What happened to LLoyd Banks?

[@wickedwu22]

Lloyd Banks still has his credibility, never fell off and never went soft. He’s a legend like Ghostface out in the streets. He just keeping it real living his life man.

[@blackhokage1744]

@Ray Mark I don't understand why you are laughing

[@marshaunyemane532]

Ray Mark fuck you mean? 50 is a top rapper in the 2000’s hip hop stage. ion see you wit millions. he’s a legend that made enough money to get rich and didn’t need to make more music. a lot of rappers write music to get outa the hood and make it to the top

[@jonathancoleman6482]

Naw he fell off

[@stevenbeets9863]

I miss the days when G-unit was at their peak and had beef with a lot of artists, Hip Hop was more enjoyable back then. Banks is top 10 in my opinion. He raps circles around most of these new rap clowns.

[@rubinturner8233]

True. But that doesn't sell records. That's the only thing that matters to the industry. 50 cent said it best. Messing the bag up. It's not just about punchlines and lyrics. It's about HIT RECORDS.

[@stevenbeets9863]

Rubin Turner Rubin Turner banks’ music isn’t for drake stans. Banks takes the time to create something meaningful with each word he writes. If you listen to south side story on the hunger for more you’ll notice that the track isn’t a “HIT” however it’s one of the best tracks to have ever been written because it paints a vivid picture in my mind with each bar and that’s something your favorite rapper probably cannot do.

[@rubinturner8233]

@@stevenbeets9863 I'm from New York. Don't you think I know that? LOL that's NOT the point! 50 was a gangsta and he never had a problem make commercial tunes for the radio for the sales part and hardcore shit for underground. If you're ever going to make it a career time has PROVEN you have to do BOTH. Lloyd is great at mixtapes not commercial emceeing. Even if his music is not intended for teenybopper crowds...that doesn't mean that millions will go to the store and cop it. That's just reality. Now...if we look at guys from the 90s and early 2000s we remember Snoop Doggy Dogg had Dre help to craft songs. Not just lyrical music. He became the biggest thing in rap because his music appeal to everyone even as hardcore as it was back then! So let's not act like it can't be done. Em music was never crafted for Drake type fans either but them shows be packed and sales are made with ease. He found a way to mesh the character Slim Shady with his commerical releases and give the lyrics fans something always. Busta Rhymes. The Fugees. I mean the list goes on and on. Banks never figured out his formula to do that. That's why 50 basically had to hook him and Yayo up with features to break them to the commerical audiences. The only one who could in a basketball sense create his own shot without assists was Game. And even he got 50 features on The Documentary. But after he left GUnit he still could make splashes with his style of music. He learned how to market his gangsta shit for the masses and WITHOUT GUnit! Both Banks and Yayo couldn't do it.

[@Daconnect5]

He is lazy as hell

[@shauncameron8390]

Most of G-Unit's beefs were with other NY artists.

[@alexramos8508]

Banks was the best one of them all

[@gamerincorporated154]

I guess i have to listen to his music. I got the first two and really didn't get into them

[@Nordic_E.T.]

And this is facts

[@ValdoMorais]

Love Banks but Buck for sure da best

[@aarondaniels4221]

Fr g

[@marm506]

As 50 said in his most recent book - Banks has "Lazy Lloyd" tattooed on him for a reason. Not everyone has the same hunger.

[@owenwyoung]

Lloyd Banks will be an icon forever and will still be the punchline king

[@benstonks9047]

Lloyd Banks is not lazy in terms of music. The guy released like 5 Mixtapes in 2 years back in 2007 - 2009. However, what I think they meant by lazy is that Lloyd Banks never promotes his songs or do something to lit a buzz around his music. For example, like recording music videos, advertising them any chance he can get, promising music but never delivering, etc. He hasn't released an Album in 9 Years and he hasn't released a mixtape in 3 Years. If he drops a a new project, Cold Corner 3, Halloween Havoc 4 Or All Or Nothing 3 Is Probably the Next One the list. I genuinely hope he gets a new hit and be on top of the industry again like he was in 2003 to 2007.

[@benstonks9047]

Update: Add The Hunger For More 3 To The List.

[@BlancoToldYou]

Lloyd Banks is so underrated hes been my favorite since 2002

[@imusic1006]

Banks isn’t lazy in workrate, just doesn’t like to deal with all the other bullshit in the game. He loves the craft of writing but industry bullshit ain’t important to him. It is also important to note that that state of the game right now doesn’t favor banks but he still should feed that core audience

[@jonmassimiliano1859]

Lloyd Banks hands down one of the best top 5. I remember listening to the best of Lloyd Banks mixtapes, the 134 Allstars, and the old g-unit mixtapes. They don't make rap like that these days. #PLK 🔥

[@kingjamesmayo8232]

Banks is my favorite MC Ever

[@DRWRITER08]

Rico Suavemente I agree banks is the goat when it comes to bars flow and lyrics. I love his music.

[@robertthurton2066]

Huh!

[@MiamiBlossom]

@@DRWRITER08 he's not better than Beyonce, Beyonce would end his career in half a bar.

[@quettacherry8497]

The hunger for more album was so fire. I'm saddened he didn't take his dad's passing well.

[@travelinman]

50 cents beefs prevented Banks from networking and when 50 fell off Banks fell off.

[@ctwishkeyprn2039]

He was making songs with niggas after the beef, 50 said it best, these niggas would just sit around and wait for an announcement tour, wasn't looking for directors to shoot videos for their mixtape hits and was just flat out lazy with marketing, prodigy in his book even addressed it not one! G unit artist was wearing the clothes

[@juicyjay8642]

@Armando Henderson Thank you! I love Banks, but he dropped the ball when he didn’t take advantage of the momentum that Beamer, Benz or Bentley gave him.

[@travelinman]

@@ctwishkeyprn2039 The industry was already done with them. The train had already left the station

[@ctwishkeyprn2039]

@@juicyjay8642 this was literally after the massacre album lol

[@juicyjay8642]

@Travelin Man From what I understand, Interscope wanted him back once Beamer, Benz or Bentley dropped and became a hit, but he opted for the independent route.

[@MikeMike-fh4ee]

"You ain't gotta go all the way to L.A. to get your MC ate." That boy was bad.

[@eazye187]

Most underrated! The man has released timeless music from freestyles to albums..yet he gets criticized. As a fan, I understand why people would get upset he doesn’t release music as much. He repeatedly for years has said he doesn’t like where the industry is at right now. I know he has CC3, HH4 & AON3 done..& stop calling the goat lazy, he ain’t struggling. #Top5 #PLK 🐐

[@kaiyeem]

Uh 50 cent was with his mother until sometime after he was already 8 years old, his father was never around, part of that premise is flawed at best. 50 was mad because all of his artist did nothing to maintain public interest, nor did they release new music to sustain that said interest, he felt like he enabled them to feel entitled, because they NEVER had to grind and keep constantly grinding like he did.

[@millymilly8264]

@Ray Mark right 😂

[@PopPopOnline]

@ 7:00 wrong song. 50 was referring to the videos from the 5 & better series mixtapes from banks (“Big Bully”, Bomb first, etc.) not Beamer, Benz or Bentley. That’s why 50 is credited as a director for that video even though he’s not a video director.

[@cesartoledano2150]

This man needs to come back.

[@AliTalksMusic]

Agreed, banks is top 10

[@charlieevan3569]

@@AliTalksMusic number one

[@Bullet730]

He will his real fans just need to give him a good enough reason

[@Bullet730]

@@AliTalksMusic Top 5

[@charlieevan3569]

@@Bullet730 Lloyd banks is the only mc that can save the rap game and bring it back to its rightful glory

[@WalkNJ732]

He knows what the industry offers that's why he slowly but surely departed from the group

[@lexsbronxn.y.c2372]

Lloyd Banks is One of My favorite Rappers..He needs to Come back! Asap!!..

[@JohnsonLimerstine]

The most lyrical member of g unit but never switched his style up but if he did like game and fif he'd see the money pile up.

[@bluehefner888]

johnson limerstine that’s the exact advice banks gave 50 in the song in the club lol

[@thebest12700]

game still makes dope music he hasnt lost a step. fif on the other hand did decline rapidly

[@Dilllll26]

Game been spitting for years

[@auroramchugh2250]

Hahaha tight got ya see what ya did lol

[@brentonchattin]

Hard to believe Banks fell off, one of my favorite rappers. Favourite freestyler for sure

[@chevyavila9597]

Banks was at his best IMO in 2009 those verses on the five and better series were sick. I can’t really get anything after 2013 his style switched. I still fuck with him

[@buckdancer8916]

I met him in 2005 at the riverside studios hammersmith and he gave me a hunger for more t shirt, a few year later his promoter reached out to my little brother who runs a successful venue in the uk he was trying to book a show for only £4,000 and my little bro turned him down I was gutted would of been amazing to see him play in my hometown.

[@dopeboy187]

When i was young I used to put on fire by Lloyd Banks on repeat I still a fan of him

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

"Everybody deals w/ greif differently". Yea, have you seen exactly how Kanye has snapped lately?

[@brandonlemons4540]

I think that has more to do with being around the kardashians. Lol.

[@ToxicBri-mwah]

Im gonna say it was 50% kardashians 50% losing his mom

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

@@ToxicBri-mwah agreed

[@Scorpio4485]

Mr Dacus he was in the sunken place for a while

[@777sweet]

I use to go to High School with Lloyd Banks. He doesn’t have a personality at all. I was being nice to him. He would have his headphones and his notebook all the time. He was very quiet and stayed to himself. He never talked much. I never seen him smile. I can see why he never went out there to promote himself. You know the type that likes attention but doesn’t like to be around people.

[@veronicacooper4397]

Lloyd Bank will always be my fav♥️♥️

[@ahmetgeril8233]

50 has a vision, and most of us can't keep up walking until we reach our goal. Since eminem 50 endekt, i haven't eaven heart anything bad talk about him ( i think thats loyalty if i am not mistaken?), and Lloyd banks is one of the best i dont have to mention, the guy is incredible.

[@aarondaniels4221]

Banks was the reason I even kept listening to 50.

[@alx42013]

I feel banks On dropping every thing.. After losing his pops. I went thru the same Shit. Nothing matters anymore.... After that. Hope banks gets thru the pain.

[@tijaanimayers5605]

Banks felt the music should speak for itself

[@michaelgalvin5896]

Real cool to see the PLK get some appreciation. Im from long island and always thought banks was one of the best out there. I ran into him a couple times, it was crazy how not many people recognized him but they all know 50 cent. Hes always super cool though, will drop what hes doing to say whatsup 💪🏼

[@MCfr203]

Started out with the what happened to kidd kidd one and a hour later I'm still on this channel lol subscribed!!!! I'm feeling the moving mouths lol

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

Lloyd Banks was my favorite in G-Unit

[@megadethguym7977]

I understand what he go through my father and my brother died already both of my roll models passed

[@camronshean1758]

Lloyd Bank$ was originally gonna be on The Game's song Runnin'. Angelo Sanders who's an A&R for Aftermath Entertainment said: "Getting Yayo was my idea because we were gonna put Lloyd Bank$ on that record originally. Yayo had just came home from jail and I was like, "We need to go with Yayo on that." We reached out and Yayo was with it and he spit that fire."

[@kmob009]

Banks is just so tight that he doesnt have the spot light he deserves and i dont blame him one bit. literally going down next to wallace and shakur ! the dude is a straight ill .. different flows too many lyrics how isnt he #1 of our generation beats me

[@angelpimentel2643]

Banks hands down number 1 fuck the mainstream... most underrated ever we need more music from you...

[@octaviaharvey7447]

the moving lips , tho! 😂😭😭😭

[@gorgeousbeauty6723]

😂😂😂

[@Chula92]

It’s creepy

[@raydelblaise9403]

My favorite #1MC on my list #LloydBanks #PunchLineKing 🗽🗽🗽🗽

[@IceteagatoR]

And its "I'm SO FLY" . HUGE BANKS FAN

[@anthoncamaro4477]

Those cgi faces are creepy and weird af!

[@AliTalksMusic]

Thats the point

[@dirtmarc4436]

I was feeling creep out too okay

[@Bullet730]

I know why he left because it's Lonely at the Top when you're the best and you don't get respected for being the best you have two options either continue getting treated like shit or know your self-worth and leave very simple!

[@jimmyleon367]

To be honest the first time I listened to g unit mixtape new one came out like every week for like a year straight it was crazy in the summer of 2000-2001 I thought lloyd banks was 50 we didn't have pics of yayo or lloyd thats the only reason I listened to them.. until I did more research back in the day I found out 50 got dropped from Columbia records thats around the time he did the industry diss..more respect to banks punchline king🤴🤴🤴 I know you want to pop me but,if I hit you first the exit wound going to be the size of a hockey puck..

[@FrancoMscs]

Hi. I’m here because the other video was 30 min long

[@johnnyTimothyRokket]

Banks done released some fire verses in 2020

[@michaeldomingos8435]

Lloyd Banks was my favorite rapper on the G-Unit group but I was more into the early mixtape Banks put out.

[@themadrapper101]

I walked a mile on a hot ass day on June 29 2004 to Coconuts to get Hunger For More the first day it came out the collector's edition with the DVD. Had Lloyd Banks on the 💯 dollar bill. That's also the first day I was introduced to this new guy on the team called The Game from Compton. Didn't take long for him to become my favorite member cause besides G-Unit I was listening to Dr. Dre, death row, NWA all the shit Game was representing

[@lisawilkins9433]

My favorite rapper of all time

[@l0x847]

"The Course Of The Inevitable” ✊🏾

[@floydwilliams2414]

Banks one of the greatest of all time!!

[@antwandarellefenton]

Facts

[@leobell1686]

Bro some people don't want to rap for ever I love banks if u count his mix tapes this dude got over 20 albums he did enough

[@ARBJ85]

My Favorite out of G Unit .....Banks

[@bobancamdzic5098]

His mixtape Failures no option from few yrsn ago was a master peice.

[@tyronebrown2246]

Nothing HAPPENED to him. Was he supposed to rap forever ????

[@jayerjackson4441]

Tyrone Brown like for reals lol he made money he Good lol

[@bernardhasley2783]

Come on banks don't let me down from Youngstown ohio we got yo back plk all day

[@mohammedhai7315]

Banks needs hunger 4 more production and he will take over the game again. Real king of NY

[@timothyharrison5810]

V6 was one of the best mixtapes I ever listened to. Classic

[@TayonR]

Asking what happened to Banks in 2019 is like asking what happened to The SOS Band, Cyndi Lauper and Kid N Play in 2003

[@estevan_soulreal4365]

If your not a believer of banks skill just listen to ( Set The Pick) he clearly has crazy bars and actually has continued to evolve and get better G unit will never be G unit without Lloyd Banks !

[@GelsonMwale]

Needed him back

[@GawwGaww]

He still the best

[@salruvalcaba829]

I respect this dude he is great rapper .. do you thing man ..

[@popamalu2882]

Banks is a way better rapper now than he was back then

[@alx42013]

His nickname Was always "Lazy Lloyd" It's tattooed on his arm even....

[@deadnitezn.z.4938]

Lmao! How about those puppet movements!😂

[@dakarbrown5474]

His first CD was fire

[@7820-n3p]

So was Rotten apple

[@icicestrosehill3504]

One of the best punchliner

[@DRWRITER08]

Batmanna Man he’s THE BEST punchliner. PLK GET WIT IT

[@raymondzayas4322]

I went to a g- unit & rocafella concert and 50 definitely wasn’t there it was tony yayo, Lloyd banks, freeway, beanie sigel, and young gunz back in like 2006

[@Olando89]

This is a good channel. I like this.

[@johnboscoc4940]

My man Lloyd 😍

[@ificatchuatthelight]

Cool video, would anyone know what program used to make 50 picture talk

[@matthewmann8969]

Banks still has if in him not too much is lost

[@Coco-xw3wp]

So he sacrificed his dad for the music business and regrets it.... Enough said!

[@hunna5849]

Nothing or no one lasts forever

[@antwandarellefenton]

2pac legacy

[@millymilly8264]

I always thought he was so fineeee 💕

[@ThebirdsandThebees6000]

I always thought lloyd bamks coild have been a bigger rapper then 50

[@brentparris7537]

I still fuck with Lloyd Banks.. no homo

[@KingKong187911]

Him and 50 Cents where the best of them

[@jeffreyjeffrey1935]

Lloyd Banks actually once sold me a 10 pcs in Queens in 86

[@pacman9635]

Nothen he just don't rap no moe bro he just chills with life and enjoys his cash he's just living bro he's a serious good rappa

[@AtlanticDriveCompton]

Him and spi were the only ones worth listening to

[@kamal7miledog252]

I don’t give a fuck what niggas say, Banks a beast. Nothing but respect ✊ for him. I’ve got every Lloyd Banks album and there ALL cold.

[@luismoreira7609]

I love his song Lloyd banks have nice lyrics

[@Tiajones333]

Can you do Charlie Baltimore and Truth Hurts

[@AliTalksMusic]

Ima try drop Charlie next week. If not it’ll be out the week after.

[@taureanmay7480]

It's here.

[@Jacob-cu4uj]

The thumbnail makes it look like he’s just got a new hat and some new chains

[@MandellSupreme]

He never left you be dropping mixtapes. He's better on a song by himself

[@steevedubois1163]

I once saw him shopping at a Homedepot where I used to work

[@Daconnect5]

Stop it

[@b.broadway1831]

who fucking cares

I would’ve turned into full fangirl ngl

[@kenneyldj]

Always felt he was too quiet for the group. Lyrically he's the best out of all of them. And he fine too !

[@ryand8024]

I dont care what anyone say, gunit in their prime was a great time for music. Along with dip set. 03 to 08 was fire.

[@LB3THEKID]

I’m a huge fan of banks But his first album sold 433,000 first week then the second week 164,000 sound like interscope bought some records first week to boost the sales. That’s a 45%+ drop off Def jam been known to do that too

[@Scorpio4485]

Now he was my second fav and 50 1st to me 50 didn’t want them to be more successful than him. In my opinion 50 and nicki has the same narcotic personality. I love them both but the truth is the truth!

[@lawlor2925]

If that was the case 50 would have never brought them into g unit. 50 wanted everyone he was cool with to eat

[@Scorpio4485]

Scott I respect your opinion but I disagree... He could have given them a role in any of his shoes movies etc.....

[@lawlor2925]

@@Scorpio4485 they are not actors. Some people like acting. Some don't. 50s always been about making movies and shows. So no, has nothing to do with him not having them in shows

[@lawlor2925]

@@Scorpio4485 plus banks had plenty of enough money and respect that "if" he wanted to he could have easly been in or make his OWN movie or show. Why the hell would they look for a handout?

[@jaysonadams4962]

Maybe Banks wanted to change also. Though society glorifies artists as though their glamorous however if u dont live right you dont necessarily feel right and may not be happy..

[@ACE330]

“The top don’t mean your living right keep your mind on what matters”-Banks

[@mrincredible1365]

Damn he looks exactly the same

[@deakon-rl9wi]

That's my boy!!!

[@itzyaboybugz]

Quoted me 20k for a verse recently

[@villavelli]

Yeaaaaa no

[@ep029]

Bank$ my favorite rapper besides Eminem and I really want some new music but he planted his flag in the rap game that no one else can take away

[@turtleanton6539]

He is dropping a new album

[@jamesgrant3578]

Most of the time it's the music industry... I think people are awake to the fact that evil people are running the whole show. How can you demonize a certain lifestyle that was influenced by you? Certain people are already stereotyped and painted a negative pic of as if they're the problem, but these same wicked people not only encourage it while demonizing it, but will pay you to do it but won't sign you if you're speaking truth or knowledge.

[@RichesandWealth-vc1do]

Also do what happened to Tony Yayo.

[@AliTalksMusic]

Good idea , I'm gonna work on that soon.

[@givmetheloot]

@@AliTalksMusic without the creepy face effect please