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Ant Banks (born Anthony Banks, May 16, 1969), is an American record producer and rapper from Oakland, California.




Biography



Anthony Banks was born in Oakland, California on May 16, 1969. In band lessons at school, he learned to play classical music on a variety of instruments, while teaching himself how to play funk at home on his digital keyboard from bands like Parliament, Funkadelic, and The Gap Band.
Banks went on to produce mixtapes with his friend, Oakland rapper MC Ant, and sell them out of the trunk of their car at their high school. The tapes quickly gained popularity for the duo.
In 1987, Banks, MC Ant, and other friends recorded MC Ant's debut album The Great, released through Raw Dog Records in 1989. Banks also recorded California rapper Spice 1's debut album Let It Be Known, released in 1991 through Triad Records. This production debut, combined with releases from Pooh-Man and Dangerous Dame sold over 100,000 units without record label or promotion, launching Banks into a prominent figure in the early 1990s Bay Area hip hop scene. He went on to produce songs for Too Short, E-40, Snoop Dogg, and 3X Krazy. In 1993, he engaged in a beef with Oakland rapper Pooh-Man.
In 1994, Banks released The Big Badass, an album inspired by his nickname. In 1996, he appeared on America Is Dying Slowly, a compilation CD focused on raising awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African-American men released by the Red Hot Organization, also featuring Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe.
In 1999, Banks started the group T.W.D.Y. ("The Whole Damn Yay"), with Rappin' 4-Tay and Captain Save'm, releasing their debut album Derty Werk, containing the single "Player's Holiday", featuring Too Short, Mac Mall, and Otis & Shug. The album also marked the end of Banks' beef with Pooh-Man with the two appearing together on the track "Ride Wit' Me". In 2000, T.W.D.Y released their second and final album, Lead the Way, before Rappin' 4-Tay left the group and was replaced by Dolla Will.
His talent for producing basslines is well-known and has achieved cross-over appreciation in the techno genre. The album liner for Daft Punk's album Homework gives a note of appreciation to Ant Banks for inspiration.




Discography






= Studio albums

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Sittin' on Somethin' Phat (1993)
The Big Badass (1994)
Do or Die (1995)




= Collaboration albums

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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

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Big Thangs (1997)
The Best of Ant Banks (1998)




Production discography


1989
MC Ant - The Great
1990
Pooh-Man - Teardrops (EP)
Pooh-Man - Life of a Criminal
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
Keak Da Sneak - Sneakacydal
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
The Click - Money & Muscle
Too Short - Chase the Cat
Keak Da Sneak - Hi-Tek
2002
Celly Cel - Song'z U Can't Find
King T - The Kingdom Come
Too Short - What's My Favorite Word?
2003
Too Short - Married to the Game
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
Too Short & E-40 - "Triple Gold Sox"
Candyman - BLM? Aka Don't Shoot
Dru Down - Livin Legend (God Willin), Pt. 1
2021
Chris Lockett - Man Up
Chris Lockett - Stay With Me
2022
Mount Westmore - Snoop Cube 40 $hort
Khoree The Poet - All On Me
Khoree The Poet - Grown Man Ish




= 2023

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J-Dee - The Pay Back Project
Kokane & Suga Free - SugaKane




= 2024

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Kokane - Da Funkin Adventures of Dr. Kokanstine




References






External links



[1]
www.realantbanks.com

Ant Banks at Discogs
Ant Banks on Myspace

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