The coop ain't want no problems with Marlo, on top of that the coop ain't have the muscle with all them Nikkas to handle New York, they had to try to hire instead of go at him, Marlo probably saw them as weak on top of weak after thatright
Snoop and Chris was running up on nikkas quizzing them on gogo music
After rewatching The Wire, I think it's safe to say Stringer>Avon.
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So true.
I figure Avon and Stringer linked up when Avon was young and ran with him before Avon was boxing trying to get the golden gloves and was not part of the family business yet. Stringer probably knew Avon for a good while which is the reason why Stringer felt comfortable telling him he had D'Angelo killed, Avon should have killed him after that can't believe Avon still trusted him after that. Letting Stringer live too long got Avon snitched on.
Stringer probably another D'Angelo that jumped in the game because of the fast life and fast money, this is why Avon did not mind schooling D'Angelo cause he was used to schooling folks like Stringer and the shooters on his payroll.
Stringer dumb ass did not think to wonder where Orlando got the buy money Avon had to school him on that.
And Stringer telling Avon he has asked Brother Mouzone who shot him and Avon said "whhhhyyyy" was too classic and Stringer has to schooled once again.
The jail scene and the look on Stringer face was classic when Avon hesitated to give him the fist bump through the glass.
Time and time again Stringer was making dumb decisions, and Avon had to remind him he never killed anyone. Wee-Bay should have been Avon's #2 man instead of this minister of defense.
what marlo had over everyone else was that he was utterly ruthless
man idk why Stringer didnt consult Levy
if he had imagine how different things wouldve ended up
They put Dangelo down there as punishment for being a stupid fakkit and killing a guy in front of a witnessPit??? Bodie aint have no time to play around in the pit, Bodie was a tower boy instantly; the pit was for lil nikkas like Poot......Comical looking back how they put D down there with youngins like Wallace and such
I think u need avon n stringer mentality .....got to have the right mix/balance in the street imo. that's why they were a team.
In the article David Simon wrote when he was journalist which inspired all three of his TV shows, he described three era of hustlers.
First era would be the Bumpy Johnson/Frank Lucas type of huslter which represents the old flabby sick ones like Prop Joe. It was all business.
Second era would be the Pappy Mason/Preacher/Supreme hustlers similar to Avon. They were more resourceful.
And the third era of hustlers like BMF who were ultra violent and not into the politics of the game which represents Marlo.
Second and third era hustlers beefing is the source of violence. The 1st and 2nd era gangsta could live side by side, but the 3rd era of gangstas were ruthless.
Avon wasn't going to lose and he was able to see Marlo miles away.
This is why the 1st era gangstas were food to Marlo, but Avon had Marlo ran off the corners and just wholesaling. Remember Avon said he was starting to have respect for the younging.
I gotta put Avon over Stringer, Avon knew the game too well.
link to article
Its a long ass article broken into 5 parts, its a good read but long as hell.
Here it is...
Easy Money: David Simon's five-part series on Melvin Williams
even better
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
brehs watched 5 seasons of a show about bmore and still think DC and baltimore are the same place
Snoop and Chris was running up on nikkas quizzing them on gogo music
reservoirdogs
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nah he was easily smarter than the rest of his gang, not the wisest though ig you get me
Stringer was too confident and he miscalculated himself at the end, I don't say that he was the more honest character but definitely one who tried to see the bigger picture. He just couldn't make that final jump into the white collar world cause he bet on the wrong horse and he got outplayed. but by no mean he was dumb
Clay Davis screwing you not necessarily means you're dumb... Clay Davis is one of the smartest, slimiest characters in the show...
Watch his trial scene again and you tell me
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
that was the pointnah he was easily smarter than the rest of his gang, not the wisest though ig you get me
Stringer was too confident and he miscalculated himself at the end, I don't say that he was the more honest character but definitely one who tried to see the bigger picture. He just couldn't make that final jump into the white collar world cause he bet on the wrong horse and he got outplayed. but by no mean he was dumb
Clay Davis screwing you not necessarily means you're dumb... Clay Davis is one of the smartest, slimiest characters in the show...
the DA and stringer were in way over their heads, respectively. both were incompetent.
reservoirdogs
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That's not true
Big dogs in real life do exactly that. They lunch legal business on the fundaments of illegal drug/weapon/human trafficking/extortion/etc... money
They convert into businessmen, into white collar criminals.
You won't see an Italian crime boss who's just hanging around the streets counting drug money and that's it... If a criminal organization is ambitious it tries to expand instead of focusing only on illegal money. They invest in real estate, constructions or anything what they can corrupt...
If they are more ambitious and they want to be more than just a street gang they start to build connections with "important people", politicans and such...
Stringer tried to do this exact same thing but he miscalculated himself plus Avon was an oldschool guy with an old honor codex and he just wanted this thing to remains a street gang relying on drug money...