Sha Money Talks About Lloyd Banks, Banks New Album & More
Where in the world is Lloyd Banks? His Rotten Apple LP came and went, and the most lyrical member of the G-Unit camp has kept virtually no profile in the press. In the new issue of Vibe, 50 Cent hinted that the album’s lack of success was due to laziness on the part of Blue Hefner.
"He said that?" former G-Unit President Sha Money XL asked last week. "I didn’t read the article yet."
Money is Banks and Young Buck’s manager, and said Lloyd is working on his next album — and added that he’s turned over a new leaf.
"His original rap name was Lazy Lloyd, so his demeanor is laid back," Sha said. "He’s the most humble one out of all them. He does have to get with the ‘time to do press’ [artists' business responsibilities] and all that. You have to put your heart into it. His original [stance] was to just rap. It’s more than that."
Money also blames the G-Unit’s well-publicized extracurricular run-ins for Rotten Apple’s lack of success.
"It went from G-Unit being the hottest sh– to now n—as is nitpicking because of all the outside sh– going on," Sha said. "The violence, the arguing, the hate, the divide-and-conquer. All that takes away from what we need to focus on: the music.
"The industry scorned him because he’s a rapper’s rapper," XL added. "He doesn’t sit through marketing meetings and know the politics of radio — or even the little backlash coming. When Banks came out, he had to fight a lot of hate. It wasn’t based on music no more; it was the politics."
Sha is predicting big things for the album Banks is currently cooking up. "The album he’s working on is amazing and he’s coming back like Jay-Z after ‘Sunshine,’" he said. "[Sometimes] you get that one album that don’t connect, but Banks’ fans is still with him. He’s still touring and doing shows like sh– is all the way right. He’s coming to beat their heads in — he on some lyrical exercise.

Source: MTV



I am a huge fan of Banks and I agree that Rotten Apple *sucked*. He has so much potential to create a better album…. just listen to The Hunger For More or any of his mixtapes. I mean it would be so easy for Banks to do, he’s the most talented in G-Unit. All he needs is time, good producers, some publicity and the albums will just be flowing out the door…
I love banks, and 4 real rotten apple didnt suck, it want a club banger, but it was a weed album. Laid back, i love listenin to that joint when i smoke or drive or whatever, his lyrics is on point, and thats why i love banks, fuck album sales who cares about that shit 4 real, banks makes great music. period.
get off this nigga dick faggot…..his beats given to him are good…but he cant go a verse without referring to a bitch regardless of the song title… He DOESN’T write good music…..
yo fuck dat.you wanna talk about a nigga who can’t go a verse without referring to a bitch regardless of da song title, den talk about lil wayne.banks is da shit.he da best nigga outta g-unit.just cause his album didn’t sell as much don’t mean shit with all dis bootleggin and hatin goin on.
Banks spits fire 100. Rotten apple wasn’t his best next to HFM. Hes the hottest outta G-unit, no disrespest to the other members. Hes gotta come hard on the next joint so all these haters can shut the fuck up
bankz iz simply da best in da unit. hez da kinda rapper dat can go out there and beat all ya’all in freestyle and da undergrnd shit. to be honest rotten apple wasnt all that bad but compared to hnger 4 more it waz nthign lyke it. The big withdraw waz supposed to be his orignal second albm but due to da leak of da albm he had to wrk on rotten apple in a short period of tyme. hpfly hiz new album will be btter den rotten apple.
lloyd banks is better than any unit memeber. gang green will top rotten apple and have a bigger buzz. I liked rotten apple it was’nt a too bad album but hunger for more displayed his position as a top artist. Im a huge lloyd banks fan. 50 cent said lloyd banks was lazy due to his decline of album sales going Gold. lloyd banks is going to make this album a classic and beyond a platinum mark. besides gunit is nothing without the boy wonder, and lloyd banks needs to diss 50 cent.
im still down with you “lazy” even when the chips are down.,
shut em up with GANG GREEN
yeah i have to say that rotten apple wasn’t pleasant to my ear’s but da hunger for more was one of a kind and and one of the best album’s i’ve heard in a long long long time.so bank’s keep doing your thang and i know you want let us down this time especially you are coming out with this double cd the shit better be tight.we counting on you lloyd the chips are never down one luv
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YO Banks is the best rapper yea Rotten Apple aint sell alot of records who gives a fuck i bought it and the shit was hot. The only reason he aint sell alot was cuz he only had one club bangger hit, and he aint have alot of video like he did for The hunger for more. But if you sit back and listen to wat he saying on tracks like You Know The Deal, Get Clapped, Change, Rotten Apple, Lost and Found and other shit on tha albuam you’ll see that Banks aint loose it he just let the hate get to him but you still the best rapper alive fuck wat they say bout you. GGGGGG-UNIT Still the best to keep doing ya thing
rotten apple was amazin…he doesnt have a bad song..banks is the BEST!
blunt afta blunt nigga!!!!! im betta bitch banks is a bitch haha!!!!!
BANK$ IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE AND GANG GREEN WILL BE FIRE!!!
JAY-Z & NAS WILL BE FEATURED!G G G G G G G G GG G G G G G G-UNIT!
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Banks is my fav rapper. Gang Green will be a great album and out sell hunger 4 more and rottan apple. Banks is on a come back, and if you don’t believe me listen to “Return of the PLK”. It’s the best g-unit mixtape out now. All them wanna be rappers betta watch out cause the PLK is coming back 4 his throne. Best believe that. Gang Green best album of 2009
Look…Banks is the best artist in G-Unit…everyone should know that…I wonder did anyone hear the original Rotten Apple…the one that that chick he was messing with at the time boot legged…that album was hot…I have it on my ipod…ps3..pc…etc…I expect Gang Green to be hot because of what I heard from 5 or better and HH…two hot mixtapes…I still beleive he is the next…oh yeah…Sha Money I know this article is old…but don’t you think somone should have taught him the mechanics of the rap game…you have to remember he did enter the game off the back of another and was and still is the yougest member of g-unit…
See dis is da thing dat ppl don’t uderstand, hip hop isn’t da same as it use 2 b, now and days nigga’s on dat lil wayne, makin dances or southern shyt, if hip hop was about makin a stupid dances, shyt n e body can b a rapper den, lil wayne 2 me basicly killed hip hop, all he rapps about is bullshyt dat don’t even makes sense half da tyme, nigga ur swagg don’t make u a rapper, but don’t get me wrong doe, he came along way, dat nigga don’t even write his own shyt, where u thing he gets his flow 4rom, corey gunz, but he aint shyt compared 2 lloyd banks. lloyd banks is 1 of da few real rappers out, cuz now and dayz rappers don’t write dey on shyt, but da only thing dats holdin banks back is 50 cent, I thinks da best thing 4 him is 2 get out of g-unit and start his own gang green label, den itz on progress 4 him 4rom there own, I like g-unit and all, I thought I would neva b sayin dis bet dey fell off, and if banks don’t get away from dat enviornment he’s gon fall off 2, but dats up 2 banks……..1
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yea banks that nigga ever since he came out people hating cause he blew up so quick.some people like don’t know much about him cause he came out of no nowhere. i think both albums wher hot, hfm was top.
You know what, Rotten Apple wasn’t quite as hot as Hunger For More but it was still hot as fuck, it just didn’t have a single and it wasn’t marketed correctly, which is why it didn’t do the numbers it should’ve. Banks’ mixtapes are classics. I’m buying his new album the day it comes out. And as far as him leaving the Unit, I don’t think its a good idea cause he’s so anti-social and he hates most of the industry, not that I blame him cause I do too, but like ShaMoney said about the politics, I don’t know if Banks would have the patience to deal with all the political bullshit on the business end of things, and Fif is the best politician in the game, so Banks is probably best to stay put, Fif looks at Banks like a little brother and Banks has always remained fully loyal to the Unit, they’ll make sure his 3rd album get presented properly…
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