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Plies stretched his inflection further with Da REAList in 2008, particularly on the sparsely menacing “All Black,” a reference to the MC’s preferred style of dress while moving on enemies. As hard as he is, Plies’ 2007 debut, The Real Testament, put his homegrown charisma on full display with his breakthrough single, “Shawty,” a trap love song featuring fellow rising Floridian T-Pain. From the beginning, his syrup-thick Southern slur added style and emotion to the tales that have made his life a series of adventures, some more harrowing than others. Born in Fort Myers, 1976, Algernod Lanier Washington was a late-bloomer-his first hits were on the football field, from high school to NCAA-but after investing in his stepbrother’s rap label, Plies discovered his calling. At any given time, the elastic-throated Florida MC might sound like a party, a confrontation, or a relationship waiting to happen. An energetic artist with little refinement, Plies puts his rough edges to good use on The Real Testament, an exciting, sometimes promising, debut.Plies doesn’t just rap-he wields his voice like an instrument, a mood, or even an event. 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.

Both styles are executed successfully and the album knowingly favors the street tracks where Plies sounds most at home.

'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.

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. 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.

Plies real testament album free download