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Lloyd Banks Helps Mom After Heartattack; Rapper Focused On G-Unit LP
Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:05 PM
By Roman Wolfe and Alvin "aqua" Blanco

G-Unit’s new album Terminate On Sight is a return to the rap game of sorts for group member Lloyd Banks, as the album marks the rapper's first official release since 2006's album Rotten Apple.

 

According to Banks, who dropped out of the spotlight shortly after Rotten Apple was released, family issues prevented him from being 100 percent focused on promoting the album.

 

"Prior to that my mother, she was in and out the hospital [due to a heart attack]," Banks revealed to AllHipHop.com. "I was doin’ promos and interviews and some s**t like that and she had the first heart attack and I was there you know what I’m sayin."

 

The rapper went back to promoting his album when his mother suffered a second, more severe heart attack.

 

"I actually had to get her into the ambulance…so this is going on before I gotta make my way into Manhattan. The album came out the 10th, I got the call on the 27th."

 

Additionally, Banks said he was disenfranchised with the state of the music business, as well as the way Rotten Apple was being received by critics and fans alike.

 

"I wasn’t happy about the way the music was received and I was on promo and I was dealing with a lot," Banks continued. "There was resistance that I was being shown, to the plain eye and I was dealing with that. Those are the reasons that had me a little disgusted about the game. I was watching the s**t go on and it was confusing and then all this [his mother’s health] on top of it just made me not even want to even be part of that s**t for a good minute."

 

Banks also responded to Game’s recent comment and prediction that like former G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck, he too would eventually leave 50 Cent’s G-Unit collective.

 

"People always say where would you be without 50," Banks told AllHipHop.com. "I don’t think about s**t like that. That discredits all [the] work that I really did, the s**t is over my head."

 

G-Unit’s Terminate On Sight is due in stores July 1.

To view the full G-Unit feature click here.


Comments

 

Eight Mile Road Music News » Lloyd Banks Helps Mom After Heartattack; Rapper Focused On G-Unit LP said:

April 29, 2008 3:14 PM
 

jojodove77 said:

If my moms life was in jeopardy I would've done the same thing...f a rap career (especially if I'm already paid)--->family first.
April 29, 2008 3:32 PM
 

walkdog said:

banks will never leave the unit, and young buck will be back
April 29, 2008 3:34 PM
 

Bed-Stuy Ambassador Doug said:

Family can sometime be a disease, but when they do right by you they come first before everything. He should be commended but what kinda person would put money over they moms.
April 29, 2008 3:37 PM
 

SFE Marketing said:

Huh..what was the point of this?  He had family issues but is he saying that was the reason why it was weak or?  I'm confused. "I wasn't happy with the way the music was received"  Translation:  I was tight at the fans because they didn't like it.  Alll I'm saying is, Man-up and accept the fact that you fouled out on Big Apple and keep it moving.  All of these rappers are so diplomatic nowadays.  Back in the days, your shit would just be labeled straight wack but nowadays rappers can say " I was in a different space" or "the music wasn't received well".  It sounds really sensitive fellas!!!!

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April 29, 2008 3:46 PM
 

Hustle Simmons said:

Family FIRST!!!! Always. I respect him for having the good mind to put this rap shit on the back burner till his moms was straight. Hip-Hop is forever but mom-dukes is on borrowed time. Cherish it.
April 29, 2008 3:56 PM
 

doobie ashtray said:

BANKS IS A TOP FIVE RIGHT NOW...
April 29, 2008 4:03 PM
 

doobie ashtray said:

ROTTEN APPLE WAS DOPE TOO..
April 29, 2008 4:03 PM
 

j.johnson said:

Banks said he was disenfranchised with the state of the music business, as well as the way Rotten Apple was being received by critics and fans alike
________________________________

Promotion or not...if the fans and the critics dont like it...its a pretty good chance that the music is just not appealing
April 29, 2008 4:06 PM
 

Shifty_UK said:

yea i thought rotten apply was way under-rated. its a real good album if you take the time to listen to it.

still though, would love to see banks go back to his 'hunger for more' days.

keep at it banks you got my support!
April 29, 2008 4:07 PM
 

MadeMan3000 said:

@ doobie ashtry
BANKS IS A TOP FIVE RIGHT NOW...
ROTTEN APPLE WAS DOPE TOO..

Man u must be deaf in one ear and can't hear out the other one if u really believe that shit!
April 29, 2008 4:08 PM
 

Young Caine said:

doobie ashtray said:
BANKS IS A TOP FIVE RIGHT NOW...
April 29, 2008 4:03 PM

^^ Yeah right!!!  He aiight, but he ain't top five...
April 29, 2008 4:10 PM
 

yungrichnigg_ahh said:

April 29, 2008 4:13 PM
 

SeanJohn81 said:

Banks is nice don't get me wrong but he is a Fab clone.  Anyone over the age of 23 from up north will tell you Banks is a knock off of Fab who is really the punch line king.  I hope Banks can step back up
April 29, 2008 4:46 PM
 

Que4Real said:

Fuck a Top 5 but I do respect that he put everything on hold to take care of his moms. Promote yourself as an artist as well as a producer @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
http://www.gothaze.com/
http://www.gothaze.com/
April 29, 2008 4:47 PM
 

Daily Recap - 4/29/08 at SNICKA.com said:

April 29, 2008 4:50 PM
 

ToneofTERRAZONA~BWS said:

OK OK OK yeah I heard bout dudes mom but, that has nothin to do with the fact that that son his wack. Banks is just local, g-int gets no play outside of New York, except for the Pop Stations.  If you are like me, you tired of the pop music that the unit puts out so go get that L.A.X. BY THE GAME JULY 8TH.
April 29, 2008 5:01 PM
 

JAPPY107 said:

STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR A LOW SALE ON RATTEN APPLE, BECAUSE THE ALBUM SUCK.
April 29, 2008 5:24 PM
 

Pimp$lim said:

@jappy107............cosign pimpin'...............CHUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29, 2008 5:39 PM
 

Tommy K. said:

I'm a fan of both Banks and Fab and Banks has better punchlines even though Fab's flow is better. Stay focused Banks can't wait 4 that TOS
April 29, 2008 5:48 PM
 

JAH JAH said:

sorry to hear about his mom.

cant wait for "Termites on Shit" album to pop off
April 29, 2008 6:22 PM
 

MadeMan3000 said:

Besides AHH yall r starting to bug me ridin ni99az dicks, bcuz he taking care of his Moms that shit shouldn't be a headline.  What else is a real ni99a suppose to do, if the ni99a didn't take care of his Moms he would be a mark. No career,women,click or money should never come between that so come on and get real. In closing I do shout the ni99a out for that and any other ni99a that puts family 1st !
April 29, 2008 6:23 PM
 

Mr. Wrecc said:

Yeah, I dealt with family members who have heart disease and the shit is no joke.  Damn, I wouldve bounced out too.  The game has no love for that type of stuff either, they could care less about his issues ...Do your thing though bro...

I didnt like the Rotten APple though, crazy cookie cutter.
April 29, 2008 6:24 PM
 

LTBROWN said:

*YAWN*
I'LL CHECK 4 YA AFTER YOU'RE FROM UNDER FIF'S SKIRT.
April 29, 2008 6:25 PM
 

J Dungy said:

banks dat dude...nuff said
April 29, 2008 6:29 PM
 

Pimp$lim said:

@LT Stank DODO BROWN..........lol.........got damn bitch...u lookin like a man wit sum breatz.....dat nigga gawgagurl770 like dem tranny lookin' hoes......dat nigga wanna holla......lol....got damn......CHUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29, 2008 6:53 PM
 

T-ROC said:

Agree @ SFE Marketing.
April 29, 2008 7:10 PM
 

D.R.E Pica$$o said:

I RESPECT BANKS EVEN THOUGH I FEEL HE SHOULD GET TO BEING BANKS BEFORE "HUNGER FOR MORE" SIMPLY CUZ HE'S A BEAST(ALONG WITH JOE BUDDEN, RANSOM(COP THAT "STREET CINEMA" THAT SHIT IS HOT AS FUCC) I CAN FEEL WHERE HE'S COMING FROM BEING I LOST BOTH OF MY PARENTS SEVEN YEARS APART. I LOST MY FATHER TO A SILENT HEART ATTACK ON 9/10/01 AND LOST MY MOTHER ON 2/19/08 TO PANCREATIC CANCER. I KNOW WHAT BANKS WAS GOIN THROUGH WITH HIS MOTHER AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU LOSE BOTH YOUR PARENTS, IT'S THE STRANGEST FEELING SINCE MOTHER'S DAY AND FATHER'S DAY IS COMING UP.
April 29, 2008 7:15 PM
 

doobie ashtray said:

BANKS BEAT SELECTION IS CRAZY... AND HIS LYRICS ARE ENTERTAINING.. THATS IT..
April 29, 2008 7:26 PM
 

SOUTHERN CALI G said:

doobie ashtray said:
BANKS IS A TOP FIVE RIGHT NOW...  
LMAO! SURE WHATEVER U SAY LOL ANYWAYS BANKS JUST NEED 2 STFU AND STOP MAKING EXCUSES, HIS SHIT IS WACK AND THE DUDE SUCK, UR A BITCH SKANKS
April 29, 2008 7:55 PM
 

A D said:

the album sucked ass not matter what anyway....
April 29, 2008 11:56 PM
 

LOYALTY1 said:

GGGGGGGGUNIT!

Keep your head up Banks!

Can't wait for the official T.O.S. that's gonna be a classic banger.
April 30, 2008 8:31 AM
 

duvalrealnigga904 said:

i dont think anyone in the south checks for banks.....not hating on dude but he may need to be a more universal emcee.....i know niggaz cgeck for fabolous, but i never heard any nigga down in fla pumpin lloyd banks.....
April 30, 2008 8:45 AM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » Gimme Some More (April 30th, 2008) said:

April 30, 2008 10:11 AM
 

Akaneon1 said:

Lloyd Banks actually used to be good.

If he left G Unit he might actually make decent music
April 30, 2008 12:34 PM
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