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==References== |
==References== |
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Ant Banks | |
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Birth name | Anthony Banks |
Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | May 16, 1969
Genres | Hip hop |
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Years active | 1987–present |
Labels | Jive, Priority |
Anthony Banks (born May 16, 1969) is an American record producer and rapper from Oakland, California.[1]
Biography
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As a child he took part in a band at school and from there learned to play a variety of instruments along the way. At school he only learned classical music, but at home he taught himself to play funk music like Parliament, Funkadelic and The Gap Band on his digital keyboard. Interested in making music, he would create beats and record his own versions for fun.
Banks would later record tapes with his friend, Oakland rapper MC Ant, and sell them at their high school out the trunk of their cars. With the lyrics handled by MC Ant and the production by Ant Banks, buzz over the tapes eventually reached the streets, resulting in popularity throughout the city.
In 1987, Banks recorded the debut album by MC Ant titled The Great, which was later released in 1989 through Raw Dog Records. In 1989, he recorded the debut album Let It Be Known by East Bay rapper Spice 1, which was later released in 1991 through Triad Records. Along with the releases of Pooh-Man and Dangerous Dame, Banks managed to sell in the range of 100,000 to 300,000 units with all four albums, without a record label or promotion. This turned him into a prominent figure in the Bay Area hip-hop scene by the early '90s.
He has produced songs for Too Short,[2] E-40, Spice 1, Snoop Dogg and 3X Krazy to name a few. In 1993, he engaged in a beef with Oakland rapper Pooh-Man.
In 1996, Banks appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America Is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine.
In 1999 Banks started a group T.W.D.Y. (acronym for "The Whole Damn Yay"). Banks himself, Rappin' 4-Tay and Captain Save'm were the original members. Their debut album Derty Werk was released in 1999 and contained the single "Players Holiday", featuring Too Short, Mac Mall, Otis & Shug. The single received a lot of radio play. Also, Ant Banks settled his long time beef with Pooh-Man when they appeared together on the track, "Ride Wit Me". In 2000, T.W.D.Y. released their second and final album Lead the Way; Ant Banks and Captain Save'm remained while Dolla Will replaced Rappin' 4-Tay.
He is also known as "The Big Badass" and released an album of the same name in 1994. His talent for producing "funky" bass lines are well known and have achieved cross-over appreciation in the techno niche. The album liner for Daft Punk's album Homework gives a note of appreciation to Ant Banks for inspiration.
Discography
Studio albums
- Sittin' on Somethin' Phat (1993)
- The Big Badass (1994)
- Do or Die (1995)
Collaboration albums
- Don't Try This at Home with The Dangerous Crew (1995)
- Derty Werk with T.W.D.Y. (1999)
- Lead the Way with T.W.D.Y. (2000)
Compilation albums
- Big Thangs (1997)
- The Best of Ant Banks (1998)
Production discography
- 1989
- MC Ant - The Great
- 1990
- 1991
- Spice 1 - Let It Be Known (EP)
- Various Artists - Juice
- Dangerous Dame - The Bomb (Single)
- 1992
- Dangerous Dame - Same Ole Dame
- Pooh-Man - Funky As I Wanna Be
- Spice 1 - Spice 1
- Too Short - Shorty the Pimp
- 1993
- Dru Down - Fools From the Streets
- Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
- Too Short - Get in Where You Fit In
- Various Artists - Menace II Society
- 1994
- Dru Down - Explicit Game
- Goldy - In The Land Of Funk
- Rappin' 4-Tay - Don't Fight the Feelin'
- Spice 1 - AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
- Various Artists - B-Ball's Best Kept Secret
- 1995
- Gangsta P - Meet The Lil Gangsta
- Rappin' Ron & Ant Diddley Dog - Bad N-Fluenz
- South Central Cartel - S.C.C. Presents Murder Squad Nationwide
- Spice 1 - 1990-Sick
- Too Short - Cocktails
- 1996
- C.R.I.S.I.S. - Crazy Real Insane Soldiers In Sacramento
- E-40 - Tha Hall of Game
- Mac Mall - Untouchable
- Mr. ILL - Rebirth
- Too Short - Gettin' It
- Various Artists - America Is Dying Slowly
- 1997
- 187 Fac - Fac Not Fiction
- 3X Krazy - Stackin' Chips
- Mack 10 - Based on a True Story
- MC Breed - Flatline
- Rappin' 4-Tay - 4 Tha Hard Way
- Spice 1 - The Black Bossalini (a.k.a. Dr. Bomb from Da Bay)
- Various Artists - In tha Beginning…There Was Rap
- 1998
- Bad Azz - Word on tha Streets
- E-40 - The Element of Surprise
- Eightball - Lost
- MC Ren - Ruthless for Life
- Mean Green - Major Players Compilation
- Rappin' 4-Tay - Bigga Than Da Game
- WC - The Shadiest One
- Various Artists - Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A 10th Anniversary Tribute
- Various Artists - Woo
- 1999
- B-Legit - Hempin' Ain't Easy
- CJ Mac - Platinum Game
- E-40 - Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire
- MC Eiht - Section 8
- Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg
- Suge Knight - Represents: Chronic 2000
- Too Short - Can't Stay Away
- 2000
- Captain Save 'Em - My Cape is in the Cleaners
- Dual Committee - Dual Committee
- Too Short - You Nasty
- Various Artists - Romeo Must Die
- Various Artists - Too Gangsta for Radio
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- E-40 - The Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Hussein Fatal - Fatalveli, Volume 2: The Mixtape
- 2007
- V-White - Perfect Timin'
- 2019
- Dann G & MC Magic - Special Lady
- 2020
- 2021
- Chris Lockett - Man Up
- Chris Lockett - Stay With Me
- 2022
- Mount Westmore - Ghetto
- Khoree The Poet - All On Me
- Khoree The Poet - Grown Man Ish
References
- ^ allmusic ((( Ant Banks > Biography )))
- ^ "Too Short Biography". Starpulse.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
External links
- 1966 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American rappers
- African-American male rappers
- American hip hop record producers
- Gangsta rappers
- G-funk artists
- Jive Records artists
- Rappers from Oakland, California
- Record producers from California
- West Coast hip hop musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- 20th-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American men
- 21st-century African-American men