It's the hood soap of the ages and they're having their most successful season yet. Yes, Love and Hip Hop looks like it's here to stay and the hood just can't get enough. In case you've been living in a cave it's time for a refresher:

The stars of the show are Stevie J and Joseline. Stevie J used to be a producer of some renown. He was also known for leaking a sex tape with him and rapper Eve back in the day. Stevie used to be with baby mama Mimi Faust before being torn between her, Joseline and any other number of women a hip hop producer in Stevie's position can handle at one time. Joseline is his new protege who he never fails to remind that he "saved from the strip club and I'll send you right back thank you very much"! Determined to be independent of Stevie, Joseline threatens to strike out on her own after finding booty-hole and vagina pics of other women on his phone. There's just one problem with this sort of plan from an ex-stripping, man stealing, physically abusive and possible drug addled woman like Joseline. Talent. She seems to have trouble displaying any.

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Mimi Faust is Stevie's ex, nemesis of Joseline and now successful sex tape celebrity. She hooked up with mini-Stevie Nico last year and quickly leaked a sex tape she supposedly was shocked it leaked. This whole season has shown Mimi fretting the release (she is after all a mother of a little girl) and flaunting her new boob job. Mimi was never very bright, staying with Stevie for over 9 years while he cheated but just enough time to have a baby by him then leave when Joseline stormed in leaving behind a seemingly long trail of cocaine and, to quote Mimi, hundreds of miles on her pu$$y.

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Scrappy is an up and coming rapper who's supposedly hot in the south. He proposed to his longtime baby mama Erica on air in the middle of a love triangle between he, Erica and Flavor of Love cast-off Shea "Bucky" Johnson. Shea caused ripples last year by trying to get back into Scrappy's life and mixing it up with Erica but to no avail. Scrappy left her alone and defeated but this season he still isn't with Erica, he's with Bambi, a Basketball Wives LA season 2 cast-off and former weekend getaway partyer with another cast member from last year. This year Scrappy had a triangle between he, Bambi and everything-sounds-like-a-come-on Erica P. Erica P and Bambi got into 2 nasty scraps when Erica consoled Bambi on her miscarraige and was greeted with a slap for her troubles. Erica the 1st was having man troubles of her own, dating a sexy model who supposedly had her dickmatized, but was living off her for the entirety of their relationship since he had no work. In a hilarious turn of events, model boy left Erica but had to call her in the middle of his getaway to beg her for gas money for the car! All this would be unbearable if not for the sideshow known as Mama Dee, exasperated Scrappy's mom, and self certified "Queen of the Castle".

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Rasheeda and Kirk are happily back together again after a nasty split after Kirk went through a midlife crises after the surprise announcement of his 5th child. Now they get to advize the other mishaps of the cast starting with Keleena, who really must've needed the money after a successful stint with Didy Dirty Money. With an unflattering mane of purple highlighted hair, Keleena becomes comfortable in her own skin while she flaunts her bisexuality for the masses. After a trist with her best friend during a wild weekend, Keleena decides to settle down and concentrate more on her husband and her surprise pregnancy with Tony's 9th child. She figures it might help to get to work also because her son isn't even staying with them but instead grandma is picking up the slack so she can work. Keleena, remember the days...

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Benzino is a mess. He falls in love at the drop of a hat, this season with Althea, who's ran a train through cast members Stevie AND Nico. Benzino is now the successful publisher of Hip Hop Weekly magazine, and now it seems like they're trying to stir up some pre-nup drama. Oh and Benzino got shot while attending his moms funeral this season.

Karly Redd made a mess of her and Benzino's relationship last year and now she's dating serial cheater Young Joc, who had a hit a few years ago with this:

Karlie is full of drama and as jealous as they come, this time for good reason. He has a side chick dubbed Miss Piggy and Teletubby. Karlie tried to stir up some drama by flirting with R&B cutie Jeremih and it worked. But Young Joc is Young Joc, and side chick resurfaced on his arm. She should definitely hit up Jer though:

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The saving grace of the series is Waka Flaka Flame and his family, about the most down to earth characters you'd ever hope to find on a series like this. Determined not to play themselves, son, mother and wife seem to be the most honest of the LAHH denizens. There was drama with Deb and her sons suicide. And Waka and his wife went and eloped out of nowhere without inviting the mothers, but it's all surprisingly well done and tasteful compared to some of the other antics. They deserve their own show, or maybe Waka, a surprisingly striking presence on televison, should just concentrate on album number 2. It has been a while since:

Joseline "The Puerto Rican Princess" Hernandez isn't the most talented, but she sure is nice to look at. I only watch the show for her. That girl is bad as f*ck! Damn!

Rumours dogged the "Puerto Rican Princess" all throughout the first season that she was a man. A surprise pregnancy and subsequent abortion didn't seem to sway matters. Only reference to a previous soft core solo porn clip making the rounds over at Worldstar proudly displaying her genitalia seemed to squash the rumours. Apparently, though she has strong features and fights like a man, she's all woman.

Just though that with all the LAHH talk on the board I'd give the thread a bump.