Punchline King: The 25 Best Lloyd Banks Verses
By Insanul Ahmed | Nov 21, 2010 | 11:53 am | Permalink
#25. Lloyd Banks f/ Kanye West, Fabolous, Swizz Beatz, & Ryan Leslie "Start It Up" (2010)
Album: The Hunger For More 2
Quotable: "Big blue, cotton city shoe/Cotton candy coupe/Hard knock, orphan Annie loop."
Complex says: If you're only as good as your last hit, then Lloyd Banks is having a banner year. After a few songs that put him back in contention, "Start It Up" is the one that gives you no choice but to embrace his return. Sure, top-notch production and lyrical assists from Kanye West and Fabolous don't hurt, but lines like "Paid my dues, now it's back to ballin'/Your raps are boring/Dead man, I'll dip the casket for 'em" add to the argument.
Quan292 November 24th, 2010 at 07:23 PM
Im loving the banks love but yall def forgot his verse on my buddy. So reliable i bought him a rubber coat for christmas, infrared beam and a scope for distance, the best company when approaching business- that line was so fire.
Joel trinity November 24th, 2010 at 08:46 PM
You left out "lay you down" that shoulda came @ #2
Ace M. November 25th, 2010 at 10:40 AM
sorry complex, his latest work is not his best.
Jeaux November 25th, 2010 at 11:54 AM
The best Banks line is "I got your bitch blowing on me like Nintendo games." By far.
TheBrat November 25th, 2010 at 05:44 PM
ya'll definitely forgot what he did on that "Still DRE" freestyle. Every line was unforgettable
EKDAJUICEMAN November 27th, 2010 at 07:44 PM
Quan292 is absolutely correct. My Buddy is one of the most classic verses by any artist this decade. I mean "in-fared beam and a scope for distance, the best accompany when approaching business, we all have a friend, and mine is a g-u-n. Fire
Schnitzel November 28th, 2010 at 02:22 PM
'Punchline King' my ass. Complex, have you ever heard of Big L?
NEWKIDONDABLOG November 28th, 2010 at 10:53 PM
i could tell who ever did this, did not really listen... they just looked up lyrics and copy/pasted, He does not say "Cotton city shoe", he say's "Hot and sandy shoe". Get your Fact's(opinions) straight!
nikehead09 November 29th, 2010 at 11:17 PM
And niggas baby mama is pregnant and still fuckin It's eithier cause their boyfriend is a scrub like brillow Or cuz banks is cooler than the other side of the pillow... yall forgot im so fly... the whole song is fire
ED January 2nd, 2011 at 02:37 AM
This is great but i his verse on Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley deserves to be on here. this line is crazy "The way i flow is very, Ginsu or Machete when my pencil it's deadly" and his first verse on Father Time.