The Hunger for More is the debut studio album by G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks, released June 29, 2004 on G-Unit & Interscope. Lloyd Banks had been featured on 50 Cent’s 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin', and on G-Unit’s Beg for Mercy in November 2003. And he had recently been named Mixtape Artist of the Year at the Mixtape Awards—for his appearances on G-Unit mixtapes as well as his own Money in the Bank series—when The Hunger for More was released. The album was executive produced by 50 Cent & Sha Money XL. The album received generally positive reviews. On September 9, 2004, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over 1,000,000 copies in the US, a commercial success. During an interview Lloyd Banks explained the reason behind naming the album. He said: “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.” “We had a studio on the tour Bus. I wrote on the road, going through different situations, constantly touring. 50 was out there, Snoop Dogg was out there, Busta Rhymes, Jay Z, a lot of people and I’m tryin' to find my lane at the same time as goin' through all the ins and outs.{{cite web|url= |title=MVRemix Urban Interviews Lloyd Banks | G-Unit | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop and Soul – exclusive interviews, reviews, articles |publisher=Mvremix.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-22}}|cquote}} “I recorded about 50 tracks and I had 50 choose the tracks for the album. “Chips it down” meaning that when the finances are not there, you realize that you need money for everything, and you know that money can change everything. It is talking about the move from having nothing to having all the money and the cars and jewelry.[ ] {{wayback|url= |date=20081201201945 }} When I’m doin' records for my album, I’m givin' you the same thing I’m givin' you on the mixtapes, but I’m also givin' material that I don’t care about getting an (oooh or wow) at the crowd. I do it to basically to tell you stuff you need to know. You understand. If I said you need to know this is what to expect from my neighborhood its kinda like a message at the same time you see good news travel slower than bad news. Yanno so if you grow up in the suburbs or you out of the country or whatever maybe my personal experiences will make you appreciate your neighborhood better. So it’s certain things that when I make a record or my album where I’m tellin' you I don’t care about your oooohs and ahhhhs I just feel like you need to know this.|cquote}} During the first week of ‘'The Hunger For More’‘’s release, a distribution house in Manhattan, New York, New York was robbed of approximately 8 boxes of the CDs (200 copies). A New York record store had nearly 100 copies of the CD stolen from its racks by a single perpetrator on the album’s 1st day in stores, though they were later recovered.[ For The Record: Quick News On Lloyd Banks, Michelle Branch, Hoobastank, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Usher & More]. MTV. Accessed July 31, 2007.