Lloyd Banks list his top 5 rappers of all time and puts himself in the top 5 list for this era of Hip Hop. He also speaks on why rap crews always tend to breakup.
Why do you think all major rap crews end up breaking up and is Lloyd Banks top 5 for this era?
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bank$ top 5 for sure , listen to all the people that dropped this year , only em spit better then him all other artist are just name /situation dropping rappler , ala the whole young money crew . something something like bla blah blah like straight waste rappers . damn i miss the the 90s and early 00s
Rap crews break up because they are artificially put together or business gets in the way of friendship.
Money over Loyaty
ummm jadakiss?
Ahhmm How Does a Rapper with Only One Ok Album & punchline Saturated Records Qualify as TOP 5 of This ERA?
(Michael Jordan Shrug After the Shot)
can somebody please post the Top 5 he put himself in because I find this nigga boring as fuck to listen to and I didn’t even play the vid.
nigel i hope u asked better questions on the rest of the interview!! c’mon son
I agree you gotta step your interview game up nigel. This interview was boring as hell
I respect his opinion. If you dont think you are top 5 material, then you’re doing something WRONG.
HE BETTER PUT HIS SELF IN TOP 5………….CUZ AINT NO BODY ELSE GONE DO IT , HIS TRASH ASS
Rap Groups break up because they can’t decide on a single leader. They all end up thinking they’re the general and each wanna do their own thing. G-Unit is aperfect example of a successful, in terms of money, rap group.
somebody get this boy a job application for church’s chicken cuz rapping ain’t it for him.
this nigga shouldn’t do interviews, speaking isn’t one of his strong points ..he’s boring I stop payin attention after his 3rd sentence but he had uh good top five minus himself ..lol no banks stop it your not even top 5 in new york I’ll put you top 20 through.
LMFAOOOOO @ him throwing himself in the Top 5. Yeah………….OK Banks.
LMAFOROFL @ Lloyd Banks Puts Himself In The Top 5 For This Era
Lloyd Stanks is no way top 5 in any category but G-Units.
This era top Mcs in no order
Fabolous
Drake
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Ross
Banks has not a good solid album ever!!! punch lines and hot freestyles in mixtape don’t count.
imo.
^
this nigga put Ross and T.I and Drake over Banks??
slap yourself!
@ Mo ; its too bad Banks is better than everybody on ur list
except fab lol
5 most skilled of this era:
1. Eminem
2. Lupe Fiasco
3. Andre 3000
4. Doesn’t matter
5. Doesn’t matter
I tried to fill in 4&5 but no one is really close like that. Banks is the most popular in G Unit but not top 5 on any list. And like someone already said these rap crews break up when their model becomes irrelevant and the money stops flowing. Wu is the only rap crew that has withstood the test of time cuz they created a true movement. Young Money is the hottest right now but trust that shit will not last once the foot soldiers realize they albums ain’t droppin.
Eminem and ANdre 3000 are not from this era…
THIS ERA
T.I.
Lil Wayne
Fabolous
Cassidy
Kanye West
THIS ERA. Not “Of All Time”
That’s odd banks didn’t make my top 5000 in this era
Top 5 in this era:
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan and
Dylan
this mush mouth nigga needs 2 stfu he not even top 1000 4 any era fuck u blanks go suck 50 dick
Yo Nigel you gotta step your game up son, this interview was boring!
and with Lloyd banks thinking he is top 5 of this era, and you people thinking lil wayne & drake or even officer ricky should be on that list, GTFOH!
I mean where is Diabolic? Immortal Technique? J.Cole? Cunnin Lynguists? and only gullynikka mentions Andre 3000 and Kanye West!?
@WTFisThis, yeah I agree with you but Jadakiss is alittle before this era yo, but definetly top 5 of all time!
Im glad he has the confidence to say that. Its too bad it is not true….Good for you lloyd banks….Good for you!
@ GullyNikka, yet 3-stacks and Eminem are both still relevant. If we talkin people who came out in the last 5 years we ain’t talkin about Wayne neither. He’s been out longer than Em!
Mo says:
LMAFOROFL @ Lloyd Banks Puts Himself In The Top 5 For This Era
Lloyd Stanks is no way top 5 in any category but G-Units.
This era top Mcs in no order
Fabolous
Drake
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Ross
Banks has not a good solid album ever!!! punch lines and hot freestyles in mixtape don’t count.
imo.
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How old are you, 15?
Way to disrespect Outkast, Em, Hov, Kanye fuck even Ludacris deserves some credit.
Outkast sold the most for 1 album in the new era and you leave them off the list? GTFO child.
Drake? DRAKE???? Guy has been relevent for a year. Ross is super laughable and I love Fab but he doesn’t touch these guys.
Gullynikka says:
Eminem and ANdre 3000 are not from this era…
————–How are they not from this era when they put out music in this era? Em sold more albums in this era than everyone.
1 em 2 jada 3 banks 4 fab 5 nipsey hussle
HFM2 nov 23
haha, nipsey hussle? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Nipsey hussle doesn’t even have an album nigga.
1 jada
2 em
3 banks
4 joell ortiz
5 fab
yo nipsey can spit tho but not top 5 haha
banks album HFM2 nov 23 check his new track off the album SEE ME BRIGHT shit is crazy
So many bad lists here. I like Ortiz, but c’mon son that’s sick.
My 5, only people that don’t know the game or have one of my 6 and 7′s in the game can argue this list.
No particular order really but I’ll give it an order..
1) Eminem
2) Jay-Z
3) Andre 3000
4) Wayne
5) Kanye
Some1 could be replaced with Lupe but it is what it is, a weak era.
banks is def in this era top 5!! if not u like wayne or gaga or someone
HFM2 nov 23
If Banks was actually a rapper from the 90s people would throw him in that category of vintage nyc lyricists. The dudes been consistent for a long time. Very underrated in my opinion.
How is Banks top 5 in this “era” when Jay Z is still recording and ALL of Slaughterhouse is better than him?
consistent in what way? He has one good album and a huge rotten apple of an album.
Person saying you dont like Banks means you like lil wayne, dude Banks is a shitty rip off of Wayne.
banks is top 3 right now.. fire! HFM2 nov 23
So many bad lists here. I like Ortiz, but c’mon son that’s sick.
My 5, only people that don’t know the game or have one of my 6 and 7’s in the game can argue this list.
No particular order really but I’ll give it an order..
1) Eminem
2) Jay-Z
3) Andre 3000
4) Wayne
5) Kanye
Some1 could be replaced with Lupe but it is what it is, a weak era.
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I could mess with this list. I def don’t give Wayne enough credit..his raps are hit or miss. Take Jay and Kanye out tho.
1.Em
2.Lupe
3.3-Stacks
4.Wayne
5…shit I’d put anybody before Jay-Z cuz he don’t talk about shit really anymore. Jada, Wale, J.Cole..whoever
Damn the employee didn’t even mention the bosses name. Funny how Fif’s name isn’t on anyones list. Not even his coharts mention him.
Must admit Banks has stepped it up lately. Material is still the same boring stuff though. He loses points cause of that damn Nasal congestion sound, along with the words coming from the throat. Sh*ts annoying to me.
Banks = Garbage.
my list
1.Weezy
2.Jay-z
3.Drizzy
4.Kayne
5.Nicki
fuck everybody else
1 em
2 jada
3 joell ortiz
4
5
not bad above me.. first real list i appreciate but mine is
1 joell ortiz
2 talib kweli
3 royce da 59
4 lloyd banks
5 jada
First of all i gotta say to any1 who has wayne drake or nicki minaj on their list…. you people are jokes, go listen to z100 and do not even post your bs on here, cuz it just make real hip hop fans angry. I think some of your top 5s might b my bottom 5s. Drake and Nicki Minaj are laughable, and Wayne hasnt been nice since the hot boyz, but u lame ass wayne fans probably dont even know about the hot boyz.
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lmao!! most of us are having a hard time comprehending the word “era”…
Jay-Z
Em
Nas
Andre 3000
are NOT from this era. They are all from the 90s era. They just have crazy longevity.
@josip motherfucker are you stupid??? Do you know or understand what era is? Clearly not. OMG your dumb.
word above me.. banks is easily in top 5 of this era! check bbanks track SEE ME BRIGHT owww that is crazyyyyyyyy and not dickrider crazy, this is real crazy
….I hate delusional people, and dude is definitely out of his damn mind.
Your a fagot if you put Nicki Minaj on your list, plain and simple.
@ Mo, when you sell 1 million records in this era, your in this era you idiot. You can be from more than 1 era you dumb ass. Why even talk to you Mo you have Drake on your list, you don’t know dick about the game and are into fads since Drake won’t be relevant in 2 years time. Ross? Seriously dude, get with it.
Wayne is from the 90′s too man, why would you name Wayne if you don’t name Eminem? Do you know what your talking about? Wayne is from 1997 man. Shit Wayne making raps even before Hov’s and Em’s first CD’s in like 1992. Wayne has been around and is from the last era too.
Andre 3000 sold his most records (speakerboxx/love below) the same time Wayne was spitting 500 degreez and the Carter and 2 years AFTER T.I’s debut album.
Do you know about Fab? I don’t think you know about Fab man because that guy was spitting since 1998, you know that is the same time HOV had his start of mainstream success with Reasonable Doubt starting earning respect.
So since your a child and don’t know dick about the game I will inform you again…. From your top 5 list, Fab, Wayne and T.I are from a different era. If your gunna harp using guys from 2 era’s I would suggest you make a new list and do some research before blindly opening your mouth like a handicap.
1)Joe Budden
2)Em
3)3 Stax
4)Nickel 5’9
5)Hov
no order…
niggas wit any young money niggas,fab,ross is retarted not knocken them but if they n ya top… niggas cardigans n trucker hats is on to tite…
1.)Em
2.)Jay z
3.)Jada
4.)Andre 3000
5.)Banks idgaf wat any1 says
Man yall got some weak lists
here you go
5) Jeezy
4)Killer Mike
3)Tunechi
2)Ti
1)Kanye
you have to take out the VETS 10plus Years Em, Jada,Jay, Outkast,nas, Blackthought,common(all better than banks) and rookies Drizzy, wiz Currency,wale,bob,J cole
And slaughter house is not that nice more hype than anything just big names that grind hard and truth be told NOBODY TALKS ABOUT NOTHING ANYMORE SO PLEASE NOT ANYONE (sorry dead prez)
what yall sellin I anit buyin
know My shiiiiii:
Wayne has been an active rapper since 1992, Eminem: 1995, Andre: 1991.
1 joell ortiz
2 banks
3 jada
4 talib
5 royce da 59
everyone i named can spit and if they aint all in ya top 10 u must be a bieber or wanye fan
BANKS HFM2 nov 23
ortiz at #1 is a joke.
You’re obviously influenced by Slaughterhouse.
Ortiz is nice, but c’mon that’s seriously bias, and Royce is way overrated.
Dude said he is in the top 5 of THIS era. Are you guys listening? It doesn’t matter if someone has been rapping since ’78, if they recorded music in the 2000′s then they TOO are a part of THIS era. Jay Z, KRS, Nas, Andre 3000, Em, Chuck D, Scarface, Buddens, Fab and countless others are better emcees than Banks. That’s not to say that he is wack or anything, is just means they are better. They ARE better. Listen to their more recent albums and compare them to Banks and you will have to agree.
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In my opinion “This era” starts after Pac and Biggie died, so I would say something like 1997, 1998 – present. I’m leaving Nas, Jay, Outkast and Em off this list because they’re in a class of their own. With that being said. Top 5 of the era (in no particular order of course):
1) Lupe
2) Wu Tang (i know they’re a group but fk it)
3) TI
4) Ludacris
5) Kanye
Hon. Mention: Fab, Jada, AZ, Snoop, Wayne, Redman
Top 5: In no order (IMO)
Eminem
Nas
Kanye
Jay-Z
Luda
I agree wit gullynikka, my nigga Cass deserve respect, that nigga spit better bars in his freestyles than in other niggas writtens. I like Tip, feelin Ye again but wayne no. Fab yea. Cass n Fab drop better Punchlines than banks. I like Royce also. my top 5 would be
1. Tupac/BIG
2. Nas
3. Rakim
4. Jadakiss
5. Andre 3000
i wanna put Cass n top 5 but he #6
My top 10
1. Tupac
2. B.I.G.
3. Nas
4. Rakim
5. Jadakiss
6. Andre 3000
7. Eminem
8. Cassidy
9. Royce da 5’9
10. Fabolous.
@know my shii, I like jeezy but top 5? naw. killer mike, nah. tunechi???no comment, tip n kanye are relevant. If u say take out the vets, then I say in no order, Royce, Cass n Fab are vets (but not mentioned as), Lupe, n Ye.
All u stupid muthafuckas that r dissing banks, should go kill urselves. Lil’ Wayne is a sesame street rapper. Go listen to lady gaga, faggots. Banks is fresher doper and iller than anybody out right now. Listen to his lyrics before u comment, serious shit, haters!