Okay, i do agree that Lloyd Banks is good, and is a bit unde-rated, but i ain't buying that he deserves to be mentioned amongst top five emcees. I think what Kanye is doing right now is a little "ass-kissing" here and there to get some cosigns, and some new fans (his album is about to drop)...Some buzz basically. That is the new trick in the bag. That is why he recently said Eminem is the best ever, and that Nicki Minaj had the most potential to be the 2nd greatest rapper of all time. I think i am ashamed at Mr West for saying something like that. You wouldn't have caught Kanye saying stuff like that when his 3rd albums was riding the charts. Now that he is on very shaky grounds (from the Taylor Swift incidence), and he is scared of being compared to Eminem (in the sales department), he has to result to this.
But that is just his opinion, and if you look up at the heading of this blog, you would read that i basically pour out MY opinion, so it is left to you, the readers, to make up yout mind. But there is one thing, the main reason i set up this blog; the fact that people like Kanye West have ears of a lot of people...the masses...the media chop up what people like that say, and everybody believes and use them as yardsticks, so you have people like me giving you a second opinion. I am not saying i am always right, but there is one thing i don't do, i never comment on things i am not sure of. If i know i am going to get emotional with it, i would rather leave the matter.
I would just like people to do their own thinking a little more...Okay, back to the topic, Kanye made that comment on twitter;
"Yo man Loyd Banks prolly the most underrated MC in the game... Man he deserve to be top 5 at least!," West
tweeted
Wednesday (September 8) night.
And the comment on Eminem and Nicki Minaj came a little before that;
Kanye said Young Money star
Nicki Minaj could be one of the greatest hip-hop stars ever. "This is gonna be such a big statement, and such a big thing to fill: The scariest artist right now is definitely Nicki Minaj. I think she has the most potential to be the number-two rapper of all time. Nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem." When asked what being the "number-two rapper of all-time" meant, he said, "Everything! Having a whole network one day. Everything that comes with it." He also confirmed that Nicki is on his album, as is G.O.O.D. Music artist
Kid Cudi. (
MTV)
I would like to say a little about Banks; he is a good rapper, but i do not think he is well rounded. He has a nice delivery, and good with the punchlines(which you rarely hear because he does too much mumbling in his raps)...just my opinion. And if he goes out of 50 cent's shadow(which he has started doing recently), and put out more GOOD albums, then he can move higher up the ranking.
Okay, that is all i have to say. Enjoy the Ramadan.
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