Three 6 Mafia vs. Plies
versus
tue 7/1/2008
| name | Juicy J (Paul Beauregard) and DJ Paul (Jordan Houston). | Algernod Lanier Washington. |
| hometown | Memphis, Tenessee. | Fort Myers, Florida. |
| debuted in | 1991. | 2005. |
| style | Southern hip hop and horrorcore. | Southern hip hop. |
| debut album | Mystic Stylez. | The Real Testament. |
| breakthrough track | Stay Fly featuring 8 Ball & MJG and Young Buck. | Hypnotized featuring Akon. |
| killer collab | Sippin on Syrup featuring UGK. | Shawty with T-Pain. |
| beef | Ex-member Koopsta Knicca. | Trick Daddy. |
| drama | Accused of including satanic messages in their music. | Accused of firing a gun into a crowd after one of his performances was cut short. |
| in their own words | "You got a hit song, if a female don’t like it, it’s not a hit. If a woman likes it, more than one, it’s a smash. You actually gotta please the females before you please pretty much anybody else." | "A lot of ni***s think being real is how many times you done been to prison or how many ni***s you done murked in the streets. I beg to differ. For me, real is being a responsible father." |
| most recent release | Last 2 Walk. | Definition of Real. |
| the critics | Rolling Stone: “As rappers, Three 6 have always been pro forma, bragging blandly about drugs, sex and cars, but their beats can be revelatory.” | The New York Times: “Plies, from Fort Myers, Fla., is an average technician, but he has a glorious mush-mouth growl.” |
| maybe you didn't know | First African-American rap group to win an Oscar. | The hit song "I Wanna Love You" by Akon originally featured Plies instead of Snoop Dogg. |
| webprops | 158,994 friends on new official MySpace. | 538,661 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Partying in a psychedelic, computer-generated world in Lolli Lolli (Pop that Body). | Rolling in a convertible with Ne-Yo in Bust It Baby Pt. 2. |
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