Goon Affiliated

Plies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2010)
• Original Release Date: June 8, 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B0030U1TLG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,434 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2010 release, the fourth album from the Hip Hop star. Plies has described Goon Affiliated as his best album to date and is his first album to feature collaborations. When it comes to Hip Hop artists, Plies is the realest! After the success of his 2007 RIAA gold debut, The Real Testament, the Ft. Myers, Florida native returned a mere 10 months later with his sophomore release, The Definition Of Real. Thanks to the success of his Ne-Yo-assisted #1 single, "Bust It Baby Part 2," Plies once again struck RIAA gold, selling over 500,000 copies of The Definition Of Real. Then, within just six short months of The Definition Of Real, Plies returned with his third disc, Da REAList, which along with his previous albums did rather well on the Soundscan Charts. Plies described this amazing fete by saying "I've been blessed to be able to come back with three albums in 16 months...I feel like it's something that hadn't been done in the new era."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars His Worst CD Yet...., June 12, 2010

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Enlightened "Both Eyes Closed, see what u don... (Atlanta Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goon Affiliated (Audio CD)

I'm a Plies supporter (check earlier reviews of albums) so the quality of this release is quite disappointing. His first two albums were easily some of the best released in those years while mixing his "goon" persona in with a reflective side that surprised those people looking to detract from him. His interviews are always interesting because of how he thinks and what he says. He's very intelligent.

But as always rappers have to try and balance being successful while not alienating their fanbase. Yes Plies is quite successful, his last 3 albums have all hit the gold plateau even in these times. Truth be told he's one of the more successful, polarizing, controversial, and interesting rappers to emerge in the past 5 or 6 years.

I'm not feeling this album though. AS the cover suggests, the ignorance is cranked up to an even higher level than his previous albums. When songs like "Rob Myself" play (I listened to the song several times...what does that even mean??) you tend to just shake your head. Unlike previous albums, where some social commentary was mixed in to try to offset his adventures into craziness, this album is absent of those all together. Songs in the vein of Runnin My Momma Crazy or Worth Goin Fed Fo are nonexistent and yes it detracts from the album.

The typical Plies song about women aren't even good on this album. Good D... is just stupid, Model and Kitty Kitty ft. Trey Songz are terrible. Goonette is slightly decent. There's no Shawty, I Wanna, or Bust It Baby on this album though.

The singles Becky and Look Like ft. Young Jeezy & Fabolous are pretty good songs. She Got It Made, Bruh Bruh and Awesome are also Ipod/zune worthy.

The album as a whole is quite underwhelming. Maybe Plies needs to take a break (4 albums in 4 years) to get the creative juices flowing again because as far as rhymes and ideas this is his worst album. The beats are standard fare...nothing too out of the ordinary. Goon Affiliated has a few songs but I would only recommend the album to his die hard fans. 2 Stars.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly A DisAppointment, June 22, 2010

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LICIABAE901 "LICIABAE901" (Memphis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goon Affiliated (Audio CD)

This Was Truly A Big Ass Mistake PLIES Could've Waited A Minute I mean What Was The Big Rush!I Am a Huge Supporter Since Day 1 The 1st 3 Albums Were Classics !4th Album Flop Material He Should not have Put Half Of The Album Out On Twitter That's Where He Messed Up @! Highly A Disappointed SMH!! Step It Up Maybe Next Album!

4.0 out of 5 stars PLIES GO HARD BRUH BRUH!!!, April 27, 2011

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Eddie Chaney "J- Stielo" (South Korea.. OSAN BABY!!!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goon Affiliated (Audio CD)

This album str-8 street. Down south if u ain't on plies u ain't on nothin. I gotta say Bruh Bruh started of movement of people using the word. And Becky is official used by dudes.
I will say could have been a bit better, but if you wanna a cd to ride out with your boys with, throw this on.