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Plies (2008)

Plies (born July 1, 1976 in Fort Myers , Florida ; real name Algernod Lanier Washington ) is an American gangsta rapper .

biography

Washington grew up in East Dunbar, Florida and began rapping on his brother's Big Gates label in the late 1990s. In 2003 he was signed to Slip-n-Side Records and released several mixtapes.

He also wrote the rap track I Wanna Love You , also known as I Wanna Fuck You , which reached # 1 on the Hot 100 charts in 2006 and # 3 on the UK charts, and originally recorded it with Akon, but he became replaced by Snoop Dogg for marketing reasons . Plies was arrested in 2006 for illegal gun possession after a group around Washington was shot into viewers in a row over the microphone at a rap concert. Two of his companions were charged with attempted manslaughter.

The Real Testament

Plies' Akon- produced album The Real Testament reached number 2 in the US sales charts in the week after its release in August 2007, the single Hypnotized (feat.Akon) reached number 14, and the single Shawty number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The album was awarded gold by the RIAA .

Definition of real

The second album Definition of Real was released in June 2008. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and, like the previous album, went gold. The single Bust It Baby (Part 2) made it into the top 10 of the US singles charts. The album has guest appearances by Ne-Yo and Trey Songz, among others .

Because REAList

Da Realist was released in December 2008 and made it to number 14 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. So far, the two singles Put It on Ya and Want It, Need It have been released with guest appearances by Chris J and Ashanti . In commercial terms, the success was well behind the first two Plies albums.

Goon Affiliated

The fourth studio album, Goon Affiliated , was first announced in June 2009 and has been postponed for a year. It entered the top 5 of the album charts in June 2010, but only stayed there for two months and, like its predecessor, missed gold status. The two single releases Becky and She Got It Made just missed the Hot 100.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2007 The Real Testament US2
platinum
platinum

(38 weeks)US
2008 Definition of real US2
gold
gold

(21 weeks)US
2009 As a realist US14th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
2010 Goon Affiliated US5
gold
gold

(8 weeks)US

More albums

  • Aristotle (2008)
  • Da Last Real Nigga Left (2011)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
2007 Shawty
The Real Testament 		- US9
Platinum (mastertone) + platinum
Platinum (mastertone) + platinum
Platinum (mastertone) + platinum

(22 weeks)US
feat. T-Pain
Hypnotized
The Real Testament 		UK66 (6 weeks)
UK 		US14th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
feat. Akon
2008 Bust It Baby (Part 2)
Definition of Real 		UK81 (2 weeks)
UK 		US7th
Gold (mastertone) + platinum
Gold (mastertone) + platinum
Gold (mastertone) + platinum

(22 weeks)US
feat. Ne-yo
Please Excuse My Hands
Definition of Real 		- US66 (12 weeks)
US
Put It on Ya
Da REAList 		- US31 (13 weeks)
US
feat. Chris J
2009 Want It, Need It
Da REAList 		- US96 (1 week)
US
feat. Ashanti
2017 Real Hitta
The Goat 		- US100 (1 week)
US
feat. Kodak Black
2018 skirt - US95 (5 weeks)
US

More singles

  • Becky (2010, US:goldgold Gold)

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AT AT US US
2007 I'm so Hood
We the Best 		- US19th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
2008 Out Here Grindin '
We Global 		- US38 (15 weeks)
US
DJ Khaled feat. Akon , Plies, Young Jeezy , Rick Ross, Ace Hood , Trick Daddy & Lil 'Boosie
2009 Wasted
The State vs. Radric Davis 		- US36
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)US
Gucci Mane feat. Plies
What I Do
Graffiti 		- US88 (1 week)
US
Chris Brown feat. Plies
2010 Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
Raymond v. Raymond 		AT68 (1 week)
AT 		US24 (21 weeks)
US
Usher feat. Plies
Lose My Mind
Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition 		- US35 (15 weeks)
US
Young Jeezy feat. Plies
2011 Welcome to My Hood
We the Best Forever 		- US79 (7 weeks)
US
DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne & T-Pain

Further guest contributions

  • Cross Me (Youngboy Never Broke Again feat.Lil Baby und Plies, 2018, US:goldgold Gold)

swell

  1. ↑ [1] biography at nme.com
  2. ↑ Chart tracking of I Wanna Love You
  3. ↑ [2]
  4. ^ " After Five-Year Absence, UGK Scores First No. 1 Album ", message on Billboard.com from August 15, 2007.
  5. ↑ Chart positions of the single releases from Last Testament ( memento of July 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Billboard.com, visited on November 18, 2007.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: AT UK US1 US2
  7. ↑ a b Plies in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Plies
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Washington, Algernod Lanier (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gangsta rapper
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Myers , Florida , USA