Can Tony Yayo & Lloyd Banks Be Successful Without 50 Cent ?

[Vado]

(1) And nobody, except his core fans which for the most part G-unit fans in general, has given fcuk about Banks in the past 5 to years...Which other rappers are talking about Banks and a collabo with Banks...?

This is one way I judge rappers, by how much other rappers are talking about them...If your peers aren't excited about your work, and your name is not immediately on their lips, that's how you know you are irrelevant...

(2) I agree being Kanye and etc is not the measure of success, but the original poster did not clarify what he meant by "successful", so I used examples that are most familiar to all of us...We all know who Drake, Kanye and etc are...

However, Banks current level of success is LARGELY due to his affiliation with 50 Cent and G-Unit, and therefore, it will be almost IMPOSSIBLE, to separate any future success with the G-Unit brand...

Thus, for Banks to be considered "successful" without 50 Cent, he would have to be a household name like Kanye West, Drake and Lil Wayne because that is the creme de la creme in hip hop conversations...

Otherwise, I will just keep believing without 50 Cent, Banks would have just been another Mook Murda and Reedz Dolla and the likes...

(3) I do knowledge of his material in the verses in did for 50 and G-Unit, and based on that knowledge I have just never seen him as the type of rapper I could listen to for 60 minutes straight...

He was good for a nice 16 to give 50 some variety, and that's about it...

In conclusion,
Banks is like the Kramer character in "Seinfeld"...He is great in the context of "Seinfeld/G Unit"...But I just don't see a full TV-Series based on that character...I don't see a spin-off of Seinfeld with Kramer as the focus...Unless the writers are talented geniuses...

That's all I am saying...Of course, Banks has his fans that will always support him and even consider him their personal GOAT...

But Generally speaking, the hip hop fan base does NOT consider Banks as a GOAT or potential GOAT...Period.

ok

 

[Zach Lowe]

banks at this current moment has more love than 50

Yeah but not really

50 would still sell more than 100K first week right now and Banks wouldn't

 

[Tunez]

no reason why Banks aint sitting where Joe Budden is right now....

Joe Budden is below Banks

 

[Tunez]

Banks is missing opportunities right now to get hot

 

[brooklyngohard]

Banks Definitely Can Get Hot Fast ! If He Wants , Especially If Locks In With Kanye West Who Pubicly Said Banks Is Top 5.

 

[Digga38]

Joe Budden is below Banks

bullshyt

 

[Tunez]

bullshyt

Prove it

 

[C-Styles]

1. lloyd banks has not spoken or collab with 50 in over like 5 or 6 years

2. being drake, kanye and lil wayne is not a measure of success you idiot.

3. you dont have any knowledge of his material. therefore your speaking in the dark about this topic

dumb ass nikkas

50 did come out in the "I don't deserve you" vid breh

and that came out in 2011

 

[charmander]

yayo has a better catalog than banks, i swear the 5 lloyd banks fans on the coli are the only people checkin for him still


they are both finished tho, aint nobody tryna hear either of them nikkas like that

 

[charmander]

lloyd banks is already successful

you dumb ass nikka

how you gonna comment on someone you have no knolege on

hes touring all over the world and dropping classic type projects every 6 months

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you make absolutely no sense

you my nikka but he aint had any buzz since beamer benz or bentley

http://www.songkick.com/artists/241638-lloyd-banks

nikkas done 5 shows the last 2 years

 

[Microfracture]

yayo has a better catalog than banks, i swear the 5 lloyd banks fans on the coli are the only people checkin for him still


they are both finished tho, aint nobody tryna hear either of them nikkas like that

Bruh, what?

You must have Thoughts of a Predicate Felon on vinyl

 

[charmander]

Bruh, what?

You must have Thoughts of a Predicate Felon on vinyl

the gunpowder guru series >>>>>>>>>> anything lloyd banks has done


also thoughts of a predicate felon is better than any lloyd banks album

 

[Redwing80]

Banks is missing opportunities right now to get hot

Banks missed them opportunities a while ago breh

 

[Microfracture]

the gunpowder guru series >>>>>>>>>> anything lloyd banks has done


also thoughts of a predicate felon is better than any lloyd banks album

Can't comment on something I haven't listened to. He'll always have the Bonafide Hustler verse

 

[charmander]

Can't comment on something I haven't listened to. He'll always have the Bonafide Hustler verse

yayo was droppin quality shyt for a couple years, even after the majority of people stopped fukkin with g-unit shyt entirely

no one is checking for any of them on any level now tho