Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is the newly released game from indie game studio AnotherIndie, created by Darkstar. The official description is:
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“ A man without memories struggles to understand and deal with his past. Adam must face the incarnation of his greatest sins as he unlocks his memories and sacrifices to atone. But will Adam attain redemption or will he wallow in his past?”

Screenshots courtesy of anotherindie.com/sinner

Over on our Twitch stream (Twitch.tv/blacknerdcast) Chesterfield Winthrop III had the chance to play Sinners. For our Twitch audience and his own pride as a man, he braved the dark realms and went toe to toe with the 7 Deadly Sins in the game to...victory? Redemption?  Viewer’s personal amusement? Who really knows but he did have a few things to say for us on his adventures into the dark realms of Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

Jay : Let’s just jump right into it, what did you like about the game?

Chesterfield: I liked the premise of the game story using the 7 deadly sins, and having to sacrifice something in order to fight. For example, your health, or half your inventory. The diversity in the fights was also appreciated.

Jay: Yeah, definitely while watching you fight it was really apparent how much the designers put into the diversity of the fight mechanics. From fighting long range, parrying just right, or even making sure to watch the surroundings it was really interesting. Especially when you were handicapped in some way before each fight. Did the difficulty of the fights with the addition of losing important game elements at times make you not want to play at all ?

Chesterfield:  Haha, contrary to popular belief, I didn't mind the difficulty of the game, but the controls were what made it tough for me. I wish I could edit the controls, or have options for different control layouts.  Also I really loved the way they played with draw distance and focus on items depending on your distance, which was awesome. You definitely could feel the difference between the weapons as well.

​Jay: For an indie game it seemed really polished while watching you play. Even though I never played myself I could see the difference in game weight going from the sword and shield to the big buster-like sword for example. The stance of the character Adam just holding the bigger sword, or swinging it around was really excellent. Are  there some things you would love to have added in like DLC or a sequel if one ever happens?

Chesterfield: More bosses will always be fun. Maybe a multiplayer arena?

Jay: I don’t know how many more sins can be added after the OG 7, but multiplayer would be awesome!  AnotherIndie sells it as a mixture of the Dark Souls series and Shadow of the Colossus on their website. After watching you play, it is exactly that combination in all the good yet frustrating ways! If you had someone who could jump in, for example, when you were fighting Envy who splits up into two sisters, that would add a whole new dynamic to the game. Any final thoughts and grade for Sinners: Sacrifice for Redemption?

Chesterfield: It’s honestly a great game that definitely requires patience. It is very rewarding when you win, and  painful when you die . I give it a “B”.

Review Grade - B

I’m gonna be honest with you guys... Forget Mr. “I’m only dangerous if you sleep, Christmas ugly sweater wearing” Freddy.  Or “My momma started it because I was bullied (but rightfully so, for being a butterface-with-no-butter ugly)” Jason. Don’t  even come at me about that punk “ It’s just a damn Cabbage Patch doll” Chucky. Why? Because since day 1 I’ve been a Michael “Mike” Myers fan. Mr. “I been murking since I was a child just because.” He who has the hardest ‘ I WILL KILL YOU’  music with the piano keys and heavy organ, and you know it’s low key a trap beat. Michael Myers is the MVP of this slasher-horror game, the one who never gets the respect he deserves for his consistency with the basic ‘scare’ fundamentals. That’s right, Michael Myers is the Tim Duncan of horror. He has the rings and hall of fame career, but because he doesn’t have  flashy hand knives, or a stupid hockey mask, he isn’t given the proper respect. I thank GOD for this new Halloween screenplay written by Danny McBride (of all people). Maybe now people will put more Respeck on Mike’s name. By the way, Spoilers Ahead.  ​

This screenplay basically starts Halloween Eve with  two millennial reporters who have a hard-on for social justice ( yes, as a fellow  millennial big on social justice, I know my people) and go to the prison where Michael-- played TO PERFECTION by James Jude Courtney--  has been imprisoned. This man is not talking to anyone, just standing there like a living avatar of Death since being imprisoned. They ask questions about himself  and the new move that all the inmates will be taking to the new facilities. All this is fine until… these idiots bring out his original mask. The whole courtyard of mentally unstable and dangerous folk start whooping and hollering like Excalibur was just pulled out the stone, with Michael Myers as their King Arthur. Michael of course says nothing, or even  acknowledges what is happening, but you know and I know that he KNOWS. Now, I don’t know about y’all, but I would have “Nope’d” the hell out of there so quick that Barry Allen would have had to show up and give a warning about possibly messing with the time stream. What’s really great about this scene is though you are staring at Michael’s back the entire time, his presence is undeniable. This man isn’t a killer, or mentally tortured in some way; he is categorized under ‘other’ and it shows. ​

While everyone else is fearing for their life and trying to run the hell away (little black boy was gaaaaaawn), Laurie,  her family, squares up as if to say “Come through playboy, we got ALL. THE. SMOKE. for ya brisket headass.” Now, to be fair,  it’s not nearly as easy as she thought it would be. Even with her training for 40 years. ESPECIALLY since he’s fresh out of Kill Krazy Kamp, eating jello everyday and what not. But that’s what makes this movie so good. You really don’t know how it’s going to end;  and when it does, you sit back and let the breath out you’ve been unconsciously holding for the last fifteen minutes.

When I first heard Danny McBride was doing a reboot of the Halloween series, I rolled my eyes like everyone else. Not because I didn’t want to see Big Brother Mike from 1978 cross the screen again, but because I assumed this movie  would be another Hollywood cash grab on my nostalgia. I am rarely this happy to be so wrong (shut up Cherry). If I ever see Danny McBride in person, I owe him a personal apology. Not only did he do this movie right, but he also gave much respect to the character and mythos of the Halloween franchise. And while I have no idea how they could possibly start a sequel, with the way this movie is making money it’s  almost sure to happen. I put my trust in their hands. Now, if I could just find out Michael Myers’ workout plan so I can move like he does at 46 years old, I’d be a happy man. A happy man who would definitely NOT kill people... making sure to put that out there.
Final Grade: A

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The Negro Justice League is known to love all things nerdy and black. What some people don't know is we also really, really love being petty, ESPECIALLY with each other. So as luck (and some hard work behind the scenes by our resident tech support specialist, Chesterfield) would have it, we've been given the chance to play the game Awkward on PS4 and stream it for our Twitch and YouTube viewers!

Developed by Snap Finger Click, Awkward is a digital version of a tabletop game were friends can play together in person and with others online. Players answer increasingly personal questions ranging from "I have no shame, so don't judge me" to "I'm low key, high key hoping my momma don't find out about this" levels.

For three weeks, starting August 28th, check us out on Twitch, at 7pm EST and watch the awkwardness go down!

Plus, just so you can't say we don't do anything for ya, we will be giving out a PS4 copy of the game for FREE during each stream!

 Make sure you keep up to date by following us on social media and make sure you watch the stream for your chance to be Awkward.

SPOILERS for S5E6 of Power

If you missed the previous review click here! 

Power has some issues this season, but I’ll get to that at the end.

Our latest episode starts us off with James learning that his estranged wife and  side-piece are bff’s. I’m thrilled that these three decided to let it all out on the table instead of delaying the reveal any further.  We’re over the halfway mark in this season and it’s time to push the narrative toward its resolution. James was absolutely bewildered and his feelings toward the absurdity of Tasha and Angela working together reflects my feelings about the show Empire as a whole:  It doesn’t make a lot of sense.  Why doesn’t it make sense?

ANGELA

Angela is the reason why the wheels are still spinning with the FBI, NYPD, and Dre conflict when you think about it.  She could’ve easily left well enough alone when she first discovered that the NYPD was investigating the death of a dirty cop, but nope!  She deleted the ballistics and is now dangerously close to being taken down. Truthfully speaking, she’s the real antagonist of this season but that’s a topic that will have to wait.
James is on this whole “kick” about becoming a better man, but everyone sees through the bull***t (except Angela, of course).  I’ve always said that Ghost creates his own issues and nobody else matters as long as he makes it out ok. James was ready to abandon his family for the love of Angela, and I’m behind any other character that calls him out on his s**t.  Kanan has said several times that Ghost is only out for himself and he has plenty of examples to support his position.

I want to see how long this change in James’ character lasts before he reveals his true self again.  That alliance with Dre can’t be legit, right?

RIGHT?!?

John Mak Ain’t Playing

Man, Mak is a M*******A!!! He went out of his way to make sure Proctor would perjure himself.  Proctor can’t even go and see his degenerate cousin with Han showing up with the disrespect. However, He wasn’t done there.  As a matter of fact, that’s not even where Mak started.

HE STARTED BY GOING TO PROCTOR’S EX AND PROMISING HER A BETTER CHANCE AT GETTING CUSTODY OF THEIR DAUGHTER IF SHE HELPED HIM TAKE PROCTOR DOWN!!!

This savage is a damn Sith Lord.  I just sat and looked at my TV in savage admiration.  Between Mak and Saxe, everybody is going to jail on this show.

The Rest…

This season of Power has been painfully slow.  It’s like we’re waiting in place for all the big stuff to happen.  Floyd Mayweather (while explaining his beef with 50 Cent) said what everyone has been saying.  This season isn’t close to as great as the prior four seasons. It’s decent, but not a great watch.

Dre is in way over his head and I appreciate the show constantly pointing this out.  His journey to find a reliable Spanish translator gave us a lot of funny moments, though.

Speaking of Dre and his uneasy alliance with Ghost, I’m looking forward to seeing how Ghost plans to kill Diego.  Some of his best scenes in the show’s history are when he lets the killer out.
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Kanan is so great of a character that he makes you like Tariq.  That’s s**t is CRAZY!!!

Overall: C+

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SPOILERS for S5E5 of Power 

If you missed a previous review, click here.

Power applied the Sith Lord’s “rule of two” principle to Kanan and Laces (played by a show-stealing Kendrick Lamar) and the results were stupendous.  I want more of this alliance NOW! In the 4 ½ seasons of Power we’ve seen Kanan do some low down dirty s**t, but to this date he’s only shown compassion for two characters: Tariq and Laces!  Anybody that comes on the screen yelling, “My n***a, my n***a, my n***a” and then proceeds to jump between two languages effortlessly has my attention.  What’s even funnier is the fact that he’d say some real profound s**t in the middle of his rambling that would make you stop and think.

Kanan used his newfound strung-out friend to take out members of the Tainos in comically deadly fashion.  Nothing can prepare you for how funny it is to see Kanan do a drive-by on a stolen bike that looks like it belonged to a little girl.  Then… THEN after Kanan kills they guy, Laces asks if he can have the victim’s wallet. Kanan responds by telling him that he can, while also suggesting that he should take the victim’s shoes as well.  Bruh… LACES LEFT BOTH BECAUSE HE’S ON THAT S**T AND PROBABLY FORGOT WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!

This team-up had me in tears from the onset, but at the end of the friendship I got something I didn’t expect.  After Laces helped Kanan with one last kill, Kanan pulled his gun on the loveable dope addict. Laces turned around and psychoanalyzed his would-be executioner in such a way that Kanan paused and contemplated what was being said.  When Kanan saw that Laces was not a threat, he let him go.

I WAS DELIGHTED!!!
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Kendrick Lamar was exceptional in this role, and 50 Cent continues to shine in a part he was clearly born to play.  I’m hoping we get more of Laces in the future. Especially if we can get another exchange between him and K that’s as funny as the vegetarian discussion!​

Drunk Ghost is HILARIOUS!!!

Man when he’s drunk, James St. Patrick is a whole FOOL!  I see why people were worried about him drinking again. James went the legal route to get Dre booted as head of the club, which also meant he stole the Queen’s Child Project event right from under Dre’s strong ass nose.  James was cool until Tate brought Dre to the event any way. Tate is so damn disrespectful. How are you going to walk over the man whose deceased child is the reason for the Queen’s Child Project?
Politics as usual, I suppose.

So after the project gets the funding it needs, Ghost takes all of the Henny to the head and turns into the drunk uncle at the cookout.  It started when Pastor Macedon (BRUH HIS NAME ISN’T “MASTODON”) offered counseling services to James and was met with “I’m not your son n***a!”  Then Tate tried to talk him down and James got up and choked him. After all of that, Ghost went home and almost got his ass whooped by his son because he was too damn drunk to properly square up.  All of this was hilarious to me.

Of course it all  ends with him going to the one thot who will accept his thottish ways… Angela.

The Rest

• I’m convinced Tasha doesn’t know what she wants.  Has anyone else noticed that in the beginning she wanted James to stay in the drug game but now she’s falling for someone who’s an honest man?  Like… BRUH!!!
  
• James flat out saying that he wished it was Tariq that died… man it was something heavy.
  
• Kanan has done a fantastic job of playing chess in everyone else’s game of checkers.  In comparison to the others, his plan to systematically take Dre’s operation down through deception has been the most effective.
  
• After James chokes him, Tate says “You know you done f****d up, right?”  As someone who watched Menace II Society not even 2 hours before watching the episode, I found this line hilarious.

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SPOILERS for S5E4 of Power

If you missed the last review click here!

Don’t you just love Kanan?  From his first appearance on season 1 to now, he has been a national savage treasure.  50 Cent’s acting career has had a lot of rough spots. I mean, he didn’t even do a good job playing himself in Get Rich or Die Tryin’, and we’re not going to talk about that movie that played on BET where he lost all of the weight.  (I’m not even going to type the name of it) But with Kanan, 50 has found the perfect role to match who he is as a real life villain.  Kanan was messy af for revealing that Tommy’s dad was out of jail to Ghost in the way he did. I loved the looks Kanan gave that revealed just how much of a piece of s**t he was when other characters weren’t looking.

K’s finesse game is official.  Somehow, despite the odds being stacked against him, he has gotten both Tommy and Ghost to trust him.  Ghost confided in Kanan a little in the beginning of the episode when he spoke on how worried he was about Tommy and Tommy’s father.  This is the second time Ghost has confided in him (is that what happened??) this season, and he still doesn’t realize that he is no longer in control of the situation with Kanan.  Tasha has pointed out several times that it makes no sense for Kanan to still be alive both to Ghost and Tommy;however, neither of them can provide her with an answer for why he’s still necessary.  That’s some GRADE A finessing right there. In this episode, Kanan sets two idiots up to pull a fake drive-by on Tommy’s newfound family, JUST so he could come in and look like a hero by killing them.  Furthermore, it looks like it may have worked… for now.
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There are a lot of people that I wouldn’t mind seeing die this season, but to me, Kanan can stick around forever.

Angela Did Something Right and Still Took a L

Angela got the leaders of the Jimenez Cartel, only for the DEA Thot to obstruct justice for the sake of plot and government.  I almost felt bad for Angela in this situation. She finally did something right and got hit in the mouth for it. I love the fact that Alicia was willing to let her brother take the fall strictly because she was sick of his s**t.  It’s a story that I quickly became invested in, and it must lead to her killing him. He’s far too reckless and sadistic to run an operation as sophisticated as the Jimenez Cartel. I can see Angela taking him out and appointing Dre, who she clearly has a thing for, as her new #2.  

​With this huge loss, Angela turned to the only person that knows how it feels to take a lot of successive L’s.  That’s right: the end of this episode brought us the Thot Reunion we’ve been waiting for. Angela called Ghost to meet, and we were give a very subdued but well done scene.  I’m sure she’s going to try and use him in some way, but I wonder how that’s going to go once he finds out she and Tasha have been bff’s for a while.
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Overall: B

And I just realized I didn’t give scores for episodes 2 and 3:

S5E2: C-

S5E3: C+

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SPOILERS for S5E3 of Power

If you missed our last review you can check it out here.

Ghost has got to be a Gemini.  I don’t know how I hadn’t seen it before now.  Think about it.  He’s hot and cold, has a dual persona, and has a swagger that serves as superior Thot Magic.  No, I’m not saying all Gemini’s are this way.  However, I AM saying that most of the Gemini’s I’ve met in my life share the same characteristics as one James St. Patrick.

This week’s episode saw James leave his Ghost persona behind in favor of the opportunity to show how a real man-harlot does a business deal.  Listen, I know women love Omari Hardwick and his hairline that just won’t give up, but Power has given the fellas some nice eye-candy as well.  We’ve gotten a chance to see Naturi Naughton and Lela Loren get it in several times, and the world was caught completely off guard when LaLa decided to show every man on the planet that has married her in their minds what she was working with.  Despite coming into this episode knowing that we were overdue for a love scene that wasn’t weird (more on that in a second) and having my own ideas on who would get the love scene we were virtually guaranteed, I DID NOT EXPECT GARCELLE BEAUVAIS TO SHOW THEM CAKES!!!

I grew up a fan of the Jamie Foxx show.  I’m going to tell you right now that I wasn’t a fan because of the comedy.  I wouldn’t rank that show in my top 10 black sitcoms.  However, if I had a list for the top 10 women from black sitcoms, Garcelle would probably be in the top 5.  I was crazy about Fancy and she still got the juice.  I’ve watched this episode twice now, but I’ve seen her big scene in this episode three and a half times (don’t ask) and I plan to watch it two more times before the end of this writing.

Seriously, though… I want her to come back and be James’ suga mama.

And Ghost finally checked Rashad on something only for Rashad to fire back by letting him know that he got played by Linda. (I know I’ve been using her real name, but that’s the name of the character Garcelle played)  The thought of Linda pulling a Lady Eloise on James is hilarious to me.
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If you didn’t catch that reference, your black movie card is under review.

Angela is Slow and Tommy’s Dad Ain’t S**t

The FBI is full of idiots, with Angela Valdez being chief among them.  Detective Rodriguez pulled up on her and asked her some questions about Raina’s death and the dude Tariq handled.  Angela was not only overly vague and defensive during the questioning, but she also decided the best thing to do was to use her authority to get all the evidence the NYPD had about the case taken by the FBI.  BRUH!!!

I hope she goes to jail by the end of this season.  She literally made the target on her back even bigger for Rodriguez.

That made me think of something.  What if the got d**n NYPD ends up bringing down Angela and Ghost.  That would be absolutely stupendous.  Why?  Because the FBI DESERVES NOTHING on this show.

Tommy’s dad has been playing Tommy AND the FBI since he hopped on the scene.  He knew Tommy was hot on the streets, got him to come visit him in prison, and built a bond with him all so he could get the FBI to come and offer him a deal… AND IT WORKED FLAWLESSLY.  It’s one of the best heel moves I’ve ever seen in any medium, and now savage walks the Earth again.  Furthermore, he’s such a gangsta that no one that he knows can fully buy in to him being a snitch, despite the fact that that’s exactly what’s going on.

The story that they’re crafting here is worth the price of admission, and it gives us something interesting to follow besides the Ghost vs. Dre storyline, which is moving at a crawl.

I’m Just Going To Say It… Dre Has No Idea What He’s Doing…

I didn’t talk about this in the last entry because I forgot, but Dre’s story has taken a hard left.  Diego Jimenez is a savage, dawg.  And how did they get that point across?  By revealing that he has some… peculiar fetishes.  Diego came on the scene last episode BLASTING two chicks and forced Dre to stand and watch until he finished, but that’s not where the eye-brows raised.  Nah, later you find out that he sent one of the aforementioned women to smash Dre so he’d have the opportunity to walk in and see it going down.

All of this AND he enjoys killing and the sight of others being killed.
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One thing I appreciate is how the acting and writing show that Dre is in way over his head.  His inner circle is crumbling because his flunkies don’t know who should get all of the credit, Diego appears to be running out of patience with him, AND he’s trying to keep up a lie that he told to Diego that is surely going to come back with a vengeance.  I think he’s going to bite it this season, but my money is on Diego to do the deed now.
But for real, though… Can we get Fancy back for a few more episodes?

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

If you missed the review for the first episode of Season 5, click here.

This week’s Power episode was uneventfully eventful, but I'll get to that.

Ghost turning back to drinking in response to the death of Raina got me.  I didn’t think the weight of Raina’s death was properly conveyed at the end of last season nor episode 1, but they delivered here.  Ghost reaching out to his #1 Thot, only to be sent to voicemail was rough, too.  He can’t lean on Tasha for support (his fault), and him needing someone gave way to a reminder of just how important Angela is to him.  One thing Power has done perfectly over the course of the first 4 seasons is the relationships between James St. Patrick, Angela, and Ghost.  I know two of those people I mentioned are the same person… Or are they?  James is the one that left that voicemail for Angela that’s worthy of a Drake album, not Ghost.  Ghost is the muff***a that turned into the Punisher and decided to shank that sorry ass drunk in an alley.

Real quick:  I love the thought of Ghost being so stressed out he becomes a serial killer.  Just have him take out s****y people and gangsters to help him quench his thirst for vengeance.  It’ll be like Dexter.  Think about it… Ghost never got to kill Raina’s killer, so there’s a void in his life that, no matter what he does, may not go away.  That would be a great direction for the show.  Ghost: The Crazy Ass Killing Gangsta Thot.

You know what else was sad?  Man Tasha broke my damn heart in this episode.  I can’t even talk about it.

 Oh, and somebody is going to have to run up on Tate…

A Lot Of Interesting Nothings...

Things happened, but there were no real jaw-dropping moments to speak of.  I feel like the writers are biding their time and playing around a little because the second half of the season is where s**t is going to get real.  A testament to this is Tariq barely appearing in the episode.  I’m not complaining because I hate that mf, but he was such a big part in season 4 it’s hard to believe he’s barely featured at all in only the second episode of the season.

What this episode did well was set up other issues for Tommy that, in turn, become issues for Ghost and Kanan.  I love when protagonists are faced with several issues over the course of a season.  It’s perfect for a show that only has 10-13 episodes and it keeps the viewer invested.  After Ghost was informed that he was wrapped up in the bulls**t Tommy started he looked stressed af and I loved it.  It's another reason why he can't properly grieve.  The game he's so desperately trying to escape won't leave him alone.

Seriously My N***a, Plead the Fifth

The once-aspiring attorney in me loves Joe Proctor.  He ain’t s**t, knows he ain’t s**t, and don’t give a good got damn about not being s**t.  He got up there and finessed the hell out of his defense to practice law and I took in every second.  He was whoopin’ ass, but of course Han… Wait, I mean John Mack had to hate on my boy and bring Tasha’s ole peanut head ass side-main dude waltzed his holier-than-thou HEAD ASS in there and lied in the court of law!  We all know he did some under-the-table s**t for Tasha in season 4 and there’s no way it’s not going to come back to bite him.  He’s a sucker for love and homie should’ve just plead the fifth man.  But nah, he want to act a fool and now he’s going to be a fool.

Lastly… I can’t be the only person trippin’ off the reverend’s name being Mastodon…

Overall Grade: C+

This is a review of the Season 5 Premiere of “Power”, “Everyone Is Implicated”, and as such will include spoilers from the episode.  You have been warned.

It seems like an eternity has passed since we last saw the gangsta thot, James St. Patrick, and his criminal thotscapades in New York.  I forgot most of how season 4 ended and found myself having to pay attention to the recap that preceded the endlessly excellent opening credits to remember what’s going on (how is it that “Big Rich Town” doesn’t have a Grammy?”).  The main things I held onto throughout the year between seasons 4 and 5 are as follows:

1. Tariq needs his ass whooped.
   
2. There is no way Angela should have yet another job in law enforcement and I can’t stand her silly ass.
3. Dre ain’t s**t, further setting anybody named Dre back 20 years.
4. Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan have formed the Gansta Justice League and…
5. Raina St. Patrick is dead as F**K

Looking back on it, I guess I did remember enough. 

We start the season off looking at Angela’s goofy ass as she is present at a crime scene she shouldn’t even be close to.  She then goes on to call Tasha’s smart ass to find out what the hell is going on, and then CONSPIRES TO DO MORE ILLEGAL S**T THAT WOULD PUT THE JOB SHE JUST GOT IN JEOPARDY IN ADDITON TO HER FREEDOM!!! Boy, I tell you out of all the characters on this show, I only hate one more than Angela.  I think the show missed out on a more compelling narrative when they didn’t allow Tommy to carry out killing her in season 3.  Just imagine the story we would’ve gotten from the show if Tommy and James had to work together despite Tommy taking away the woman Ghost loves.  But, alas, the proverbial “N***a Plot Twist” (NPT for short) strikes again!

Note: A “N***a Plot Twist” is an event that occurs in a story (that usually has a ton of black characters in it) that makes no sense, yet happens simply to keep a character alive or story element going.  This happens quite often on shows like “Empire”, Tyler Perry programs, and soap operas.  As a matter of fact, soaps pretty much started the s**t.

So why is Angela being alive a NPT?  Well there’s no way she should’ve been alive AND free! Someone literally acknowledges that she can’t be trusted on the Ghost case because of past issues, yet this mf is free as Django with no consequences!  And then she has the AUDACITY to get an attitude with Tasha.  HOW DARE YOU YOU HARLOT FROM HELL?!
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You know who else should be dead? Tariq

THEY TOOK THE WRONG TWIN!!!

I remember the moment “Power” decided to inform us that Tariq and Raina were twins.  It was a scene where Ghost and Tasha were talking and the matriarch of this household of thots asked Ghost to think about the baby and the twins.  It was at this point I turned to my wife and asked, “Twins? Tariq and Raina are twins? Was that some s**t we were supposed to know?”  My wife was surprised by the news as well, so I reached out to the creator of NJL, Cherry, and asked her about it and she responded with, “Twins?! B***H WHERE?!”  It was at this precise moment I realized that the writers on this show don’t give a good hot damn about these kids.  Seriously, the baby has been off television so long I asked who tf she was when we got that glimpse of her in this episode.  She might be better off not being at the house because her daddy ain’t s**t and neither is her water-headed brother.

Dawg, Dre is just as responsible as anybody for Raina’s death, but you can’t tell Tariq, who’s DIRECTLY responsible for her death, a got damn thing about responsibility.  I was elated when Ghost flat out blamed him for getting his sister killed and my inner angry black father wanted to see James whoop his ass like buddy from “Fences” but it was not to be so.  However, it looks like James should’ve commenced the execution of the Kunta Kenta Willbreaker because his bobble head ass son took his ass right on and warned Dre that he was about to get that snatch-n-go treatment.

I HATE THIS CHARACTER!!!
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The producers of “Power” promised some big deaths, and Tariq has to be one of them.  I will quit a show if you don’t kill someone I hate.  Ask “The Walking Dead”…
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Baby Ghost is Feeling Himself

Hell nawl I ain’t talking about Tariq’s slaw ass here.  I’m talking about Dre, our clear antagonist for this season.  He has completely swagger-jacked Ghost and it’s hilarious to me.  I don’t know if he’s doing it on purpose, but Rotimi Akinosho is channeling his best Omari Hardwick and has started using Ghost’s mannerisms.  He has decided he’s going to pull a “Face-Off” and be a better James St. Patrick than James St. Patrick.  It’s even funnier when you realize Tariq likes Dre more than his dad!

My favorite scene comes at the end when Dre pulls up on Ghost with supreme confidence and threatens him and his N***a Justice League with the wrath of the Jimenez cartel.  We’ve heard about the Jimenez cartel for so long and I hope this is the season where we see why they are so deadly.  Dre has fully embraced his villainous role, but you get a sense that always looking over his shoulder is a heavy burden to him.  He seems like a kid that’s in over his head and it’s a story I’m looking forward to seeing play out over this season.

I know I didn’t get into the why’s and how’s of the quality of the episode.  Maybe I won’t be as angry next week as I was in this one.  The premiere did exactly what it was supposed to do.  Set us up for a LONG season of amazing, savage, hood insanity.

Overall Grade: B+

Before I even really start part 2 of this series, let me hit ya'll with the disclaimer *ahem*  "THE NEGRO JUSTICE LEAGUE AND JAY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FOOLISH ACTIVITIES OR THOUGHTS THAT CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE YOU HARM, IMPRISONMENT, OR ANY OTHER BAD STUFF BECAUSE YOU READ JAY'S POSTS AND FIGURED IF HE CAN DO IT SO CAN I. NAAAH BRUH." Seriously guys, for whatever reason my life is filled with random moments of chaos, and somehow... I survive lol. Like, this is what my close friends even say about me:

So please, please ya'll enjoy the posts, ask questions take some advice for if you go (with common sense), but uuuhh...if you end up in a ditch somewhere running from state police that's all you. So let's jump right into it:

Top L: Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square
Bottom L:  Hoan Kiem Lake, Ly Thai To Monument, Temple of Lit.

Vietnam is off rip like walking into a whole new world. Honestly, it is making me want to see not just more of North Vietnam, but also check out South Vietnam (if not move there for a while period, but that's another story). Between the pagodas, lakes, temples, and historical sites you can spend a few days checking out the history of this great country. From the French influence seen all over in buildings, to the Buddhist and Confucius designs with lotus blossoms seen throughout the city, the dichotomy of inspirations is dope. I mean the Temple of Literature is Vietnam's First University, and they have records showing their first doctorate's from like 1205! If you're a history buff like me, to see pride like that after all Vietnam has gone through it's mad humbling in a big picture sense. So take the chance to see it and get some culture in your life before you start the next known thing Hanoi is known for ...

I now completely understand why SE Asia is backpacker mecca. Why you have all these European and American folk traveling there annually. Why a damn good chunk of em end up just staying till they have to leave, or finally get kicked out.  IT'S LIKE LIVING AS DEVIANT ROYALTY THE WHOLE TIME YOU ARE THERE. When you can eat, drink, party, entertain yourself, and live as lavish as you want on less than $20 USD a day...who the hell wanna leave that? Bruh, in the States $15 gets me maybe a nice Shake Shack meal, with a drink, I think. If you don't believe me, let's just go down the rabbit hole called "A Friday night in Hanoi with Jay"

Morning: Most hostels or hotels gonna hook ya up with the freeskie breakfast. You might have to prove your staying there with your room key, or a voucher, but small step for a free meal. Options are usually some fruit, spring rolls, fried rice, or some other localish dishes given. That's food. Now, I'm not saying I had a beer or 2 every morning as a drink...buuuut I am saying if your hostel is giving complimentary beers in the morning and water costs money, ya start day drinking a lot earlier than one usually expects lol.  Costs so far : $0

First off Rest In Peace Uncle Tony...

Afternoon: Before I continue, Rest in Peace to the late great Anthony Bourdain. We lost a real one ya'll. When I saw this picture floating around the social media streets that President Obama dropped, not gonna lie it hurt, since I definitely ate at this place in Hanoi because Uncle Tony ate there. It was a nice walk down the streets of Hanoi, and I went twice once by myself, and once with a friend to let them taste God Tier level Pho.  Which by the way between the Pho and a Hanoi Beer (or 3) for one person you spend 120,000 VND, or about $5 and change.  It probably cost less before getting well known, but even for that price I am not complaining. Costs so far: $5.29 

Night: So most hostels will start offering free beers from like 6 or 7pm for an hour. Why do I know this? Because I stayed at a few hostels for flavor reasons, and all tried to turn me into an alcoholic around this same time.  After those beers you'll probably start heading to beer alley which is infamous in Hanoi, especially on the weekends when the main roads are closed to allow maximum drunk people walking around space. It's blocks of restaurants, street vendors, and store front hustles offering cheap meals and even cheaper beer. Like I thought 25,000 VND for a beer is cheap ($1.10), and it is, till you find out Hanoi's famous kegger beer is 5,000 VND. That equals to about, oh...TWENTY TWO FREAKIN CENTS. Now this ain't the best tasting beer, but it ain't exactly PBR either (YEAH I SAID IT) so for .22 cents its #1 in my book. Query, when street vendors are cornering the market on alcohol, Vietnamese sandwiches called Bahn Mi are 25k on every corner, how do the real restaurants and bars keep up? Answer,  with 6  for 1 beers or 2 for 1 alcohol specials, or the Vietnamese craze of balloon huffing (I advise not to do, but hey ya'll grown so). So after 10 kegger beers, a Bahn Mi, A balloon or 2 at 50k a pop, what's your grand total for the day? A whopping 12.99 USD. I said $20 a day right? Yeah so if you try your hardest I am sure you can find a way to get to a solid Andrew Jackson (can't wait for when we can call it a Harriet). You might end up in a nameless bar, with people who don't speak English at all and passing around Absinthe like it's water, but hey, it'll be a memorable night...if you can remember it.