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12/28/08

Album Review: Plies - 'Da REAList'

Fresh off the gold status of his sophomore album, 'Definition Of Real', which featured the mega hit, 'Bust It Baby (Part 2)' featuring Ne-Yo. Plies is back with his third album, 'Da REAList', which marks the Florida based rapper's third full length release in just under 16 months.

For the most part, the effort seems to stick to an traditional Plies album, as he once again conquers the topics of sex, goons, and family, unfortunately, like in the past, that just doesn't prove to be enough.

The lead single, 'Put It On Ya', as well as the J.R. produced, 'Want It, Need It', which each receive assistance from newcomer Chris J and R&B songstress Ashanti respectively, are both winners, however, its the featured guests that steer the tracks to that status not Plies.

The striking, 'Family Straight', is where Plies' emotion shines through in a way that the rapper rarely showcases, in fact, it makes such an interesting, compelling argument that you can't help, but feel for him. 'Heard of Me', where Plies establishes that he isn't willing to compromise himself to be successful, also shows another trait that you can't help, but admire.

The Sean Garrett, 'Street Light', is another track on the grounds of solid.

Unfortunately, the bulk of the album is easily a miss, mostly because of the extremely monogamous subject matter.

Put simply, Plies isn't a great rapper, he isn't even a good one, but he does come across straight forward and to the point, which makes him easy to relate to, still it doesn't camouflage, the fact, that he was retaliating the same thing over all 16 tracks.

A better effort than his debut, worse than his sophomore, but still in signature Plies format, so if you enjoyed his previous releases, then this one should follow suit.

2 out of 5

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