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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real Testament IntroA. Martin, Plies | Plies | Play | 02:08 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | 100 YearsPlies | Plies | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I Kno U WorkinPlies | Plies | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | On My DickPlies | Plies | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | 1 Mo TimePlies | Plies | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | I Am the ClubPlies | Plies | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Runnin My Momma CrazyA. Martin, Plies | Plies | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | FridayPlies | Plies | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Goons LurkinPlies | Plies | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Kept It Too RealPlies | Plies | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Money StraightPlies | Plies | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Murkin SeasonPlies | Plies | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Hypnotized (feat. Akon) | Plies, Akon | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | You (feat. Tank) | Plies, Tank | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Shawty (feat. T Pain) | Plies, T Pain | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 57 mins | 132 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akon | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Beat Eaters | Producer |
| 3 | Leslie Brathwaite | Mixing |
| 4 | Mike Caren | A&R |
| 5 | Erick Coomes | Guitar |
| 6 | Anne Declemente | A&R |
| 7 | Ensayne | Producer |
| 8 | Jason "Jay E" Epperson | Arranger, Producer |
| 9 | Brian "Big Bass" Gardner | Mastering |
| 10 | Gidendad | Art Direction, Design |
| 11 | Rob Gold | Photo Production |
| 12 | Goldrush | Producer |
| 13 | Dionnee Harper | Marketing |
| 14 | Eldwardo "Eddie Mix" Hernandez | Engineer |
| 15 | Ronnell "Big Gates" Levatte | Executive Producer |
| 16 | Ted Lucas | Executive Producer |
| 17 | Fabian Marasciullo | Engineer, Mixing |
| 18 | A. Martin | Composer |
| 19 | Alexander "The Great" Martin | A&R, Artist Coordination, Product Manager |
| 20 | Alton McCullough | Package Manager |
| 21 | Steve Nowa | Engineer |
| 22 | Greg Ogan | Engineer |
| 23 | PapaDuck | Producer |
| 24 | Plies | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 25 | Doug Sadler | Assistant |
| 26 | Ray Seay | Mixing |
| 27 | T-Pain | Primary Artist |
| 28 | Tank | Primary Artist |
| 29 | Bryan Tyson | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |