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Banks set the bar for punchline emcees, he deserves to be in the limelight as well as anyone else in this rap game. It'll be a shame if he don't have that machine backing him anymore, same as Buck. I would hate to see them fall apart, these dudes rep my coast just about as good as anyone.
Quote from: THE dutch master on July 06, 2007, 10:59:05 AMBanks set the bar for punchline emcees, he deserves to be in the limelight as well as anyone else in this rap game. It'll be a shame if he don't have that machine backing him anymore, same as Buck. I would hate to see them fall apart, these dudes rep my coast just about as good as anyone. but banks last album was wackand buck's was sick on first listen, but i don't find there's much replay value 2 it
Quote from: THE dutch master on July 06, 2007, 10:59:05 AMBanks set the bar for punchline emcees, he deserves to be in the limelight as well as anyone else in this rap game. It'll be a shame if he don't have that machine backing him anymore, same as Buck. I would hate to see them fall apart, these dudes rep my coast just about as good as anyone. Banks to me is boring as fuck...all his shit sounds the same to me. Buck is the only one in G-Unit with genuine talent besides 50 (50 just dont give a fuck anymore and doesnt try). You cant build a "franchise" or "dynasty" on half assed talent,I dont care who is backing you.
Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on July 06, 2007, 02:59:56 PMQuote from: THE dutch master on July 06, 2007, 10:59:05 AMBanks set the bar for punchline emcees, he deserves to be in the limelight as well as anyone else in this rap game. It'll be a shame if he don't have that machine backing him anymore, same as Buck. I would hate to see them fall apart, these dudes rep my coast just about as good as anyone. Banks to me is boring as fuck...all his shit sounds the same to me. Buck is the only one in G-Unit with genuine talent besides 50 (50 just dont give a fuck anymore and doesnt try). You cant build a "franchise" or "dynasty" on half assed talent,I dont care who is backing you.ever heard of Master P? dude sold over 75 million records with half assed talent(other then BBTP,Mac and a few others). and that´s coz P had mastered the game, he knew exactly how to break wack artists without spending any money what so ever.
but they just cant back it up with talent imo.
Quote from: ^ReLentLess^ on July 06, 2007, 03:10:14 PMbut they just cant back it up with talent imo.I don't really think that's the problem. Banks writes some of the best punch lines in the game. Buck has a great presence, good flow. 50 knows the business like no other. The problem isn't talent but a combination of inspiration and over flooding the market. They screwed up right after Yayo's release. Too many new signee's, too many new faces in their videos, too much concentration on Mobb Deep and Olivia. They tried to do too much too quickly. Banks and Buck have a lot of talent, if you listen to their 2003/2004 stuff. And talent doesn't mean sales. Look at The Game, he doesn't have a lot of talent, he sold a lot. A lot of the southern artists sell millions, they aren't very talented.It's all about the single, and the market. G-Unit released too much, over exposed themselves, and ruined all the hype with too much bs news. The singles lack originality and inspiration so they don't get a lot of play. If G-Unit wants to be on top again, they have to kick out Spider, Mobb Deep, Hot Rod and everyone else. Keep MOP because they have a good chance of making a real good g-unit album. A group Banks, Buck and 50 album is the ONLY thing that'll save these guys.And if 50 really did make 400 million on his vitamin water deal, why would he cut off his child hood friends? Seems like a bitch thing to do.
Thats another problem with GUnit, everybodys only talking about if they have a hit or how much they sell.Banks album flopped hard and thats what everybody talked about, not even about the music but to me it was a great album and I couldnt care less about the sales.They did brought it on themselves, with all the sales talk. Altough with the run they had from 03 to 05 who could blame them ?