The vast majority of black males in America are coke-dealing billionaires. Just in case you’re a racist with a third-grade education, that’s not even remotely true, so why has mainstream radio’s version of hip-hop strayed so far from reality? Easy, fiction sells, and sales are everything (turns out rappers and label execs both believe in C.R.E.A.M.). In an age when the line between truth and fiction has become blurrier than Lindsay Lohan’s vision after a DUI, who can we trust to tell us what’s real?
Plies thinks he has the answer, and the answer is him. The Florida-born rising star has triumphantly titled his sophomore release Definition Of Real, which means that the definition of real is a rapper who comes out of nowhere to dominate the charts. Anyone who listened to his debut album knows he’s not making his name based on musicianship and complex lyricism, so what is it about the man that’s made him so popular. Could it be that he’s just that real?
Every morning Plies wakes up, drinks Cristal for breakfast, says good morning to his butler and thinks, “Please Jesus let me have another hit like Shawty.” Or at least that’s what I imagine him doing. It’s no secret that women buy more albums than men, so it’s easy to see why Definition of Real is flooded with songs that might as well be titled Hypnotize A Shawty. In fact, Plies has already succeeded in recreating the old magic with Bust It Baby Pt. 2, a track that follows his patented formula to chart-topping success. Want to make your own Plies-esque hit? Just follow these simple steps: start with some radio-friendly production (a distinctly 90’s sounding beat by J.R. Rotem), bring on a superstar to sing the chorus (hello Ne-Yo), write some sugary lyrics (“your lips is what make you so cute”) and then deliver them with a slow swagger. It’s not a complicated recipe, but right now Plies is a chef and the game is his kitchen.
The one thing that truly separates Plies from all the rest of the radio-hungry rap pack is his willingness to work obscenities into nearly every song. In fact, Bust It Baby is one of the softest songs on the album, something like Please Excuse My Hands is much more the norm. While Jamie Foxx and The Dream bring a silky smooth r&b style to My Hands, Plies turns the track into a musical sex tape with lyrics like: “look on the dresser and grab that baby oil.” Come to think of it, that’s a laughably tame line compared to the rest of the album. Hold on, let me find something better...ok, let’s try out this gem from Feel Like F**kin: “I call my little baby a shooter when she nut she skeet.” There, that’s more like it. If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I’d love to listen to a man slowly rap about how much he loves licking p**sy,” then Definition Of Real is the album for you.
When Plies isn’t earning his albums a XXX rating he’s fully embracing his goon side with tracks about plotting a murder (Bushes) or explaining his plan to pimp someone’s girl to collect on a debt (Ol’ Lady). Oddly, Plies delivers these goonish verses with the same calm drawl he uses for romantic odes like Somebody Loves You, but there’s no denying that when he spits a line like “ain’t no faking over here I’m shootin” over a booming beat, like he does on the aptly-titled S**t Bag, it’s more than believable, it’s intimidating. As long as we’re here, is someone with Tourettes responsible for naming Plies songs? Let’s just say that if you’re listening to songs titled Feel Like F**kin, Dat B**ch and Sh**bag, chances are your listening to Definition Of Real. It’d be overly simplistic to split this album into grimy bangers and songs for the ladies, 1 Day in particular stands out for it’s impressive honesty and lyricism, but not by much.
Listen, if you’re a girl who fantasizes about bad boys or a bad boy trying to f**k those girls, you’re going to love this album. I’m neither of those things, so I don’t. It really is that simple. I’m sure I’m going to get hammered for this review (I psychically sense some “Plies is my baby boo” comments below), but just like Plies I have to keep it real and stay who I am – a man who will never listen to Definition Of Real again.
Plenty of radio ready tracks for the ladies and a few hood cuts, the album was a slight improvement from his debut. The album is decent, only a few tracks I'd listen to again, cause he's rehashing subjects of having sex with women and erotic fantasies and then goes to the loud mouth goon flow on the hood cuts. Same formula, slightly better lyrics and production, but that's about it. "1 Day" is a touching track, but "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" and "Please Excuse My Hands" are pretty much playing the role "Hypnotized" and "Shawty" played on the previous album. One thing I'm happy about is that at least he kept his promise of droppin on June 10, however it may have been better for him if he dropped it on a different day than Lil' Wayne's C3.
Plies, I only have one question for you: WHY do you flow so wonderfully on other people’s song (Loose Lips, Single Again, etc…) and not even ONCE on your own s#!t?!? :s Please! Like Nathan said, not even we he’s on his goon mode does he change his calm drawl, which is ANNOYING when used through the whole album, even on tracks that would require another approach! I can’t take him seriously like that, too bad! And I wanted to like this album, because of Bust it baby and Excuse My hands, didn’t think that’d be all he is about!
lmfao!!!! nathan u r tooooooo hilarious! "hypnotize a shawty"?...haha..."plies is my baby boo"...haha....“I’d love to listen to a man slowly rap about how much he loves licking p**sy,”....lol wow. well i havent listened to da album yet, but i do like da song wit trey songz "im da man"...i'll b bac anotha day to give my full opinion. but yea nathan u kno sum teen chick gon get on here (probably "wow") and b like i dont care i luv plies. he so sexy....haha
^^^^^^^^^^^i was thinkin dat too.... i bet u plies gon look bac one day and b like, "how f***in high was i when i took dis pic and decided to use it as my album cover?"
I have been informed of an 'unconfirmed report' that Plies already has a date set for this December, to release his third studio album. How about they wait to see what direction this album goes in? I happen to enjoy several songs on this album, including "Who's Hotter Than Me" -- which I play after I whoop ass at NBA 2K8 on XBOX. [Wow, that was random.] But overall the album is nothing out of this world. Nathan, you owe me a drink... because I spilled one on my desk reading your review.
Everyone will rave about Tha Carter III and so will I. Though I wouldn't dare compare anyone to Wayne bc he's literally out of our world. I will say this album will get the same play as Tha Carter III in my car. Plies comes hard (no homo) on this album. I agree with Nathan this album is all for the ladies but considering I'm a freak ass nigga too the album is legit. Songs like Watch Dis and SOmebody Love You are definitely ready for the radio. I first got the cd and listen to it straight through and I must say there isn't one track that I just hate. However, WHo Hotter Than Me is the track I like the least on the album. But again Plies did his thing and lets keep in mind this album comes only 10 months after the first. It was put together nicely.
Found out about plies before he "blew up" on myspace. Really loved Got Em' Hatin back then and then loved Shawty. I always hear the dude never wanted to rap, just did it once his bro got locked up to kinda live his dream and found out people like his voice. But in interviews he doesn't sound like a goon at all, very articulate, seems kinda fake. Loved his first cd and was not digging bust it baby, way too many songs for the ladies. But, he pulled through, fake or not, I love his style, he said hes all about being a trendsetter and I like the material he raps about. I love Watch Dis, 1 Day, and Dat Bitch. Amazing songs in my opinion and I like Shit Bag (wutever that means). I'd pass on "Feel Like Fuckin" and Please Excuse My Hands
this is the best album of the year. plies is just that nigga. and is way better than wayne. his album is way better and he know how to rap better. on this albm every track is the shit. this is actually better than his first album. but just like plies said and his first track says...he's the man
but hit me up on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/head_da_man
I love PLIES...so what his album does more catering to women than street life it is still hot and why not get the ladies to listen to it. What I don't understand is why is it that every time a rapper makes intelligent comments he is looked at as being fake when he raps? I don't get it. So just because when he speaks he is articulate that means that he hasn't lived the life that he raps about. There is a time and a place to act ignorant and during an interview is not that time. I am from the environment that most rappers rap about. If you catch me in the hood I will talk to you the way that you talk to me, but when I get to work or get around intelligent people I become articulate as well. So don't label him fake because he is intelligent and articulate. STOP HATIN!!!
TO THE COMMENT ABOVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH....I ALWAYS WONDER WHY PEOPLE THINK LIKE THAT...ALL IN ALL, THE MAIN REASON I GOT 5 COPIES{ YEAH 5 AND I STILL BUY THEM} WAS BCOZ OF AN INTERVIEW HE DID AND THEN HELP OUT A LADY THAT JUST CALLED TO SAY SHE LOVES PLIES AND TALKED ABOUT HER SITUATION AND PLIES HELPED HER OUT BIG TIME....AND THE ABULM IS CATCHY AS HELL TO SO I GONNA GIVE DUDE A 4....FAVORITE SONG : WATCH DIS...
Hey, I don't mean to be saying that, I mean Bun B is very articulate as well and is definitely from the hood. I just have heard that Plies first went to college and never wanted to be a rapper, just did it once his brother got locked up. And I saw Trick Daddy recently called him fake and he was on the same record label. Fake or not, hes still one of my favorite rappers, and has the most sincere sounding rap out there, and i appreciate what hes doing to the rap game. I don't mean to discredit him at all. After further review I'm even giving his CD a 5.
i bought the cd mainly becoz if the inter "k-boy" is talkin about and suprisingly i liked the album alot my favorites are "bust it baby pt 2", "Somebody loves you", & the bonus track available on itunes "die together" im not so much into that goon murder stuff so those song weren't so hot but surprisingly i didn't through them...this album is wat i called "listenable and entertaining". much improvement especially for 10months and i must say i like the fact that he is very articulate thx to the interview on here n his interview at that radio station i found dude in very intelligent with a good head on his shoulder i as a consumer was sold on that alone. and im a big fan of weezy but sorry dis album is much more entertaing coz ive listened to this album far more than i've listened to carter 3.
Definition of real =3.5 (rounded 4stars)
O_M_GOSH! WOW!! Plies did hiz thang on DIS album! NO-1 iz hotter than him. I liked almost every song on DIS album- i luved it!- i mean it's Plies- how can u hate?! I wanna b hiz BUST IT BABY!
Man, we livin in a crazy world… nothing means sh!t anymore! “CLASSIC!”; “Never heard tight songs like dis b4”; “(he) is way better than wayne” I wonder how can all these people ignore all the music above Plies’s (I aint even talking about Weezy…)?! I DARE any of you givin it more than 3 stars to quote at least 4 hot verses from 4 different songs. I’m embarrassed by the high rating, it makes the average djbooth user look like… “a girl who fantasizes about bad boys or a bad boy trying to f**k those girls”. Well I don’t see Plies at all as a role model. Geez… PS: And people voting more than once? What’s that bullsh!t?
fredrico: i c wut u mean. plies isnt a gud role model but those who like hiz music like hiz flow, voice, style, and beatz. it aint alwayz about list-n-n 2 da lyrics and if u do,well yeah, they arent great but itz gud list-n-n 2 cuz of everythang else...but sum peole can relate to dat- all da stuff dat he tawks about-so they like dat ...like him b-n a goon and all and how he iz alwayz do-n dat stuff wit a gurl. i mean, lotza people relate.
How did such brainless arguments become so cliché: “f*ck what these other haters saying cause shit they will never ever b where u at”, “don’t hate cuz he makin money and you not” (maybe inspired by some also stupid Mims line…), “if you don’t like him, why do you even comment…” Well, let’s put it this way for all the “Imma Dummies”: are you saying that the President of the United States should only be criticized by people who’ll ever “b where he at”?!? Or makin as much money as him? Obviously not! If you don’t like something, you have more than valid reason to comment about it.
(@ WOW!! First, that was not a shot at you! This is what I think about what you said: I’m not sayin people shouldn’t like his album or his rapping but rather that they are overrating! I LIKE him (for the reasons you mentioned), even though it’s a love/hate thing. I think he has potential but didn’t deliver on this. And I’m not asking much, as I said on my first comment: he does it on features!)
FredRico, you funny man, but at the same time you are so right. This is some wack sh*t. Look where we have come to from dudes like Big daddy kane, and to think this dude has the same job, and prolly makes as much money as guys like Nas is pathetic.
Lol, it’s so bad you gotta make jokes about it TheGreatest! It’s even worse to think that Plies is not at all the one of the weakest in the game! Hopefully Nas’s “Untitled” will bring some sense to hiphop.
OMG! People are actually giving this 5 stars? WTF? Every song on this cd is either talkin bout "fuckin a bitch" or "killing a nigga". Great variety in the topics. Dis shit shouldve been a damn mixtape. I thought he had real potential...but as u can see even his street bangers get no play in mainstream . "Who hotter than me" had a video..."I'm da man" had a video and a couple of street bangers from the first cd had NO success. U know why? Its bcuz he says absolutely nothin on those tracks. His lyrics are wack and his voice is annoying! But the songs for the ladies make money...Maybe he should just stick to those records. RICH BOY IS WAAAAYYYYY BETTER! His street bangers actually say sumthing.
jsin06mm couldnt be more right. I actually see somethin in Rich Boy that makes me think he can turn on some great lyricism at times. Anyway Fredrico you right to man. I just want Hip - Hop to be what it was in the 90's. None of this straight garbage.
Yeah about Rich Boy man. He's retarded sometimes but then he comes with "Let's Go Get This Paper". I was surprised as hell.
This plies shit is so wack. Not a whole lot of new shit to say about it other than WTF is "hot" anymore?!?!?!? But for real, I feel like I have an obligation to hip hop to bring this average rating down. One fucking star.
I'd give it less if i could.
with all this talk about plies being wack it really dosent matter because That is the most fucked up looking album cover i have ever seen Dave Macli said it right.
I just dont understand why if you hate the album you have put so much effort into stressing the fact that you don't like it!! You made your point so stop coming to my boy's review. If you're feeling someone else check their shyt out!! I personally love it!! I loved album one and now album two has not come out of my c.d player since it dropped. I personally believe that Plies is for the real people and if you don't feel him them you are not on his level. Like Nathan said in his review hip hop has strayed so far from reality that I see Plies being one of the artists that represents the truth. If you've never been around scenarios that he talks about then you can't relate and you think that it's garbage but when you can relate to his goon side and his dominant in the bedroom side then there's no way you can't like him. I've even listened to his underground albums and I love them too. Ms Pretty Pu$$y and Water are definitely jams!!! Keep doing you Plies and I will definitely hold you down!! Cant wait to see you when you come to Chciago July 6th!!
Theres a lot wrong with that album cover WOW: with a colon now. He has a chain with his head in a mask I mean the album should be called Plies Definition of Stupid Album Cover.
I would give this a 3.5. I do like how he makes songs that will go for radio but also some songs that he knows will not. I liked The Real Testament more than this but i think that this was a pretty solid second album. I wish he would have had some production from hen & ro. Overall the album is straight enough to buy. The songs that stood out to me were Somebody Loves You and Im Da Man.
Hot Hot Hot if the cd wasnt releleased when C3 was it might have sold way more but it still did good and the album is good also but l;iked real testament better
Listen and listen good. Everybody is gonna have to get out of the mentality that rap needs to go back to the 90s because it's not gonna happen. All I really came to say is that this CD is a symbol of today's rap whether his life is real or not. Plies put it down and if you don't like it then there must be something stuck in your head that makes you think that you could do better. By the way FredRico, if you knew music and how evolved rappers are today, you would learn to appreciate the times you live in and know that everything isn't a fantasy world where lyrics is everything to everybody. It's gonna sell whether you think it's good or not. Holla atcha boi!!!
FredRico I think you might be missing something. Sure those who compare Plies to Wayne are idiots, but rating this album a 4 might have more to do with that reviewer's expectations of Plies to begin with. I'll use myself as an example. I expected Tha Carter 3 to cook me dinner and take out the trash, but to me it didn't so I rated it a 2. If it wasn't for all the hype, it would have been at least a 3.5. Now with Plies, I don't expect hott verses by any means, but enjoyable music. No rhymes that make me wanna rewind my iPod, but just music i can bump in my trunk. Sooo rating this album a 2 would be silly based on my low expectations. Which leads me to my review. This album is somewhat more listen-able than his last, but I think Plies strains his voice too much. It's not as if he's yelling, but then he sounds like he is... I dunno it's just annoying. Also, he's always unnecessarily dirty. Like dude, there are more words in this world than "p*ssy." Why are the songs, for the ladies, soooooo friggin dirty?? I can't drive around bumpin that ish wit all these white people around me LOL.
It seems as though a lot of people are hatin on PLIES. he isn't doing anything these other wack rappers out there are doing. Which is hook's and beat's. Am I right or wrong. Who cares. The stuff is selling records. Plies and others are getting money. Of course you got the legends still putting lyric's out there but they're sells are mostly from history which does fine but these young guys are in it for the money. They don't care if they make a record ten years from now. they're like Master P. throw out a gang of cd's while your hot make that money and chill off of loyalties. Don't hate on these guy's. They know there not Jay Z, Nas Biggie, or even Tupac. The obvious. So get while you can or be like others hatin, not making money, blastin people on youtube, and only known by your boys and city area (not city).Lol. Anyhow just keepin real as always. This i how i see it. You see it only from your eyes too.
gosh soooo many comments. ok lemme get in. first of lmfao in reference to my first comment, haha and look who i said would make a comment. hahahahaha im fuckin hilarious! secondly: how is somebody fake jus cuz dey can hold a decent conversation while durin an interview n not seem ignorant. if anything, dats sexy. i love hood dudes who can b street but who can also have a regular conversation. i hate when rappers start talkin and all u hear is ignorance. i mean when dey do dat, all i do i shake my head cuz they r exactly da reason y soo many ppl hate on hip hop and feel dat its worthless. for example, ying yang twins. eww!! i mean dey music is cool(bac n da day not now) and cuz dey from da A(like me) i show dem luv. but i hate da way dey talk and how dey always makin dat stupid ass noise(ehhhhh!!!!!!) or like n da interview wit lloyd banks n tony yayo. who wants to hear sumbody suck dey own dick throughout da whole interview!! cum on! thirdly: i wouldnt say ppl r hatin, i wud jus say dey jus dont like plies. personally i like his music. i actually liked him betta before he hit mainstream. like frozilla, i was introduced to plies on myspace. now fredrico, i normally agree wit u, but plies is no different den any of da otha rappers n da game as far as not bein a good role model. most rappers rap about:gettin money, fuckin hoes, fuck dey haters, eatin pussy....dats da life dey kno. i do agree dat u can only expect sooo much from ppl nowadays. let plies b plies. AND IM TIRED OF PPL COMPARIN RAPPERS TO OTHA RAPPERS!!! as far as trick sayin plies is fake, trick can shut up cuz he look like his ass stank. dirty ass braids ant grown since he first came out!! lol...but da only problem i have wit plies is da fact dat he say "shawty" toooo much. omg! i ant even think niggas n fla said shawty. all my homeboys from miami dont....
Its funny these comments on Plies and his album Plies Definition of Stupid Album cover. As for this album I downloaded some songs off it and thought it was ok. But only some of the songs so I cant rate it though. But Bust It Baby Pt.2 is a hot song.
this is the title this is the definition of real dont snich on his niggas dont hate or lies he/she are not imaginary
PLIES REALIST NIGGA AROUND
of all time
Wow, some feedback here :p …although you are all right about what you said, it was kinda uncalled for cuz you mostly misunderstood me ;) But I understand my statements could easily be misinterpreted, so I’ll explain myself: the main reason for the confusion I guess is that my criticism was directed SEPARATELY towards Plies, his album, AND the COMMENTS on this page, but y’all mixed it all up. I mean, when I dare people to quote me 4 hot verses from Plies, I’m not criticizing him, cuz honestly (DJJ), I was not expecting him to be lyrical at all! I DO appreciate him like that (DAMESLASH); my only problem is with people praising the album as if there’s actually nothing better out there, in the same genre, and I’m not asking for deep lyrics: Rick Ross, Rich Boy, Flo Rida, Mims, 50 cent (yes, 50 is as good as Plies nowadays, lol). DameSlash, I give Flo Rida’s album 4*, and I actually enjoyed Mims album: BELIEVE ME, it was not because of their lyrical content, lol. So, I’m just NOT that kinda guy you depicted! ;) @ DJJ: ratingS based on expectations can be unfair and misleading, don’t you think? I mean, you sure agree that the 2* album you rated is better than this 3* one, right? Anyway, your point of view makes this high rating more bearable! :p As for the role model comment, GEMINI, it was JUST related to the previous quote, meaning I wasn’t “a bad boy trying to f**k those girls”, and NOT actually sayin that Plies was such a bad influence. Like you said, he’s no different and certainly not the worse.
PS: Only my first comment was directly about the album and Plies, and as you can see, I don’t complain about the lyrics back there nor his goon pervert attitude… cuz that’s not what made me dislike the album.
OMG!HE IS SO SEXY BUT YALL GIRLS DONT NEED TO THINK BOUT HIS CAUSE HE IS ALREADY TAKEN BY ME SO BACK OFF AND ALL HIS BUST IT BABI SONGS IS BOUT ME CAUSE IM HIS ~*BUST IT BABI~*
~*OLIES WIFE~* 4-LIFE HATERS
"wow": im 18. and 16 is young....at least to me it is. i figured u was around dat age cuz of ur comments n da artists dat u like. i wasnt guessin cuz i KNEW u wasnt no older den 16, 17 is pushin it. and y everybody think bust it baby is da sh*t, ok did u even kno dat dat version is like da 3rd version of da song. da original was lame n it was by himself. da 2nd one was wit trey songz n is still n heavy rotation n my ipod. if yall think he's the "BEST RAPPER", how come he cant seem to get a hit unless its wit sumbody else singin da hook?..no im not hatin cuz plies is cool. short as hell(lol) but he still cool. im jus askin..
this album is a classic! reasons y, i like every song off da album. can play it all da way through! y ppl hate on him idk! betta den his 1st album 7 his 1st album was gud 2! dont sleep on him!
who took my name and posted that comment up there?^^^^^^ I DID NOT SAY THAT LAST COMMENT AT ALL. I never checked out the album out I just heard some songs off it. So whoever knows my password to this site can you please tell me who you are and quit using my name.
o geez matthew i c itz happened 2 me too. i didnt post the one about this be-n tha sh*t and him be-n a real goon. lol. but itz jus an error that needz fixing.
I hope your right WOW:) about it being a error that needs fixing because If its not then that person who has my password can post up all these bad comments under my name and get me banned. So lets just hope its just a error. Again I would never call Plies a "Real Goon" thats just too funny.
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