New York City is known for its elite lyricists, and many left their mark on the regional scene before blowing up and experiencing fame firsthand. Some of those rappers have even joined forces over the years, and there’s a new group on the horizon.
On Monday (December 13), media company blklstd took to their Instagram page to announce Dave East, Lloyd Banks, and Vado will join forces as The Council. Their partnership may be one of the most random pairings, but New York City rap fans are buzzing in wake of the announcement.
In the Instagram post, fans can see the three New York City rappers wearing leather jackets as they pose for a quick picture. There’s very little information about the group besides the announcement, but fans expect some heat from the new supergroup.
The new union doesn’t come as a surprise either, as the trio recently teamed up on Vado’s “Respect the Jux,” which dropped last month. Vado spoke about the record and how Dave and Banks were the best choices to get the song off.
“‘Respect the Jux’ is taken from my forthcoming project, Long Run 2, but it will also be the title track from a movie which I will appear in next year,” Vado said in a statment. “This is the soundtrack of the gritty NYC streets, so it’s only right I went and got two of the grittiest lyricists to join me in Lloyd Banks and Dave East; AKA Bank Matthews and Dave Hyatt. The track is produced by my fellow Harlemite’ 6 Figure Digga.'”
Before he joins forces with Lloyd Banks and Vado, Dave East needs to get to work on opening up his first store.
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“Bought My First Store Today,” he wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. “I Told Nipsey He Laid The Blueprint For Real Ones Everywhere. Wish Shooter Could See This Shit. Coming Soon 2022 Couldn’t Have Made This Happen Without @queenofharlem The Realest!!!”
I couldn’t find a better collective of disinteresting artists to put together for a group. They shouldn’t have any problem splitting the money they make, what’s 1/3 of $0?? Anybody….anybody?? LOL!
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Probably Lil Puzzy Hurtz, Lil Potty, and Man Titties Dreads.
this kind of news I like
Kinda on the fence with this one tho. If it was Lloyd Banks,Havoc, and Roc Marciano then I’d be excited cuz it’s three NYC MCs that actually work well together and are the forefront of their generation. Banks might just chill in the background again with this new group like he did with G-Unit (I hope he doesn’t and proves 50 Cent wrong about him being lazy). Oh well, let’s just see where this goes in the next few months.
Roc Marciano’s flow and cadence is garbage tho! Can’t see how some people actually feel him smh
You’re an idiot…but im sure you knew this already
You do know Lloyd Banks had the NUMBER ONE hip hop album on iTunes?
You just talking
Should’ve gotten Fabolous also….But this is pretty good too
I thought the same Fabolous should have been instead vado
Mike Anthony
Totally agree fab is that dude!!!
Love to see Banks getting busy! One of the best albums this year and that Hoffa from Dave East slapping too. NY doing great things
Not gonna happen. Rap has taken a serious downturn over the past few years to where it has become more like R&B than Rap.
Papoose is probably the last of NYC left, and after him, there isn’t much.
I look at rap like this:
(Now known as) Ye and Drake had serious “beef”. Then both release 2 awful albums in the hope their “beef” would lead to more money.
It’s a joke right now and needs a complete reboot.
Thats not facts. There’s plenty quality hip hop out now from cats like benny , conway, Rome streetz ,flee Lord, eto, 38 spesh, R j payne etc etc.etc If you depend on mainstream radio for your hip hop then hip hop might be dead to ya’ll. But if your really tapped in then hip hop ALWAYS been alive and kicking
Thats not facts .Rap might have taken a serious downturn ifor lazy cats that depend on mainstream radio for your hip hop. But for those that are tuned in , hip hop is alive and kicking STRONG.
You can’t mention drake in a convo bout hip hop bruh. Real hip hop heads don’t go to RnB SINGERS for bars
Dope supergroup. Nothing but bars ? Another bars infested supergroup would be RJ Payne, ransom and Rome streetz (Triple Rs) ?
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only reason they gotta buzz is because of llpyd banks
I fuck wit Vado, East not so much, but clearly they’re both a notch or two below Banks in talent and career achievement. But I’m down to hear it…