Lloyd Banks

[Jman28]

Okay, you would think that being a part of G-unit would result in a guy being highly overrated, but I don't understand this.

Obviously, this is an opinion, but Banks is much better than most of the rappers out right now. I don't know any of the numbers, and I do realize that he's got a couple videos that play on MTV, but I still feel like he's underplayed and underrated.

**I know that there are other rappers even more underrated, but this thread isn't about them.

Anyway, am I the only one who thinks he's that good?

I mean, I see a lot of bad rap on TV, and hear it on the radio. I think Lloyd Banks is so much better than most of it. What's the deal?

[nothumb]

Lloyd Banks is following the typical G-Unit career map, wherein the artist puts out a few funny singles with every good punchline they've ever written and lots of the required gangster crap, then kind of falls back on the bread-and-butter 5th grade rhymebook that everyone on the radio is sharing right now.

Next case.

NT

[Jman28]

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Lloyd Banks is following the typical G-Unit career map, wherein the artist puts out a few funny singles with every good punchline they've ever written

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I dunno man. I don't think he's run out yet.

[nothumb]

Give it time. They can still afford to pay a few guys to sit around, smoke weed and come up with this stuff. By his third album they'll just be mix-n-matching stuff from Biggie's mix tapes and his own debut.

NT

[Jman28]

I'm not disagreeing with you necessarily, but what are you basing this on? G-unit has only been big for a few years. How many people have already followed this formula?

[BullChip]

GG-G-G-G-G-G-G-GG-GG---G-GG-G-GG-GG-G UNIT !!!!!

he's aight, karma was whateva, and he's got a new single out that's whateva. typical video rapper who has some commercial success with some street credibility under his belt.

Personally, I think the Game is better than Banks, Young Buck, and Yayo combined.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

didn't lloyd banks's album go platiunum?

[David04]

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didn't lloyd banks's album go platiunum?

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Like that matters. Going platinum doesn't automatically make a CD good.


I'm not saying Banks is no good(I like him) but you can't use sales figure to determine if someone is a good musician.

[Lazymeatball]

But you can cite CD sales to debate whether an artist is underrated or not, which is the very essence of this thread.

[swede123]

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didn't lloyd banks's album go platiunum?

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Recent Platinum Artists (http://www.billboard.com/bb/riaa/platinum.jsp)

Some real gems on this list.

Swede

[Soul Daddy]

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didn't lloyd banks's album go platiunum?

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Recent Platinum Artists (http://www.billboard.com/bb/riaa/platinum.jsp)

Some real gems on this list.

Swede

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Surprised to see The Killers on that list, though it is goot. I was unaware they had reached the masses. The OC must be a powerful marketing tool.

Sorry for hijacking. Carry on...

[billyjex]

G-Unit has Lamborghini doors on the Escalade. Now that's hard.

[ilya]

I think there are some people in your camp. Personally I don't really get him. I like his voice but I'm not a huge fan of his flow and he doesn't seem to have a lot of inflection. What are some verses you really like?

[BusterStacks]

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Don't confuse me with the suckers
'Cause when I spit, You'll hear more “Ooh's”
Then a Skip-to my-Lou move at the Rucker
Thank God for giving Banks the gift
You think that bandana makes you look gangsta
But all I see is a handkerchief
Nigga there's no one out the click that freezes
Believe that, 'cause I ain't scared a [censored] but Jesus
Look dog, I don't run with the poodles
Difference is, I'm eating in Rome and you eating Roman Noodles
Ya' boy is corrupt kid
Banks a send a bitch to the store
Just for a piece of cheesecake like Puff did

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[Tron]

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Banks a send a bitch to the store
Just for a piece of cheesecake like Puff did

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Awesome.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

i wasn't implying if the cd was good or not, which by the way i actually like his alubm, but the original poster in the thread said that banks was underplayed which i found kind of hard to believe considering he's sold a million albums and his singles have been heavily rotated on the airwaves.

[Jman28]

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Don't confuse me with the suckers
'Cause when I spit, You'll hear more “Ooh's”
Then a Skip-to my-Lou move at the Rucker
Thank God for giving Banks the gift
You think that bandana makes you look gangsta
But all I see is a handkerchief
Nigga there's no one out the click that freezes
Believe that, 'cause I ain't scared a [censored] but Jesus
Look dog, I don't run with the poodles
Difference is, I'm eating in Rome and you eating Roman Noodles
Ya' boy is corrupt kid
Banks a send a bitch to the store
Just for a piece of cheesecake like Puff did

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"You jokes can't afford these homes.
Look around I got 40 clones
Now look down, that's 40 stones
And that's only in the necklace
I'm boney and I'm reckless
(vroom)
There's Tony in the Lexus.
I'm fresh out the gutter, scrap what your man thought
I'm in the hood with more straps than a Jansport."

The rest of it's just as good as the first part.

[Jman28]

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I think there are some people in your camp. Personally I don't really get him. I like his voice but I'm not a huge fan of his flow and he doesn't seem to have a lot of inflection. What are some verses you really like?

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I gotta run, but I'll be back later tonight to answer.

Weird, I was thinking his voice might be what's holding him back. I don't know of anyone who rymes as many syllables as Banks does besides Eminem, and that's a personal favorite skill of mine.

[-Syk-]

Overrated mixtape rapper with little to no emotion or presence. Most overrated punchlines ever. If you're going to tell me you sell more crack than me or how many shells you'll put in me, be clever. Banks = garbage.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I have never like Lloyd and his voice is horrible for a rapper.

[BusterStacks]

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I have never like Lloyd and his voice is horrible for a rapper.

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This from the guy who starts a thread about Tech N9ne... good lord...

[ThaSaltCracka]

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I have never like Lloyd and his voice is horrible for a rapper.

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This from the guy who starts a thread about Tech N9ne... good lord...

[/ QUOTE ] dude, Tech kills it. Lloyd is just some generic east coast clique rider.

[-Syk-]

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Don't confuse me with the suckers
'Cause when I spit, You'll hear more “Ooh's”
Then a Skip-to my-Lou move at the Rucker
Thank God for giving Banks the gift
You think that bandana makes you look gangsta
But all I see is a handkerchief
Nigga there's no one out the click that freezes
Believe that, 'cause I ain't scared a [censored] but Jesus
Look dog, I don't run with the poodles
Difference is, I'm eating in Rome and you eating Roman Noodles
Ya' boy is corrupt kid
Banks a send a bitch to the store
Just for a piece of cheesecake like Puff did

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"You jokes can't afford these homes.
Look around I got 40 clones
Now look down, that's 40 stones
And that's only in the necklace
I'm boney and I'm reckless
(vroom)
There's Tony in the Lexus.
I'm fresh out the gutter, scrap what your man thought
I'm in the hood with more straps than a Jansport."

The rest of it's just as good as the first part.

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You need education.

[ThaSaltCracka]

^^^^^^ LMAO!!