snowfall SagaJames:

What a big brother to have that Mar is blesed to have.  Plugged in them streets and beloved by his family – that naker has shown and repeatedly proved he be ready to go ten toes down over them. Unfairly tasked with burden of keeping Mar on the church boy route, he has worked hard to leave Jloco behind and take over their grandfather’s business.  Armed with the knowledge of what actually happened to their mother, coupled with their obvious age difference, James treats Mar more like a son than a brother.  He is so resentful of his brother’s rise in the music industry that he refuses to go out with him to celebrate the success of “Back to the Hood.” BOOO JAMES…if you finna go on this ride, stop sulking and get some tits in ya face. Looks like you finna get your wish in the next ep where we finally learn what the fuck happened to their mom, oh and Mar finds out…Mar yeah, thats who needs to know.  I cant see it mattering much…Mar gone and he aint turning back.

Artillery in The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,Artillery:

A local Blood rapper, who had earned the hatred of what I am sure is the beginnings of the Rampart division of the LAPD due to his fuck the police messages in his music.  They beat the brakes off that boy so bad, the streets had him dead, cuz Lord knows they left his ass leaking.  Wanda hears that he aint dead and heads to his house with my sweet angel baby Mar to get Artillery to hear his latest beat and he is reincarnated like Hulk Hogan who just got beat over the head with a chair.  Next thing we know he is casually having tea and crumpets with Mar deep in Crip territory, where he arrived in the back of a mail truck.  He is fully down with the team.

Leon in The Drop: A Snowfall SagaLil Lee:

Done grewed allll the way up on us and away from Wanda Bell! I almost cried when I saw they werent together and she was crawling thru his windowlike a reglah deglah crackhe—former victim of drug abuse – at the hands of her husband and his bestie, lest he try to get high and mighty and forget. Muthafucka done ran my sugar up bringing up their lost child. BUT, Lee is thee most solid Snowfall character ever. When he looked Dara (I think) in the face and told her he’d kill over Wanda…he shivered that bitches timbers the fuck up, cuz she came back with a diatribe so vicious, I legit and I do mean legit, gagged the whole time, then gasssssssssssped at the result. Sidenote: I was once standing on a corner in Monte Carlo. A gorgeous black woman rolled up in the backseat of a whip that had a driver. She had a huge hat on & some big sunnies. Her window was down halfway. She turned towards me, sneered and rolled her window the rest of the way up. I was confused at how exhilarated & pissed off I was, but I was 👌🏽 with that. Like yessss Biiiiiiish, but fuck you at the same time! This episode Dara ass just sneered & rolled its window up on me – and Im 👌🏽 with that. Anyway, aside from him and Wanda, Lee out here being an OG, running his legal clinic, saving his exwife (are they divorced or just separated?) and pouring some out for the homies. And wasnt he the cutest in his Coogi and Levis? Swoon!

Wanda Bell in The Drop: A Snowfall SagaWANDA MF BELL:

Lee may be Snowfall’s most solid soldier, but Wanda Bell is its strongest.  I am a day one Wanda stan! And yes, I know she sold the game to Manboy for the very wack crack, but the game is to be sold, not told.  Dont hate Wanda, hate her addiction. She been bout her business from day one! Plus everyone else (almost) forgave her and who are us to judge? Our girl done landed in the music industry, first as an intern, and by the end of episode 4, she became A&R down to the label yall. And when the label tried to fuck her, my girl fucked the label. She got her Master P on and hit the streets with a trunk full of Mar’s and Art’s single and now our girl finna shoot off into the stratosphere, fuck Innerscope, oops, whatever the fictional label is called.

There are a bunch of other characters, some new, some old…HEYYYY BIG DION! And I am sure we can get around to covering them all….the real Cali rappers, the OGs, and that Nip theme song? Yep…Im all in.

THE DROP QUICK HITS

 

  • The music on this mofo slaps.
  • That scene with Lee reflecting on The Saints, Kev and Fatback…lordt
  • Babbbbby Wanda shoulda stayed with Lee based on his house alone.
  • “Is he ya man or not? I need a fucking gangsta in my life and I want you. Y’all may be afraid to choose, but Im not.  Im putting my bid in. And if you half the nigga I think you are, Ill be every kind of woman you want me to be. Every kind.  Thats all I wanted to say.” Iceberg Dara round this bitch.
  • Mama G – this better be some fucking devastating news, cuz you made me watch you cry for an hour while James played yall’s song and you slapped the fuck outta Wanda Bell, which I did not appreciate.
  • Wanda, the glow up is real, but I couldnt help but see your crackish ways when you tore thru Lee’s crib looking for his cash, like it was rock from back in the days.  Old habits die hard, and we know you aint gonna be a crackhead again, but addiction is real.
  • Writers please dont go the outside baby route and yall know what Im talmbout!
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