Eh.. I don't think 50 held Banks back
Instead of dropping a sophomore album after GRODT, he dropped the G-Unit album and allowed everybody to get their own albums...
50 is the reason HFM2 even exists and he had a huge part in most of those features even happening (Akon, Jeremih, Kanye, Em,
If anything, Banks held himself back.... ever since he alienated himself from 50, all of his mixtapes come and go cause he does nothing to promote them before or after the release and its a shame because this PLK run has produced classic material which lets me know that without 50 pushing him, no one else or even Banks himself is gettin dude to do what he suppose to do
He's fine with collecting local NY area concert checks, doin small club overseas shows and releasing free mixtapes once a year