Review: Legends of Chamberlain Heights “The G Word”

Does the premiere of the second season improve upon the show’s first season?

Spoilers Below

Chamberlain Heights is being gentrified. White folk and hipsters have moved into Chamberlain Heights and are changing everything, so how will the people of Chamberlain Heights going to adjust to this? At first, it doesn’t seem that bad, as some major upgrades are being made. For one, they got a fresh pair of Crocs hanging from the telephone wires instead of somebody’s old basketball shoes. Homework is optional and sex-ed is actually two people “putting on a demonstration” for the sake of the class. The bad news? Compton Leroy’s is changed into some type of healthy juice bar and basketball is traded for water polo.

Oh hell no… Grover, Milk, and Jamal, who are the usual benchwarmers for the basketball team, no longer have a sport to play. Even the stars of the basketball team have now become the bench warmers for the water polo players. But hey, at least the Becky’s (white girls) are out in full force. Hilariously enough, Jamal is so fat that he is extremely buoyant in water and makes a great goalie for the water polo team. Instead of being treated as one of the “shit crew” he experiences overnight success. He even gets invited to the “cool kids” party, while Grover and Milk aren’t even allowed to access.

Tired watching their home being taken over and their friend Jason – I mean Jamal – sell out and flat out cold diss them, Grover and Milk have had enough. They visit the new neighborhood “Tent Sitty” on the outskirts of Chamberlain Heights, where all the former residents of Chamberlain Heights have now moved to and are living in tents. Grover and Milk ask Malik for advice on how to reverse the gentrification. Malik’s response? A riot. Cool. The head down to the local Riot Supply store and stock up on bricks to throw through windows. The whole town is behind them and riot seems to be a good idea,  until even that is gentrified by the hipsters and bros into a rock concert. Apparently, this riot reminded the hipsters of the infamous Burning Man “before it got all corporate”. Well, speak of the devil and he shall appear. Out of nowhere the juice bars and healthy restaurants that the hipsters worked so hard to establish are replaced by corporations like “The Gap”. Immediately, the hipsters pack up their stuff and head to the next hood to start the whole process all over again. It isn’t long before things are back to normal and Chamberlain Heights is back to its former glory.

Holy shit this show is raunchy as fuck and wild as hell. It wasn’t long before I found myself laughing out loud, especially every time the crew of water polo players walked by like a herd of bros, and all they said was “Bro” about 20 times. Even when Don Lemon got weed blown in his face while reporting on the riot I was laughing hard.  The white people literally came and took everything and made it their own, even changing Jamal’s name to Jason. I couldn’t help myself from laughing at all of the stereotypes portrayed on both sides of the story because I actually know people that fit into these stereotypes perfectly. For real, there were so many jokes in here that if you find this type of humor funny, you will be laughing almost non-stop. I will definitely be tuning in to catch the next episode and to see what crazy shit happens next. Montrel, the older brother of Grover, is my favorite character, hands down. This show is good for laughs and exaggerated stereotypes are outright funny as hell.

Legends of Chamberlain Heights airs at 11:30 pm on Sundays on Comedy Central, be sure to tune in and get ready to get your laugh on.