ANT BANKS - THE BIG BADASS Appreciation Thread

[wallets]

This is the 20 year anniversary of this classic album, and my personal favorite bay area album. The production on this album is that classic Ant Banks sound, and Banks always sounded smooth as fuck. I like this album way better then his first album. It just sounds way more polished, and had all the Dangerous Crew members out there. I wish Banks would come back and produce one more album for Short or Spice 1, or maybe just a comp. I just want some more Ant Banks funk. But this album is his best IMO.

Other classic bay area albums from 1994:
The Coup-Genocide & Juice
Dru Down-Explicit Game

 

[bigshotpimp]

I stay slapping this album

 

[thug_lov]

Me too thats a good one..fuckin wit banks

 

[dzellian]

GREAT ALBUM

 

[Chicago54]

Great album indeed!!!

 

[macdrebaby]

that shit was so dope when it dropped, them beats though..

 

[TRAGIC LOSSES]

All of Ants shit was dope....Do or die is underrated as hell

 

[Hood Rat Matt]

I got the cassette somewhere...that shit used to stay on loop

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

Ant Banks is one of the most underrated and forgotten artists on the West Coast.

Always put out bangers.

 

[DA'UNDA'DOGG]

1luv to Ant Banks... Dope producer fa sho...

 

[timewilltellu1]

Ant Banks is a world-renowned, multi-platinum producer/artist known for creating heavy, low-end, funky bass lines, utilizing savvy recording techniques, concocting creative artist collaborations, and having his own distinct original sound.

Ant Banks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mR.SiPpYGeTiPpY]

Here's something too, Daft Punk's inspirations has Ant Banks just after Jimi Hendrix. How you like that Pharrell Williams?

 

[Thomas Ivory]

Dope album for sure.

This Grover Washington remake is good too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C2AAAJSoXk

 

[3331]

Dope album. All his albums are good in different ways. Sittin on something phat was ahead of its time, big bad ass was dangerous crew at their prime doing their signature sound, big thangs was really polished banks and him branching out musically and with lots of outside guests.

 

[Mixerr]

Ant Banks is a lot like Malik-Bo to me.

 

[grind4mine]

I remember copping this album back in 94... Had it bumping in my Walkman everywhere I went! It has the classic timeless bay sound to it. It's one of those albums that I can still bump today and still sounds dope! The production doesn't sound dated to me... Even in 2014.


I liked this album much better than Do Or Die and Sitting on Something Phat... But both those albums are very good also.

@ Mixerr... you'd probably know but what is Banks up to these days?! I heard he's out here in Arizona fucking with Real-estate. Is this true... Does he still produce music or is he retired from the music biz?

 

[Mixerr]

He does produce music from time to time. He is just more into real estate right now.

 

[tweeze]

hip hop ON THE green at the salary park banks put em up u ran cuz u a scary mark. ROTFLMAO

DAM ME AND MY NIGGAZ USE TO LAUGH OUR ASS OFF TO THAT SONG IN 9TH GRADE

 

[Coach E. No]

Dope album for sure.

This Grover Washington remake is good too:

Keak Da Sneak Feat.Agerman - Like What (2001) - YouTube

which GW song was that? Sounds more like Hustler's Theme to me

 

[RED HEAD STEVE]

1993-1994 SITTIN ON SOMETHIN PHAT AND THE BIG BAD ASS.... SLAPPIN IN MY 1975 CORDOBA AND MY 1973 MONTE CARLO WITH THE SWIVEL BUCKETS....HELLA BEAT IN THE BACK AND A CAR FULL OF HOMIES AND YAMPS....SOME OF THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE....REAL WESTCOAST MUSIC....REAL TALK.