Besides 'Hands Up,' there's the cool 'Help' - a 'one for the ladies' track with Keri Hilson - and 'You Know the Deal' with Rakim, which sounds exactly how Mobb Deep's G-Unit debut should have. Luckily, G-Unit's bag of hooks just keeps on giving, and when Rotten Apple goes for polish, it succeeds.

The long, word-filled flows are here, as are the humorous stingers Banks likes to drop, but his delivery is surprisingly weary, and often on the more street tracks, the production is drab, making it easy to drift away from the words no matter how sharp. With an EP's worth of heat - the infectious single 'Hands Up' with 50 Cent being the hottest - Rotten Apple is no disaster, and there's no doubt the G-Unit faithful will get twice as much out of this than everyone else, especially with the G-Unit universe guest list and the numerous raw, freestyle-flavored productions that sound like they fell off a G-Unit Radio mixtape. New! Marked upc. - from New York's Largest Selection of Entertainment Media Since 1976!Īfter a promising debut, G-Unit soldier Lloyd Banks hedged his bets, subdued the hungry, punch line-filled style that defined him, and delivered a so-so effort that coasts on the G-Unit formula.

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