Lloyd Banks Explains Why He Stopped Doing Punchline Rap, His Voice Change & Career

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That's when I stopped reading this post, looking at my screen like :childplease:
That's cause you don't know know how to separate classic from good.. They all have good albums that I liked but they aren't classics. Name this classic album then
 

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That's cause you don't know know how to separate classic from good.. They all have good albums that I liked but they aren't classics. Name this classic album then
There's no mathematical definition of what a classic is bruh, it's all opinionated. More people would say HFM was a classic than not, especially around my age (28). Detroit loves Banks though, maybe nikkas in Atlanta may feel different:yeshrug:
 

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Why do you nikkas act as if the first Hunger For More was not one of the most memorable albums of that era. There are literally millions, of people who know that whole album line for line. Not 1 skippable song on that album and it went 3 times platinum.

How old are u nikkas? I got lil cousins and youngin in my hood who had never heard the album until they rode with me, ALL THEM nikkaS BECAME BIG TIME BANK FANS AFTER THAT. I'm talkin young nikkas that don't give a shyt about lyracism, but Banks album showed these lil nikkas what actual skill and swagger with skill should be.

Where were you nikkas in 04? I graduated high school that year so I know fasho this album had a MAJOR impact.

Detroit nikkas always supported GUNIT though. I know a lot of other cities were anti G Unit.
Naw it was a good album but shyt I remember a few of my boys saying it was a disappointment.. Just cause you like a artist don't mean the general consensus feels the same way.. A classic has to be universally agreed upon not just on the internet where everything is either classic or garbage...
 

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naw, not really, you can still use punchlines and have content. The problem is punchline rappers can almost never make great songs when they try to switch their style. Jada, Fab, Banks, Budden, guys like that have no classic albums cause they abandon the punches and try to be something they are not when their fans really just want to hear more punch lines
Budden don't fall into what u sayin at all imo. When Budden started tryna do that "lyrical miracle" rap when he got to slaughterhouse is where he fukked up.
 

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Naw it was a good album but shyt I remember a few of my boys saying it was a disappointment.. Just cause you like a artist don't mean the general consensus feels the same way.. A classic has to be universally agreed upon not just on the internet where everything is either classic or garbage...
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Just cause I like the artist??????? Bruh, HFM was all over the radio, 4 different videos, and got good reviews from everywhere. The hell are u talking about, u obviously was not around back then if u don't remember. The internet had just started to become a household thing and was not even that yet. All my info comes from actually being around radio personalities and producers like Denaun Porter, and nikkas like AL Nuke and Trick Trick. I does this shyt my nikka.

I also read a bunch of magazines and everybody loved that album. Ain't my fault your boys were dumb ass nikkas. That shyt was hot from top to bottom, top notch production with bangers and grimey style shyt, verses, quotabkes, and subject matter. Come on bruh
 

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Budden don't fall into what u sayin at all imo. When Budden started tryna do that "lyrical miracle" rap when he got to slaughterhouse is where he fukked up.

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Just cause I like the artist??????? Bruh, HFM was all over the radio, 4 different videos, and got good reviews from everywhere. The hell are u talking about, u obviously was not around back then if u don't remember. The internet had just started to become a household thing and was not even that yet. All my info comes from actually being around radio personalities and producers like Denaun Porter, and nikkas like AL Nuke and Trick Trick. I does this shyt my nikka.

I also read a bunch of magazines and everybody loved that album. Ain't my fault your boys were dumb ass nikkas. That shyt was hot from top to bottom, top notch production with bangers and grimey style shyt, verses, quotabkes, and subject matter. Come on bruh

Look I liked the album, I have said that many times, but I have NEVER considered it a timeless classic, masterpiece 5 mics or any of that, or have I ever heard this album being mentioned in that conversation... It was not a perfect album or was it close, but I was really good IMO the g-unit albums from best to wors goes like this
1.GRODT
2.Documentary
3. Beg for Mercy
4. HFM
5. massacre

People consider GRODT a classic cause of the impact it had, the documentary cause it is considered the first commercially successful west coast album in a long time, and beg for mercy for being able to hold its on after being released the same day as black album.. HFM was just a dope album but I felt it was missing something that would make it classic...
 

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Why do you nikkas act as if the first Hunger For More was not one of the most memorable albums of that era. There are literally millions, of people who know that whole album line for line. Not 1 skippable song on that album and it went 3 times platinum.

How old are u nikkas? I got lil cousins and youngin in my hood who had never heard the album until they rode with me, ALL THEM nikkaS BECAME BIG TIME BANK FANS AFTER THAT. I'm talkin young nikkas that don't give a shyt about lyracism, but Banks album showed these lil nikkas what actual skill and swagger with skill should be.

Where were you nikkas in 04? I graduated high school that year so I know fasho this album had a MAJOR impact.

Detroit nikkas always supported GUNIT though. I know a lot of other cities were anti G Unit.
"I got a saditty broad that gives the best dome"..Me & my homies quoted that & other lines from that album that whole summer & still do to this day
Now that i think of it that whole first run of G-Unit albums were great..nothing but quality
GRODT
Beg For Mercy
HFM
Straight Outta Cashville
Documentary
 
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Dope interview. Love that he puts in time to always improve every record. Can't say that for many rappers.

The first of the 5 or better series is when I think he took it to a new level. From that point on he's been killing everything. In my opinion he's much much better since the voice change.
 
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I agree with th first half of this.. Until you mentioned punchlines being based on pop culture etc

I mean..That's hip hop, though. Art does imitate life. There's a ton of references in hip hop from 20 years ago and slang that people would have trouble picking up on. There's a lot of rappers right now not doing punchlines like Drake who make current and past sports references And pop culture refences.

I get what you're saying but I think also that's an aspect of hip hop that I like is not getting a reference and then picking up on it or finding out what it means cause it flies over my head
I agree with you completely when its a well done and clever reference. There's a lot of real empty stuff though. Keep the 45 on me like Jordan type ish if you get what I'm saying
 
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