Lloyd Banks, "this is my crew"

Ieshia86 · 11-10-2008, 10:04 PM

LLOYD BANKS "THIS IS MY CREW" | MTV.COM

There's a lot of things Lloyd Banks wants to be the king of, but he doesn't want to be known as the best in one hip-hop category.

"I don't want people to talk about me and say, 'Lloyd Banks can dance his ass off!' " the Punch Line King joked, sitting in 50 Cent's office in the Manhattan G-Unit headquarters.

Of course, Banks wants to be heralded for his lyricism — killing bars, if you will. After a hiatus from solo mixtapes preceding his Rotten Apple run, the former Mixtape Artist of the Year has a renewed commitment to the circuit. Yeah, 50 had Banks and Tony Yayo churning out verses on three Unit mixtapes earlier this year, but Banks says he's going it alone for the next few months with his own street-CD series.

"I figured I'd give them both quality and quantity," he said. "I'll do it at a pace as nobody has ever before.

"I was testing the waters," he continued, talking about his technique of releasing a freestyle every other day in anticipation of last month's Return of the P.L.K. mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid. "I wanted to do something new. Instead of giving them a whole tape, I wanted to give it to them broken up. A freestyle Monday, Wednesday, then Friday. Let the weekend chill, hit them back again Monday. I did that for about four weeks until people said, 'When's the tape coming?' I knew what I was doing. I was working at such a fast pace, I wanted to judge what I should do next from their reaction."

Banks said he heard nothing but love from the fans but had a mixed reaction from the bloggers.

"I was like, 'OK, you're not hearing nothing else until Halloween,' " he explained. "I finished the tape on October 27, because I was flying back and forth. I was actually in Chile when the tape came out. It went through Whoo Kid, and it came out the right way. I'm on automatic pilot right now. I'm gonna just drill you until you understand. Nobody is gonna step up to this plate. This is how I spar. I just feel like at the rate I'm putting this stuff out, there's no way they're gonna be able to deny me in '09."

Banks has been keeping his ears tuned into the underground circuit as always. He listed Charles Hamilton, Joe Budden and Philadelphia's Reed Dollar, Gillie da Kid and Young Chris as cats on his radar. He also wants to work with Jadakiss and Fabolous.

More than 100 songs for his third solo album have been recorded, but there's no timetable for the release. He has to figure out his contractual situation. 50's deal is up with Interscope, and the Unit will go with him, wherever he ends up. Yayo, however, owes the 'Scope one more album.

"When all this corny stuff is out of here, they're gonna respect me for staying who I am," Banks noted about the hip-hop climate. "Not compromising me or my music to blend in with the times. I wanna make the times."

Joints To Check For

"Party and Bullsh--." "That's the first time I heard Biggie," Banks said about using the instrumental from the throwback Notorious B.I.G. jam. "That's why I did it. I had my little radio, and I'd be missing school because of Stretch & Bobbito's [radio show on] WKCR. Listening to them, I used to hear that record. That's back when Jay-Z was freestyling with Big L. Rest in peace. That always stuck in my head. I sat and thought about it [when making this tape]. I was like, 'Let me bring it back with this.' That's my tribute to B.I.G. My all-time favorite. That's why I started the tape off with that."

"Shine Through." "The J-Rock record 'All My Life,' I did that over," Banks said. "I saw the video, heard the song. I said, 'I like this right here.' I'm not biased towards anybody. If I like the music, I'll put my twist to it. It was something I did for me. My grandmother just passed of cancer. I was kinda dealing with that since my pops passed. It was one thing after the next. When she finally passed, it was hard for me. I wanted to find a way to express myself through the music. That's what I did, as well as pay tribute to the homies that are gone. I'm 26 years old now. But when I got my deal, me and my homies was running wild. Unfortunately, I was the only one who could rap. I didn't really have the finances to hold up my whole crew at that point when I'm 19 years old. I lost a lot of friends, as well as family. I wanted to dedicate that to them. That record means a lot to me."

"Beneath Me." "How you gonna put me in a category that came on the train when it was moving?" Banks says about a line in the song, in which he implores people to not compare him to two of his former G-Unit mates. Game caught the train in L.A. Buck caught the train in Cashville. "That's smacking me [in the face] for everything I did," he said about his loyalty and long tenure with the Unit. "I worked hard at this. I had to get from a point when they was calling me 50 on mixtapes."

This Is My Crew | MTV.com

That Would Be So Hot to hear JadaKiss and Fabolous On a song with Banks

MS DIOR · 11-10-2008, 11:37 PM

Thanks ieshia .................

XraYBeatZ · 11-11-2008, 06:30 AM

Loyal Banks

jg213 · 11-11-2008, 07:57 AM

lmao yayo still gotta put a album out on interscope.....g-unit gonna leave interscope on a LOW, if they leave. he'll sales 2000 copies because 50 will do his singles for him.... this must be why 5.o's butler has been talking so reckless lately

Viktor Vaughn · 11-11-2008, 10:24 AM

good read, banks still the shit

Majcip · 11-11-2008, 01:41 PM

Banks the best in the G-Unit for sure

Young Justice · 11-11-2008, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XraYBeatZ

Loyal Banks

LOL, true... good shit, propz

Young Justice · 11-11-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jg213

lmao yayo still gotta put a album out on interscope.....g-unit gonna leave interscope on a LOW, if they leave. he'll sales 2000 copies because 50 will do his singles for him.... this must be why 5.o's butler has been talking so reckless lately

Lol, listen to your crying Buck and suicide Game, LOOOOOOL

BLUE HFNER · 11-11-2008, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ieshia86

LLOYD BANKS "THIS IS MY CREW" | MTV.COM

There's a lot of things Lloyd Banks wants to be the king of, but he doesn't want to be known as the best in one hip-hop category.

he's the PLK and the best in hip-hop now.

supragtx · 11-12-2008, 05:04 PM

ive been bumpin return of the plk and halloween havoc since they came, and i gotta tell ya >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

5 or better series is a classic

am lookin forward to see him callab with fab, they probably gonna do a single watch...

AzawX · 11-12-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Majcip

Banks the best in the G-Unit for sure

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLUE HEFNER J.R

he's the PLK and the best in hip-hop now.

fuck no.

BLUE HFNER · 11-15-2008, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzawX

fuck no.

so who u think is the best in hip-hop?

Hunger4More · 11-16-2008, 01:47 AM

damn hes not holdin back

Persis Prod. · 11-17-2008, 10:49 AM

Lloyd Banks can dance his ass off!

Yung_blaze · 12-01-2008, 06:29 PM

another fall back wit fabolous

RiiLLZ · 12-15-2008, 05:56 PM

PropZZZ ......

Hannibal Glock · 12-15-2008, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yung_blaze

another fall back wit fabolous

that'd be illness

Young Mic · 12-16-2008, 01:12 PM

Would Love To Hear Him With Jada Or Loso Or All Of Them On One Song, Props

B DONington · 12-18-2008, 11:43 AM

I cant see Fab collabin wit Banks....

rappers always list niggas they wanna work wit.....and it rarely happens

shit would be fire tho......Jada is another story

Kid Bankshot · 12-19-2008, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ieshia86

LLOYD BANKS "THIS IS MY CREW" | MTV.COM

There's a lot of things Lloyd Banks wants to be the king of, but he doesn't want to be known as the best in one hip-hop category.

"I don't want people to talk about me and say, 'Lloyd Banks can dance his ass off!' " the Punch Line King joked, sitting in 50 Cent's office in the Manhattan G-Unit headquarters.

Of course, Banks wants to be heralded for his lyricism — killing bars, if you will. After a hiatus from solo mixtapes preceding his Rotten Apple run, the former Mixtape Artist of the Year has a renewed commitment to the circuit. Yeah, 50 had Banks and Tony Yayo churning out verses on three Unit mixtapes earlier this year, but Banks says he's going it alone for the next few months with his own street-CD series.

"I figured I'd give them both quality and quantity," he said. "I'll do it at a pace as nobody has ever before.

"I was testing the waters," he continued, talking about his technique of releasing a freestyle every other day in anticipation of last month's Return of the P.L.K. mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid. "I wanted to do something new. Instead of giving them a whole tape, I wanted to give it to them broken up. A freestyle Monday, Wednesday, then Friday. Let the weekend chill, hit them back again Monday. I did that for about four weeks until people said, 'When's the tape coming?' I knew what I was doing. I was working at such a fast pace, I wanted to judge what I should do next from their reaction."

Banks said he heard nothing but love from the fans but had a mixed reaction from the bloggers.

"I was like, 'OK, you're not hearing nothing else until Halloween,' " he explained. "I finished the tape on October 27, because I was flying back and forth. I was actually in Chile when the tape came out. It went through Whoo Kid, and it came out the right way. I'm on automatic pilot right now. I'm gonna just drill you until you understand. Nobody is gonna step up to this plate. This is how I spar. I just feel like at the rate I'm putting this stuff out, there's no way they're gonna be able to deny me in '09."

Banks has been keeping his ears tuned into the underground circuit as always. He listed Charles Hamilton, Joe Budden and Philadelphia's Reed Dollar, Gillie da Kid and Young Chris as cats on his radar. He also wants to work with Jadakiss and Fabolous.

More than 100 songs for his third solo album have been recorded, but there's no timetable for the release. He has to figure out his contractual situation. 50's deal is up with Interscope, and the Unit will go with him, wherever he ends up. Yayo, however, owes the 'Scope one more album.

"When all this corny stuff is out of here, they're gonna respect me for staying who I am," Banks noted about the hip-hop climate. "Not compromising me or my music to blend in with the times. I wanna make the times."

Joints To Check For

"Party and Bullsh--." "That's the first time I heard Biggie," Banks said about using the instrumental from the throwback Notorious B.I.G. jam. "That's why I did it. I had my little radio, and I'd be missing school because of Stretch & Bobbito's [radio show on] WKCR. Listening to them, I used to hear that record. That's back when Jay-Z was freestyling with Big L. Rest in peace. That always stuck in my head. I sat and thought about it [when making this tape]. I was like, 'Let me bring it back with this.' That's my tribute to B.I.G. My all-time favorite. That's why I started the tape off with that."

"Shine Through." "The J-Rock record 'All My Life,' I did that over," Banks said. "I saw the video, heard the song. I said, 'I like this right here.' I'm not biased towards anybody. If I like the music, I'll put my twist to it. It was something I did for me. My grandmother just passed of cancer. I was kinda dealing with that since my pops passed. It was one thing after the next. When she finally passed, it was hard for me. I wanted to find a way to express myself through the music. That's what I did, as well as pay tribute to the homies that are gone. I'm 26 years old now. But when I got my deal, me and my homies was running wild. Unfortunately, I was the only one who could rap. I didn't really have the finances to hold up my whole crew at that point when I'm 19 years old. I lost a lot of friends, as well as family. I wanted to dedicate that to them. That record means a lot to me."

"Beneath Me." "How you gonna put me in a category that came on the train when it was moving?" Banks says about a line in the song, in which he implores people to not compare him to two of his former G-Unit mates. Game caught the train in L.A. Buck caught the train in Cashville. "That's smacking me [in the face] for everything I did," he said about his loyalty and long tenure with the Unit. "I worked hard at this. I had to get from a point when they was calling me 50 on mixtapes."

This Is My Crew | MTV.com

That Would Be So Hot to hear JadaKiss and Fabolous On a song with Banks

lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEWSKULL · 12-23-2008, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by persis prod.

lloyd banks can dance his ass off!

lolocoaust

srmafia · 12-23-2008, 02:48 PM

Banks is killlllllllllling it right now with these mixtapes. It would be incredible to see him work with Budden, Hamilton, Loso, Kiss, Young Chris... Shit would be nutty. Lyricism is coming back, full circle!!!

madnumber24 · 12-24-2008, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Young Justice

Lol, listen to your crying Buck and suicide Game, LOOOOOOL

.........................

JPeppz · 02-09-2009, 01:09 AM

Banks is the illest. Banks has always been the best and the PLK.

KING BHOB · 02-09-2009, 01:14 AM

Man..........Sometimes Ya'll Fuckin AMAZE Me With These Comments

11-10-2008, 10:04 PM	#1
Ieshia86 IM A FEMALE Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: BRONX NY Posts: 5,592 Repped: 2,842 Repped 6,446 Times in 791 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 26 Times in 20 Posts	Lloyd Banks, "this is my crew" Lloyd Banks, "this is my crew" LLOYD BANKS "THIS IS MY CREW" \| MTV.COM There's a lot of things Lloyd Banks wants to be the king of, but he doesn't want to be known as the best in one hip-hop category. "I don't want people to talk about me and say, 'Lloyd Banks can dance his ass off!' " the Punch Line King joked, sitting in 50 Cent's office in the Manhattan G-Unit headquarters. Of course, Banks wants to be heralded for his lyricism — killing bars, if you will. After a hiatus from solo mixtapes preceding his Rotten Apple run, the former Mixtape Artist of the Year has a renewed commitment to the circuit. Yeah, 50 had Banks and Tony Yayo churning out verses on three Unit mixtapes earlier this year, but Banks says he's going it alone for the next few months with his own street-CD series. "I figured I'd give them both quality and quantity," he said. "I'll do it at a pace as nobody has ever before. "I was testing the waters," he continued, talking about his technique of releasing a freestyle every other day in anticipation of last month's Return of the P.L.K. mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid. "I wanted to do something new. Instead of giving them a whole tape, I wanted to give it to them broken up. A freestyle Monday, Wednesday, then Friday. Let the weekend chill, hit them back again Monday. I did that for about four weeks until people said, 'When's the tape coming?' I knew what I was doing. I was working at such a fast pace, I wanted to judge what I should do next from their reaction." Banks said he heard nothing but love from the fans but had a mixed reaction from the bloggers. "I was like, 'OK, you're not hearing nothing else until Halloween,' " he explained. "I finished the tape on October 27, because I was flying back and forth. I was actually in Chile when the tape came out. It went through Whoo Kid, and it came out the right way. I'm on automatic pilot right now. I'm gonna just drill you until you understand. Nobody is gonna step up to this plate. This is how I spar. I just feel like at the rate I'm putting this stuff out, there's no way they're gonna be able to deny me in '09." Banks has been keeping his ears tuned into the underground circuit as always. He listed Charles Hamilton, Joe Budden and Philadelphia's Reed Dollar, Gillie da Kid and Young Chris as cats on his radar. He also wants to work with Jadakiss and Fabolous. More than 100 songs for his third solo album have been recorded, but there's no timetable for the release. He has to figure out his contractual situation. 50's deal is up with Interscope, and the Unit will go with him, wherever he ends up. Yayo, however, owes the 'Scope one more album. "When all this corny stuff is out of here, they're gonna respect me for staying who I am," Banks noted about the hip-hop climate. "Not compromising me or my music to blend in with the times. I wanna make the times." Joints To Check For "Party and Bullsh--." "That's the first time I heard Biggie," Banks said about using the instrumental from the throwback Notorious B.I.G. jam. "That's why I did it. I had my little radio, and I'd be missing school because of Stretch & Bobbito's [radio show on] WKCR. Listening to them, I used to hear that record. That's back when Jay-Z was freestyling with Big L. Rest in peace. That always stuck in my head. I sat and thought about it [when making this tape]. I was like, 'Let me bring it back with this.' That's my tribute to B.I.G. My all-time favorite. That's why I started the tape off with that." "Shine Through." "The J-Rock record 'All My Life,' I did that over," Banks said. "I saw the video, heard the song. I said, 'I like this right here.' I'm not biased towards anybody. If I like the music, I'll put my twist to it. It was something I did for me. My grandmother just passed of cancer. I was kinda dealing with that since my pops passed. It was one thing after the next. When she finally passed, it was hard for me. I wanted to find a way to express myself through the music. That's what I did, as well as pay tribute to the homies that are gone. I'm 26 years old now. But when I got my deal, me and my homies was running wild. Unfortunately, I was the only one who could rap. I didn't really have the finances to hold up my whole crew at that point when I'm 19 years old. I lost a lot of friends, as well as family. I wanted to dedicate that to them. That record means a lot to me." "Beneath Me." "How you gonna put me in a category that came on the train when it was moving?" Banks says about a line in the song, in which he implores people to not compare him to two of his former G-Unit mates. Game caught the train in L.A. Buck caught the train in Cashville. "That's smacking me [in the face] for everything I did," he said about his loyalty and long tenure with the Unit. "I worked hard at this. I had to get from a point when they was calling me 50 on mixtapes." This Is My Crew \| MTV.com That Would Be So Hot to hear JadaKiss and Fabolous On a song with Banks __________________

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XraYBeatZ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 44 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Loyal Banks

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jg213 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,359 Repped: 260 Repped 189 Times in 78 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 96 Times in 59 Posts	lmao yayo still gotta put a album out on interscope.....g-unit gonna leave interscope on a LOW, if they leave. he'll sales 2000 copies because 50 will do his singles for him.... this must be why 5.o's butler has been talking so reckless lately

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Viktor Vaughn Krimson Militant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney City Biotch Posts: 3,268 Repped: 935 Repped 44 Times in 28 Posts Blog Entries: 3 Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	good read, banks still the shit

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Yung_blaze Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: LONDON Posts: 5,060 Repped: 1,193 Repped 145 Times in 62 Posts Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 4 Posts	another fall back wit fabolous __________________ Play with the best die like the rest G_UNIT_THUG: Props 50, you da real fif?

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B DONington Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: 613...oTTawA fukaz Posts: 409 Repped: 27 Repped 10 Times in 7 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	I cant see Fab collabin wit Banks.... rappers always list niggas they wanna work wit.....and it rarely happens shit would be fire tho......Jada is another story __________________ MYSPACE.COM/ITSBDON

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srmafia Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,506 Repped: 1,680 Repped 627 Times in 131 Posts Neg Reps: 31 Neg Repped at 15 Times in 13 Posts	Banks is killlllllllllling it right now with these mixtapes. It would be incredible to see him work with Budden, Hamilton, Loso, Kiss, Young Chris... Shit would be nutty. Lyricism is coming back, full circle!!! __________________ "I'm the illest nigga ever, I told you... ...I get more pussy than them dyke bitches, total."

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