In a world of hip hop where most newcomers (and a lot of talented legends) are dumbifying themselves to the content-free snap along recipe, Plies is a breath of fresh air.

He is full of content–poignant story telling, conceptual song writing, tight production, and a flow completely his own.

He stays true to HIS roots..they may not be ours, but their his. Hustler or not we should respect him for more then the duckets his ringtones produce.

If you don’t believe me, listen to The Real Testament tracks 1,2,3,4,5,7 and 11.

Plies is just missing a cane, cork and some tap shoes but to each his own, that’s just my hatin’ ass East Coast biased oldhead blogger opinion.

One.

the word Plies is SIMPLE drug terminology. An abbreviated version of supPLIER. So the word could be a NOUN, ADJECTIVE,

How ironic…

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/?p=3532

Also, point taken. However, man, do you see what else we put up? Aside from Plies goon ass, we got all sorts of acts with underground buzz/love….Cool Kids, House Shoes, Badu, Donny Goines, LA, Guilty…man, really, Plies is just a filler.

A filler with a point though, homie.

The music game is changing, and he is ahead of the pack as far as crosing over. He’s settin the tone for what other rappers (ie…the ones i mentioned above) will be doing years from now.

It’s not about the music with Plies. It’s about the story. As journalists, we have to touch on it. Would you have been happier if I just did a RapBasement post, and only posted the news about all his deals? Where’s the fun in that?

I say what i say to start your conversations. In this case, i obviously did.

And yes, my man, one love in this hip-hop/rap shit.

It keeps me gong on the daily.

It just really upsets me that seemingly trustworthy media outlets(i.e. TSS) would waste time on a garbage emcee like Plies when there are plenty of folk on the fringe who could benefit from your exposure. In effect, it’s you all that set the trends, because we regular folks get our info from YOU.

No intent to disrespect you guys, as I obviously check this site regular, but I did feel the need to let y’all know that I feel you’re headed in a dangerous direction with your journalism. Dickriding ain’t relative. If you ain’t feeling son, why you taking space and time to talk about him? If you genuinely felt his style and movement, then it wouldn’t be dickriding to report on him. But being as you said you don’t even listen to him, your article only serves to bring attention to a dude that already has too much of it.

I, as a fan, just want a site to check for that maintains its integrity.

Gotty, don’t chime in on this shit neither. I ain’t feeling how you break in on these back-and-forths like you the elder statesman and shit. Y’all may not be feeling me right now, but respect my will to not be a TSS dickrider. I got love for the site, and I want to keep it that way.

With that said, Beware, it’s one love for this hip hop.

I just write about the news. Plies happened to be in the news, i saw an angle, and took it. I’ve never bumped Plies once in my life.

I understanbd his music, that doesn;t mean i have to like it.

And as far as TSS ‘dickridin’ since we ‘got our lil shine’….its all relative. we post whats in the news, or bubbling on the radar. as much as we like to set the trend, most of the time its you, the fans, who actually set the precedent.

as far as the Amaru quote…

“”It ain’t about East or West. It’s about niggas and bitches, power and money, riders and punks. Which side are you on?”"

I love Pac, and everything he stood for, but the second line of that shit is exactly what Plies stands for, man. My question for you is…where do you stand?