'Gotta Be'Ĭheck out the teaser trailer for The Little Mermaid, the upcoming live-action reimagining of the animated musical classic. But as long as he continues to paint-by-the-numbers, he'll remain in the limited, humdrum space he's locked in. As plain as his rhymes are, Plies can articulate the trials and tribulations of street life without glorifying it. Perhaps if he did an entire album of reality-raps like '2nd Chance' and worked exclusively with producer Bryan Tyson, who seems to always bring out the best in him, Plies could enter a higher echelon.

It won't win over any new Plies fans, but it'll keep his current ones happy. Working well with the track, Plies comes with some decent, meaningful lyrics: 'I thought it was understood, nobody was perfect/so how can one mistake make your life worthless/God made us all, put us here to serve a purpose/Your life in twelve strangers' hands, they come back with a verdict.' Da REAList basically is what it is. Tyson also produced 'Worth Goin' Fed Fo,' the best and deepest track on Definition of Real. '2nd Chance,' with its slow, syrup-induced beat by Bryan Tyson, is a jewel. Birds will flock to the dance floor when this song gets played in the club, chirping the lyrics along with Plies: 'Pick anywhere you want to have sex/in my house… be my guest/got six rooms you can pick/we can go in the office on my desk.' Ashanti provides a cameo on the requisite, female-friendly R&B/Hip-Hop single, 'Want It, Need It.' But as always, Plies is at his best when he ditches the radio fluff for streetwise reality-raps. 'Spend The Night,' produced by Ke'Noe and Young Kwon, has a typical, synthed-out Miami sound and could've easily been used by Uncle Luke in his prime. 'F**k U Gon' Do Bout It,' sporting another bare-bones but hot beat, is designed to rock the club Plies spits his usual boasts of unlimited cash, women and goons, but did anyone expect the man to re-invent the wheel on this album? Of course, Plies has plenty of ditties for his bread-and-butter: the ladies. Drumma Boy, a frequent Plies collaborator, contributes the hard instrumental for 'Plenty Money.' Listeners will find the repetitive hook ('I got plenty money') either catchy or annoying. The beats and lyrics for these joints are elementary and their goal is just as simple: make listeners zone-out and nod their heads to the dope rhythms. The instrumentals for both songs are nothing more than heavy 808 kicks, sharp snares and a peppering of hi-hats for good measure 'Goons,' with its syncopated keyboard stabs, has a little more meat on its bones. Sparse, minimalist beats are all the rage these days and Plies follows suit with songs like 'Me & My Goons,' produced by BC, and 'All Black,' produced by Bryan Tyson.

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