It was just plain fun singing along with the hooks all night long.
Naturally, being part of G-Unit, you kind of know what to expect from Lloyd Banks’ music: top-notch production, a tight flow, and unbelievable energy from start to finish.
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There wasn’t a single wallflower in the room, everybody was dancing and super into the music, free of inhibitions. And interact we did Lloyd Banks has this undeniable charisma and was a master at getting the crowd involved and pumped up. The venue is unfortunately closed now, but at the time it was a great little intimate place that let everybody get up close and personal and interact with the performer. I caught him at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. Lloyd Banks should be a familiar name for all hip-hop fans that were paying attention in the 2000s, as he was part of the biggest rap group at the time: G-Unit. He then released “The Hunger For More” with the help of EMI Label Services. He released a mix tape in 2009 and in late 2010 he released a single, “Beamer, Benz Or Bentley,” that was to be the lead off for his new album. Unfortunately in 2009 Banks was dropped from Interscope Records, but remained with G-Unit Records.
Banks was slated to release his second album, “The Big Withdraw,” but due to a leak of the 23-track album, Banks went to work on “Rotten Apple.” The latter album went on to debut at Number Three and sell over 100,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at Number One on the Billboard charts and sold over 500,000 copies in the first week eventually, the album became certified platinum. The following year, Lloyd Banks released his first solo album entitled “The Hunger For More” in June. By 2003 G-Unit recorded and released their first album, “Beg For Mercy” which went on to become certified platinum. This became the gateway for G-Unit’s success however, while 50 Cent was establishing his career with Interscope, Banks remained in his neighborhood and performed locally to build up his buzz and fan base. Along with his childhood friends, 50 Cent and Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks formed the group G-Unit in 1999 and when 50 Cent was signed to Interscope Records, he hit a huge success allowing him to start his own label. 50 Cent announced in 2018 that Banks was no longer with G-Unit.Banks was born on 30 April 1982 in New Carrolton, Maryland and was raised in Queens, New York. Banks was on board when G-Unit reunited in 2014 and released a pair of EPs: 2014’s The Beauty of Independence and 2015’s The Beast Is G-Unit.The rapper has dubbed himself the “PLK,” or “Punchline King,” on account of his sharp wordplay.1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with his 2006 sophomore effort, Rotten Apple. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Featuring the Top 10 single “On Fire,” coproduced and cowritten by Eminem, the album hit No. Banks dropped his debut, The Hunger for More, in 2004.Following the chart-topping success of 50 Cent’s 2003 debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, G-Unit scored a Top 5 album with their 2003 debut, Beg for Mercy.The trio commanded the attention of the streets with a string of early mixtapes beginning with 2002’s 50 Cent Is the Future. Circa 2000, Banks formed G-Unit with fellow Queens rappers 50 Cent and Tony Yayo.Serving as right-hand-man to superstar 50 Cent, rapper Lloyd Banks helped to propel the group G-Unit from hip-hop’s mixtape circuit to the top of the charts.
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