Punchline King: The 25 Best Lloyd Banks Verses

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#25. Lloyd Banks f/ Kanye West, Fabolous, Swizz Beatz, & Ryan Leslie "Start It Up" (2010)

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Album:The Hunger For More 2
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#24. Lloyd Banks f/ 50 Cent "Cake" (1st verse) (2006)

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Album:Rotten Apple
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#23. G-Unit "Straight Outta Southside" (2008)

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Album:T.O.S.: Terminate On Sight
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#22. G-Unit "Hot 97 Freestyle" (2004)

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#21. Kanye West f/ Lloyd Banks, Pusha T, Ryan Leslie, Kid Cudi, & John Legend "Christian Dior Denim Flow" (2010)

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Album:G.O.O.D. Fridays
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#20. The Alchemist f/ Lloyd Banks "Bangers" (1st verse) (2004)

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Album:1st Infantry
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#19. 50 Cent f/ Lloyd Banks "Banks Workout II" (2002)

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Album:God's Plan
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#18. 50 Cent f/ Lloyd Banks "50/Banks" (2002)

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Album:50 Cent Is The Future
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#17. G-Unit "Salute U" (2003)

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Album:Beg For Mercy
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#16. Young Buck f/ Lloyd Banks "Prices On My Head" (2004)

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Album:Straight Outta Cashville
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#15. G-Unit "G'd Up" (2003)

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Album:Beg For Mercy
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#14. G-Unit "Part 2 & Bump Heads" (2002)

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Album:No Mercy, No Fear
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#13. Lloyd Banks "Warrior" (1st verse) (2004)

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Album:The Hunger For More
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#12. G-Unit "Solider (Remix)" (2002)

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Album:No Mercy, No Fear
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#11. Lloyd Banks f/ 50 Cent "What Goes Around" (1st verse) (2003)

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Album:The Desert Storm Mixtape: Block Party Vol. 1
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#10. 50 Cent f/ Eminem & Lloyd Banks "Don't Push Me" (2003)

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Album:Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
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#9. Lloyd Banks f/ 50 Cent "Porno Star" (2nd verse) (2002)

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Album:The Best of Lloyd Banks
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#8. Eminem f/ Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, & Cashis "You Don't Know" (2006)

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Album:Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
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#7. 50 Cent f/ Lloyd Banks "The Banks Workout" (2002)

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Album:50 Cent Is The Future
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#6. Obie Trice f/ Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, & Eminem "We All Die One Day" (2003)

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Album:Cheers
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#5. G-Unit "Bad News" (2002)

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Album:50 Cent Is The Future
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#4. G-Unit "Poppin' Them Thangs" (2003)

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Album:Beg For Mercy
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#3. Lloyd Banks f/ Nate Dogg "Til The End" (1st verse) (2004)

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Album:The Hunger For More
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#2. Lloyd Banks "I'm So Fly" (2nd verse) (2004)

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#1. 50 Cent f/ Lloyd Banks "Banks Victory" (2002)

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Album:No Mercy, No Fear



Album: No Mercy, No Fear

Quotable: "I know the watch bothering your vision/Reach and I put a red dot on your head like it's a part of your religion."

Complex says: Most hip-hop fans were first introduced to 50 Cent and his G-Unit cohorts via mixtape cuts and "Banks Victory" was easily the most notable. If you didn't know who was who, you would have been excused for confusing 50 with Banks, because this verse made him sound like the guy Eminem and Dr. Dre had just signed to a million-dollar deal. Even Diddy—whose beat got jacked for the mixtape classic—had to give it up: When he dropped Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary...The Hits in '04, he included a mash-up of his original version with G-Unit's mixtape cut, titled "Victory 2004 (Remix)." Although that version never meshed properly, it was still an open invitation for Banks' best verse to play right next to one of Biggie's better verses. True G-Unit soldiers can attest: Lloyd Banks' verse on "Banks Victory" is legendary.

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