The Real Testament [Clean] [Edited]

Performer: Plies
Engineer: Bryan Tyson; Greg Ogan; Eldwardo "Eddie Mix" Hernandez; Fabian Marasciullo
Producer: Beat Eaters; DJ Nasty; Midnight Black; Bei Maejor; Papa Duck; Ted 'Touche' Lucas; Ronell 'Big Gates' Levatte
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Eric Coomes (guitar). Audio Mixers: Ray Seay; Leslie Brathwaite; Fabian Marasciullo. Recording information: 4 Star Studios, Miami Beach, FL; Chalice Studios, Hollywood, CA; Circle House Studios, Miami, FL; Deep-Productions Studio, Tampa, GL; Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA; The Hit Factory-Criteria Studios Miami, Miami, FL; The Vault Studios, Miami, FL. Representing Fort Myers, Florida, the up-and-coming rapper known as Plies first made noise by penning the Snoop/Akon hit, "I Wanna Love You." After the unbridled success of his first single, "Shawty," Plies was geared up to drop a full-length of his own. With a molasses-thick Dirty South accent and a gang of stress on his chest, Plies rips it over neck-snapping tracks by Midnight Black, Papa Duck, Gold Ru$h, Jonathan Rotem, Hen & Ro, Hall of Tunez Inc., and the Beat Eaters on his debut release, THE REAL TESTAMENT. Akon, T-Pain, Tank, and 40rty are featured guests. Plies was known as a loud mouth plus loose cannon -- a jail sentence on gun charges had him replaced by Snoop Dogg for the Akon collabo "I Wanna Love You" -- long before most even got to hear him, and his debut is just about everything you want from thug who is as ambitious as he is vicious. Even if there are redundant tracks and some potential unreached, these are small sacrifices to make when one gets to hear someone combining fresh, talented, cocksure, and driven as well Plies does. "Shawty" and "Hypnotized" featuring Akon -- paying Plies back for sitting out "Love You" -- is the rapper at his most polished while "Kept It Too Real" and "1 Mo Time" is the man at his most dangerous. Both styles are executed successfully and the album knowingly favors the street tracks where Plies sounds most at home. Production from Midnight Black, Jonathan "JR" Rotem, Drumma Boy, and others satisfies, and just enough guest artists help anchor the album, along with "Runnin' My Momma Crazy," which does the reverent, sentimental, "I'm hard but I love my mother" track very well. An energetic artist with little refinement, Plies puts his rough edges to good use on The Real Testament, an exciting, sometimes promising, debut. ~ David Jeffries Plies was known as a loud mouth plus loose cannon -- a jail sentence on gun charges had him replaced by Snoop Dogg for the Akon collabo "I Wanna Love You" -- long before most even got to hear him, and his debut is just about everything you want from thug who is as ambitious as he is vicious. Even if there are redundant tracks and some potential unreached, these are small sacrifices to make when one gets to hear someone combining fresh, talented, cocksure, and driven as well Plies does. "Shawty" and "Hypnotized" featuring Akon -- paying Plies back for sitting out "Love You" -- is the rapper at his most polished while "Kept It Too Real" and "1 Mo Time" is the man at his most dangerous. Both styles are executed successfully and the album knowingly favors the street tracks where Plies sounds most at home. Production from Midnight Black, Jonathan "JR" Rotem, Drumma Boy, and others satisfies, and just enough guest artists help anchor the album, along with "Runnin' My Momma Crazy," which does the reverent, sentimental, "I'm hard but I love my mother" track very well. An energetic artist with little refinement, Plies puts his rough edges to good use on The Real Testament, an exciting, sometimes promising, debut. [The Real Testament was also made available in a clean version, with all explicit material removed.] ~ David Jeffries

Born Algernod Lanier Washington, the Fort Myers, Florida rapper known as Plies debuted in 2003 on the mixtape track, "Tell Dem Crackers Dat," which caught the attention of Miami label Slip-N-Slide Records. Plies made national news in 2006 when his entourage opened fire on the crowd in a Gainsville nightclub after his mic was cut. The initial bad press cleared after Plies's catchy lead single, "Shawty," hit the radio waves in July 2007 and his first album, THE REAL TESTAMENT, debuted at number 2 two on the Billboard 200 a month later. THE DEFINITION OF REAL appeared in 2008 fueled by the singles, "Please Excuse My Hands" and "Bust It Baby Part 2."

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