The Hunger for More (2004-2005)

Main article: The Hunger for More   this is the solo debut album The Hunger for More in June 2004. The first single was the summer smash hit "On Fire" which i featured with 50Cent 

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When I say The Hunger for More, it could be referring to more success. It could be more money. Or Respect. More power. More understanding. All those things lead up to that hunger for more, because my more isn't everybody else's more. I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get.[15]

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     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.