Former G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks released his first proper studio album in over a decade last week. Titled The Course of the Inevitable (or COTI for short), the project serves as the long awaited follow-up to 2010โs H.F.M. 2 (Hunger For More).
As loyal G-Unit fans hussled to cget hold of the 18-track project, they were likely searching for any mention of G-Unit boss 50 Cent.
In 50 Centโs book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, the rapper-turned-television executive called Banks lazy, something that evidently didnโt sit right with him.
Fans think Banks addresses the friction between the ex-groupmates on the COTI song โStranger Thingsโ in which he raps, โWhen youโre fucked up, behavior turns irregular quick, sometimes the pressure overwhelms when youโre the head of the clique/But donโt get ahead of yourself, I ainโt bending for shit/Nobody sees your vision until youโre successful.โ
He continues, โYour favoriteโs nowhere near me when Iโm dedicated/Always humble, usually disciplined and never hated/Call me quiet, call me lazy, talent never faded/Itโs frustrating when your grindinโ ainโt appreciated/Should have been dead in my twenties, shit, at least I made it/Guess I gotta prove myself again, increase your payment.โ
50 Cent may have accidently insulted Banks in Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, but he also accepted culpability for his perceived shortcomings.
โI always felt that if I had maybe done a better job teaching Banks and Yayo how to evolve and change their habits, they each would be in better places right now,โ he writes in the book, explaining they both had โunfulfilled potential.โ
โWhile I was out hustling, Banks was more content staying on his porch and watching the world from there.
โBanks wanted things to come to him, as opposed to going out and getting them for himself. Thatโs not me trying to assassinate his characterโthe guy has โLazy Lloydโ tattooed on his arm. He literally wears his laziness on his sleeve.โ
The Course of the Inevitable arrived on June 4 with features from Freddie Gibbs, Benny The Butcher and Styles P, among others.
