Plain Rap

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Plain Rap
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 2000
Genre Hip hop
Length47:42
Label
Producer
The Pharcyde chronology
Labcabincalifornia
(1995)
Plain Rap
(2000)
Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde
(2001)
Singles from Plain Rap
  1. "Trust"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
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Plain Rap is the third studio album by Los Angeles hip hop group The Pharcyde. [6] The album was released on November 7, 2000, on Delicious Vinyl/Edel America Records. Slimkid3 (Tre Hardson) left the group after the release of the album. [7] [8]

Contents

The album peaked at #157 on the Billboard 200. [9]

Production

The album contains production from Showbiz of D.I.T.C., J-Swift, and the group themselves. [10] It features four guests such as Black Thought, Spear of the Nation, Buc Fifty, and Schmooche Cat.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times called the album "uninspired," writing that the group "deliver their lyrics without much of the inflection and flair that made the group’s earlier material memorable." [1] The A.V. Club wrote that "too often ... Plain Rap sounds like what Labcabin's detractors unfairly accused it of being: mature and adult to the point of sounding hopelessly dull." [11] Portland Mercury wrote that "it's not that the album is horrible--it just isn't going anywhere." [12]

Robert Christgau listed "Trust" as a "choice cut." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Trust" 4:42
  2. "Network (feat. Black Thought)" 5:08
  3. "LA" 3:24
  4. "Somethin'" 4:52
  5. "Misery" 5:10
  6. "Blaze" (feat. Spear of the Nation, Buc Fifty & Schmooche Cat) 3:33
  7. "Rush" 3:12
  8. "Sock Skit" 1:18
  9. "Guestlist" 3:51
  10. "Evolution" 4:02
  11. "Front Line 5:08
  12. "World" 5:48
  13. "Trust (Remix)" 4:51

Singles

Single information
"Trust"
  • Released: 2000

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