Lloyd Banks Responds To DMX Saying He’s Not Lyrical & Trash: "He Begged To Work With Me"

[360dagod]

I see where x coming from

You mentioning certain people with certain names, you gotta have some songs in the chamber where you like, listen here my nikka, this shyt crazy

If redman was mentioned, i doubt X says anything...

That's a crazy list to then drop lloyd banks name in between

 

[360dagod]

I think because he put Banks in-between Slick Rick , KRS and Big L it through him off.

...but then again I did hear Drake in that list as well .

That banks shyt made x completely stop

 

[WSFGDan]

I see where x coming from

You mentioning certain people with certain names, you gotta have some songs in the chamber where you like, listen here my nikka, this shyt crazy

If redman was mentioned, i doubt X says anything...

That's a crazy list to then drop lloyd banks name in between

it’s crazy to go from Big L to Lloyd Banks? Really

 

[360dagod]

it’s crazy to go from Big L to Lloyd Banks? Really

Big L came up during the word of mouth era where X himself might have seen him action...

X probably didn't pay attention to banks music and simply ask to show the top 5 work...

 

[AMcV'88]

it’s crazy to go from Big L to Lloyd Banks? Really

DMX, The LOX etc used to be in Harlem with Dee and them in ciphers with Cam and Mase etc.
you would assume L was involved. Big L supposedly taped the infamous Jay-Z and DMX battle.

I doubt Lloyd Banks is ever in X's thinking at all. hence the reaction.

 

[Harry B]

I doubt that X man has heard anything from Banks not played on radio around 03-2004.

If you put 4 artist I know by heart from my aware days, and someone I think I know but I really don’t. And I’m faded, I might’ve react the same.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Thread title is click bait

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

Banks is easily up there with Jay Z and Biggie in terms of lyricists

 

[FreshAIG]

I doubt that X man has heard anything from Banks not played on radio around 03-2004.

If you put 4 artist I know by heart from my aware days, and someone I think I know but I really don’t. And I’m faded, I might’ve react the same.

Exactly.

 

[Art Barr]

He didn't call him trash or say he's not a lyricist. He questioned Scoop calling him one. There's a difference.

DMX gotta battle period.
if he hide his hands he plays his hand.


art barr

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

ignore list.

 

[Cladyclad]

I think people are overreacting to this honestly. I take it as DMX being completely unaware of Banks music outside of a couple of singles, and hearing him as a lyricist just threw him off. Like I know I used to say "Wayne was lyrical" when I was in college (this is during Carter 1 era) and nikkas was like "The fukk is you talking about?", because they only knew him for the Hot Boys shyt. Then 3-4 years later, everyone had him as this GOAT type MC. I think it's X being more unfamiliar with Banks, that's why he asked Scoop to quote some bars to impress him.

This is dmx dismissing Lloyd banks whole reason why his fans like him lol

If it’s not. banks might as well retire because he don’t matter at all to anyone

 

[Art Barr]

X one of the best lyricists to come out from that era.

he was pre styles war golden era hold over.
who was not anywhere near k solo originally at all whatsoever.



art barr

 

[puppetmaster]

It didn’t seem like a slight but kind of an

“I feel he doesn’t belong on that tier you’re talking about”

until X started asking for memorable bars.

That’s a big red flag that a fellow emcee thinks you’re borderline wack if they start asking for memorable lines from you when you’re mentioned.


X heard his name and did a hard stop on the conversation the way a basketball fan would if you started naming all time great centers and someone threw Bill Wennington out there between Patrick Ewing and David Robinson



even if done playfully it could backfire if Banks responded on wax.

You gotta have a legitimate reason to bar up on a legend, I dunno that we heard that reason here.

Lots of old school cats had some pretty rough opinions of their contemporaries skills

 

[Switch]

I don’t agree with X but he did ask Scoop to quote 4 bars or even 2 and he got nothing so didn’t do the best job of defending him