The Hunger for More

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The Hunger for More
Lloyd Banks studio album

Publication
(s)

June 29, 2004

Label (s) G-Unit Records , Interscope Records

Format (s)

CD , LP , download

Genre (s)

Gangsta rap , hip hop

Title (number)

14/16

running time

55:26 / 61:51

production

chronology
- The Hunger for More Rotten Apple
(2006)
Single releases
April 15, 2004 On fire
July 13, 2004 I'm so fly
October 19, 2004 karma

The Hunger for More ( English for " hungry for more ") is the debut album of American rapper Lloyd Banks . It was released on June 29, 2004 on the G-Unit Records and Interscope labels as a standard and special edition.

production

Lloyd Banks' label bosses 50 Cent and Sha Money XL acted as executive producers on the album . The rapper and music producer Eminem produced two songs on the album and co-produced one alongside Kwamé. Other beats come from Timbaland , Havoc , Hi-Tek , Danja , Ron Browz, Thayod Ausar, Scram Jones, Chad Beat, Greg Doby, Black Jeruz, Baby Grand and The Diaz Brothers. In addition, the instrumentals of the bonus songs were contributed by Tone Capone and J-Hen.

Cover design

The album cover of the standard edition shows Lloyd Banks standing in a shabby area and looking to the right from the viewer. In the foreground are the gray-green lettering Lloyd Banks and The Hunger for More , with the letter O of the word More being represented by a wad of money. The cover of the special edition is in black and white and shows Lloyd Banks' face on a $ 100 bill. At the bottom of the picture are the white lettering Lloyd Banks and The Hunger for More .

Guest Posts

In addition to Lloyd Banks, other artists are represented on eight songs on the album. Singer Nate Dogg is involved in the songs Til the End and Warrior Part 2 , the latter also featuring rappers Eminem and 50 Cent . 50 Cent appears next to Snoop Dogg on I Get High . The track Ain't No Click is a collaboration with G-Unit member Tony Yayo , and singer Kevin Cossom has a guest appearance on Karma . Lloyd Banks also works with rapper The Game on When the Chips Are Down , while G-Unit member Young Buck supports him on Work Magic . Furthermore, DJ Whoo Kid has a guest post on the song Playboy .

Track list

# title Guest musician producer length
1 Ain't no click Tony Yayo Havoc 4:25
2 playboy DJ Whoo Kid Ron Browz 4:32
3 Warrior Thayod Ausar 2:47
4th On fire Kwamé, Eminem (Co) 3:07
5 I get high 50 cents , Snoop Dogg Hi-Tek 4:09
6th I'm so fly Timbaland , Danja (Co) 4:00
7th Work Magic Young Buck Scram Jones 4:27
8th If You So Gangsta Chad Beat, Sha Money XL 3:31
9 Warrior Part 2 Eminem , 50 Cent, Nate Dogg Eminem 3:38
10 karma Kevin Cossom Greg Doby 4:38
11 When the chips are down The Game Black Jeruz, Sha Money XL 3:39
12 Til the end Nate Dogg Eminem 5:09
13 The One Day Baby grand 3:14
14th South Side Story The Diaz Brothers 4:10

Bonus songs of the special edition:

# title Guest musician producer length
15th Just Another Day Tone Capone 3:31
16 Take a good look J-Hen, Sha Money XL (Co) 2:54

Bonus DVD of the special edition:

# title length
1 My buddy 4:56
2 Lloyd Banks: Life in a Day 3:40
3 Young Buck: Life in a Day 4:49
4th Smile 3:40

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Hunger for More
  DE 45 08/16/2004 (6 weeks)
  CH 65 07/11/2004 (9 weeks)
  UK 15th 07/10/2004 (11 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 07/17/2004 (36 weeks)
Singles
On fire
  DE 36 08/16/2004 (9 weeks)
  CH 18th 08/29/2004 (12 weeks)
  UK 19th 08/21/2004 (6 weeks)
  US 8th 05/15/2004 (20 weeks)
karma
  US 17th 11/20/2004 (20 weeks)

The Hunger for More entered the German album charts at number 57 on August 16, 2004 and reached the highest position the following week at number 45. In total, it stayed in the top 100 for six weeks. In the United States, the album topped the charts for two weeks and stayed in the top 200 for a total of 36 weeks. The Hunger for More reached # 15 in the United Kingdom and # 65 in Switzerland.

As singles , the songs were On Fire , I'm So Fly and Karma decoupled.

Sales figures and awards

The Hunger for More was awarded a platinum record in the United States for over one million units sold in the year of its release . In the UK, the album earned a gold record for over 100,000 sales in 2016 . In addition, the first single On Fire in the US was awarded gold for over 500,000 copies sold.

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source rating
Metacritic 66%
More reviews
source rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

Stefan Johannesberg from the website laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points. Lloyd Banks doesn't come across as “as real” as his mentor 50 Cent and shouldn't orientate himself too much on him, but his flow is “absolutely world class.” The productions are also consistently praised.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Standard cover
  2. ↑ Special cover
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ Follow the charts The Hunger for More on officialcharts.de
  5. ↑ US: Platinum
  6. ↑ UK: Gold
  7. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
  8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
  9. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
  11. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com