Robb Banks

Biography

Richard O'Neil Burrell (born September 24, 1994), better known by his stage name Robb Banks (often stylized as Robb Bank$), is an American rapper. Born in New York City and raised in Broward County, Florida, he gained recognition with the Raider Klan movement in 2012. In that year, he released his debut mixtape Calendars×Calendars14 April 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Holiday2Buy It (January)3Cadie / The Come Down (February)4Counting (March)5Wiz Khalifa (April)6Finer (May)7Fine$t (June)8Fine / The Come Down Pt 2 (July)9Summertime (August)10Camos (September)11BET Uncut (October)12Big Pimpin' (November)13Get It How You Live (December)14Me and My Niggas (Year) and its follow-up, Tha City×Tha City1 October 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Flex (City)2KDia (CT)3On Me (Baton Rouge)4All the Way Live5Counted (LA)6Mouth (Houston)7New York (NY)8Changed (Miami)9Scrub the Ground (interlude)10Round & Round (Memphis)11Broward County Legend (Coral Springs)12That Sound (Atlanta)13Decoration (Pompano)14Indistinct (DC)15Heartbreaker (London)16Practice17Trust Me the following year. He is best known for his association with fellow South Florida-based cloud rap artists, namely XXXTentacion and the group Members Only, as well as his 2013 singles "All the Way Live" and "On Me". He signed with 300 Entertainment to release his debut studio album, Year of the Savage×Year of the Savage2 October 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Outro0:592Buku3:083Leatherface4:054Half Bae2:525Wit3:056Chainswang2:467Pressure3:328Phone Sex3:349Pink Pu**y4:1310F***umean3:21112Phoneshawty5:12123D4:13 (2015).
Burrell has been described as having an abrasive and brash vocal delivery, with his lyrics and public image containing frequent references or tributes to anime such as Naruto.

Early life

Richard O'Neil Burrell was born on September 24, 1994, in New York City, the oldest child of Carol Johnson and Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy. He spent the first six years of his life in New York City before he and his mother moved to Broward County, Florida. He dropped out of high school his senior year and began working on music.

2011–2012: Calendars and rise to prominence

In 2012, after releasing the project Everyday Except Monday, with Matt Meyer Lansky as Tuesday Thru Sunday, and several other songs in 2011, Banks released his debut mixtape Calendars×Calendars14 April 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Holiday2Buy It (January)3Cadie / The Come Down (February)4Counting (March)5Wiz Khalifa (April)6Finer (May)7Fine$t (June)8Fine / The Come Down Pt 2 (July)9Summertime (August)10Camos (September)11BET Uncut (October)12Big Pimpin' (November)13Get It How You Live (December)14Me and My Niggas (Year). The solo project predominately consisted of Banks rapping over beats by cloud rap producers including Clams Casino and SBTRKT, with samples from Aaliyah and OutKast. The project became a hit on the microblogging platform Tumblr. He collaborated with producers Nuri and SpaceGhostPurrp and began touring, developing an underground following.

2013: Tha City

After a brief hiatus, Robb began working on another project titled Tha City. He promoted the mixtape by releasing singles off the project including "Practice×Practice30 April 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Practice4:22", "All the Way Live", and "On Me". Tha City was released on October 1, 2013. Prior to the release of this tape rumors had surfaced as to whether or not Shaggy was Robb's father, a fact that was formerly denied, but was soon confirmed by him to be true by making the cover for Tha City an old family photo of Banks and Shaggy. After the release of this mixtape, Robb went on a year-long hiatus as he continued touring and spreading his music around the world.

2014–2015: 2PhoneShawty, No Trespassing and Year of the Savage

Throughout 2014, Robb began touring around the world and rarely released new music, only to show that he is still working on Year of the Savage. This was until the end of the year, when he began hinting new projects that have been in the work.
In December, Banks put out the first (promotional) single for his debut commercial release, called "2PhoneShawty×2phoneshawty3 April 2015 · EP · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Intro0:122Snap2:163Kill4U3:094Salty2:215HML2:526Below3:447Broken Promethes2:368Gone Girl1:10". It ended up being the only song recorded in 2013 on the entire album.
In 2015, he started working on a new batch of music for YOTS, which would mainly feature production from his new affiliate Nuez.
In April, Robb released two extended-plays: 2PhoneShawty and No Trespassing. The 2PhoneShawty EP consisted of outtakes from Year of the Savage×Year of the Savage2 October 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Outro0:592Buku3:083Leatherface4:054Half Bae2:525Wit3:056Chainswang2:467Pressure3:328Phone Sex3:349Pink Pu**y4:1310F***umean3:21112Phoneshawty5:12123D4:13, and No Trespassing was a collaboration between him and Memphis-born rapper Chris Travis, all recorded in 2014.
On August 13, 2015, Banks released the lead single for his album, titled "Pressure". After that he continued to promote YOTS by releasing a bunch of freestyled tracks. It was during one of these freestyles ("Throw It Up") that he confirmed the release date for his long-awaited album.
On October 2, 2015, Robb Banks released Year of the Savage through 300 Entertainment's Dorian Distribution.

2016–2017: C2: Death of My Teenage and Rich Gang

On September 27, 2016, Banks released a sequel to "Calendars×Calendars14 April 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Holiday2Buy It (January)3Cadie / The Come Down (February)4Counting (March)5Wiz Khalifa (April)6Finer (May)7Fine$t (June)8Fine / The Come Down Pt 2 (July)9Summertime (August)10Camos (September)11BET Uncut (October)12Big Pimpin' (November)13Get It How You Live (December)14Me and My Niggas (Year)" titled "C2: Death of My Teenage×C2: Death of My Teenage27 September 2016 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Holiday2Defined3It Wasn't Me4Transporter5Nikki6Come Down Pt. 37Stunt-Man8Bett9Innadat10Byrds Flying11WutUWant12Get it B4 I Die (Guess Who)" which featured guest appearances from Los Hosale and XXXTentacion, co-founder of Members Only, a hip hop collective he would later join. The mixtape was preceded by the release of the single "BETT".
Following the release of the mixtape, Robb embarked on a tour of the same name, which was to feature fellow South Florida rappers Ski Mask the Slump God, Wifisfuneral and Ronny J., New Jersey's Da$h, and Chicago's Warhol.SS were also set to open. Before the tour began, however, Da$h was arrested, causing him to be dropped from the tour.
In early January 2017, it was announced by Cash Money Records founder Birdman that Banks was the newest member of the label's Rich Gang subsidiary. Robb later confirmed that while he was a part of Rich Gang, he would continue to be an independent artist, choosing not to sign with Cash Money.
At this time, Banks also took to Twitter to announce a new project titled "Falconia×FALCONIA30 April 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1THE MOMENT YOU BEEN WAITING 42I WANNA ROCK3DIAMOND WITH THE CUT4SHOOTOUT5HIM-JONG-UN6IT'S LIFTED7CHAROLTTES INTERLUDE8HBK9BLITZ10CONFLICT11SSERTIFIED12MAY I13TRICK, TRINA, KHIA14FRM JAMAICA WITH LOVE15P.I.M.P.16LET'S GET MARRIED17SEX THERAPY18OUTRO", a sequel to his sophomore effort "Tha City×Tha City1 October 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Flex (City)2KDia (CT)3On Me (Baton Rouge)4All the Way Live5Counted (LA)6Mouth (Houston)7New York (NY)8Changed (Miami)9Scrub the Ground (interlude)10Round & Round (Memphis)11Broward County Legend (Coral Springs)12That Sound (Atlanta)13Decoration (Pompano)14Indistinct (DC)15Heartbreaker (London)16Practice17Trust Me".
On September 26, 2017, Banks released EP "Cloverfield 2.0×Cloverfield 2.04 October 2017 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Green Star "TUH!"3:242Big Perc (F**k Russ)3:403Ilysm1:444Worl Boss Freestyle1:18" Months later, on December 27, 2017, he dropped another EP called "2: Pillz×2: Pillz24 December 2017 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1No Sleep22ensational / Pink Toe3SSet It Up4Playz5Die4Me".

2018–2019: Molly World, Cloverfield 3 and Road to Falconia

On February 12, 2018, Banks released single "A Milli (4 M's)×A Milli (4 M's)13 February 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1A Milli (4 M's)2:29" and announced the upcoming release of "No Rooftops 2: Reloaded". Weeks later Banks would release a mixtape titled "Molly World×Molly World9 March 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks12253:022Ride Wit Me3:083Bring It Bak2:594SLS Freestyle2:475Ilysm2:326Lie 2Me2:417Smoke2:098I Need a 2nd2:419Griffith Did Nothing Wrong2:3810Official2:4611I’m That Nigga3:2112Over Here4:1313Green Hearted (iDigg)2:4714Let da Beat Build3:02" through Empire Distribution on March 9, 2018. Track 14 of "Molly World" "Let Da Beat Build" was made part of Cash Money's "Before Anythang" Documentary Soundtrack. On April 7, 2018, Bank$ and Wifisfuneral released lead single "EA" from their early 2019 collaborative project.
On April 27, 2018, Banks announced that his long rumored project Falconia will be arriving sometime in summer 2018. However, the date was delayed yet again.
On August 17, 2018, the third part of his Cloverfield series dropped, mainly consisting of quality Falconia outtakes.
Later in 2019, after the January 11 joint effort with Wifi, Robb released "Road to Falconia×Road to Falconia13 December 2019 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Intro4:422Top Man GOTTI (Gun Talk)2:593Don Dadda2:034Broward Coward2:155Spanking2:126Killer2:107Pony2:088Onme / Privateshow (INTERLEWD)4:189Ballout3:0110430 KUBAN DOLL (INTERLEWD)2:2411Hentai3:0212Senorita2:4613Ina Circle2:4714Fantasia4:0215Redda Bring the Beat Bike2:1816Back to tha City (outro)2:59" on December 13, 2019, which now serves as the full-length prelude to his long-awaited debut.

2020–2021: No Rooftops 2, The Leak (Vol. 1 and 2), and Few Pillz

On April 16, 2020, Banks released his sequel tape to "No Rooftops×No Rooftops1 January 2016 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Extravagant2Watch Out3Crunchtime4Grown Boy5True Facts6No Roof7Lean8Phone Talk9Phone Speaks10Flick11Outro" called "No Rooftops 2×No Rooftops 217 April 2020 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Thug Motivation: 4302:002Killa Sseason2:053Jah Voice3:004Reddy4u3:195Biabia2:056Bow Wow Challenge1:597Ei2:368Brain4:239Knock Ya Self Out2:1710So Into Yu2:3611Lil Birdman2:0212Hollaback2:57". This mixtape included beats from the early 2000s as well as few original instrumentals.
Later that year Robb dropped a two-part project titled "Tha Leak", with the first part being almost entirely mixtape original songs, and the second being various leftover material tracks from the same year.
On April 19, 2021, Banks released the EP "Few Pillz×FEW PILLZ19 April 2021 · EP · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1TOLD RICHIE WE RICH (PERCOCET 5MG)2URUS (ECSTACY)3SEND IT UP (XANAX)4WOD FREESTYLE (ADDERALL 50MG)5BANGOUT FREESTYLE (PERC 10mg)6BUSS YA HEAD (HYDROCODONE 10MG)", which acts as the sequel to 2017's "2 Pillz".

2022–present: Falconia

A year after his last project, on April 30, 2022, Robb released "Falconia×FALCONIA30 April 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1THE MOMENT YOU BEEN WAITING 42I WANNA ROCK3DIAMOND WITH THE CUT4SHOOTOUT5HIM-JONG-UN6IT'S LIFTED7CHAROLTTES INTERLUDE8HBK9BLITZ10CONFLICT11SSERTIFIED12MAY I13TRICK, TRINA, KHIA14FRM JAMAICA WITH LOVE15P.I.M.P.16LET'S GET MARRIED17SEX THERAPY18OUTRO", his most anticipated body of work yet, as a single project with 17 songs.
While on June 23, 2022, followed the album's deluxe version titled "Falcon of the Millennium", with 10 additional tracks, including the song "Outside".

Influences

Banks' style is notorious for its heavy sampling of old school R&B, pop culture and Japanese anime. Robb states his inspiration to rap comes from Biggie Smalls and that one of his favorite artists of all time is British quiet storm-style singer Sade. Robb has also mentioned Lil' Wayne, Webbie, SpaceGhostPurrp, his father and Slug as an influence to his sound. His tag "I Think I Might Be Happy" is synonymous with his music and is taken from a scene of the U.S. version of Skins. Banks frequently makes references to Japanese anime Naruto and calls it his favorite anime of all time. Banks also refers to himself as "Femto" from the Japanese manga, Berserk.

Albums

Year of the Savage (2015)
Falconia (2022)
Falcon of the Millennium - Falconia Deluxe (2022)

Collaborative albums

Members Only, Vol. 4 (2019) (as part of Members Only)

Mixtapes

Calendars (2012)
Tha City (2013)
No Rooftops (2016)
C2: Death of My Teenage (2016)
Members Only, Vol. 3 (2017) (as part of Members Only)
Molly World (2018)
Cloverfield 3 (2018)
Connected (2019) (with Wifisfuneral)
Road to Falconia (2019)
No Rooftops 2 (2020)
Tha Leak, Pt. 1 (2020)
Tha Leak 2 (2020)
I Don't Text Back I Don't Call (2023)
I Can't Feel My Face Too (2023) (with Tony Shhnow)
I Think I Might Be Happy, Pt.1 (2024)
I Think I Might Be Happy, Pt.2 (2024)
Tha Leak 3 (2025)
Rich Badness (2026)
Unhappy – Side A (2026)
Unhappy – Side B (TBA)

EPs

2PhoneShawty (2015)
No Trespassing (2015) (with Chris Travis)
Cloverfield 2.0 (2017)
2 Pillz (2017)
100 Year War (Golden Age) (2018)
Few Pillz (2021)
Tha SSettication (2023)

Singles

"Practice×Practice30 April 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Practice4:22" (2013) (with Sir Michael Rocks)
"All the Way Live" (2013)
"On Me" (2013)
"2PhoneShawty×2phoneshawty3 April 2015 · EP · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Intro0:122Snap2:163Kill4U3:094Salty2:215HML2:526Below3:447Broken Promethes2:368Gone Girl1:10" (2014)
"24/7" (2015) (with IndigoChildRick)
"Solid" (2015) (with Chris Travis)
"Pressure" (2015)
"BETT" (2016)
"ILYSM" (2017) (with Famous Dex)
"Can't Feel My Face" (2019) (with Wifisfuneral)
"Hentai" (2019)
"Shootout" (2022) (with Lil Uzi Vert)
"Lifted" (2022) (with Trippie Redd)
"Baby Tunechi" (2023)
"Back on My Grizzy" (2023)
"My Bleed×My Bleed20 December 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1My Bleed2:32" (2023)
"Kase" (2024)
"Do the Most" (2024)
"PB&J" (2024) (with SpaceGhostPurrp)
"No Problem" (2024)
"Five/Six" (2024)
"Ask Them Hoes×Ask Them Hoes10 January 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ask Them Hoes2:30" (2025)
"Stop Snitchin" (2025)
"Hurting" (2026)
"Bang Dem" (2026) (feautring SpaceGhostPurrp)