Fabolous, wearing a bow tie clipped to his T-shirt and backed by a live band, was pleasant but perfunctory. He was outshone by Lloyd Banks, who may have stealthily become the most important rapper in New York — last year his “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” was a local anthem; this year he’s got “Start It Up.” It’s worth noting that major labels have done little for these two: Mr. Banks’s success came after parting ways with Interscope, and Fabolous’s recent surge has been completely on the back of his mixtapes.
Who would you say is New York’s most important rapper? Also what does being the, ‘most important rapper,’ even mean?
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FUK U NIGEL! why u hating? If it was gay z u wudnt say what does being the most important EVEN mean? Sounds like ur hating
fab is NY’s best/most important rapper. . . he’s 2 lyrical
Dude nice but being associated to g unit is like a black cloud on his career.In the beginning when they was hot he never worked with other artists outside of g unit now he’s branching and reaching out to different artists.Distancing himself from that sunken ship which is g unit will breathe new life to his career.
Banks is boring. If he’s NYs most important rapper I feel sorry for NY. But Beamer Benz or Bentley was banging!
CO SIGN TRUTH….Fab is niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Whoever wrote this article must of just started following or hearing about fab, he’s been doin it big for a minute now….he has gold and platinum albums…he’s had a couple of hit records,he’s played in a couple movies..his own clothing line, record label..stores, and at one point had endorsements from Reebok and Mitchell and ness..so I wouldn’t call what he’s doing a “surge” since he’s been doing it since he came out , but llyod banks on the other hand hasn’t seen much solo success in his career..mainly because of the G-unit situation.
Hov. Nuff said.
I think you guys are missed the point of what the writer said. Yes, Fab can rhyme & is somewhat lyrical, but his shows are BORING. He stands around too much. At least, Banks moves & dances on stage. Fab DOES NOT!! Fab has a very boring show since he’s soo lyrical. He needs to improve his stage show like Jay-Z did.
dis shit funny!
last time i checked there was a rapper named jay z thought he had the crown in NY
normally i would say jay-z is hands down the most important musician (not jus rapper but most important from any genre of music) but his last album came out 2 years ago. i would say nicki minaj is the most important NY rapper but she really doesn’t rep NY. at this point i would give it to Fabolous. he is the most consistent NY rapper out right now and he is one of the most talented. banks is cool but i gotta give it to fab
new york times be smokin’ some shitt..
@ tammy
lloyd banks dances….??? if this is true g-unit is even cornier than i thought….
Lol at Fabolous being lyrical his about as lyrical as Lady Gaga.
LMFAO @ people who don’t live in or anywhere near NY commenting on this. STFU
Lets be fucking honest, he’s not the most important rapper ANYWHERE. and though hood popular none of his songs have been a anthem of any sort at any fucking time. This is laughable.
THIS IS SOME PURE FUCKERY ! LOYD WHO ???
Nicki Minaj is a bigger and more important rapper in NY (and everywhere else) than lloyd banks.
The funniest thing about this is everything thats happening to him now started the min he started distancing himself from 50 and start working outside of g-unit, that says A LOT.
Smh at People saying Jay-Z…..We All know about Jay…But it’s a new age and Time Hov pushin 50 let Somebody Else in NY Shine…..Imma Go wit Fab…Banks Flow is Just not the Same kinda Boring now…
IS THERE A SUCH THING OF BEING TO LOYAL…..SMH LLOYD BANKS SHIT GOES HARD
lol you fab dickriders are funny…. yes fab is good but go bar for bar with banks and fab will get murked everytime…. i even seen one of you contradict yourself up there saying banks is boring but his hits are hot! getthefuckouttaherewiththatbullshitson #edlover
ye ye G UNITTTTTTT
f*ck fabolous.. let’em ride mo BMF dick
Loso in case u aint know so….realtalkny u illeterate Sob being the most impotant rapper in NY means that without you, NY hiphop wouldn’t be on the map …and i like banks and all but that tittle goes to Fab and no explaination needed Fab just is the best rapper in NY right now
Hey don’t sleep on NY Times. Them and NPR are synonymous with knowing a little more then a little bit about hip hop as outsiders. But they’re wrong here. Fab is NY’s most important rapper right now. Hands down.
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fabolous is most important
damn did ya forget about Jadakiss??
I didnt forget about the other niggas in NY but i’ll give it to the PLK banks is fuckin nice so is fab and every other NY rapper if you think about it but for now its Lloyd Banks being wit G-Unit wasnt bad idk why niggas be hatin on the unit i mean 50 be puttin out bangas once in a while though but banks is consistent
Jadakiss all day everyday. then Fab. soz but banks dont get even a look in, dude aint done nowhere near enough to earn that title
Killa cam is always gonna be on top then L.O.X thats it
Kiss n fab
ny times is right bank# is the future KONY , haters choke on dat
Some of you niggas must be slow. The reporter based this off of the concert and the material they were able to perform regarding hit records and current music. If you watched the show and believe fab had a better set then you are in the small minority of people.
NY Times knows nothing about hip hop, Lloyd Banks is far down on the list of important rappers in New York. It’s difficult to pick the most important but I can assure you it’s not Lloyd Banks and not Jay-Z (I know people are going to say that).
To say who is new yorks most important rapper, you gotta have the full package. Sorry to say but loso, banks, kiss etc there legends and have all been in the game longer than 8 years. Whats gonna bring new york back is an artist thats has swag, trendsetter, slang, lyrics, gear, star appeal, his own movement and under 30. right now that dude out of new york is vado!! What he’s accomplished so far not too many ny rappers have done in a while with no official album out. im not saying he gonna sell a milli but hes the only ny artist that gives me that old school new york feel. STRICTLY MY OPINION
Fab keep showin these bitches taugh love making radio hits while still keepin it hood so we didnt forget about Jada but lets face it it’s Loso all day cuz
“I got one in Miami, she mean with a mouth piece
like LeBron, I’m taking my talents down to south Beach Pineapple to chase it, go head girl just chase it
All we drink is my shit, coco loso wasted!!!!”
cosign ^^^marty mcfly cuz Vado’s nice too can’t forget about Vado
mo brooklyn mo harlem mo southside Ny’s looking good right now. either way whether it’s Fab, Vado, Banks or Jada Ny Hiphop’s in good hands but it’s still Fab all day
banks aint even the most important rapper from queens gtfoh
beamer benz or bentley banged for like wat 2 maybe 3 mths?
and start it up is a mixtape banger not a radio hit. does it even have a video?
i’m not mad at the article, its just off, wayy wayy off.
i think he meant to say the most important rapper in gunit is lloyd banks. i give him that
I think NY is looking for someone to so call bring NY back. Kinda like saying Bron is the next Jordan(yea whatever) but fact is I’m a down south nigga fat dont listen to this new era of lollipop rap respect to the legends of da south(ugk,eightball&mjg3-6,face,devin,outkast,getoboys,big mike,etc.) if u know hip-hop like me it is still good music in NY u just have to turn off the radio cause it trash. Respect to all new yitty cats still doin it bcc, Rae&ghost,Saigon,diplomats,banks,fab,joell,etc and the legends what up Krs, kool g,mop and the rest of the legends don’t let radio decide who is hot cause there not( oh yeah what up to nas, black thought, beans ,mobb, common,clipse& liva,talib, fat Joe and da rest fat believe in lyrics.rip guru,Nate ,pimp c
Jigga & Nas. No one else is even close. On to the next one!!!
Feel sorry for NY… FLA is running the rap game anyway. Prove me wrong
lol no wonda ny fell da fuck off…blanks iz da most important rapper outta ny FOH clowns
wat bout Jigga or Nicki?? there da only niggas from ny worth givin a fuck rite now
Fuck Banks and his diminishing G-Unit label, Yall never be back on NYC front pages
KILLA CAM…NOBODY REPS LIKE HE DOES. WITHOUT HARLEM WORLD THERE IS NO NEW YORK REALSHIT
SORRY TO SAY RICKY ROZAY IS NEW YORKS MOST IMPORTANT RAPPER LMAO WHO ENDED THE SHOW WIT A BANG? ROOOOZAY!
Euh.. you bums forgot Mr Meth..
Fab and kiss are nice..bt they don’t grind as hard as banks.blu hef put out 5mixtapes (5 and better series) if u fold it u would knw its hot.he gave away 10 free trax in the form of blue friday,he dropped a hot album HFM2,which has 5vidz at the momen..he outshines all these niggaz in summer jam 2011..besides banks is better than mos acts on stage,hez toured more than mos these niggaz,even went to brazil on a mixtape tour when v4 came out…let’s be real,nobody puttin that work like bankS “reality is stinging and its comin by the swarm”
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Listen, I would give credit where credit is due. Fabolous and Lloyd Banks as well as Jadakiss, and even Talib Kweli. deserves the recognition as New York’s Most Important Hip Hop. However, nobody show Nas even more greater because everybody’s on Lil Wayne, Birdman, OFFICER RICKY, YMCB, Souja Boy, Waka Flocka, Gucci Mane band wagon. Ya’ll bastards like @ Ron and bzeek- sit yo ass down and shut the fuck up!, supporting fake-ass, gangasta wanna-bes, when ya’ll overlook the realest and greatest New York City has ever had in hip hop. Nas did it all, good and platinum records, most lyricist, hands down one of the greatest of all time, and his next album Life Is Good is coming soon. I think he’s gonna surprise us and to haters, in which they are YMCM stans. Nuff respect to Lloyd Banks and continuously do their own thang. Keep NYC in tact with real hip hop.
LOOOOL @ BANKS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT RAPPER LOOOL WITH THAT FUCKIN HORIBBLE VOICE? R U KIDDING ME CAN U EVEN HEAR WHAT THE FUCK THIS WACK ASS NIGGA SAYIN…JADAKISS N FAB ALL THE WAY
Banks is LYRICAL but his voice holds him back. Loso top of the game(NYC) Ortiz, Kiss, Fred, Vado, Talib. Outside NYC, Drizzy, Ye, Push, Rozay.
This was based off banks performance at summer jam… this nigga deff had the best set and yeah him or loso are deff most important rappers in NY right now. no one rep QUEENS harder than banks… niki minaj is signed to a fuckin southern artist… where the fuck is nas anyway for u niggas to be talkin bout his name. its a new era and banks been goin hard. too bad his album was undershipped but big things bout to happen for this nigga if he keeps grinding. QUEENS MUTHAFUCKERRR
ha haaa ya niggaz tight banks is better than fab ya like fab cuz he dress like a stupid fuckn teen and the live namd shit is so fuckn corny lil wayne n fab be bitting jayz dick so hard they dont have music that sounds good with a live band fab set at summer jam was fuck wack banks show was the best i was saying this shit the whole time how banks outshine everybody at summer jam
TTHATS NOO DOUBT, BANKS ALL DAY ..WHY YA’LL THINK THEY CALL HIM THE “PLK(pUNCH LINE KING)” ?? CUZ HE IS …G UNIT ALL DAY ….& WHY YOU THINK HE WROTE THIS LINE ” BEAMER BENZ OR BENTLY YOUR HATIN DONT EFFECT ME”…FABOLOUS IS ALL THAT TOO AND I FUCKS WITH BOTH…BUT THIS YEAR ITS THE PLK’S TIME TO SHINE!!!!
Jadakiss, Fabolous, Banks, Cam n Vado are like the only relevant ones… THA FUCK happened to juelz santana??? Cause right now it seems like he flopped harder than darko milicic, syked all hopes and dreams of elevating New York. Fuck, AZ, NAS, RAKIM N JAY-Z ARE STILL THE MOST IMPORTANT RAPPERS OF NY yeah i sed it. The old niggaz, cause they’re the best thing out of ny, they were the reason why New York’s the MECCA of hip hop. No One else puts hip hop n a city on a map harder then them. I still got Doe Or Die, Reasonable Doubt n Illmatic playing on the regular, so apparently what these niggas need is a classic. Especially Lloyd banks, to be called the most important rapper for ny, only means he gotta push hard! And even he doesnt even sound like hes confident in himself to do it sheesh.
SOMEBODY SAVE NEW YORK!
Aye what happened to Atlanta??????
NAS……end of conversation
cam… who set more trends than cam? who put more niggas on than cam?
Most important rappers
NYC- Jay Z (accept it)
Chicago- Lupe Fiasco
Los Angeles- Snoop Dogg
Atlanta- Gucci Mane
Miami- Rick Ross
DMV(Dc area) – Wale
Philly- Meek Mills
Detroit- Eminem
St Louis- Nelly
jada
ahahahah did that boy @Mob say Lupe in chicago?? LMAOOOOOO.
you are one funny guy.
Whether you say Bank$ or Loso I can’t be mad at you. I fucks with both of em. Both are nice and both drop real hip hop.
Fuck shit,,,fuck all y’all rap fuckin niggaz,,,,we need to put new shit on the table…fuck
Johnny k40 I cosign u man..they both go hard ! It would be nice if fab and banks did a mixtape 2getha.that would massive 4 NY
FAB IS THE KING OF NEW YORK PERIOD HE A BOSS NOT UNDER ANY 1 VADO UNDER CAM BANKS UNDER 50 FAB IS A BOSS HE CAN MAKE A CLUB BANGER WITH TREY SONGS SAY AHH WHICH WAS A HIT AND DO SOME STREET SHIT WITH STYLES P AND GHOSTFACE KILLAH HE FINNA DROP LOSO WAY 2 IN HIS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN THE GAME HE BEEN IN THE GAME SINCE 2001 LOSO WAY 2 IS GONNA BE BIG FOR FAB IT GONNA CHANGE HIS CAREER AND LEGACY CAUSE PEOPLE SAYING HE CANT PUT OUT ALBUM SO I FEEL HE GONNA BRING THE HEAT
FAB IS PLK HIS MIXTAPES GO HARDER THEN ALL OF BANKS SHIT SOUL TAPE HAD 16 000 DOWNLOADS IN 4 MIN BANKS IS NICE BUT HE IS LUCKY IF HIS SHIT GET 50 000 DOWNLOADS
loyalty he still wit G Unit