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Sunday Evening Thread: Make’em Say UHHHH! Week

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Percy!! Say what'cha wanna, but Percy scratched his way from hustling mixed tapes out the back of his beat up car to creating one of the top labels of the 90s. And in doing so, somehow came up with a catchy phrase that for anyone else would be a sign of constipation. So this week is a No Limit Records week. MAKE'EM SAY UHHH! It Ain't My Fault - Silkk the Shocker & … [Read more...] about Sunday Evening Thread: Make’em Say UHHHH! Week

Saturday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs

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Welcome to the Weekend POU! Feast Of All Saints is a historical novel by author and New Orleans native Anne Rice. The plot centers on the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color, who lived in New Orleans before the Civil War and in particular, the placage system and its effect on the children born from this institution. In 2001, a miniseries of the same name … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs

Friday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs

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Happy Friday POU! SMH.....nothing new under the sun. Just replace "pirate" with "drug dealer" - dumb woman still doing dumb shit for a no good outlaw! Sisters Marie and Catherine Villard were the mistresses of the New Orleans-based pirate brothers Pierre and Jean Laffite. Pierre had at least seven children with Marie. His relationship with her also proved handy … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs