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Ant Banks

Real Name:
Anthony Banks
Profile:
Ant Banks is a rapper and producer for various West Coast hip hop artists, particularly in the Bay Area. His collaboration with Too Short led him to begin producing records of his own.

He has produced songs for MC Ren among others. In 1993, he engaged in a beef with Oakland rapper Pooh-Man. Produced songs for Dangerous Crew, The.

In 1999 Banks launched his project group T.W.D.Y. (The Whole Damn Yay). Rappin' 4-Tay and Captain Save 'Em were the original members. Their debut album Derty Werk. The album contains the single Player's Holiday, featuring Mac Mall. The single received a lot of radio play. In 2000, T.W.D.Y. released the album entitled Lead The Way; Ant Banks and Captain Save 'Em remained while Dollar Will replaced 4-Tay.

He is also known as "The Big Badass" and released an Album of that name in 1994.
In Groups:
Dangerous Crew, The, T.W.D.Y.
Variations:
All | Ant Banks | A. Banks | Anthony | Anthony "Ant" Banks | Anthony Banks
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Discography

Releases:
Late Nite / Roll 'Em Phat (12")   Jive 1993
Livin' the Life (12", Pro)   Jive 1993
Sittin' On Somethin' Phat (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1993
Parlayin' (12", Promo)   Jive 1994
Parlayin' / Get In Where You Fit In (CD, Pro)   Jive 1994
The Big Badass (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1994
Do Or Die (CD)   Jive 1995
I Think I Wanna Die (Losin' It) (12", Pro)   Jive 1995
Money Don't Make A Man (12", Pro)   Jive 1995
Big Thangs (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Priority Records 1997
Big Theezeez From The Ant Banks Album Big Thangs (12", Promo)   Priority Records 1997
Hard Knox (12", Promo)   Priority Records 1997
The Best Of (CD)   Jive 1998
Players Holiday (CD, Single)   Thump Street Records 1999
Remixes:
In The Trunk ◄ (2 versions) In The Trunk (Trunk O'... Jive 1992
Nobody Else (Remixes) (Maxi, Single) ◄ (3 versions) Nobody Else (West Coas... MCA Records 1996
Drinks On Me / Players Holiday Remixes (CD, Single) Players Holiday (Ant B... Thump Records 1999
B**ch! With No Man (12", Promo) B**ch! With No Man (An... Warner Bros. Records 2000
Until The End Of Time ◄ (4 versions) M.O.B. Interscope Records ... 2001
Wildgroove Vol. 11 (12") Nobody Else (Ant Banks... Wildgroove  
Production:
Dance Floor (12", Cle)   Raw Dog Records 1989
MC Ant The Great (LP)   Raw Dog Records 1989
187 Proof (Parts I & II) (Single) ◄ (3 versions) 187 Proof (Part I) (St... Jive ... 1991
Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ◄ (2 versions) Sex, Money & Murder, S... MCA Soundtracks 1991
Let It Be Known (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Triad Records 1991
Sex, Money & Murder (12", Promo)   MCA Records 1991
So You Want To Be A Gangster (12", Promo)   MCA Records 1991
Funky As I Wanna Be (CD, Single, Promo)   Jive 1992
Funky As I Wanna Be ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
I Want To Be Free (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
In My Neighborhood (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
Life Of A Criminal (CD, Album, RE)   Dangerous Music, In-A-Minute Records, Jive 1992
S M & M (12", Promo)   MCA Records 1992
Shorty The Pimp (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive 1992
Shorty The Player (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
Spice 1 ◄ (2 versions) In My Neighborhood, 1-... Jive 1992
Stay With Me / Shenead (12", Promo)   T-Cap Records 1992
187 He Wrote (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Clip & The Trigga Jive 1993
Dru Down (CD, Album)   C-Note Records 1993
Get In Where You Fit In (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Jive 1993
Menace II Society (Music From The Motion Picture) ◄ (6 versions) Packin' A Gun Jive 1993
All Rapped Up / Smoke Season (12") All Rapped Up (Radio V... Cell Block Records 1994
All Rapped Up / Smoke Season (Cass, Single) All Rapped Up (Radio V... Cell Block Records 1994
AmeriKKKa's Nightmare (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1994
B-Ball's Best Kept Secret ◄ (2 versions) Anything Can Happen Immortal Records (3) 1994
Cocktales (12") The Loot Jive 1994
Don't Fight The Feelin' (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Chrysalis ... 1994
Get In Where You Fit In / Just Another Day / Way Too Real (12", Promo) Way Too Clean (Clean) Jive 1994
In The Land Of Funk ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1994
Nuthin' But A Tramp (12", Promo)   Jive 1994
Pimp Of The Year (12", Promo)   Relativity 1994
Whipped Cream, Nuts & Cherries (12") Whipped Cream, Nuts & ... Jive 1994
1990-Sick ◄ (2 versions) Sucka Ass Niggas, Snit... Jive ... 1995
Bad N-Fluenz (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Cell Block Records 1995
Boss Ballin' - The Best In The Business (CD, Comp)   Shot Records 1995
Cocktails (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive 1995
Don't Try This At Home (CD)   Jive 1995
Face Of A Desperate Man (12", Promo) Face Of A Desperate Ma... Jive 1995
Jive West 25th Vol.2 (2xLP) The Game Is Sold Not Told Jive 1995
Knock On Wood ◄ (2 versions) Pass Da Dank (LP Version) DJ West ... 1995
Meet The Lil Gangsta (CD, Album) No Solicitation, The War Erin Records 1995
The Game Is Sold Not Told (12", Promo)   Jive 1995
Top Down (12", Promo) Top Down (LP Version) Jive 1995
America Is Dying Slowly (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Check Ya Self EastWest ... 1996
Cell Block Compilation (CD, Comp) Deep Shit Cell Block Records, Priority Records 1996
Gettin It (Album Number Ten) (CD, Album)   Jive 1996
Just Loungin Part II (12")   N-Season Records, Front Row 1996
Mobbin' Thru The Bay (12", Smplr) Cuddies Swerve Records 1996
Mobbin' Thru The Bay Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Cuddies Swerve Records 1996
NFL Jams (CD, Comp) Bayriders Gridiron Records, Castle Communications 1996
Off Da Hook (12") Le$$ Pain/Stre$$ Game ... Loud Records 1996
Off Da Hook ◄ (2 versions) Le$$ Pain / Stress Gam... Loud Records 1996
Rappers' Ball (12")   Jive 1996
Rebirth (12", Sam) Primetime Cell Block Records 1996
Rebirth (CD, Album)   Cell Block Records 1996
Tha Hall Of Game (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1996
Things'll Never Change (CD, Single) Rapper's Ball (LP Vers... Jive 1996
Untouchable (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Pimp Or Die, Playa Tip Relativity 1996
4 Tha' Hard Way (CD, Album) Where You Playin' At, ... Virgin Records America, Inc. 1997
Based On A True Story (2xLP)   Priority Records 1997
Best Of The Bay: Chapter I (CD) Dance Floor Bay Rider Entertainment 1997
Black Bossalini (a.k.a. Dr. Bomb From Da Bay) (CD) Recognize Game, Fetty ... Jive 1997
Fac Not Fiction (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Penalty Recordings 1997
Flatline (CD)   Wrap Records 1997
Fluidly I Approach (CD) From The East Side Low Life Records (2) 1997
Global Mayhemm (CD, Album)   Native Records (2), Time Is Money Entertainment 1997
In Tha Beginning...There Was Rap (CD, Comp) I Need A Freak, Dopeman Priority Records 1997
Stackin Chips (CD, Album) In The Name Of Rame Noo Trybe Records 1997
The Comrads (CD, Album) Hey You Street Life Records (2) 1997
10th Anniversary Tribute Album Sampler (12", Promo, Yel)   Priority Records, Virgin 1998
Boss Ballin' 2 - The Mob Bosses (CD, Comp)   Shot Records 1998
Cell Block Compilation: Face/Off (2xCD, Comp)   Cell Block Records 1998
From The Ground Up (12", Promo)   Jive 1998
Hall Of Fame EP Vol. 1 (CD, EP) From The Ground Up (LP... Jive 1998
Hits (CD) In My Neighborhood, Su... Jive 1998
Hope I Don't Go Back (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1998
Lost (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 360° Suave House 1998
Major Players Compilation (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Better Player No Limit Records ... 1998
Straight Outta Compton - 10th Anniversary Tribute ◄ (3 versions)   Priority Records ... 1998
The Element Of Surprise (2xCD) Hope I Don't Go Back, ... Jive 1998
The Shadiest One (Album) ◄ (2 versions) The Shadiest One Payday ... 1998
Woo Soundtrack (CD, Album) I Know You Love Her Epic 1998
Word On Tha Streets (CD, Album) Ghetto Star, I Ain't C... Priority Records, 1998
Can't Stay Away (CD, Album) What Happened To The G... Jive 1999
Ghetto Star (12")   Priority Records 1999
No Face Killaz (CD, Comp)   Black Market Records (2) 1999
No Limit Top Dogg (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Snoopafella Priority Records ... 1999
Platinum Game (2xLP) Cha Cha Hoo Bangin' Records, Priority Records 1999
Rimshop Presents - N.E.W.S. (CD, Comp) Lifestyles Rimshop Records 1999
Section 8 ◄ (3 versions) Murder At Night Priority Records ... 1999
Too Short Presents Mixtape Volume 1 - Nation Riders (CD, Comp) Poppa Was A Soldier $hort Records 1999
Dual Committee (CD, Album) Dedicated Mo Beatz Records! 2000
Hempin' Ain't Easy (CD, Album) Hood Ratz & Knuckle Heads Koch Records 2000
My Cape Is In The Cleaners (CD, Album) Out To Get More Just Wiggins Entertainment 2000
Paper & Hate: The Conflict (CD, Comp, Album) Soldier Outlawd Entertainment 2000
Romeo Must Die (Comp) ◄ (6 versions) Thugz Blackground Entertainment ... 2000
Snakepit Records Presents...Bay 2 L.A.: West Side Badboys (CD, Comp, Album) Dedicated Knockout Entertainment, Snake Pit Records 2000
The Best Of: 3X Krazy - 3 x 4 Life (2xCD, Comp) Dedicated, Hit 'Em Whe... Not On Label 2000
The Notorious Bay, Vol. 1 - The Bay Rider Classics (CD, Comp) Act A Fool Bay Rider Entertainment 2000
You Nasty (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Where They At? Jive 2000
Bay Area Playas 3 (CD, Comp) Got That Bomb Snake Pit Records 2001
Chase The Cat (CD, Album) Domestic Violence Jive 2001
Money & Muscle (CD, Album) Num Num Juice Jive 2001
Suge Knight Presents: Chronic 2000 (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions) Drinks On Me Death Row Records (2) 2001
Too Gangsta For Radio (CD, Comp) Real Type Gangsta Death Row Records (2) 2001
Snakepit Records Presents...Bay 2 L.A.: West Side Badboys 2 (CD, Album) Life Styles Snake Pit Records 2002
Song'z U Can't Find (CD, Comp) Bay Riders Boss Up Muzik, City Hall Records 2002
The Kingdom Come (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Big Boyz Mo Beatz Records! ... 2002
Westside (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Spice 1 Wit Da Banksta Obsessive 2002
Married To The Game (CD, Album) What She Gonna Do? Jive 2003
S.C.C. Presents Murder Squad Nationwide (12", Smplr)   West Up 2003
Fatalveli, Volume 2: The Mixtape (CD) Treach & Fatal Freestyle Thugtertainment 2004
Makaveli The Don "The Way He Wanted It" Book 1 (CDr, Album) We Do This Not On Label 2005
Crucial / Mayhem (12", Promo) Mayhem (L.P. Version),... Native Records (2)  
Pandemonium (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Toast 2 The Pussy, Pan... Mo Beatz Records! ...  
Who Got Yo Back (CD, Album)   BLVD Records  
Co-production:
187 Proof (Parts I & II) (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive ... 1991
Mix:
Powerhouse / Destruction / Jealous (12", Cle)   Raw Dog Records 1988
187 Proof (Parts I & II) (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive ... 1991
Funky As I Wanna Be (CD, Single, Promo)   Jive 1992
Funky As I Wanna Be ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
I Want To Be Free (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
In My Neighborhood (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
In The Trunk (CD, Single, Promo)   Jive 1992
Shorty The Pimp (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive 1992
Shorty The Player (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1992
Dumpin' 'Em In Ditches (12") Smok'em Like A Blunt Jive 1993
Get In Where You Fit In (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive 1993
I'm A Player ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1993
Money In The Ghetto (12", Promo)   Jive 1993
Cocktales (12")   Jive 1994
Get In Where You Fit In / Just Another Day / Way Too Real (12", Promo)   Jive 1994
In The Land Of Funk ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1994
Nuthin' But A Tramp (12", Promo)   Jive 1994
Bad N-Fluenz (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Cell Block Records 1995
Cocktails (CD, Album)   Jive 1995
Don't Try This At Home (CD)   Jive 1995
Don't Try This At Home (12", Smplr, Promo) Welcome To The Bay (Ra... Jive 1995
Paystyle (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Jive 1995
Rumors (12")   Jive 1995
Rumors / Let 'Em Know (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1995
The Game Is Sold Not Told (12", Promo)   Jive 1995
Top Down (12", Promo)   Jive 1995
3 Hills Of Suga / Can You Swing It? / Flossn (12", Promo)   Cell Block Records, Priority Records 1996
Cell Block Compilation (CD, Comp)   Cell Block Records, Priority Records 1996
Gettin It (Album Number Ten) (CD, Album)   Jive 1996
Gettin' It (12", Promo)   Jive 1996
NFL Jams (CD, Comp)   Gridiron Records, Castle Communications 1996
Never Talk Down (12")   Jive 1996
Booty Call (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD) Call Me Jive 1997
Call Me ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1997
From The Ground Up (12", Promo)   Jive 1998
Get Your Hustle On (12", Promo)   $hort Records 1998
Hope I Don't Go Back (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1998
The Element Of Surprise (3xLP) Doin' Dirt Bad, Jump M... Jive, Jive 1998
You Nasty (CD)   Jive 2000
Chase The Cat (CD, Album)   Jive 2001
Married To The Game (CD, Album)   Jive 2003
Appears On:
Life Of A Criminal (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   FBI Recordings 1990
Teardrops EP (12", EP)   FBI Recordings, In-A-Minute Records 1990
187 Proof (Parts I & II) (CD, Single, Promo)   Jive 1991
Funky As I Wanna Be (Single) ◄ (3 versions) , Funky As I Wanna Be ... Jive 1992
Funky As I Wanna Be ◄ (3 versions) Racia Jive 1992
I Want To Be Free (That's The Truth) (12", Promo)   Jive 1992
Same Ole Dame (CD, Album)   T-Cap Records 1992
Shorty The Pimp (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Something To Ride To Jive 1992
Shorty The Player (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Something To Ride To Jive 1992
187 He Wrote (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Clip & The Trigga Jive 1993
Get In Where You Fit In (Album) ◄ (4 versions) All My B$*&I%* Are Gon... Jive 1993
Menace II Society (Music From The Motion Picture) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Only The Strong Survive Jive 1993
Money In The Ghetto (CD, Pro)   Jive 1993
All Rapped Up / Smoke Season (12") All Rapped Up (Radio V... Cell Block Records 1994
B-Ball's Best Kept Secret (CD, Comp) Anything Can Happen Immortal Records (3) 1994
Cocktales (12") The Loot Jive 1994
Explicit Game ◄ (2 versions)   Relativity 1994
Get In Where You Fit In / Just Another Day / Way Too Real (12", Promo) Way Too Clean (Clean) Jive 1994
In The Land Of Funk ◄ (2 versions)   Jive 1994
Pimp Of The Year (12")   Relativity 1994
1990-Sick (CD) Snitch Killas Jive, Zomba Records 1995
1990-Sick (Kill 'Em All) (Single, Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) Sucka Ass Niggas Jive 1995
Bad N-Fluenz (CD, Album) The Bomb Cell Block Records 1995
Cocktails (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Can I Get A Bitch Jive 1995
Knock On Wood ◄ (2 versions) Pass Da Dank (LP Version) DJ West ... 1995
No Peace / Who's Da Star (12") No Peace (Clean Version) G.W.K. Records, DJ West 1995
Rumors / Let 'Em Know (Cass, Single)   Jive 1995
S.C.C. Presents Murder Squad Nationwide (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Pass Da Dank DJ West ... 1995
The Game Is Sold Not Told (12", Promo)   Jive 1995
Rumors (CD, Maxi)   Jive 1996
Tha Hall Of Game (2xLP, Promo) Rappers' Ball Jive 1996
Brin' The Beat Back (12") Where Ya Playin' At (A... Rag Top Records 1997
Fac Not Fiction (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Faulty Characteristics Penalty Recordings 1997
Notorious: Pimps, Playa's & Hustlas (CD, Comp) Loc-N-Load Loc-N-Load Records 1997
From The Ground Up (12", Promo)   Jive 1998
Ruthless For Life ◄ (2 versions) Ni*** Called Ren, Ni**... Ruthless Records ... 1998
Straight Outta Compton - 10th Anniversary Tribute ◄ (4 versions) Something Like That Priority Records ... 1998
The Element Of Surprise ◄ (2 versions) Hope I Don't Go Back, ... Jive 1998
Can't Stay Away (CD, Album) What Happened To The G... Jive 1999
Charlie Hustle - Blueprint Of A Self-Made Millionaire (CD, Album)   Jive 1999
Derty Werk (CD, Album)   Thump Records 1999
School Dayz (CD, Album) Poppa Was A Soldier (R... $hort Records 1999
B**ch! With No Man (12", Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 2000
Lead The Way (CD, Album)   Thump Records 2000
Chase The Cat (CD, Album) Talkin' Shit Jive 2001
What's My Favorite Word? (CD, Album) Cali-O Jive 2002
S.C.C. Presents Murder Squad Nationwide (12", Smplr) Pass Da Dank West Up 2003
World Premier (CD, Album) I'm A Player Koch Records 2005
Tracks Appear On:
Menace II Society (Music From The Motion Picture) (Comp) ◄ (7 versions) Packin' A Gun Jive 1993
3 'N The Mornin' (Part One) (CD, Comp, Mixed) Big Dick (Screwed) Bigtyme Recordz 1995
America Is Dying Slowly (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Check Ya Self EastWest ... 1996
Deliverance: Stereo Freedom Has Arrived (CD) Big Thangs Virgin Music (Canada) 1997
Cell Block Compilation: Face/Off (2xCD, Comp) The Bomb, Money Don't ... Cell Block Records 1998
Too Short Presents Mixtape Volume 1 - Nation Riders (CD, Comp) Poppa Was A Soldier $hort Records 1999
My Cape Is In The Cleaners (CD, Album) Out To Get More Just Wiggins Entertainment 2000
3 'N The Mornin' (Part Two) (Remix) (CD, Comp, Mixed, RE) Still In The Game, Big... Bigtyme Recordz 2001
Suge Knight Presents: Chronic 2000 (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions) Drinks On Me Death Row Records (2) 2001
Snakepit Records Presents...Bay 2 L.A.: West Side Badboys 2 (CD, Album) Life Styles Snake Pit Records 2002
Westside (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Spice 1 Wit Da Banksta Obsessive 2002
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