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Lloyd Banks Drops ‘Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr’ Mixtape
The PLK re-ups the series for the first time since 2016, with features from Vado and Sy Ari Da Kid..
Lloyd Banks Resurrects “Halloween Havoc” Series From The Grave With “The 72nd Hr”
On Halloween Eve Maryland rapper Lloyd Banks announced that a popular series amongst his fans would finally be making a return. He hopped on the Gram to share this news with his followers. He excitedly said, “Halloween Havoc IV ‘The 72nd Hr’ available at midnight!!! On all streaming platforms!!! & Itunes!!!! 100% independent let’s run this up!!!”
Well, he delivered on that promise and the new tape is here. As we reported yesterday, the album contains 15 tracks. There is also only two features on Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr, too. Those two names are Vado and Sy Ari Da Kid. Lloyd Banks kicked off this Halloween series (on streaming) in 2015. He dropped the second installment and then third a year later.
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Listen To Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr From Lloyd Banks
Perhaps the reason for the delay on bringing back a new title is due to another saga of projects Banks started. In 2021, he would end the album hiatus in 2021 with The Course of the Inevitable. He would go on to drop two more in 2022 and then in 2023. See what Lloyd is rapping about with the links above.
What are your initial thoughts on this brand-new album from Lloyd Banks, Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr? Is this the best entry in the Halloween Havoc series? Which tracks are you enjoying the most so far from this project? We would like to hear what you have to say about all of this. With that in mind, be sure to leave all of your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest breaking news around Lloyd Banks, as well as all of the hottest album drops.
Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hr Tracklist:
- Above the Law
- Convoy
- Familiar Scars
- Speeding Season
- Dangerous Minds
- No Opinions
- Clubbin’ & Chaos
- Diamond Heist (feat. Vado)
- Trap Dice
- Broken Arrows
- You Shouldn’t Be Here
- Roaming Weather
- Take Me Under
- Bad Advice (feat. Sy Ari Da Kid)
- Condolences
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50 Cent Takes Shots At Lloyd Banks And Young Buck
50 Cent is currently on his massive “The Final Lap” tour which features dozens of stops and an impressive array of guests. He’s also been sharing plenty of updates with fans via his Instagram. One particular piece of behind-the-scenes video he shared earlier this month went viral after he asked why he doesn’t get bras thrown on stage at him like Drake. Eventually, someone came through for him and he seemed thrilled to find a bra thrown at him during a recent show.
In a new video, he shared to Instagram, he’s once again evoking other rappers’ names. This time it’s Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, former G-Unit signees. The video is basically a highlight reel of 50’s recent show in New Jersey. While it looks like a great time, much of the focus was on what he said behind the scenes. “They think this is something? Wait ‘til they see Lloyd Banks’ tour,” he joked sarcastically in one clip. He followed it up by saying “Wait ‘til they see Straight Outta Cashville,” in reference to Young Buck’s debut album. This isn’t the first time 50 has taken aim at former G-Unit members. He shut down the entire prospect of a reunion last year claiming that he was tired of carrying them all. Check out the tour clip below.
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50 Cent’s Newest Disses
50 Cent has been embroiled in quite a few beefs recently. Last month, the rapper found himself in very hot water after throwing a microphone into the crowd at one of his shows to express his frustration at technical difficulties. A female radio host was hit by the mic, which caused some old foes to reemerge and take shots at 50.
Both The Game and Ja Rule used the mic throwing incident as gasoline for reigniting their beefs with 50. What do you think of 50 Cent taking shots at hit former collaborators in G-Unit? Let us know in the comment section below.
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38 Spesh & Conway The Machine Feat. Lloyd Banks “Latex Gloves” And Collab Album ‘Speshal Machinery’ Announced
Aligned with a similar set of core values, T.C.F. and Griselda have long maintained a mutual respect and prosperous working relationship with one another.
38 Spesh is coming off perhaps his biggest year ever in 2022, as he released fan favorites 7 Shots (which was highlighted by Kevin Durant as one of his top 5 albums of 2022 and even named Spesh his favorite rapper) and Beyond Belief with Harry Fraud.
Conway The Machine followed up his Shady Records major label debut, God Don’t Make Mistakes, with his recently released solo album, Won’t He Do It, and Drumwork’s first official label compilation Conway The Machine Presents: Drumwork The Album; on which Spesh & Conway provided a foreshadowing of things to come with “Lalo.”
Now, Spesh & Conway are announcing their own collaborative album Speshal Machinery, and also released the album’s first single, “Latex Gloves,” featuring Lloyd Banks. “Latex Gloves” is now available at all DSP’s.
“Banks shouted me out on Twitter, so I reached out. He asked me to jump on his album and then returned the favor” 38 Spesh explains. “He seemed like the perfect fit for the first single for me and Conway’s project.”
38 Spesh & Conway The Machine’s Speshal Machinery will be released on 9-8-23 via T.C.F. Music Group.
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What Happened To G-Unit? 50 Cent’s Dissolved Crew
50 Cent may no longer be hip-hop’s go-to supervillain, but he certainly was throughout the ’00s. Through a slew of gritty diss tracks, he amassed a portfolio of enemies in his home territory of New York. Nas, Kanye West, Diddy, and even Oprah were speaking out against his antics. In fact, that polarizing personality would go as far as beefing with former crew members of G-Unit. With 50 Cent being G-Unit’s general, The Game, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck have all made statements against him at one point or another over the past few decades.
While fans have been hoping for a reconciliation and a newfound project, 50 Cent has consistently squashed these rumors. While speaking to The Breakfast Club in August 2022, he stated, “I probably won’t do a project with them. I’m done with carrying them around. My back hurt.” The relationship between G-Unit’s members has deteriorated since the ’00s between many of its respective members. However, 50 remains close with Yayo, who he cites as the more mature member of the quintet.
50 Cent & The Game’s Beef Turned Violent
G-Unit’s downfall began all the way back in 2004. 50 Cent and The Game had each reached stardom as solo acts, morphing their young personalities into ones that were ego-driven. The Game signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records in 2003, where 50 Cent was the label’s biggest star. Later that year, G-Unit was working on the eventual multi-Platinum album Beg For Mercy. At the time, The Game wasn’t a part of G-Unit. However, Dr. Dre decided that having him join the chart-topping hip-hop act would be a genius marketing move. In addition, 50 Cent began working with The Game on his debut album, The Documentary.
While Dr. Dre’s business moves looked good from a marketing perspective, 50 Cent and The Game had friction that would eventually scale into a full-fledged beef. The Game’s The Documentary was reaching a significant level of hype behind lead singles “Westside Story,” “Hate It or Love It,” and “How We Do.” Aftermath Records was certainly happy, but 50 Cent wasn’t. Having played a significant role in the success of the songs, he began to feel as if he was being controlled. Having to scrap and claw his way from the streets of Harlem to stardom, 50 Cent was overworking for others’ profits. 50 Cent’s album The Massacre was pushed back a month to accommodate for The Game.
The Group’s Members Lost Motivation
The burgeoning tension rose to the surface on February 28, 2005. While 50 Cent was on Hot 97 with the G-Unit crew, he venomously claimed that The Game hadn’t been loyal to the group. Recently, The Game had expressed a desire to work with the likes of Nas, Jadakiss, and Fat Joe, who were all well-known rivals of G-Unit. Considering this a direct betrayal, 50 kicked him out of the group live on air. While still on the air, The Game showed up with his crew to confront the G-Unit’s leader. After the squad wasn’t let in, The Game’s associates got into a shootout outside Funkmaster Flex’s building. The situation catapulted a slew of disses from The Game, including mixtapes Ghost Unit and Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin.
However, The Game was only the first member to be dropped from G-Unit live on air. In 2008, 50 Cent would also drop Young Buck on Hot 97 after Buck exposed the group’s inner workings. In addition, Young Buck’s role had been diminishing over the past few projects. Moving into the 2010s, 50 Cent would begin beefing with remaining members Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. By this point, 50’s career had vastly taken off beyond the constructs of hip-hop. He was acting in blockbuster films and creating a variety of businesses. In an interview with XXL, he stated, “They [Banks and Yayo] just sit there and wait. When someone works for you, you have the habit of dealing with things by not dealing with them. You may get in the regimen of coming over and doing it for them.”
50 Cent’s Solo Career Was Popping Off
Of course, another primary reason for G-Unit’s demise was the iconic success of 50 Cent’s solo career. His studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, was far more successful than any of the G-Unit projects. In fact, 50 Cent was leaving money on the table by working with the group for as long as he did. G-Unit’s slow-burning fallout occurred for a wide variety of reasons. 50 Cent felt as if he was carrying the quartet on his shoulders. With his solo career growing daily, working with G-Unit made less and less sense. In addition, Yayo and Banks struggled to reinvigorate their notoriety as MCs over time. While the fallout wasn’t pretty, G-Unit introduced an iconic bling era of hip-hop.
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Lloyd Banks Drops ‘The Course of The Inevitable 3: Pieces Of My Pain’
New York rap legend, Lloyd Banks, shares his highly anticipated studio album The Course of the Inevitable 3: Pieces of My Pain today. With features from Method Man, Vado, 38 Spesh, Tony Yayo, Dave East, and Cormega, and production from Cartune Beats, George Getson, and more, Banks yet again delivers an instant hip hop classic across 16 records. The album is accompanied by a music video for “Invisible” – watch here.
On COTI3, Banks shows his growth as a person and artist. Records like “Cliffhanger” and “Opened Gates” speak on success, self awareness, and change. On “Voices” he acknowledges his vulnerability while overcoming negativity. “Showers” and “Daddy’s Little Girl” bring bright spots to the project sharing the emotions of fatherhood. Earlier this year he shared two early records from this album with “Movie Scenes” and “101 Razors” featuring Method Man – watch that music video here. The album artwork is symbolic of growth showing an older version of his son on the cover, while the images of Banks in broken glass describe the pain he raps about.
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Lloyd Banks Drops ‘The Course of the Inevitable 3: Pieces of My Pain’ Album
The PLK returns, with contributions from Method Man, Vado, 38 Spesh, Tony Yayo, Dave East, and Cormega, among others.
Lloyd Banks Reveals He Nearly Signed With G.O.O.D Music
Lloyd Banks has revealed that his career in the early 2010s could have been very different. Banks has been in the news a lot as of late. He is currently promoting his upcoming album The Course Of The Inevitable III (Pieces Of My Pain). The G-Unit co-founder announced this week that the project would be released next Friday. Fans have been eager for Banks to drop something new Additionally, many will be waiting to see if the project can vault the 40-year-old back into the mainstream, Subsequently, Banks is now telling the story of the time he nearly linked up with Kanye West on the G.O.O.D Music label.
The Hip Hop Wolf recently shared a video of an interview Banks did with the Rap Radar Podcast. Banks revealed that were plans in the works for a G-Unit and G.O.O.D Music album. “it was supposed to be a G-Unit G.O.O.D. Music type of situation, ‘Christion Dior Denim Flow,’” he said. A collab between G-Unit and Kanye would surely have been legendary. However, Banks says the deal fell through. “I was on other records too, they never came out or whatever, the business didn’t get done. But yeah, that was probably like 2010/11,” he said. If Banks’ timing is correct, that would have been around the time of his third solo album.
Lloyd Banks Says Deal With G.O.O.D. Music Fell Through
Indeed, Hunger For More dropped in early 2010. Kanye himself is featured on the album. The project’s third single “Start it Up” features vocals from Ye and numerous other artists. The song performed decently on the charts, peaking at number 52 on the Hot 100. Although the album was well received, it didn’t generate the same buzz as Banks’ previous efforts.
However, Banks hasn’t fallen off completely. The “I’m So Fly” rapper has retained a loyal fan base over the years. Additionally, people always check in whenever any of the G-Unit alumni are working on something. Meanwhile, it is hard not to speculate where he would be if he had linked with Kanye in a greater capacity. That notwithstanding, Banks was part of one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history. He deserves his flowers regardless of how his next project performs. Moreover, It is unlikely that his supporters are going to count him out any time soon.
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