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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]

Plain Rap
Studio album by The Pharcyde
Released	November 7, 2000
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:42
Label	Delicious Vinyl / Edel America[1]
Producer	Bootie Brown J-Swift Showbiz Slimkid3
The Pharcyde chronology
Labcabincalifornia (1995) Plain Rap (2000) Humboldt Beginnings (2004)
Singles from Plain Rap
"Trust" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

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 lone guest Black Thought.

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" 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

References

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