{"id":492125,"date":"2022-09-10T01:16:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T22:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lloyd-banks-on-g-units-2002-mixtape-run-that-was-my-favorite-year\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T01:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T22:16:04","slug":"lloyd-banks-on-g-units-2002-mixtape-run-that-was-my-favorite-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lloyd-banks-on-g-units-2002-mixtape-run-that-was-my-favorite-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lloyd Banks On G-Unit\u2019s 2002 Mixtape Run: \u2018That Was My Favorite Year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97b682639\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97b682639\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lloyd-banks-on-g-units-2002-mixtape-run-that-was-my-favorite-year\/#%E2%80%9CLloyd_Banks_On_G-Units_2002_Mixtape_Run_%E2%80%98That_Was_My_Favorite_Year%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lloyd Banks On G-Unit\u2019s 2002 Mixtape Run: \u2018That Was My Favorite Year\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLloyd_Banks_On_G-Units_2002_Mixtape_Run_%E2%80%98That_Was_My_Favorite_Year%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lloyd Banks On G-Unit\u2019s 2002 Mixtape Run: \u2018That Was My Favorite Year\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/03\/lloyd-banks-getty-e1614622642808-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Lloyd Banks On G-Unit\u2019s 2002 Mixtape Run: \u2018That Was My Favorite Year\u2019\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Johnny Nunez\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nLloyd Banks has said his favorite year as an MC was in 2002 during 50 Cent and\u00a0G-Unit\u2018s iconic mixtape run.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6dvvnnyfXdgqa4RHhOAjsT?si=fba57b9edf4342cd\"><em>Rap Radar<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>, Banks realized that 2022 marked 20 years since the legendary run. The tapes released during this period included <em>50 Cent Is the Future,<\/em> <em>No Mercy No Fear<\/em> and<em> God\u2019s Plan,<\/em> and Banks said he had more fun during that triage of projects than he did when his debut solo album came out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cThat was I can honestly say probably my favorite year,\u201d Banks said. \u201cEven more than my solo album. \u2018Cause going into that time, like I said [it started] from sitting in the house literally 8 o\u2019clock at night to six in the morning just talking. Just talking about how it\u2019s going to be. What they expect, you know what I mean? Like really preparing for this shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe would like to say we were like gearing up for the long run, but that\u2019d be a lie. N-ggas was talking about how to be like a tornado. Like not, \u2018Hey we from over here,\u2019 like a tornado. Everything stopped \u2026 That type of energy, that urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20 years ago! G-Unit mixtape reign began. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RapRadarPodcast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RapRadarPodcast<\/a> \u2066<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lloydbanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lloydbanks<\/a>\u2069 \ud83d\udd0a\ud83d\udd0a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OTw9pQf6Qb\">https:\/\/t.co\/OTw9pQf6Qb<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2n7gLyVVw7\">pic.twitter.com\/2n7gLyVVw7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliott Wilson (@ElliottWilson) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElliottWilson\/status\/1567964352556171264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While G-Unit\u2019s brief mixtape run was heralded as one of the group\u2019s finest hours, Lloyd Banks had an equally as successful solo career when he kicked things off in 2004 with\u00a0<em>The Hunger For More. <\/em>Banks\u2019 debut\u00a0project hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 433,000 units in its first week.<\/p>\n<p>According to Banks, the success of\u00a0<em>Hunger For More<\/em> led to an even greater album advance for his sophomore record.\u00a0\u201cMy advance for my second album was like a million dollars,\u201d Banks told Elliott Wilson and\u00a0Brian \u2018B.Dot\u2019 Miller. \u201cThose days are over,\u201d the latter interjected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cYeah, I never told nobody that, but yeah\u201d Banks continued. \u201cBut then imagine what the third one was supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Banks\u00a0explained\u00a0the origin of his \u201cLazy Lloyd\u201d nickname\u00a0and tattoo, which he said was a tribute of sorts to\u00a0Bone Thugs-n-Harmony\u2018s Layzie Bone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest with you, it came from Layzie Bone,\u201d Banks said. \u201cI never told anybody that, except for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>B.Dot followed up by asking Banks if he ever wanted to be in the group, to which he replied: \u201cEverybody did. Don\u2019t sit here and act like\u2026 c\u2019mon, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Layzie Bone then shouted out Banks on his Instagram Stories, sharing a still from the interview and writing:\u00a0\u201cWhat a honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nLloyd Banks dropped off his latest effort\u00a0<em>The Course of the Inevitable 2<\/em> in July,\u00a0and said in an interview with\u00a0<em>HipHopDX<\/em>\u00a0that he is so inspired he feels like he could feed his fans for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I feel like I\u2019m fully capable of dropping an album for the next five years,\u201d Banks said. \u201cAt least once a year, if not twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Mackenzie Cummings-Grady\"><br \/>\nby Mackenzie Cummings-Grady\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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