Banks was born in New Carrollton, Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City; he is of mixed Puerto Rican and African American descent. His father spent most of Lloyd's childhood in prison, leaving his mother to raise him and his two siblings. Lloyd attended August Martin High School but dropped out at age 16. For his stage name, he took his great, great-grandfather's name Banks, which was passed on by his uncles who also shared it.
The Warm Up is the second official mixtape from Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper J. Cole. J. Cole and The R.E.C produced the majority of the mixtape with help from Elite, Syience, and E.k.n. The mixtape has been viewed over 1,927,000 times, streamed over 451,000 times, and downloaded over 550,000 times on DatPiff.
Reception
J. Cole was famously signed to Roc Nation after Jay-Z heard the track "Lights Please" before the mixtape was released. In August 2010 J. Cole, was awarded the UMA Male Artist of the Year thanks to his heralded The Warm Up mixtape. He was awarded the first ever Sucker Free Summit Who's Got Next in 2010 because of the mixtape. On June 26, 2013 J. Cole announced that he would be re-releasing The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights for retail sale, in order to give them the push they deserved.
In his review for MSN Music, music critic Robert Christgau gave the mixtape a two-star honorable mention, indicating a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy." He cited "World Is Empty" and "Get By" as highlights and quipped, "He's so talented you can hear how much he wants it, so talented you wince every time he shoots himself in the foot, e.g. 'Put some chains on my niggaz like I own slaves'".
Lloyd Banks - The Warm Up Freestyle - HFM2 In Stores Now
New Lloyd Banks Freestyle
"The Warm Up"
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HFM2 In Stores Now
published: 27 Jun 2011
Lloyd Banks-The Warm Up (freestlye)(Lyrics in Description)
Yeah!
PLK
HFM2 on the way
Hey!
uh chump dont b grillin me the pumps my security
watch me move the room paranormal activity
Chris passed told me in my sleep he would live through me
six flags how I work the rides different color Vs
shiny diamond band pendant like a fryin pan
jeweler got chest lit the fuck up like Iron Man
like a stylist with the iron it stays by em
death defyin kill the mic leave the stage cryin
no money machine but my thumb green
sick stupid retarded outfit Im feelin dumb clean
why do shit and lie bout it thats obscene
I ball get the crowd drunk make the club lean
doin bad aint a given its a option
opportunity made me optimistic now Im poppin
knee deep in money half a midget in my safe Im the shizzit
thats why the flashin titties in my face
ugh I mu...
Yeah!
PLK
HFM2 on the way
Hey!
uh chump dont b grillin me the pumps my security
watch me move the room paranormal activity
Chris passed told me in my ...
Yeah!
PLK
HFM2 on the way
Hey!
uh chump dont b grillin me the pumps my security
watch me move the room paranormal activity
Chris passed told me in my sleep he would live through me
six flags how I work the rides different color Vs
shiny diamond band pendant like a fryin pan
jeweler got chest lit the fuck up like Iron Man
like a stylist with the iron it stays by em
death defyin kill the mic leave the stage cryin
no money machine but my thumb green
sick stupid retarded outfit Im feelin dumb clean
why do shit and lie bout it thats obscene
I ball get the crowd drunk make the club lean
doin bad aint a given its a option
opportunity made me optimistic now Im poppin
knee deep in money half a midget in my safe Im the shizzit
thats why the flashin titties in my face
ugh I murder MCs on my car keys
comin from where R.I.P.s turn to arm sleeves
by the time this touch the town Ima be in palm trees
strip club phatty a pair of Ds and long weave
my tree droppin leave for that my heart screams
take the longway home shortcuts rip apart dreams
fuck walkin bird talkin as I stalk queens
microphone king rap fiends give me both genes
mean Im on the block moves like Kareem
do the impossible Tom Cruise out the beam
heat for my haters but my jewels block the steam
shades block the flash ??? when Im rockin cuts glass
I done it while you shoulda coulda woulda did it
fire to my head give the whole fuckin hood a fitted
and if Im pushin it the wood is in it chrome is on it hoes is in it
see it like you want it Ima get it
Yeah!
PLK
HFM2 on the way
Hey!
uh chump dont b grillin me the pumps my security
watch me move the room paranormal activity
Chris passed told me in my sleep he would live through me
six flags how I work the rides different color Vs
shiny diamond band pendant like a fryin pan
jeweler got chest lit the fuck up like Iron Man
like a stylist with the iron it stays by em
death defyin kill the mic leave the stage cryin
no money machine but my thumb green
sick stupid retarded outfit Im feelin dumb clean
why do shit and lie bout it thats obscene
I ball get the crowd drunk make the club lean
doin bad aint a given its a option
opportunity made me optimistic now Im poppin
knee deep in money half a midget in my safe Im the shizzit
thats why the flashin titties in my face
ugh I murder MCs on my car keys
comin from where R.I.P.s turn to arm sleeves
by the time this touch the town Ima be in palm trees
strip club phatty a pair of Ds and long weave
my tree droppin leave for that my heart screams
take the longway home shortcuts rip apart dreams
fuck walkin bird talkin as I stalk queens
microphone king rap fiends give me both genes
mean Im on the block moves like Kareem
do the impossible Tom Cruise out the beam
heat for my haters but my jewels block the steam
shades block the flash ??? when Im rockin cuts glass
I done it while you shoulda coulda woulda did it
fire to my head give the whole fuckin hood a fitted
and if Im pushin it the wood is in it chrome is on it hoes is in it
see it like you want it Ima get it
Yeah!
PLK
HFM2 on the way
Hey!
uh chump dont b grillin me the pumps my security
watch me move the room paranormal activity
Chris passed told me in my sleep he would live through me
six flags how I work the rides different color Vs
shiny diamond band pendant like a fryin pan
jeweler got chest lit the fuck up like Iron Man
like a stylist with the iron it stays by em
death defyin kill the mic leave the stage cryin
no money machine but my thumb green
sick stupid retarded outfit Im feelin dumb clean
why do shit and lie bout it thats obscene
I ball get the crowd drunk make the club lean
doin bad aint a given its a option
opportunity made me optimistic now Im poppin
knee deep in money half a midget in my safe Im the shizzit
thats why the flashin titties in my face
ugh I murder MCs on my car keys
comin from where R.I.P.s turn to arm sleeves
by the time this touch the town Ima be in palm trees
strip club phatty a pair of Ds and long weave
my tree droppin leave for that my heart screams
take the longway home shortcuts rip apart dreams
fuck walkin bird talkin as I stalk queens
microphone king rap fiends give me both genes
mean Im on the block moves like Kareem
do the impossible Tom Cruise out the beam
heat for my haters but my jewels block the steam
shades block the flash ??? when Im rockin cuts glass
I done it while you shoulda coulda woulda did it
fire to my head give the whole fuckin hood a fitted
and if Im pushin it the wood is in it chrome is on it hoes is in it
see it like you want it Ima get it
Banks was born in New Carrollton, Maryland and raised in Queens, New York City; he is of mixed Puerto Rican and African American descent. His father spent most of Lloyd's childhood in prison, leaving his mother to raise him and his two siblings. Lloyd attended August Martin High School but dropped out at age 16. For his stage name, he took his great, great-grandfather's name Banks, which was passed on by his uncles who also shared it.
Lyrics to On My Way: Harlem World! Yeah! We from the bottom, but we goin' to the top (uh!) Full speed, nonstop to the guap. You know what this is! [echoes] Familiar cause I got it off the block (block!) You don't really want me layin' down shop, Cause no one'll live SouthSide until the casket drop, (drop!) [police sirens] I be higher than a astronaut! - Real rap nigga! (real rap nigga!) You sense violence when we pass the block (block!) And niggas ballin' don't pass the rock, {PLK! } Get back nigga! (ugh!) Every fuckin' month I'm gon' be hittin' out the trunk Hittin' out the club, sour D mixin' out the blunt. (whoo!) I'm a playa neighbor! - I won't be trickin' out with chumps Himilaya flavor! (yeah!) - Chrome drippin' off the front, Front on me you'll be in danger, dead! Call the ranger, red! - All on ya head You'll leak and then it drain, Yea I'll flame ya! - Tired of tellin' em, do me a favor Let 'em know why I'm major! - Let 'em know I will Guage the First nigga talkin' disrespectful [gunshot] I will check you, Check ya self! - You ain't get no check since I done met you! I'm special! - 38 flow, why would I wrestle? (why?) I'll stretch you, and 38 more, I'm a professional! (ugh!) It's "F you"! - Cause these niggas hatin' with no motive (yeah!) Wonder why they get no love and cold shoulders. (yeah!) We let the codes mold us! - Detrimental discipline {Whoooooooooooooooo Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid! } And those that wasn't listenin' convert to push-overs! We from the bottom, but we goin' to the top (top!) Full speed, nonstop to the guap. You know what this is! [echoes] Familiar cause I got it off the block (block!) You don't really want me layin' down shop, Cause no one'll live SouthSide until the casket drop, (drop!) [police sirens] I be higher than a astronaut! - Real rap nigga! (real rap nigga!) You sense violence when we pass the block (block!) And niggas ballin' don't pass the rock, Get back nigga! (ugh!) Hard days and hollow heads. - Beds and model legs. Look hoe! - We fuck 'em with' the same shit the bottle says, [gunshot] DON! - You gotta spell my name capital, (ugh!) Arsonist! - I don't spit like the other rappers do. (NAAH!) You don't want 50 put me after you Send a long shot from France, I'm international! So keep sneak-dissin' and I'm smashin' you', Harrasin' you! - You pro'ly ain't got enough gas in you! [scream] Them niggas gassin' you! (gassin' you!) - Makin' a' ass of you (YEAH!) I'm in the door with kush smoke in the tour (uh!) But I'm in the mix! - Whole hood hopin' to score. (score!) Keep ya B.I. low - before you see 5-0! I got a beehive flow! - I'm a stunt till it stings, (stings!) Since a knee-high or mo', I been a G. I. Joe! Jackson! - I beat these niggas in line - .4-4 strappin' (.4-4 strappin'!) You can pray for my downfall! - IT WON'T HAPPEN! We from the bottom, but we goin' to the top (top!) Full speed, nonstop to the guap. You know what this is! [echoes] Familiar cause I got it off the block (block!) You don't really want me layin' down shop, {DAMN! } Cause no one'll live SouthSide until the casket drop, (drop!) [police sirens] I be higher than a astronaut! - Real rap nigga! (real rap nigga!) {OOOHH! } You sense violence when we pass the block (block!) And niggas ballin' don't pass the rock, Get back nigga! [echoes] {HP! } [gunshot] [beat stops]