The Hunger for More


The Hunger for More is the debut album by Lloyd Banks, released June 29, 2004 on G-Unit Records and Interscope Records.

Background

The hit singles from this album include "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", and "Karma". Features on this album include 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and The Game.
During the first week of The Hunger For More's release, a distribution house in Manhattan was robbed of approximately eight boxes of the CDs. A New York record store had nearly 100 copies of the CD stolen from its racks by a single perpetrator on the album's first day in stores, though they were later recovered.

Concept

During an interview Lloyd Banks explained the reason behind naming the album. He said:

Recordings

Reception

Critical response

Upon its release, The Hunger for More received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Commercial performance

It was released in 2004 and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with week-one sales topping 433,000. The album remained at #1 on the Billboard 200 in the 2nd week, selling close to 164,000 copies in the United States. "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." The album has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album also achieved Platinum status in Canada

Track listing

Special edition

Charts