Editing Lloyd Banks (section)

===Solo career and ''The Hunger for More'' (2004–2005)===
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Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album ''[[The Hunger for More]]'' in June 2004. The first single was the summer smash hit "[[On Fire (Lloyd Banks song)|On Fire]]" which featured 50 Cent, however he was uncredited.
Banks explained the reasoning behind the album's title:
{{cquote|When I say The Hunger for More, it could be referring to more success. It could be more money. Or Respect. More power. More understanding. All those things lead up to that hunger for more, because my more isn't everybody else's more. I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get.<ref name=BillBoard>Jonathan Cohen (May 19, 2004). [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000514401 Lloyd Banks Feeds The 'Hunger']. ''Billboard''. Accessed October 22, 2007.</ref>}}
The album was a commercial success, receiving positive reviews.  It debuted at number 1 on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts with over 433,000 copies sold in the first week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lloyd Banks' Hunger Debuts At #1; Brandy Settles For #3 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1489256/lloyd-banks-hunger-debuts-at-1-brandy-settles-for-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108112956/http://www.mtv.com/news/1489256/lloyd-banks-hunger-debuts-at-1-brandy-settles-for-3/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2015 |website=MTV News |access-date=October 27, 2018 |language=en |date=July 7, 2004}}</ref> The album has since sold over 1.5 million copies<ref>{{cite web|title=Lloyd Banks Preps 'Hunger for More' After Going Gold|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/953596/lloyd-banks-preps-hunger-for-more-after-going-gold|work=Billboard.com|access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref>  and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.<ref name=RIAA>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Hunger%20For%20More&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database |date=September 24, 2015|website=Riaa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153415/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=The%20Hunger%20For%20More&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref>

During an interview, Lloyd Banks commented on his first week sales:
{{cquote|That's the kind of debut that veteran artists have," says Banks. "That showed me that following 50's moves and studying the way that he played the game had put me in an incredible position.}}
Two other singles were also released from ''The Hunger For More'', "[[I'm So Fly]]" and "[[Karma (Lloyd Banks song)|Karma]]", the latter was a hit reaching number 17 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 9 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs|R&B]] charts and number 6 on the [[Hot Rap Tracks|rap]] charts. 

At the time of the album's release, Lloyd Banks was managed by [[Sha Money XL]] and Teamwork Music.