Lloyd Banks & DJ Drama - All or Nothing: Live It Up (Mixtape)

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One thing I've noticed is he has really focused on multiple syllable rhyming every single bar. He has also sped up his flow a lot

I'm bumpin V5 and was just bumpin CC2 and he wasnt super rhyming on those tapes like he is on this one and I actually prefer it that way. Banks doesnt do it, but a lot of rappers focus on just rhyming hella words and they're really not saying shyt.
 

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One thing I've noticed is he has really focused on multiple syllable rhyming every single bar. He has also sped up his flow a lot

I'm bumpin V5 and was just bumpin CC2 and he wasnt super rhyming on those tapes like he is on this one and I actually prefer it that way. Banks doesnt do it, but a lot of rappers focus on just rhyming hella words and they're really not saying shyt.

I kindve agree I mean he's pulling it off but there was a spot or two where I feel like he was squeezing too many words in but the high points more then make up for it and what's really impressive is like you said Banks is not just matching words he's actually saying shyt and painting pictures and dropping gems. Listened to the mixtape for an hour in the whip and Banks has mad quotables on this shyt super impressive tape lyrically.
 

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One thing I've noticed is he has really focused on multiple syllable rhyming every single bar. He has also sped up his flow a lot

I'm bumpin V5 and was just bumpin CC2 and he wasnt super rhyming on those tapes like he is on this one and I actually prefer it that way. Banks doesnt do it, but a lot of rappers focus on just rhyming hella words and they're really not saying shyt.
meh...he started rapping that way on Return of the PLK imo. thats when he started focusing on wordplay> punchlines
 

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I kindve agree I mean he's pulling it off but there was a spot or two where I feel like he was squeezing too many words in but the high points more then make up for it and what's really impressive is like you said Banks is not just matching words he's actually saying shyt and painting pictures and dropping gems. Listened to the mixtape for an hour in the whip and Banks has mad quotables on this shyt super impressive tape lyrically.
Yeah man those corny battle rappers and backpack lames try to rhyme multiple syllables and it sounds force and corny. Banks is rhyming the same way but it sounds slick and easy. He's a beast and this is definitely his most lyrical project.

I'm personally putting this project 3rd behind V5 and CC2. But that's not a bad thing, to me these 3 tapes are better than 95% of nikkas albums
 

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I have never played a banks album this much off the rip. This may be his best album. This album has put me into Lloyd Banks over load. Just DLd a few of his older tapes, gonna be a Banks winter


i think this new mixtape shyts on his previous albums and some of his mixtapes too, that's for sure. maybe cause i gravitate towards the real content more than just the usual shyt he was doing which was just him spittting raps based on boasting and bragging only. he turned around and made something more organic which is refreshing to hear in this era of rap music.
 
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