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"The Greatest Story Ever Told - David Banner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". ^ "Reviews for Greatest Story Ever Told by David Banner"."Ball With Me" (featuring Chamillionaire) "Point 'Em To The Door" (featuring Jim Jones) " Get Like Me" (featuring Chris Brown and Yung Joc) "9mm" (featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg)
"Suicide Doors" (featuring Young Dro, UGK and Kandi) Billboard 200 chart, selling 51,800 copies in its first week. The album debuted on number eight on the U.S. During an appearance on 106 & Park, he confirmed that this was to help up-and-coming artists by letting them rap on the beats after purchasing the album. In addition to rapping, Banner will also be among his own list of producers, joining Nitti, Get Cool 3000, Warryn Campbell, Deezle and Cool and Dre, who also produced two tracks for the album, entitled "A Girl" and "Point 'Em To The Door." Banner put three instrumental tracks on his album. The album features guest appearances from Akon, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, UGK, Yung Joc, Chamillionaire, Carl Thomas, Jim Jones, and more. The music video premiered on FNMTV on August 1, 2008. The third single is " Shawty Say", which features Lil Wayne and samples Lollipop. The second single is " Get Like Me", which features Chris Brown and Yung Joc. It features Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne and Akon. The first single from the album is called " Speaker", better known by its explicit title "9mm". The album was released on July 15, 2008, by Universal Motown and SRC Records. Flip and Banner alike turn in simple yet effective performances, made all the more notable by the video's hilariously edited clean version: should you watch from there, expect orgasms, fart sounds, and dogs barking in lieu of the usual profanity.The Greatest Story Ever Told is the fifth studio album by American rapper and record producer David Banner.
It possesses some of that early "Platinum Era" charm, including a notable percussive simplicity the difference between drum arrangements back then and today is rather astounding if given deeper thought. It's easy to forget, given Banner's later transformation in character, but the man was once partly responsible for steering the culture into a new musical direction.Įven today, the instrumental to "Like A Pimp" still knocks. Arising at a time when BET was the video plug, Banner's Mississippi: The Album single was one of the first bangers to truly showcase the emerging new Southern Sound. 0 MAKE IT STOP It's hard out here for a pimp.īefore he became a speaker of wisdom, David Banner was crafting bangers and informing the masses about the subtle art of "pimpery." Though the layman has long mastered the basics of walking with limp and eating lobster and shrimp, David Banner's expertise proved a valuable lesson.