S “Definition of Real” (Big Gates/ Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic): C-
This so-called definition of real is actually the definition of what’s wrong with hip-hop. Florida native Plies fills his sophomore album with insert-’hood-cliche-here rhymes that offer absolutely nothing new. The only thing more incomprehensible than a song called “Who Hotter Than Me” from a rapper with negligible wit and
talent is a record label that puts stock in him. Download: “Somebody (Loves You).”
