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Earlier this week, there was a post over at Different Kitchen that mentioned a rapper named Plies from Fort Myers, Florida. I had heard a couple of his songs before, but the production on them sounded a little too much like the generic casio beats that certain Southern artists seem to be plagued with. After the Kitchen co-sign, I decided to give Plies another chance and picked up his latest mixtape, The Truth Hurts with DJ Scream.
The tape itself is a mixed bag. About half of the tracks are filled with the kind of instrumentals you'd hear on a bootleg D4L single. There's also an absolutely regrettable ode to foreplay and digital insertion, Get U Wet, with Pretty Ricky (par for the course for them, though). There are some bright spots, however. Plies isn't particularly strong on the lyrical side of things - and most of his material focuses on the same drugs, guns and money fantasies that you've heard plenty of times before - but his flow on the mic makes up for it. He may not be talking about anything worthwhile, but at least he makes it easy on the ears. Not a ringing endorsement of the man, admittedly, but if you're into Southern rap then you might want to start checking for this dude. There are also a few tracks with Trick Daddy on here that should keep the 305 area code happy.
A couple of tracks from The Truth Hurts:
Plies and Trick Daddy - Against All Odds Blend
50 Grand Short
You can purchase the mixtape over at 305HipHop.com. For more information, check out Plies' MySpace page. Or you could just hit him up on his cell: 239-878-0089.
Speaking of Florida rappers, Jacksonville's Swordz (previously discussed here) was a recent finalist for YouTube's Underground Contest. Here's his entry, the video for Weatherman.
1/26/2007 9:05:07 AM posted by Fresh