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His debut single " Shawty" featuring T-Pain topped the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart and peaked at number 9 on the Hot 100. The Real Testament was released in August 2007. After signing to Slip-n-Slide in 2004, Plies released several mixtapes. Big Gates and Plies promoted the single and traveled many times to Miami, which eventually led to a deal for Plies on Slip-n-Slide Records.
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Although Plies initially refused to rap, after a demonstration for one of his artists, Big Gates decided to keep Plies' verse on the track "Tell Dem Krackers Dat". In the late 1990s, Plies and his stepbrother Ronnell Lawrence Lavatte, also known as Big Gates, established an independent record label, Big Gates Records. The next season, Washington had 5 receptions for 43 yards. In 1996, his sophomore year, Washington had 25 receptions for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns. As a freshman in 1995, Washington had 9 receptions for 69 yards. He attended Miami University and under the name Nod Washington was wide receiver on its football team from 1995 to 1997, then transferred to the University of Central Florida and dropped out. While at Fort Myers Senior High School, he played receiver and defensive back in its football team, was crowned Homecoming King, was the valedictorian of his high school class, and was named the "Best Dressed" student of his class. Plies was born Algernod Lanier Washington in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in the East Dunbar area of Fort Myers. 2.2 2008: Definition of Real and Da REAList.As it stands, “Definition of Real” may not be an instant classic, but it isn’t a sophomore slump either, and there are signs that there could be more to Plies beyond his drawl and his love of female reproductive organs. I’m not sure what Plies has in store, because the vocoder-R&B hook thing is pretty much played out by now, and he is has practically gone through crooners to sing his hooks. The album insert declares that his next album, “Da Realist,” will be released December 16, 2008. His slow, confident drawl makes up for his somewhat limited lyricism, and he is backed by some solid if familiar-sounding beats. In the end, “Definition of Real” is basically more of the same for Plies. These tracks allow him to show a different side of his personality besides the mindless thug and horndog mack, and are among the best on the album. “1 Day” is a eulogy to a dead homie, with lines like “Wish I could bring my nigga back for 1 day/ take him by the day care to see his son play.” He strikes a similar chord on “Somebody (Loves You),” which features a sample from a Patti LaBelle song, and on “Worth Goin Fed Fo,” he questions whether the spoils of his lifestyle are worth a 25-year prison bid. He’s more successful when he allows himself to get introspective. These slow jams drag the album down, and clash with Plies’ raunchy, goon persona. Besides “Bust It Baby,” there is “Please Excuse My Hands” featuring Jamie Foxx and The Dream, and “#1 Fan” featuring Keyshia Cole and J. That last track points to the biggest flaw on “Definition of Real”: based on the success of “My Shawty,” Plies makes three more stabs at an R&B crossover hit. He also has his share of club bangers, like “Watch Dis,” “Who Hotter Than Me,” and “Bust It Baby Part 2” featuring Ne-Yo. That is, if you can consider lines like “The best pussy you can get is when you gotta sneak/I call my lil’ baby a shooter when she nut, she skeet” romantic. “Dat Bitch,” “Feel Like Fuckin'” and “Please Excuse My Hands” also offer up Plies’ explicit take on romancing the ladies. His realness asserted, Plies takes on your girlfriend on “Ol’ Lady,” adding yet another pussyhound track to his already sizeable pussyhound discography. He also gets thuggish/goonish on “Bushes” (as in, “Bitch you gettin to yo house, I be right in yo bushes/Jump out with that choppa, actin real foolish/keep bullshittin nigga I’ma be right in yo bushes”), and “Shit Bag,” in which he threatens to beat an opponent so bad he has to use a colostomy bag. It may not be Jay Hova, but it gets the point across. If I don’t know ya homie hands on pistols” Never seen one I’m what they call a real nigga The photo and the album title both reinforce the point that Plies is trying to make: he may have went gold off of the strength of the baby-making jam “My Shawty,” but he is still the realist rapper alive.Įxhibit A: “I’m Da Man,” featuring a Drumma Boy beat and a Trey Songz hook, with Plies declaring his realness in his syrupy drawl: On the cover of his sophomore album, Plies is squatting down, drawers showing, wearing a ski mask and a medallion of himself wearing a ski mask bearing the legend “Goon.” It’s a bizarre photo, equal parts menacing and ridiculous.