Have They Lived Up To Their Potential- #2- Lloyd Banks
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in The Reason
Albums Released:
The Hunger For More
Rotten Apple
The Hunger For More 2
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Records Sold- N/A
Awards Won:
2004's Mixtape artist of the Year at the Mixtape Awards
Best Collaboration at the BET Awards for Touch It [Remix]"
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No, but he underrated
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? no
How you have 3 albums in 13 years? -
Nah, he got filthy rich too soon
"Im only 21 sittin on mills" -
Banks and Juelz are the two most laziest rappers that never lived up to their potential.
Juelz and weezy were at the same level in 06 during I can't feel my face time.
Fast forward 2 years and Wayne is the biggest artist in the world and Juelz is doing pyramid schemes -
Busta Carmichael wrote: »Banks and Juelz are the two most laziest rappers that never lived up to their potential.
Juelz and weezy were at the same level in 06 during I can't feel my face time.
Fast forward 2 years and Wayne is the biggest artist in the world and Juelz is doing pyramid schemes
You didn't have to do Santana like that fam -
Nope but it's not totally his fault....his voice abandoned him
Based on some of his newest stuff....hes not the same bsnks...hes more lyrical but without great song making ability -
Nope
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Busta Carmichael wrote: »Banks and Juelz are the two most laziest rappers that never lived up to their potential.
Juelz and weezy were at the same level in 06 during I can't feel my face time.
Fast forward 2 years and Wayne is the biggest artist in the world and Juelz is doing pyramid schemes
Banks isnt really lazy he just doesn't put out out a lot of visuals but has tons of quality material that he's been dropping on his mistakes
He has been bullshitting with that Cold Corner 3 though -
Banks could have been top 10
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Do Jadakiss next
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Nah he still makes good mixtapes tho. Definitely could be at the top of the game if he stepped up and actually promoted his ?
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*camron nope gif*
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I think he did he has 3 great albums (with a classic debut) and some great mixtapes under his belt, Banks already made his money he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wants to be a mega star like 50, he just wants to smoke tree's ? women and chill and every now and then spit some hot ? , quality over quantity.
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Preach2Teach wrote: »I think he did he has 3 great albums (with a classic debut) and some great mixtapes under his belt, Banks already made his money he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wants to be a mega star like 50, he just wants to smoke tree's ? women and chill and every now and then spit some hot ? , quality over quantity.
Personal classic you mean... -
Dude is a lyrical beast, idgaf about anything else.
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Nope
He's a dope MC
But not enough albums (a lot of good mixtapes tho)
And, the Hip Hop climate changed for the worst
That didn't help neither.. -
Banks never struck me as the type of guy who wanted to be in the spotlight anyways.
I think with a good executive producer he could make incredible music, but whoever 50 has him linked up with isn't bringing out banks full potential -
Lou_Cypher wrote: »Banks never struck me as the type of guy who wanted to be in the spotlight anyways.
I think with a good executive producer he could make incredible music, but whoever 50 has him linked up with isn't bringing out banks full potential
Yall must don't listen to his mixtapes. Cold Corner 2 is a classic imo -
Banks career has been squandered this last almost decade since HFM2. I thought after Beamer, Benz Bentley he would of found his way near the top commercially. He's still can drop a dope mixtape every now and then tho.
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Revolver Ocelot wrote: »
Lol tf -
blue_london wrote: »Preach2Teach wrote: »I think he did he has 3 great albums (with a classic debut) and some great mixtapes under his belt, Banks already made his money he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wants to be a mega star like 50, he just wants to smoke tree's ? women and chill and every now and then spit some hot ? , quality over quantity.
Personal classic you mean...
Yes and I am not the only one who considers it a classic. -
Mixtapes albums whatever. The mixtapes are original material. He drops projects every year and they all ? dope. As a Banks fan since 03, I'm satisfied
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I THINK HE HAS LIVED UP TO HIS POTENTIAL...
FOR A NYC MIXTAPE RAPPER, BANKS HAS COME A LONG WAY...
HE'S GOT A STYLE HE CAN EASILY MODERNIZE & UPDATE...
HFM 1 & 2 ARE DOPE...
ROTTEN APPLE HAD SOME JOINTS, BUT HIS ENERGY WASN'T RIGHT...
HE CAME THROUGH ON G-UNIT'S BFM & TOS ALBUMS...
AND HIS MIXTAPE CATALOG IS ON-POINT...
I FEEL HE'S CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING MORE DOPE ALBUMS/MIXTAPES...
BUT I FEEL WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE BEST OF LLOYD BANKS...
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Lou_Cypher wrote: »Banks never struck me as the type of guy who wanted to be in the spotlight anyways.
I think with a good executive producer he could make incredible music, but whoever 50 has him linked up with isn't bringing out banks full potential
Yeah some people think the next man should somehow do "more" like ok he started from nothing and went platinum and had hits and everything, but somehow, there is some imaginary more he should have done. None of that is guaranteed. When a rapper has any success its just that...success. So in that regard he's done 100%. Plus your point about...everybody dont wanna be constantly putting music out. So of course he's surpassed expectations considering he started from zero. Could he have done "more"? I say no he did it his way.
Its easy to look from the outside at what someone coulda shoulda done but then why arent you more successful? Then you wouldnt care most likely. Its another thing if somebody aint did sht but there are people who dont see the positives of what someone actually accomplished I guess. So I try to stay away from that faulty thought process partially because it cant accurately be judged from the outside
