Lloyd Banks Talks Album, Young Buck, Lil Wayne

Youngmoneyclick · 06-12-2009, 03:43 AM

Recently, G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks opened up to HipHopDX about several subjects, including why it has taken him three years to put out a new album.

"A lot of people don’t know…I went through a lot of stuff that year with my father passing, my mom had heart attacks back-to-back," said Banks of his time spent since his last album, Rotten Apple [click to read]. "This is while I was actually home. I was supposed to be doing promos and things of that nature. Literally, I was out of the mix for about six months. Then around the time that [50 Cent’s] 'I Get Money' came out, I was back in the mix. And a lot of people don’t know, I haven’t been on Interscope since that last album, since about the beginning of 2008. I’ve really just been sitting and waiting. This is 50’s last album requirement, so I got a lot of things coming to the table, and I don’t want to miss the boat. There’s really nothing to rush about, especially when I felt bamboozled. I still felt like everyone was still hating. It’s too late to hate, it’s time to get over that. I just wanted to sit back and analyze for a minute and not rush things. Now, I’m coming back full circle, and I had to put together a game plan."

Lloyd Banks also spoke on the topic of ousted G-Unit member Young Buck:

"Buck handled it completely wrong. He went vocal with things in the public that wasn’t ironed out," explained Banks about the falling out beteen Young Buck and 50 Cent. "It just showed signs of being ungrateful. That’s the way 50 took it. Somebody who’s extended their hand to you so much, and for you to show direct negligence out in the public, and you say, 'Fuck G-Unit,' what do you expect to come from that?"

"I never understood why that was so hard for him to understand," continued Banks. "50’s stated that he’s paid this man’s taxes for the past two years! You owe a man a quarter-million dollars, and you say fuck him on stage, at that point what do you expect to happen? This is what I’m saying: everybody hears the shot, but nobody hears the smack! What happened to the smack in the face of G-Unit?"

The G-Unit lyricist, crowned Mixtape Artist of the Year in 2004, also said that he appreciated Lil Wayne's mixtape grind, and that it inspired him to get back into that mode. "I would lie to say it doesn’t. You need something – it’s right there plain in your face. I always felt like that was the formula, like that was the structure I needed to be successful. It’s just like the record label looks at it like you’re over-saturating. They don’t understand the freestyle. They don’t make any money off of the freestyle. Anything that they don’t make money off of, it doesn’t make sense. That’s why I had to get away from it. You can’t tell me this shit doesn’t make sense when this is what got me sittin’ in your office. We’ve done it! We’ve made it possible for Wayne to understand that formula, and he took it and ran with it! It’s time for me to take it and run with it also, and be fully dominant in that market."

As for future plans, Lloyd Banks indicated that he will eventually pursue acting, but is first interested in devoting his time to music.

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martijnlinde · 06-12-2009, 07:24 AM

reaL TALK.....

TheLostBoy · 06-12-2009, 07:24 AM

Banks is killing it in the Mixtapes time for an LP
cant wait for this Banks album

Majcip · 06-12-2009, 07:28 AM

yeah props real talk

black ice 07 · 06-12-2009, 08:42 AM

He's hot right now if he want to follow Wayne formula he need to start doing remixes and killing the verses like how he doing on the underground. He slowly getting back on people radar. If dude jump on a few big records he could really do some damage on the indie circuit when he drops. It's slowly comming back to the lyrics, all this dance shit slowly dying out.

Precinct Phantom · 06-12-2009, 11:57 AM

Banks is getting bak on trak
He's been active in the recent past, so if he continue's to do that it'll b a heavy release

DemonicSinn · 06-12-2009, 12:07 PM

Talk iz cheap. Let's see some action. I wanna see if he can bring back that 2004 shit.

I Got It MADE · 06-12-2009, 12:21 PM

damn banks is the truth. always keeps it 100

Stay Fly · 06-12-2009, 12:42 PM

He said some real shit man, and he is right about artists who drop records too much, its so fucking annoying to hear lil wayne every single day or week. Like look at eminem, that was exciting to hear, you been waiting so long, its so nice to hear him again. This is the way it should be.....internet fucking up music too much.......

hope banks gonan drop heat on his albums like he does on his mixtapes. For Real.

TheSecondComing · 06-12-2009, 03:30 PM

Good To See Banks Is Focused

Da MD Kid · 06-12-2009, 06:01 PM

real shit there

BWS Pacific · 06-12-2009, 06:27 PM

lil wayne was appealing, Banks is not...His career will fail.he is boring

supragtx · 06-12-2009, 06:29 PM

get EM bankssssssssss

ImmortalTechnique · 06-12-2009, 06:30 PM

banks won't drop an album any time soon... no one is checking for him

Ed-ucation · 06-12-2009, 08:33 PM

Hope he drops a album soon. Well he returning slowly but he hear about him, that's a start now we wanna hear songs from him.

DemonicSinn · 06-13-2009, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWS Pacific

lil wayne was appealing, Banks is not...His career will fail.he is boring

Banks is a dope lyricist, but hiz material has no substance. Just the same ol' punchline/metaphor. Tell a story or somethin'. I like Banks, but you right he iz boring. 50 been kinda wack lately, but at least he ain't boring.

El Scorpio · 06-13-2009, 04:31 AM

good to hear something from Banks, sure he's gonna drop great mixtapes

06-12-2009, 03:43 AM	#1
Youngmoneyclick FREE T.I Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in tha hood Posts: 3,096 Repped: 207 Repped 5,558 Times in 1,686 Posts Neg Reps: 90 Neg Repped at 220 Times in 127 Posts	Lloyd Banks Talks Album, Young Buck, Lil Wayne Lloyd Banks Talks Album, Young Buck, Lil Wayne Recently, G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks opened up to HipHopDX about several subjects, including why it has taken him three years to put out a new album. "A lot of people don’t know…I went through a lot of stuff that year with my father passing, my mom had heart attacks back-to-back," said Banks of his time spent since his last album, Rotten Apple [click to read]. "This is while I was actually home. I was supposed to be doing promos and things of that nature. Literally, I was out of the mix for about six months. Then around the time that [50 Cent’s] 'I Get Money' came out, I was back in the mix. And a lot of people don’t know, I haven’t been on Interscope since that last album, since about the beginning of 2008. I’ve really just been sitting and waiting. This is 50’s last album requirement, so I got a lot of things coming to the table, and I don’t want to miss the boat. There’s really nothing to rush about, especially when I felt bamboozled. I still felt like everyone was still hating. It’s too late to hate, it’s time to get over that. I just wanted to sit back and analyze for a minute and not rush things. Now, I’m coming back full circle, and I had to put together a game plan." Lloyd Banks also spoke on the topic of ousted G-Unit member Young Buck: "Buck handled it completely wrong. He went vocal with things in the public that wasn’t ironed out," explained Banks about the falling out beteen Young Buck and 50 Cent. "It just showed signs of being ungrateful. That’s the way 50 took it. Somebody who’s extended their hand to you so much, and for you to show direct negligence out in the public, and you say, 'Fuck G-Unit,' what do you expect to come from that?" "I never understood why that was so hard for him to understand," continued Banks. "50’s stated that he’s paid this man’s taxes for the past two years! You owe a man a quarter-million dollars, and you say fuck him on stage, at that point what do you expect to happen? This is what I’m saying: everybody hears the shot, but nobody hears the smack! What happened to the smack in the face of G-Unit?" The G-Unit lyricist, crowned Mixtape Artist of the Year in 2004, also said that he appreciated Lil Wayne's mixtape grind, and that it inspired him to get back into that mode. "I would lie to say it doesn’t. You need something – it’s right there plain in your face. I always felt like that was the formula, like that was the structure I needed to be successful. It’s just like the record label looks at it like you’re over-saturating. They don’t understand the freestyle. They don’t make any money off of the freestyle. Anything that they don’t make money off of, it doesn’t make sense. That’s why I had to get away from it. You can’t tell me this shit doesn’t make sense when this is what got me sittin’ in your office. We’ve done it! We’ve made it possible for Wayne to understand that formula, and he took it and ran with it! It’s time for me to take it and run with it also, and be fully dominant in that market." As for future plans, Lloyd Banks indicated that he will eventually pursue acting, but is first interested in devoting his time to music. Source- __________________

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martijnlinde G-g-g-g-g Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 6,669 Repped: 4,608 Repped 5,503 Times in 773 Posts Neg Reps: 355 Neg Repped at 291 Times in 182 Posts	reaL TALK..... __________________

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TheLostBoy G.O.O.D. Music Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: My Block Posts: 1,921 Repped: 225 Repped 742 Times in 399 Posts Neg Reps: 380 Neg Repped at 192 Times in 138 Posts	Banks is killing it in the Mixtapes time for an LP cant wait for this Banks album __________________

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Majcip Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SK Posts: 3,130 Repped: 1,367 Repped 749 Times in 338 Posts Neg Reps: 33 Neg Repped at 50 Times in 41 Posts	yeah props real talk __________________ Rest in peace to Michael Jackson aka Forever King of POP

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Precinct Phantom Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lincoln Posts: 1,229 Repped: 282 Repped 125 Times in 95 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 20 Posts	Banks is getting bak on trak He's been active in the recent past, so if he continue's to do that it'll b a heavy release __________________ Links you need to checkout: myspace.com/precinctphantom myspace.com/grandangel510 myspace.com/macwasey

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black ice 07 Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Memphis Tenn Posts: 1,916 Repped: 923 Repped 841 Times in 137 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 10 Posts	He's hot right now if he want to follow Wayne formula he need to start doing remixes and killing the verses like how he doing on the underground. He slowly getting back on people radar. If dude jump on a few big records he could really do some damage on the indie circuit when he drops. It's slowly comming back to the lyrics, all this dance shit slowly dying out.

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DemonicSinn AKA Ty-G Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cincinnati/Hanover Park, IL Posts: 4,720 Repped: 1,114 Repped 640 Times in 171 Posts Neg Reps: 76 Neg Repped at 95 Times in 56 Posts	Talk iz cheap. Let's see some action. I wanna see if he can bring back that 2004 shit. __________________ IDGAF about bein Neg Repped. You can't trade rep points in for money, nigga. LOL

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I Got It MADE Veteran Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY Posts: 1,226 Repped: 131 Repped 3,329 Times in 590 Posts Neg Reps: 79 Neg Repped at 344 Times in 173 Posts	damn banks is the truth. always keeps it 100

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Stay Fly Livin Life! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 9,747 Repped: 5,697 Repped 1,034 Times in 341 Posts Neg Reps: 892 Neg Repped at 210 Times in 164 Posts	He said some real shit man, and he is right about artists who drop records too much, its so fucking annoying to hear lil wayne every single day or week. Like look at eminem, that was exciting to hear, you been waiting so long, its so nice to hear him again. This is the way it should be.....internet fucking up music too much....... hope banks gonan drop heat on his albums like he does on his mixtapes. For Real.

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TheSecondComing Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 42 Repped: 0 Repped 3 Times in 3 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good To See Banks Is Focused

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BWS Pacific Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pacific Posts: 1,541 Repped: 0 Repped 519 Times in 288 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1,305 Times in 591 Posts	lil wayne was appealing, Banks is not...His career will fail.he is boring

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ImmortalTechnique OPEN WIDE! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brew City, Milwaukee Posts: 3,059 Repped: 190 Repped 856 Times in 377 Posts Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 238 Times in 143 Posts	banks won't drop an album any time soon... no one is checking for him

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Ed-ucation Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,083 Repped: 416 Repped 98 Times in 58 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	Hope he drops a album soon. Well he returning slowly but he hear about him, that's a start now we wanna hear songs from him. __________________

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El Scorpio Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Switzerland (but from UK) Posts: 8,922 Repped: 1,350 Repped 867 Times in 279 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	good to hear something from Banks, sure he's gonna drop great mixtapes

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