--- - |- With the release of The Greatest Story Ever Told, David Banner has done nothing to rein in the unwieldy aspects of his personality. Angry Banner, Party Banner, Lecherous Banner, Political Banner, Philanthropic Banner: The man has more faces than a deck of cards.As Banner explains it, that's the point. No one can be encapsulated in a single moment. "You go through ups and downs," he sa...
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post asking why the hip hop community seemed so quiet in response to the brutal murder of Chicago teen Darrion Albert. Since that time David Banner has stepped up to the plate, releasing a song, planning a rally in Chicago, and is currently making the rounds in the media trying to spread awareness and work toward tangible goals. Here's a clip of Banner on Chicago r...
Jackson, Mississippi Hip-Hop artist David Banner has announced that a planned community rally has been postponed due to safety issues related to the unanticipated number of people who will attend the event.Banner’s Heal The Hood Foundation was to hold the Something’s Wrong Community Rally today (October 20 ) as a response to the growing violence [...]
David Banner's new album has been pushed back for an entire year thus far, but it's starting to show signs of life with new video releases. Has the album leaked yet? Anyone heard it yet? Today we have the brand new video for "Shawty Say" featuring Lil Wayne, off the (hopefully) forthcoming The Greatest Story Ever Told: As always, Banner takes a righteous stance and delivers it with mad styl...
While I was over at the Dutty Artz site, I found a David Banner track I hadn't heard yet. "When You Hear What I Got To Say" is a slow, smooth track that discusses Obama, McCain, FOX News, Lil Wayne's syrup habit and other things that keep peeps up at night in the U.S. lately. Head over to Dutty Artz to listen/dl it. And, since this is probably my last chance to post election-related stuff, h...
May 25, 2009 | In a world where health and nutrition are now more important than ever due to the rise of obesity and gluttony, David Banner speaks on being fat and why he chose to change his lifestyle.
Damn, I had no clue 9th Wonder and David Banner were linking up for an album...and I'm assuming this is the first cut off of it? Yes? Maybe? Fuck it, it's still dope. And it's also got a very powerful message about the Darrion Albert shit that's been going down in the Chi.David Banner - "Something is Wrong"addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
Here's the first leak off Banner & 9th upcoming project called, "Death Of A Popstar". The goal is to go back to real music, and get away from industry hijacked nonsense and focus on real issues and topics…to get away from making disposable music and get back to helping teach and provide message. This track inspired by the story of Derrion Albert. props to MekaDownload: David Banner & 9th Wonder.
A few weeks back, "TroyPowers":http://mog.com/TroyPowers/blog_post/77335 put up a post about sexually explicit songs and he asked if anyone knew of any more. Well, I did post a list of songs in his comment section, both songs you may have heard and songs I may have written. However, I completely forgot about one song that you may have heard on the radio. But, the radio version is FAR differe...
As requested by Dansemcabre, here's David Banner's "9mm" in a courtroom setting. I'm actually pleasantly surprised how this one turned out. Unfortunately I wasn't able to upload the track to go along with this post, but I'll try to attach it later today if I can...View all the videos in this series:If song lyrics were used in real life on Xtranormal-- Edit: I've attached the song in question ---
David Banner's last album Certified may have spawned a hit single with 'Play', but overall the album performed horribly on the charts. Banner plans to rebound on his new fall release The Greatest Story Ever Told. In the last two years since the release of Certified, Banner has been hampered by the death of his father, and the endless task of rebuilding the hurricane Katrina ravaged areas of Mis...
In tribute to Derrion Albert (and others), a few Chicago emcees jump on a remix to a joint off 9th Wonder & David Banner's upcoming project, Death of a Popstar. Shouts to iR. Due to the recent violent death of Derrion Albert and with fewer than 200 homicides since the beginning ...
David Banner partners up with an interactive fitness company PumpOne to create a iPhone application entitled “David Banner’s Work Out or Die”. The app offers various workout strategies that’s beneficial in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.“People are really interested in how I lost weight,” Banner told AllHipHop.com. “One of my friends that works at Apple said, [...]
On this episode of the Daily Fix, David Banner talks about roughing it on the streets, growing up in Mississippi, and some personal details about his life that brought him to making this album.