Lloyd Banks - COTI 2 (Discussion Thread)
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TheDarceKnight
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The advance sounds identical to me breh. The joint with Yayo was censored on the Advance version, but other than that I don't hear a single difference
dakidbanks
Superstar
Incoming long post:
We got 2 interviews (Budden and GQ) and 1 vid so far
I wonder if he’s gonna do some LA Leakers, Sway or Flex freestyles
Sound wise, like somebody else said, it’s basically the same type of music he’s been making the past 10 years so if you like that, you’ll like this. There’s still punchlines sprinkled in, just not how they were used in the early 2000s.
He’s more of a dropping gems amongst multis rapper now rather than a punchline every other bar. I think the only rapper from that time period that hasn’t evolved from that flow is Cassidy so when ppl say they miss the old Banks, it don’t be makin sense to me when you got ppl like Cassidy still using that flow and ppl saying it’s outdated. Fab, Banks, Budden, etc all stopped using that flow
There’s some songs where Banks voice sounds like old Banks tho. Mix wise, this is his 3rd best mixed project of the last 12 years. HFM2, CC2 and this seem to be the only ones that got mixed properly
“Fell in Love” bang in the whip. It’s not my fav but clearly that need to be the single. He needs to actually invest money in that song cuz that’s probably the 1 song DJs would play
I know he likes using these same producers but man he could get more polished versions of the sound he’s going for with the other producers that keep getting brought up. I was listening to French new album like damn what if Banks or Kiss had these beats
We got 2 interviews (Budden and GQ) and 1 vid so far
I wonder if he’s gonna do some LA Leakers, Sway or Flex freestyles
Sound wise, like somebody else said, it’s basically the same type of music he’s been making the past 10 years so if you like that, you’ll like this. There’s still punchlines sprinkled in, just not how they were used in the early 2000s.
He’s more of a dropping gems amongst multis rapper now rather than a punchline every other bar. I think the only rapper from that time period that hasn’t evolved from that flow is Cassidy so when ppl say they miss the old Banks, it don’t be makin sense to me when you got ppl like Cassidy still using that flow and ppl saying it’s outdated. Fab, Banks, Budden, etc all stopped using that flow
There’s some songs where Banks voice sounds like old Banks tho. Mix wise, this is his 3rd best mixed project of the last 12 years. HFM2, CC2 and this seem to be the only ones that got mixed properly
“Fell in Love” bang in the whip. It’s not my fav but clearly that need to be the single. He needs to actually invest money in that song cuz that’s probably the 1 song DJs would play
I know he likes using these same producers but man he could get more polished versions of the sound he’s going for with the other producers that keep getting brought up. I was listening to French new album like damn what if Banks or Kiss had these beats
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Suspicions
All Star
Honestly most of the tapes banks has dropped in the past 11 years have been better than both the COTIs. It’s crazy what a little of good managing by hovain and promo can do cause people are listening to this but they don’t even know his previous work is where it’s really at
Like if Already Made was recorded/mixed better it could’ve been a good single
The only mixtapes the COTIs might be better than is Halloween Havoc 2, I only liked 5 songs off that
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He should film videos for his best older songs to reintroduce them people too like he did with the 5 and better series after Beamer Benz or Bentley took off
Suspicions
All Star
HH2 was fire to me
Suspicions
All Star
Yes I remember that. Plus the material is original compared to the five and better series where it was the old mixtape era where it was freestyles/remixes. After CC2 besides the freestyle series, all his music was original so it would be cool to see videos for some of these songs. I do feel like he missed his time with a lot of shyt cause a video for a FNO song in 2013 would hit different compared to banks doing it in 2022 but I’m still here for it
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
The fact that yayo and fire are in the same sentence,is making both intrigued and confused
that's my favorite mixtape from him, start to finish
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
My favorite Banks release is still V5 after all these years, but I already like this COTI2 album better than some of his previous ones. I definitely still want him to link up with more livelier producers, which includes Harry Fraud as well. I need a rest from Cartune and especially Jerm and Doe Pesci lmao
This grew on me a lot to the point I prefer it over the first one now, but those first few weak tracks are a poor way to start of the album of, it gets better as it goes on tho
As others have said tho he really needs to expand a little bit on production, if you listen to both of these albums back to back there is a lot of very Repetitive sounding production
As others have said tho he really needs to expand a little bit on production, if you listen to both of these albums back to back there is a lot of very Repetitive sounding production