The Vince Staples Show (2024) User Reviews

Need More ASAP!

[sethuribe · 8/10 · 25 February 2024]

Loved the length of the episodes and the whole feel the show gives. Gotta have a season 2. Vince has a lot more material to give the world. And we wanna see it!

The dialogue was pretty funny and the acting wasn't bad at all. With more opportunities for the show to expand in characters and potential story lines. If the next season ever happens it will be a lot better and more refined.

Wish it had a soundtrack by Vince to go with it, but it doesn't take anything away from the show.

Very glad Netflix took a gamble with giving Vince his own show and from my opinion, this is solid television. Hope this introduces new fans to his music and shows the potential he has as an artist in multiple mediums.

More "Urban" Atlanta

[knaboy · 10/10 · 16 February 2024]

Watched the first 5 episodes and loved it. I'm sure this will not appeal to everyone as it is rooted deeply in lower class black culture. Which can be harsh gritty and disrespectful. With that being said for folks who've watched Atlanta know how unpredictable and surreal shows can be. This shows carries a similar energy albeit there is not always a happy ending as it is rooted in the lower income black experience. The show is real but still funny and carries the culture as it is forward on the big screen. There's also soo much that you have to read in-between the lines to understand. Great watch and great job Vince.

Awesome show

[johnstreatfield · 9/10 · 18 February 2024]

The show is hilarious and believable, given Vince Staples's life story. It's a must-watch; its inspiration echoes Glover's show Atlanta, but this is for L. A.

I wholeheartedly hope this show gets renewed, as Vince is a very grounded entertainer in an age of digital and plastic facades.

The script is superb, and all the actors bring A* performances in each episode. Vince is Vince and each episode is compelling and amusing.

This type of show does outline there is a gap in the market for shows centred on black experiences submerged in humourous satire; if anything else it can aid in bridging cultural gaps and form understanding and appreciation that transcends audience demographics.

Take a bow, Mr. Staples.

Fire ass show

[talkingivan · 10/10 · 4 March 2024]

Damn good show. Entertaining as hell. Vince nails the surrealist vibe with this and tells stories the way they were intended to be told. No BS, crazy experiences, and at the end of the day you just go home and chill. The show is the real deal. Dialogue is absolutely on point, to the point you forget you are watching a show. Everything is very intended and adds to the episode. The weird unexplained characters and antics are exactly what I want in entertainment. I did not even listen to Vince staples before I watched the show and I still love it. This is one of the few shows on Netflix that is leaps and bounds better than anything else on the platform.

Incredible show!

[mickeemickgee · 10/10 · 17 February 2024]

This show is all I wanted from Vince and more. As soon as I heard that he was making a show I knew it was gonna be heat, but this is much better than I expected. The pacing, writing, humor, characters, theming, and music elevate the show to crazy heights. This not only proves Vince's chops as an actor, but as a writer and creator as well. I literally made an IMDB account just to write this review because I like the show that much. It really does portray an accurate look into the life of a lower-income nihilist rapper. Truly is one of the funniest shows to come out of Netflix in a while, so thank you Vince.

The Vince Staples Show is The Next Entertainment Realm of Film!

[jimmyricopigram-18789 · 10/10 · 18 February 2024]

Clearly this show is intriguing, and yet oddly satisfying. With so many screens today displaying (no pun intended) a higher fantasy way of a regular guy from the hood life, it's obvious that Vince Staples hasn't erased the big picture of it all. My advice when watching this series is to remember that even though some may see it as a similar show that's already on the air, you have to realize that every hood, city, state, environment is different. It may look the same, but The Vince Staples Show is from Vince's own perspective on his life... No other show can do it better than him. So no, it isn't similar, it's Vince. A lot of real life choices are shown in each episode from everyday people, which many can relate to. If you're not loving this series because you can't relate to it, that doesn't take away the fact that it is indeed good.

It's good to change it up every once in a while, and this change was needed. Let's take a break from expensive heists that normal guys don't do in the city for trillion dollar diamonds, and bring the reality of the nitty gritty.

The Vince Staples Show is The Next Entertainment Realm of Film!

Rough around the edges

[MisaMoon · 5/10 · 3 March 2024]

I really wanted to like this show. And I did...sort of. It feels authentic, personal, and heartfelt, but the story and artistic direction are lacking. The show is more episodic than I hoped for, which is fine, but when scenes drag on and jokes fall flat as often as they do here, I can't help but feel that something is seriously missing here.

As far as artistic direction is concerned, you can't help but notice this show is A LOT like 'Atlanta.' In an interview with Complex, Vince even admitted he consulted with Donald Glover while making this show. The grittiness, darkness, and surrealism of 'Atlanta' works wonders for that show and elevates Glover to auteur status. Here, those artistic elements feel less stellar, more sterile. In the wake of 'Atlanta', 'Dave', and other rapper-multi-hyphenate creative projects, a show like this feels almost obligatory-like a brand-building exercise more than a creative one.

However, I do have to give credit to the episode "Black Business" for its funny moments. The connection between Vince and the bank robber was genuinely hilarious and an example of satire done right (within the context of both Vince and the robber being unable to get access to capital). "Brown Family" also stood out to me as funny and relatable, to be fair. Miss Anita stole the show for sure.

Unfortunately, the rest of the episode (and the series) get held back by its artistic ties to 'Atlanta.' The last two episodes might as well have been 'Atlanta' deleted scenes. The dark, surrealist twist to "Red Door" came across as awkward but it was novel compared to the rest of the series. When you pull that same trick again in the finale of "White Boy," I start skipping scenes to cure my boredom. If those twists had a greater narrative tie to the rest of the episode, I would excuse them, but they seem heavy-handed, almost cliché compared to 'Atlanta,' this show's undeniable influence.

A Future Classic - We Need More!

[Win-smith · 10/10 · 20 February 2024]

I gotta say, The Vince Staples show is a future classic in the making! To me, it takes inspiration from classic Black sitcoms like Martin and The Jamie Foxx Show in terms of its sitcom-like scenarios as well as animated series like The Boondocks with its quizzical deconstruction of the African American experience. Don't let the heavy subtext scare you though, even to a causal audience, this show is too funny.

Building on top of the YouTube miniseries, The Vince Staples show on Netflix acts like a sort of continuation of that random comedy we've come to know and love from the rapper. Being both socially aware and outwardly cartoonish, the social commentary is cool and thought-provoking, without being too preachy.

The show's, witty dialogue in this show is on point! It'll have you laughing and nodding along. The storytelling style is unique too, kind of like Twin Peaks or an anthology series. And Vince Staples himself? He's got that deadpan comedic timing down perfectly. Episode 2 had me laughing out loud and it's a great introduction to the show's comedy style.

I really hope they bring this show back for another season, because it's too good to miss and doesn't overstay its welcome. My only hope is that the second season (it goes ahead) is longer than five episodes.

A great start!

[tegolf-95551 · 9/10 · 19 February 2024]

This is a great start to the Vince Staples Show! We definitely need more than 5 episodes to get to know the Beach and the mind of Vince Staples a bit better.

With just the little amount of time that he's had he's established an interesting world and an interesting story telling method.

It can feel rushed and incomplete, but given the limited time that was allotted it does a good job establishing a base and the base is so good!

The variety of the characters and the settings are great and interesting. It's got good humor and the absurd situations Vince finds himself in are very entertaining. Vince obviously has some things to say and he does so in an interesting fashion.