u/lukenog

O que contas, amigos?

So as you know, the World Cup is currently going on and Finn McCools in Midcity is showing every game. Finns is by far the best soccer bar in the city, and I've been going there to watch games for years now. During the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 Euros, there was a small but consistent contingent of Portuguese regulars who'd show up to cheer for Portugal every time they played. However, the Portuguese-American community in our city is *very* small, New Orleans LA ain't Newark NJ or East Providence RI. So after most of the Portuguese regulars recently moved away to other cities, the turnout for Portugal games at Finns has gone from small to miniscule. For the past two games it's literally just been me, another Portuguese-American dude, and his sister!

I know we're not a large immigrant community here, but there has to be more of us than just that! And I know for a fact that us Portuguese are generally soccer obsessed, so if there are more of us here then they're for sure going to watch the game against Colombia on Saturday regardless, so why not come watch it at Finns?

Whether you're a Portuguese emigrant, a Tuga tourist on vacation, or a Portuguese-American child of the diaspora like me, you should come to Finn McCools on Saturday to watch the game and connect with other Portuguese people in the city. Also, it's a great opportunity to share our culture with the rest of New Orleans, that is what the World Cup is supposed to be all about! I plan on bringing a lot of pasteis de nata and giving them out for free to anyone in a Portugal jersey, and the other guy who's been showing up to games wants to bring a speaker to play some Pimba music for the vibes (and maybe some Fado music if we end up losing 😂). No promises on the pasteis, I gotta source them first but I think I know a bakery that makes them.

The Colombians have been showing out to their games in numbers, and I think it would be an awesome atmosphere if we are able to have a lot of us there too! I love Colombians and Colombian culture, and I bet our Colombian brothers and sisters in New Orleans would appreciate the opportunity for a fun night of cultural exchange and friendly rivalry. So come on out! It'll be really cool! 🇵🇹🇵🇹

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Como sabem, o Mundial está a decorrer e o Finn McCools, em Midcity, está a transmitir todos os jogos. O Finns é de longe o melhor bar de futebol da cidade, e há anos que frequento o local para assistir aos jogos. Durante o Mundial de 2022 e o Europeu de 2024, havia um pequeno, mas constante, grupo de portugueses que aparecia para apoiar Portugal em todos os jogos. No entanto, a comunidade luso-americana na nossa cidade é *muito* pequena. New Orleans, Louisiana, não é Newark, New Jersey, nem East Providence, Rhode Island. Depois, depois de a maioria dos portugueses que frequentavam o Finns se ter mudado para outras cidades, a presença da seleção portuguesa nos jogos caiu drasticamente. Nos últimos dois jogos, só estava eu, outro português-americano e a irmã dele!

Eu sei que não somos uma grande comunidade imigrante aqui, mas deve haver mais gente como nós! E eu sei que nós, portugueses, somos geralmente fanáticos por futebol, por isso, se houver mais de nós aqui, vão certamente assistir ao jogo contra a Colômbia no sábado, por isso porque não vir assistir ao Finns?

Quer seja um emigrante português, um turista tuga de férias ou um filho de portugueses da diáspora como eu, deve vir ao Finn McCools no sábado para assistir ao jogo e conectar-se com outros portugueses na cidade. Além disso, é uma ótima oportunidade para partilhar a nossa cultura com o resto de New Orleans, que é o verdadeiro propósito do Mundial! Pretendo levar muitos pastéis de nata e distribuí-los gratuitamente a quem estiver com a camisola de Portugal, e o outro rapaz que tem aparecido nos jogos quer levar uma coluna de som para tocar Pimba para animar o ambiente (e talvez um pouco de fado se acabarmos por perder 🤣). Não prometo nada sobre os pastéis, preciso de encontrar um fornecedor primeiro, mas acho que conheço uma padaria que os fabrica.

Os colombianos têm comparecido em força aos jogos, e acho que seria incrível se pudéssemos ter muitos de nós lá também! Adoro os colombianos e a cultura colombiana, e aposto que os nossos irmãos e irmãs colombianos em New Orleans apreciariam a oportunidade de uma noite divertida de intercâmbio cultural e rivalidade amigável. Então, venham! Vai ser muito fixe! 🇵🇹🇵🇹

I threw this album on today cuz it's one of my favorites and it's been a long time since I've listened to it from front to back, and mannn I swear this album doesn't get close to the amount of love it deserves. I really think some of Wayne's best verses of his whole career are littered across this album. And I don't just mean his best studio album verses, I mean some of his best verses including his mixtapes as well. Like bro.... the flow, delivery, and writing on 'Don't Die' is just outstanding. Or the wordplay on 'Army Gunz', dude the rhyme scheme on that first verse is just insane.

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And of course everyone knows 'Stuntin Like My Daddy' cuz that was the big hit from the album, and while that song is timeless as fuck and super cool, I feel like there's a lot of people who don't know many songs from this album outside that. It's a great song, and it's in my top 5 songs from the album for sure, but there are so many good songs on this album that get no love from the fans I feel.

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I think a lot of people are put off of it cuz it's a collab album with Birdman, but Birdman doesn't make the album worse or anything. Honestly there's some songs on here where Birdman is my favorite part of the song, like on 'Aint Worried Bout Sh*t'. Baby is smooth as fuck on that song, and on a bunch of other ones. I think Birdman is a horrible person outside of the music so I'm not talking about him as a human being with this next statement, but musically speaking I think he's over-hated. He's not an amazing rapper on a technical level like Wayne is but on the right beat he's just smooth as fuck in a way that makes me wanna just bob my head in a droptop with the top down. People act like he ruins songs but shit man I like a lot of Birdman songs and Birdman verses. I'm a huge Gucci Mane fan and I feel like Baby's style appeals to me in the same way old Gucci does. It's not very complex or technically impressive but his flow is so smooth and consistent, and he be saying shit that just makes me feel cool while listening lol. Also that "shiiiiit" adlib he was doing all the time back when this album came out is so oddly satisfying lmao, shit just sounds cool.

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Anyways, any of y'all love this album as much as I do? I think it's easily his most underrated project. Even people who prefer pre-C3 Wayne still overlook this album and focus more on C1, C2, Tha Block, Lights Out, and 500 Degreez. I honestly rate LFLS above C4 and C5, and I rate it above IANAHB, Lights Out, and FWA. And of course I rate it above C6 and IANAHB2 but those two albums are the only two Wayne albums I don't like so I rate everything above them lol. It's also definitely his best collab album by a long shot in my opinion. I like it way more than the 2Chainz collab, Rich The Kid collab, and the T-Pain collab. This shit is just so good, I think the production on it is the peak of Wayne's New Orleans style production era. Some of these beats are so timeless and would still sound fresh today.

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Also I live in New Orleans and this album just sounds so right while driving around the city. It really is a great soundtrack for life in the 504!

Yo! I'm a producer and artist, and back in like 2018-2021 I was really active in the scene and had a huge community of collaborators around me. I used to do shows all the time. Then life got in the way, and I stopped making music as frequently as I used to and basically completely stopped performing at all. The last song I released that had any sort of traction was back in 2021, and the last album I put out was back in 2022. I'm completely out of touch with the scene right now, but I've been making some songs again lately and a DJ I used to fuck with a lot hit me up about putting together a lil DIY show. I'm undecided on whether or not I'll be performing at this show, but I'd love to discover some cool people I could book for it!

I'm tryna reconnect with the scene, I have no idea who's popping and who's putting on cool shows. I fuck with Teezy Da Kid really heavy, but other than him and a few of the people who used to collaborate with me a lot and are still active, I know nothing. Back when I was involved in the scene, Freewater dominated with guys like Jzzle and Lango. If you make hyperpop, rage, pluggnb, glitchcore, trap, or any other genre under the general "underground" umbrella then comment a link to your music! I'd love to start finding people to book for this show, and maybe even find people to collaborate with musically!!!

Why is every post on this sub trying to decide which previous album it sounds like? It's a new sound, just like his previous albums were new sounds. I definitely understand the Spiderr comparisons, but all the other comparisons feel like reaching other than the fact that it's all Bladee music so there's definitely similarities between all of his works due to being from the same artist.