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

Some real gems on this list.

Swede