Lloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc 4 (Discussion Thread

[stepbackj34spud]

If you're talking about most then why are you starting with a mixtape he made 4 years into his career? Banks is a well rounded artist he's had uptempo shyt on pretty much every project until HH3.

Bizarre thing to say

Are you slow bro? I said most of his shyt since Return of the PLK has been grimey and gritty. That was a big switch in Banks style from Punchlines to wordplay and witty lyricism.

You are trying to argue he has uptempo shyt on his projects.. so? Those tracks are the minority not the majority. Stop looking for something different.

 

[Redwing80]

Are you slow bro? I said most of his shyt since Return of the PLK has been grimey and gritty. That was a big switch in Banks style from Punchlines to wordplay and witty lyricism.

You are trying to argue he has uptempo shyt on his projects.. so? Those tracks are the minority not the majority. Stop looking for something different.

Grimy and gritty got nothing to do with wordplay and lyricism. You don't even know what you're talking about.

Because Banks tends to lean towards being grimy doesn't mean "that's his sound" when he's never stuck to one sound during his whole career until this point

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Grimy and gritty got nothing to do with wordplay and lyricism. You don't even know what you're talking about.

Because Banks tends to lean towards being grimy doesn't mean "that's his sound" when he's never stuck to one sound during his whole career until this point

nikka shutup. You sound dumb. Disrespectfully, smd.

The first 5 and better tape came out in 08. A majority of Banks music since then has been dope raps over grimey and gritty beats. Thats 15 years of ryhmes. fukk is you talking about?

 

[TheDarceKnight]

How does being independent work? I see other artists claim to be independent all the time and their new records appear on the Apple Music browse section when you scroll to new albums

With Banks, you gotta look his shyt up… if you ain’t personally checkin for Banks, you wouldn’t know he’s still droppin

He’s A1 with the lyrics on here and he sounds clearer than his other recent releases.. he should make this more noticeable but I know he don’t have the Hovain leverage anymore

independent just means that you have to do everything yourself. You have to market your music, fund the artwork, the recording, the mixing, the mastering, and you have to fund the costs for features, production, etc. Independent artists can still be really big, but they just don't have a major label assisting them with promotion, funding the music, etc.

You can be independent and be almost unheard of or you can be independent and be really big. And on the flipside, you can be signed to a major and be huge, or you can be signed to a major and be small (think all the folks signed to Interscope or Shady over the years that stayed unknown).

In general, when you're independent you generate less income, but you get to keep a lot more of it. Major label artists may bring in more dollars, but the trade off is they get to keep less of the pie.

 

[Menna]

Bank’s style is rapping over gritty and dull beats. Cold, nyc street corner type of beats. Yall want uptempo kinda beats go listen to Lil Uzi Vert. Yall kill me with that. Yall say this stupid shyt every banks project. nikkas is corny. This is Banks sound.

He can do both. Sometime he hits better on the inbetween gritty and almost dipset like beats

 

[Xtz23]

Are you slow bro? I said most of his shyt since Return of the PLK has been grimey and gritty. That was a big switch in Banks style from Punchlines to wordplay and witty lyricism.

You are trying to argue he has uptempo shyt on his projects.. so? Those tracks are the minority not the majority. Stop looking for something different.

I think it’s more so not that dudes don’t want the grimy they just want top level producers who do the same shyt like alchemist. I can understand that point this is coming from someone who loves all of banks tapes and I cop em all wen they’re available. I agree with u that banks sounds best on dusty grimy shyt or hard bangers for example like 123 grind produced by aarabmuzik just a change in producers would be nice I’m not complaining tho banks is one of my favorite rappers. But a lot of ppl feeling like he needs to work with the top producers in that category is not a bad thing at all especially since he has the resources. I wouldn’t doubt that he’s working on an album with some top producers like alc and havoc. There was something said about it a year ago. banks drops hot lava everytime but I really hope he does have an album with alc and havoc in the works.

 

[Xtz23]

This tape is just ferocious banks kills everything in sight


Condolences Been in heavy rotation today

 

[BK The Great]

I think this is better than all of the Course Of The Inevitable albums Production is just way better on here and compliments his rapping. I might regret saying that but replay value is holding up.

 

[Xtz23]

I think this is better than all of the Course Of The Inevitable albums Production is just way better on here and compliments his rapping. I might regret saying that but replay value is holding up.

It’s more darker and more raw with banks relentlessly unapologetically murdering everything reminding a lot of goofies counting banks out. Like some of these beats might not be great if banks didn’t completely obliterate them not everyone can do that.

Like convoy for example the beat sounds amazing after what banks did to it but it’s not the best of beats. Banks made that shyt into a banger. That’s one of the top 5s on here. 5/5 track

 

[BK The Great]

It’s more darker and more raw with banks relentlessly unapologetically murdering everything reminding a lot of goofies counting banks out. Like some of these beats might not be great if banks didn’t completely obliterate them not everyone can do that.

Like convoy for example the beat sounds amazing after what banks did to it but it’s not the best of beats. Banks made that shyt into a banger. That’s one of the top 5s on here. 5/5 track

The Course of Inevitable beats are dark too but with these he's also not rapping about the usual gun talk stuff, it's a mixed bag of deep bars too.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

I think it’s more so not that dudes don’t want the grimy they just want top level producers who do the same shyt like alchemist. I can understand that point this is coming from someone who loves all of banks tapes and I cop em all wen they’re available. I agree with u that banks sounds best on dusty grimy shyt or hard bangers for example like 123 grind produced by aarabmuzik just a change in producers would be nice I’m not complaining tho banks is one of my favorite rappers. But a lot of ppl feeling like he needs to work with the top producers in that category is not a bad thing at all especially since he has the resources. I wouldn’t doubt that he’s working on an album with some top producers like alc and havoc. There was something said about it a year ago. banks drops hot lava everytime but I really hope he does have an album with alc and havoc in the works.

Bro stop this.. just enjoy the rhymes.

“And my mixtapes are magic, patched together like an album”<— Banks really lives what he writes. Best mixtape catalog ever.

I think this is better than all of the Course Of The Inevitable albums Production is just way better on here and compliments his rapping. I might regret saying that but replay value is holding up.

Definitely not better than COTI1. I cant take anybody serious who say this. COTI1 still gets play from me. Banks was rhyming unbelievable on that shyt.

My problem with coti 2 & 3, all tho still good work, i can barely hear Banks voice on some of the tracks. Like Showers and Dead Roses.

 

[Xtz23]

Bro stop this.. just enjoy the rhymes.

“And my mixtapes are magic, patched together like an album”<— Banks really lives what he writes. Best mixtape catalog ever.




Definitely not better than COTI1. I cant take anybody serious who say this. COTI1 still gets play from me. Banks was rhyming unbelievable on that shyt.

Goat mixtape catalog

 

[mozichrome]

decided to try this out
2 tracks in...Banks sounding good
damn this 3rd song. he's attacking the beat. had to replay it

 

[Yaboysix]

*Tracklist*
01. Lloyd Banks – Above The Law
02. Lloyd Banks – Convoy
03. Lloyd Banks – Familiar Scars
04. Lloyd Banks – Speeding Season
05. Lloyd Banks – Dangerous Minds
06. Lloyd Banks – No Opinions
07. Lloyd Banks – Clubbin’ & Chaos
08. Lloyd Banks – Diamond Heist (feat. Vado)
09. Lloyd Banks – Trap Dice
10. Lloyd Banks – Broken Arrows
11. Lloyd Banks – You Shouldn’t Be Here
12. Lloyd Banks – Roaming Weather
13. Lloyd Banks – Take Me Under
14. Lloyd Banks – Bad Advice (feat. Sy Ari Da Kid)
15. Lloyd Banks – Condolences

This nygga is an introvert FOR REAL!

 

[Striving For Greatness]

This nygga is an introvert FOR REAL!

What makes you say that