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Lloyd Banks
“ROTTEN APPLE”
RATING: 2 SOUND LEVELS
In 2004, Lloyd Banks was a slick-talking Queens rookie who also happened to be 50 Cent’s best-known protege; success was all but guaranteed. Two years later, Banks is back with “Rotten Apple,” a grim return to the basics: sturdy beats and half-growled threats. But where his debut was sly and (almost despite itself) infectious, this rather workmanlike CD isn’t so memorable. 50 Cent adds rhymes to two of the best songs: the mix-tape favorite “Cake” and the not-quite-hit single “Hands Up.” Banks still has that wonderfully thick voice and the same charming fondness for bloody punch lines, but he doesn’t seem to be having as much fun.
