Where The F*ck Is Lloyd Banks?

When was the last time you heard a brand new Lloyd Banks verse? For a man who was known for flooding the mixtape circuit, Banks has been relatively quiet for quite some time.
 
Sha Money XL, his manager, offered his take on Banks and what is to be expected from the rapper soon.
 
“His original rap name was Lazy Lloyd, so his demeanor is laid back…He’s the most humble one out of all them. He does have to get with the ‘time to do press’ [artists’ business responsibilities] and all that. You have to put your heart into it. His original [stance] was to just rap. It’s more than that,” Sha told MTV.  
 
He went on to speculate as to why Lloyd’s latest album wasn’t as successful as some would have expected.
 
“It went from G-Unit being the hottest sh– to now n—as is nitpicking because of all the outside sh– going on…The violence, the arguing, the hate, the divide-and-conquer. All that takes away from what we need to focus on: the music.”

“The industry scorned him because he’s a rapper’s rapper…He doesn’t sit through marketing meetings and know the politics of radio — or even the little backlash coming. When Banks came out, he had to fight a lot of hate. It wasn’t based on music no more; it was the politics.”
 
Don’t count Lloyd Banks out, though. According to Sha, the new album may end up surprising people.  
 
“The album he’s working on is amazing and he’s coming back like Jay-Z after ‘Sunshine,’…[Sometimes] you get that one album that don’t connect, but Banks’ fans is still with him. He’s still touring and doing shows like sh– is all the way right. He’s coming to beat their heads in — he on some lyrical exercise.”