Return of the Body Snatchers Vol. 1
50 Cent
Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck
Third World Entertainment, Inc., 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: 63177
EAN: 0686506317721
UPC: 686506317721
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Tracklist
50 Cent
Hailing from Queens, New York, rapper 50 Cent had already garnered a grass-roots reputation as one of the hottest MCs around when he was tapped in the early 2000s by hip-hop golden boy Eminem for inclusion on the soundtrack to his film 8 MILE and a place of his own on the Detroit rapper's Shady label. The combination of 50 Cent's hard-edged rhyming skills, infamy due to high-profile trouble with the law, and Eminem's sponsorship gave 50 Cent all the exposure a rapper could ask for, resulting in a huge single ("Wanksta") in 2002 and a Number One album the following year.
Lloyd Banks
Aside from 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks is the most successful member of G-Unit to go solo. Banks was a founding member of the Queens rap group along with Tony Yayo and Fiddy himself; he released his first solo album, THE HUNGER FOR MORE, in 2004. Bringing the same controlled-fire flow and street professionalism that marked his appearances on early G-Unit mix tapes, Banks had, by the release of 2006's THE ROTTEN APPLE, risen to be if not the commercial equal to 50 Cent then certainly the G-Unit second-in-command.
Young Buck
Nashville-based rapper Young Buck is perhaps best known for his status as Dirty South ambassador to New York City's G-Unit. Although Buck broke big with the assistance of 50 Cent and his crew, he cut his teeth with the boys of the famed "dirty dirty" label Cash Money. Following some all-too-common street scuffles, a brief association with Juvenile's UTP label, and an appearance on Fiddy's GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN', Young Buck released his G-Unit debut, STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE. Despite all the moving around and cross-scene allegiances, Young Buck is an avowed soldier in the Dirty South's rap army.
