LLOYD BANKS FANS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER

(VIDEO) Lloyd Banks pushes album back to October…..

The G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks was initially scheduled to release his sophomore album, The Rotten Apple, in July. The project was then pushed back to September and now — according to reps at the rapper’s label, Interscope Records — it won’t hit stores until October 10th. The album features guest appearances by 50 Cent, Young Buck, Tony Yayo, Mobb Deep, Spider Loc, Timbaland, Scarface, Rakim, 8Ball, and Musiq Soulchild.

The latest single from the project is “Hands Up” featuring 50 Cent. The song was produced by Eminem who also produced the lead single, “On Fire,” from Banks’ double platinum debut, The Hunger For More.

“My mother probably would have beat me a long time ago, you know what I’m sayin’, if I was walking around with a bunch of stuff that didn’t mean nothing. All my tattoos make up who I am. I got death before dishonor. Southside is the neighborhood I grew up in you know what I’m sayin’? That’s all we had before we had any money was each other and the neighborhood. The Statute of Liberty on my arms, that’s…. I got shot the same day the buildings fall down you know what I’m sayin’? So I was in the hospital going through my own struggle you know while everybody else was. You know money by any means. It’s all reality. I ain’t gonna stick no or something on my hand. So everything has significant meaning.”

In related news, Banks, who is currently working on several projects with Hugh Hefner for the Playboy Network, is known for his tattooes. The rapper broke down what some of his body art meant. He said,