Ant Banks: The Big Badass (1994)

 

The Big Bad A-- Bringin It 2 Ya In The 9 Fo', July 11, 2006

By	G-Funk 4ever "Honda Civic"

Here you have one of my favorite producers in my favorite year for rap: Ant Banks in 1994! His lyrics are decent, but the production is out of this world; it is simply amazing how he flips those p-funk samples, and makes those syrupy, elastic, and almost celestial and galactic space boogie G-Funk beats! Is Banksta a distant relative of George Clinton??? I love the bouncy Zapp influenced "Straight Hustlin" with those interesting keyboard riffs, I can't even began to describe, along with a neat talk box. I love the slower rollin' "Hard As Hell" with a whiny synth in the beginning and first verse! "The Loot" with Too Short is a banger about grindin for paper; Short Dogg kicks in some funny lyrics. Banks gets on now rival Pooh Man in the ultra funky "F-----' Wit Banks;" the flow and lyrics are decent, but once again the beat is stompin' with that 510 funk. "Streets Of Oakland" puts it down for the O with a smooth guitar ridden beat. "Parlayin" kicks in game with sick flows from Banks and his cuddy Goldy. Both kill the mic over a smokin' bouncy beat. Banks is much better known as a producer than a rapper. He can rap, but those beats are better than 99 percent of all beatsmiths out there. He helped create that G-Funk explosion like Quik, Above The Law, and Dre, and spread it north to the bay area.

1. The Big Badass
2. 2 Kill A G (Feat. Spice 1, Too $hort)
3. Streets of Oakland (Feat. Boots of The Coup)
4. The Drunken Fool
5. Parlayin' (Feat. Goldy)
6. Clownin' Wit Da Crew (Feat. The Dangerous Crew)
7. Fuckin' Wit Banks (Feat. Too $hort, Goldy)
8. Straight Hustlin'
9. Pimp Style Gangstas (Feat. Rappin' Ron, Ant Diddley Dog)
10. The Loot (Feat. Too $hort)
11. Packin' A Gat
12. Hard As Hell

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