Aside from 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks is the most successful member of G-Unit to go solo. Banks was a founding member of the Queens rap group along with Tony Yayo and Fiddy himself; he released his first solo album, THE HUNGER FOR MORE, in 2004. Bringing the same controlled-fire flow and street professionalism that marked his appearances on early G-Unit mix tapes, Banks had, by the release of 2006's THE ROTTEN APPLE, risen to be if not the commercial equal to 50 Cent then certainly the G-Unit second-in-command.