So Ordinary Joe, get this, I'm on a college campus like 4 months back and I got into a conversation on the ignorance of some of modern day’s Hip Hop. In five seconds I know you can guess the name of the artist to pop up. If your IQ level is at least above 95, the first names that would have popped into your head are Souljah Boy, Lil John... well lets just say the artist from the southern region save Lil Wayne because, God forbid, before Carter 3 released, everyone and their pet Zebra loved Lil Wayne. Well by my surprise Plies' stance was that any female who says that she ‘loves' Plies has some self-esteem issues. Most agreed because with lyrics like "I got her trained and now she suck me with ice/ I called her my lil bust it baby cause she keep it tight/ when I tell her to bust ain't gatta tell her twice/ When ever I wanna get off she know how to get me right", by just stripping away the beat, all I can imagine is R. Kelly saying this to a 13 year old fan...but that’s another blog. However, in Plies' defense a college student said that Plies keeps it “real”. That paints a picture of her childhood right?

Now let’s discuss what we came here to discuss. Guessing that Plies heard what my college friend said, he named his June 10, 2008 album “Definition of Real”. Being a fan of intelligence I'm not a fan of this album. I'll stay very open minded however and say that he does have the style and essence of southern rap. He embodies old school Trick Daddy... well that’s who you tend to think about when listening to Plies. Also on this album, each song can have you nodding your head to the beat; and, that's all southern hip hop is about right? But rap is considered music. This must be measured on the yard stick of all musicians or, at the least, all hip hop.

Plies' lyricism is crap. The time it took him to write that album probably was as quick as the time it would take him to rewrite that album. Lines like " If I wasn't married to the streets it would be you/ Your lips is what make you so cute" reminds me of 6 grade trying to write a poem for the girl who gave me some of her juice without wiping it off. Those lyrics are the opener of his hit song with Ne-yo called “Bust it Baby”. Aside from simplicity, Plies talks like a stupid man. I know and have heard people from the south. That's not a southern accent, that’s an ignorant southern accent. Saying it's a southern accent is just insulting the south. The best line off the album is "Prefer mine I'm out the hood but respects class". Nice to know that he separates himself from being classy. I can't continue to talk about Plies, because that’s giving him too much attention. When Ice-T told Souljah boy to “eat a d*ck” I think he left out Plies because Plies needs to "eat an *ss" and that’s not a nice thing to say

Yea Ordinary Joe, I’ll skip the well deserved “lol’s” and get down to business too.

Although its lyrics lacked nearly any meaningful content, I somehow found comfort in the reverberations of sound waves hitting my eardrum, while listening to "Worth Goin Fed Fo" and simultaneously watching its video clip, when I read the song was quote “A dedication to all the Goons around the country we lost to the dope game”. Well Mr. Plies I’m sure they will be eternally grateful, not that it will do them any good, because like the song suggest there’s usually one place such a lifestyle leads to.

Ordinary Joe, I’m a fan of some things myself you know, like the person who said “Profanity is the sign of an ignorant mind trying to express itself”. Don’t get me wrong, Hip Hop wasn’t made for Nuns, but Plies represents one of the chosen few who feel they must use an expletive in every bar to sell records.

Oh, and Ordinary Joe I must agree the sole blaming of Souljaboy for the death of Rap is not fair, truly it’s apparent he shouldn’t bare that cross alone.

The Ordinary Joe Blog gives Plies’ album a “D” for destroying the English language amongst other things, and not an “F” because the album was #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to the pall bearers of Hip Hop's black parade

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