Top Boy Series 3 Discussion Thread | (Netflix)

[phcitywarrior]

The more interesting thing is how most of that slang comes from Jamaican slang. Except for wasteman. Hell they even say “wah gwan”.

London's black population IIRC isn't as diverse as say NYC.

It's primarily the Jamaicans and the Africans (chiefly Nigerians and Ghanians). Yes, you have other Carribeans nations represented but those from what I encountered were the main ones. And yea, a lot of Jamaican influenced slang in Black London slang.

I was saying 'Man dem' back in Nigeria years ago and that was imported from the British Nigerians.

 

[phcitywarrior]

I think one aspect of the show that was briefly mentioned by posters but not reflected on enough was how brilliantly gentrification is shown throughout the series. It almost exists as a background character of sorts. You can go all the way back to Ra’nells mom working at the hair salon. You have the investors walking in the shop pointing around and saying when the building is torn down where all the new structures will be. Then you get another scene where the hair salon owner is talking about the landlord doubling the rent and how unfair it is. Gem’s dad and the hair salon owner are eventually forced to close up their shops because of the high rent. You also had Dushanes lawyer trying to put him onto a real estate investor looking for liquid cash, since banks were tight with credit. She literally told him “what if I could introduce you to somebody who knew where the next big thing was? Who knew where the next slum would be a high rise”. She told him his life as a drug dealer would be short lived and he would be able to quadruple his money by investing in real estate. Fast forward to the new season and you have Dushane broke as shyt, buying coffee in a gentrified area, which I believe is the same area the investors were looking at and the same area the lawyer wanted him to invest in.

Such a weird dichotomy to me, since both Dushane and the investors are destroyers of communities. One through gentrification and the other through drugs. The people who are most affected by this destruction are the shop owners and regular people. They both destroy the fabric of communities.

I think they addressed this well without being overt.

I think this series as a whole does a good job of showing and not telling you things. I look at Power which does the exact opposite.

Drake really won with this reboot and I think it was even better that he didn't even do a cameo. Just kept the story raw. I'd be interested to see if we start seeing way more rappers get into production. 50 put out Power, Drake got Top Boy. I could see Jay-Z and Meek teaming up do something as well.

 

[MikelArteta]

London's black population IIRC isn't as diverse as say NYC.

It's primarily the Jamaicans and the Africans (chiefly Nigerians and Ghanians). Yes, you have other Carribeans nations represented but those from what I encountered were the main ones. And yea, a lot of Jamaican influenced slang in Black London slang.

I was saying 'Man dem' back in Nigeria years ago and that was imported from the British Nigerians.

InIt
Gotta get my ps up

Where's the food blud

 

[Caca-faat]

Yeah, that stroke got him in a bad way. The left arm is damn near uncontrollable. It won't stay down. He's taking those pills to control the effects, but we saw the results of him missing the pill that day. He's done.

I think he over dosed, he was just necking pills no dosage or anything. It may have been pain killers and he lied to Dushane to cover his tracks, preying on Dushane's ignorance of what the after effects of a stroke is like.

I also dont think he's dead. Sully has a new need for family and after reconnecting with his daughter, I dont think he would kill his friend knowing he has been a single father since day one. That little girl was always around the crew in season 2. The glasses comment when they were going up to the roof also made me think that Sully didn't kill him as it added to him feeling sorry for him almost looking at him like a harmless old man.

 

[MikelArteta]

I think he over dosed, he was just necking pills no dosage or anything. It may have been pain killers and he lied to Dushane to cover his tracks, preying on Dushane's ignorance of what the after effects of a stroke is like.

I also dont think he's dead. Sully has a new need for family and after reconnecting with his daughter, I dont think he would kill his friend knowing he has been a single father since day one. That little girl was always around the crew in season 2. The glasses comment when they were going up to the roof also made me think that Sully didn't kill him as it added to him feeling sorry for him almost looking at him like a harmless old man.

Yup I also think sully wouldn't have killed Lauren if he found out she told leshay

 

[Romell]

I think one aspect of the show that was briefly mentioned by posters but not reflected on enough was how brilliantly gentrification is shown throughout the series. It almost exists as a background character of sorts. You can go all the way back to Ra’nells mom working at the hair salon. You have the investors walking in the shop pointing around and saying when the building is torn down where all the new structures will be. Then you get another scene where the hair salon owner is talking about the landlord doubling the rent and how unfair it is. Gem’s dad and the hair salon owner are eventually forced to close up their shops because of the high rent. You also had Dushanes lawyer trying to put him onto a real estate investor looking for liquid cash, since banks were tight with credit. She literally told him “what if I could introduce you to somebody who knew where the next big thing was? Who knew where the next slum would be a high rise”. She told him his life as a drug dealer would be short lived and he would be able to quadruple his money by investing in real estate. Fast forward to the new season and you have Dushane broke as shyt, buying coffee in a gentrified area, which I believe is the same area the investors were looking at and the same area the lawyer wanted him to invest in.

Such a weird dichotomy to me, since both Dushane and the investors are destroyers of communities. One through gentrification and the other through drugs. The people who are most affected by this destruction are the shop owners and regular people. They both destroy the fabric of communities.

The season even closes out with Summerhouse being knocked down for gentrification purposes.

 

[WaveGang]

As a Jamaican Londoner I wanna jump in this conversation but you lot are chatting a bag of shyt



Feel free to ask me anything though.

 

[dat aint da same sandwich]

As a Jamaican Londoner I wanna jump in this conversation but you lot are chatting a bag of shyt



Feel free to ask me anything though.

Be specific.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

The season even closes out with Summerhouse being knocked down for gentrification purposes.

Damn I didn’t even think about it. The lives of the marginalized are destroyed the most in all of this.

As a Jamaican Londoner I wanna jump in this conversation but you lot are chatting a bag of shyt



Feel free to ask me anything though.

Allow it bruv. Mandem chatting bout tings blud innit. Don’t be a wasteman.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

chic that came over was interested in the series after seeing the 1st two eps w/ me...hadn’t heard of it prior to that...she asked if it was “snowfall”

Dump her, sounds like bird talk

 

[phcitywarrior]

I think that’s the problem with Power too- it’s almost insult to basic intelligence to watch at this point bc it’s way to far fetched and skewed even for a tv show. They literally dumbed it down these past few seasons - I’ve seen straight to YouTube series that were more watchable. Straight up cringe.

This season of Top Boys was not as gritty as the first two but it kept the essence of the show intact, without compromising the integrity of the series. I have to give it up to the UK for this, this show was a problem..well done.

I think because the first two seasons where "mini-seasons" the creators had to jump straight into the action and keep it about the action. 10 episodes allows the writers more time to flesh things out. I appreciate the first 2 seasons for their rawness but the 3rd for the depth and production value.

 

[dat aint da same sandwich]

Season 2 when that dude chopped off some guy's arm in front of Gem.

That was the grimiest season.

 

[Legalese]

Jamie >>>> Ghost from Power

Jamie >>>> Jamie


but fr, if it were up to Ghost then he would of left the game a long time ago. He was a smart dude but he kept on running into James Bond villains

 

[old pig]

Dump her, sounds like bird talk

she was never in the truck...she runs alongside it @ times tho

 

[whatthatthangsmelllike]

Someone fill me in so my Netflix say season 1 but I guess its the current season I watched topboy summerhouse which season was that and which season am I watching now. I’m on ep 6 where sully got shot at the cemetery