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Ant Banks

Person · male · United States · Oakland · born 1969 · recording since 1993

American record producer and rapper

gangsta rap G-funk West Coast hip-hop

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Also known as A. Banks · Anthony Banks · Art Banks · 蚂蚁银行

Debut: 1993
Recording span: 7 years
Release groups: 10
Timeline events: 8
Wiki language versions: 9

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Timeline

8 events▣ Album 6◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 16 May 1969 · Birth
  Born 1969-05-16
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 23 March 1993 · Debut release
  Debut release: Sittin’ on Somethin’ Phat
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 23 March 1993 · Album
  Album: Sittin’ on Somethin’ Phat
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: The Big Badass
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 24 October 1995 · Album
  Album: Do or Die
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 8 July 1997 · Album
  Album: Big Thangs
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1999 · Album
  Album: Derty Werk
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 3 October 2000 · Album
  Album: Lead the Way
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography615 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1367268525

Biography

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

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
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 - Murder Squad Nationwide
Spice 1 - 1990-Sick
Too Short - Cocktails/ Don't Try This At Home
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
Various Artists - NFM Jams
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
No Limit- 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

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

2024

Kokane - Da Funkin Adventures of Dr. Kokanstine

2025

Too Short - Sir Too $hort Vol. I (Freaky Tales)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	10	82.3th
Studio albums	6	86.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	8	84.1th
Recording span (years)	7	21th
Genres	5	88.3th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (10 release groups · 6 studio albums)

Albums · 6

Sittin’ on Somethin’ Phat
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 55:45
12 the Head5:52
2Late Night Fuck3:16
3Roll ’em Phat4:46
4U Just a Punk4:38
5Livin’ the Life4:34
6Sittin’ on Somethin’ Phat5:09
7Lyin’ on Yo Dick3:50
8Spice 1 Wit da Banksta3:55
9Only Out to Fuck4:43
10Hit It4:23
11The End10:39
The Big Badass
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:04
1The Big Badass5:30
22 Kill a G5:20
3Streets of Oakland4:39
4The Drunken Fool4:13
5Parlayin’4:12
6Clownin’ Wit da Crew3:42
7Fuckin’ Wit Banks4:54
8Straight Hustlin’4:29
9Pimp Style Gangstas3:48
10The Loot3:28
11Packin’ a Gat5:20
12Hard as Hell5:29
Do or Die
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:17
1Do or Die4:06
2Keep 'em Guessin'4:46
3It Ain't No Thang4:54
4Sound of Lead4:28
5I Think I Wanna Die (Losin' It)5:26
6Money Don't Make a Man4:16
7You Ain't Knowin'4:31
8Hi Speed Anthem4:11
9No Time for BS3:42
10Gafflin' Season4:25
11Bay Area Massacre5:19
12Smokestrumental5:13
Big Thangs
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:59
1Intro2:06
2Big Thangs3:43
3Coolin' in the Luff0:41
4Can't Stop4:25
5West Riden'4:58
6Hard Knox4:08
7Gamblin' Wit Ice T0:56
84 tha Hustlas4:52
9Time Is Tickin'4:07
10Cutaluff (intro by Dr. Dre)1:16
11Hoo-Ride Ant Banks1:26
12Make Money4:38
13Playa Paraphernalia (intro by Coolio)4:12
14Fien4:08
15You Want Me Back3:53
16Outro0:30
Derty Werk
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:01:21
1Intro0:37
2Cross Me Up3:14
3The Game4:34
4Pervin5:28
5Gotta Have Heart3:37
6Squeeze On 'em3:14
7Interlude0:44
8Shook Niggas3:50
9Drinks On Me3:45
10Out 2 Get Mo3:55
11Players Holiday5:03
12On the Reala3:47
13Interlude0:34
14I Can't Change3:55
15Stragglas4:40
16Ride Wit Me5:07
17Gameless Mortals5:17
Lead the Way
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:52
1Lead the Way4:39
2X-Files4:35
3Get That Paper4:27
4Wired Up3:19
5P.I. Interlude0:51
6Shut Up5:27
7Boss Bitches3:33
8Blue Suits & Badges4:12
9No Win Situation4:04
10Oh Boy0:44
11Game Shooters6:15
12Never Sober4:07
13In the Ghetto4:07
14Hoes & Tricks5:40
15Let It Go4:27
16Cali 4 Ni Yey4:33
17The Hook Up4:38
18Hater Bob Interlude1:08
19Me & Ski3:06

Single · 2

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1994	Parlayin’Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 17:31 A1Parlayin’ (LP version)4:12 A2Parlayin’ (remix)4:13 B1****** Wit Banks4:54 B2Parlayin’ (remix instrumental)4:12		1994
	1999	Players HolidaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 15:02 1Players Holiday (LP Version)5:09 2Players Holiday (Radio Edit)4:46 3Players Holiday (Instrumental)5:07		1999

EP · 1

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1997	From the Album Big ThangsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 24:43 1Big Thangs (radio version)3:45 2Big Thangs (instrumental)3:46 3You Want Me Back (radio version)3:55 4You Want Me Back (instrumental)3:55 5Make Money (Explicit version)4:40 6Make Money (instrumental)4:42		1997

Album · 1

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1998	The Best of Ant BanksSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:12:22 1The Big Badass5:30 2Spice 1 Wit da Banksta3:53 3Bay Area Massacre5:18 4Do or Die4:06 52 Kill a G5:20 6Parlayin’4:12 7The Drunken Fool4:13 8U Just a Punk4:42 9Clownin’ Wit da Crew3:42 10Only Out to **4:41 11Roll ’Em Phat4:44 12Money Don’t Make a Man4:15 13Keep ’Em Guessin’4:45 14The Loot3:28 15Streets of Oakland4:39 16**** Wit Banks4:54	Compilation	10 March 1998

Stats & PK

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Ant Banks metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	10	82.3th
Studio albums	6	86.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	8	84.1th
Recording span (years)	7	21th
Genres	5	88.3th

Awards & honours

No awards recorded

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
T.W.D.Y.(band)	—	present
The Dangerous Crew(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74d6a4f2-d466-4429-bcc8-a8ba930d874e
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74d6a4f2-d466-4429-bcc8-a8ba930d874e
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2532154
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2532154
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_Banks
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_Banks

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Wikidata: Q2532154 · MusicBrainz: 74d6a4f2-d466-4429-bcc8-a8ba930d874e

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