Posted on 29 December 2009.
In one of Hiptics.com’s earliest blog posts (October 08), I asked if Lloyd Banks was Top 5. At the time I felt that it was impossible to leave Banks out of a Top 10 list, and that if he continued to release quality mixtapes then I would have no choice, but to move him up a few spots. For me, as a listener and longtime Lloyd Banks fan, I’ll be listening for Lloyd Banks to distinguish himself from the rest of the rappers in their late 20s. ::cues up track 1::
Chris Franco - who has written 3452 posts.
Founder and Executive Editor of Hiptics. I launched Hiptics in 2008. I spent the last 4 years at Denison University where I hosted a weekly hip-hop radio show on 91.1 WDUB (one of America's Top 20 Most Popular College Radio Stations). I also served as Public Relations Chairman, Program Director, and Webmaster of the station. I genuinely love hip-hop, and have been involved in nearly every aspect of the culture starting with selling my own music in Middle School (haha, true story). I won the Culture Jam Freestyle Battle at Denison both times I participated. I brought Wiz Khalifa, EbGb, and D.Julien to campus for a free Hiptics show in January 2010. I've interviewed everyone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the CEO of Death Row Records. I've DJ'd for Wiz Khalifa and Sam Adams, as well as at countless parties and campus events. There's a lot more to be said, but I don't want to be THAT guy. My point is this: I'm not just another one of these hip-hop bloggers. If the Internet didn't exist, I'd still be in the game.
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