Lloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc 2 (Mixtape)

[Axum Ezana]

angel dust

nowadays

live4ever

feed the strip

my favorites on the album

 

[AJtheOne]

me and my coli brehs reaction when Banks dropped this heat

he does it again

 

[Zach Lowe]

Brehs....don't play with my emotions. Is this good? I'm going to download when I get home but I loved CC2 & FNO. Will I enjoy or be disappointed by this tape?

it's FNO 2 if you like that dust outdated ny sound you'll like this

if u like wavy shyt then nah

 

[Ohene]

Brehs....don't play with my emotions. Is this good? I'm going to download when I get home but I loved CC2 & FNO. Will I enjoy or be disappointed by this tape?

he picked up where he left off. It's Banks...he knows what his fans want and he gives us that.

the first 5 songs will grab you with a tight grip. Angel Dust, Nowadays, the Intro and Dedicated are my fave so far off 3 full listens

 

[Suspicions]

This is gonna be on repeat til cc3. I wish he did a part two of some songs from halloween havoc 1.

 

[Big Dick]

Brehs....don't play with my emotions. Is this good? I'm going to download when I get home but I loved CC2 & FNO. Will I enjoy or be disappointed by this tape?

If you fukked with FNO you'll fukk with this. Mixing could be a little better but Banks goes in on every track. Dollar Weight, Angel Dust and 24 Drama are all fukkin ridic.

 

[HARLEM AL]

Gotta get that trap shyt out of your system

I wish i could big homie

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Brehs....don't play with my emotions. Is this good? I'm going to download when I get home but I loved CC2 & FNO. Will I enjoy or be disappointed by this tape?

If you liked CC2 and FNO---this is right up your alley. It's mostly the same producers, same dark vibe, and the rapping is great.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I know what you mean. But I do like the mellow beats more than the live ones for his style. I'd like to hear him over a few more warmer soul sample type beats too. There are a lot of dark synths and melancholy piano keys on a lot of his beats now.

Then obviously the Araab Muzik beats have the screaming and shyt going on in them.

Bangers from Alchemist is still one of my favorite Banks joints, because it was dark and sinister but still had a warm little bounce to it.



As long as he's going over dark beats though, I think some Banks and Sid Roams joints would be incredible. Imagine Banks over some of these.

I realize most of these beats are taken.

This is exactly what I mean. ALC, Sid Roams, and Havoc can create those dark/ominous beats without sounding old, dusty, and boring. Most of HH2's tracks sounds like FNO, which was alright but would still put you to sleep.

 

[WSFGDan]

That's one of my favorites.


EDIT: fukk I'm stupid. I thought you said it's your least favorite.

 

[HDKG_]

MY GOD THIS FIRST VERSE ON NOWADAYS

 

[TheDarceKnight]

This is exactly what I mean. ALC, Sid Roams, and Havoc can create those dark/ominous beats without sounding old, dusty, and boring. Most of HH2's tracks sounds like FNO, which was alright but would still put you to sleep.

Unless my ears are off, I think HH2 is shorter than FNO, which is cool. I agree that the sound does start to get the same.

Banks has never really worked with well known producers though. It's frustrating but I respect how it started. Back in the G-Unit days Sha Money XL wouldn't put labels on the beat cds, so they would pick the beats without knowing who produced them. Cool idea but it got old.

I wonder if Banks and them just decided that having name producers wasn't important? Because 50 NEVER solicited any known producers besides Dre or Em until Curtis and then he got that Timbo joint and Havoc and Jake One were some guys that had G-Unit production deals, so they got used also.

Just seems like having high caliber producers was never a G-Unit trademark. If you look at the liner notes of all their group and solo projects from 03-07 it's who's who of

 

[TheDarceKnight]

So does Banks even really do the punchline style anymore? I know he has metaphors and stuff, but the Jadakiss, Fabolous, insert punchline rapper here style seems to be entirely gone, right?

Musically it was a good decision. I like punchlines as much as anyone but I think this makes more better songs. I still loved HFM though.

 

[HDKG_]

So does Banks even really do the punchline style anymore? I know he has metaphors and stuff, but the Jadakiss, Fabolous, insert punchline rapper here style seems to be entirely gone, right?

Musically it was a good decision. I like punchlines as much as anyone but I think this makes more better songs. I still loved HFM though.

yeah he dont really do that no more

 

[HDKG_]

only gripe might be some of these songs too short and leave you wanting more