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Kodak is definitely a child of Plies musically. When he went on IG Live a few weeks back reaching out to Plies, I knew it would be for one of these types of records. I got the email during the week for the clearances and was amped! This is EXACTLY what I always had envisioned for this record...

Figured I'd circle back around on this one. Just got done wrapping this up this week (i.e. "Stressin"). Kodak dropped his new single yesterday, which sampled. Kodak Black "Stressed Out"

Not exactly how that went. Jamie is a comedian first and foremost. So he embellished the story being a funny guy. Crips rolled up to "talk". That is definitely not why they showed up. They were going to start some sh*t. Security did what they are paid to do and secured Plies. It didn't matter...

EFN was one of our longest running supporters with The Cipher. Danny from Shoe Gallery was our first advertiser (til we closed shop). But CrazyHood started advertising in issue 2 until the end. Crazy seeing how Drink Champs has popped off. That guy embodies persistence!

Yeah bro it probably was from TJ because I don't think B-Rich is around anymore and TJ still manages him and TJ was critical to artists in the SE back then. He was also tied in to one of those DJ alliances too (think it was Core DJs) which gets you access to all those mixshow DJs that will help...

haha that's it bro!

305HipHop was critical for me with all the SNS artists! I used to get a lot of material over to them. Man I love hearing some of these names, crews, venues again. A real blast from the past! I've got to share some of the Culo/Calle Ocho pics here...that was a wild day 😅 Do you remember the...

He sure did! Crazy how we all connected back then. He was in PEP and I was in 360. Both our crews basically collaborated on The Cipher when we started that. God-free was critical in getting us ins with clubs and events and wrote for us as well. As for Pit, that's dope man. I have to go...

Yeah Wayne was Plies' biggest fan back in the day. When Wayne won his award at the Ozone Awards in 2006, he specifically shouted ojut Plies saying he's the next big thing during his acceptance speech. We had zero beef with Wayne (we first met hm at the Trina "Don't Trip" video shoot). And we...

DVS is dope. Him and his brother both grew up playing in the church so they were legit musicians too. Hi brother went on to play as a part of Black Violin when they toured with Jay-Z and Linkin Park. TJs DJs was one of the main record pools that helped us get our music out in Florida/the...

Yeah one of many. Can't win them all...but man some of these misses stung! And Tony is a cool dude. I keep up with him on FB still

Ah man The Moon! We shot the "Got Em Hatin" video up there at the FAMU Homecoming/Car Show (most of it...we finished the rest in Tampa) in '06. Nitti did that beat (Plies and I drove up to ATL to do that record with him)...also how we met Drumma Boy (literally ran up on my car in a parking lot...

Aaah man, Tony Wilkins from Orlando! That man is a man that has his hands in everything! I was just talking about him a few weeks ago. I really wanted to do more work with The Runners. Their sound just didn't work for Plies. I had them work on one record for me for Trina though. I had them...

Yeah man there's a lot interesting things that happened behind the scenes on these projects. I have some crazy stories, some amazing wins, some misses that haunt me to this day, and some overall dope stories in how these records came together. Definition of Real was particularly action...

Yeah we knew we had a smash when they played the hook for us. We had issues with the record later too (after it was all over the radio). Drumma Boy told me there was no samples or interpolations on the production. Come to find out he "co-produced" this with his brother Ensayne Wayne...who in...

I appreciate that bro. If we're talking 97-2010ish, I'm here for it. I have plenty of stories. But I live in South Africa now, doing business out here. So I'll post when I can when it's in my wheelhouse! Btw, just to show how amazingly small the world is. On my first trip out here in 2016...

Oh for sure! But it took awhile because it was never a focus area. But Miami resistance wasn't from the streets...it was from the industry in Miami. He personally had a bad experience in Miami during college days, that always had him on guard about the city...but the streets are the streets...

Another fun fact: The last two records to make The Real Testament were "Runnin My Momma Crazy" and "100 Years". I was already getting the album mixed with Ray Seay at The Vault. We'd fly in the producers for their mixes. I flew in Midnight Black for the "Goons Lurkin" mix. He brings me a...

True Story. Plies had the streets in a headlock. The challenge was finding a way to do what he did best without losing the edge. His street music was TOO street for radio. We almost did that with the Akon "I Wanna F*ck You" (we leaked that record originally)...it was gutter enough (I Wanna...

Word. The Palestinian Rebel, Arab Attack! He left that behind loooooong ago. Talks about Islam when its convenient, but does so with a rib in his hand.