Ant Banks is a rapper and producer for various West Coast hip hop artists, particularly in the Bay Area. His collaboration with Too $hort 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[citation needed]. Produced songs for The Dangerous Crew. Popular West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy. ... Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. ... West Coast hip hop, also known as California hip hop or West Coast rap, is a style of hip hop music that originated in California in the 1980s. ... // Biography Too Short, or Too $hort, (born Todd Anthony Shaw on April 28, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is a rapper who started his career as a youth in Oakland, California. ... MC Ren is the stage name of Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 14 in Compton, California, 1969), a rapper and hip hop producer. ... 01. ...
Known as "The Big Badass". Album of that name was released in 1994
Discography:
-"Sittin' On Somethin' Phat" - Released March 23, 1993. -"The Big Badass" - Released May 10, 1994. -"Do or Die" - Released October 24, 1995. -"Big Thangs" - Released July 8, 1997.
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-"Town Put Goldy On Top", "The Game is Sold Not Told (feat. Too $hort)", and "Whipped Cream, Nuts, & Cherries" from 1994 album "In the Land of Funk" by Goldy. Goldy, rap artist from Oakland, California. ...
The Banks family (Phillip, Vivian, Hillary, Carlton, and Ashley, also including Will but his last name is Smith) are a fictional family from the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Banks is the plural of bank, a financial institution; see bank (disambiguation) for other uses.
Division of Banks, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
Banks on the other hand came up as a DJ/producer for another Oakland rapper, MC Ant, who released two local LP's at the turn of the decade.
On "Powerhouse," MC Ant (who was taken from us in 1999), flips New York-influenced verbals in a voice and delivery somewhere between early Ren and Dre while Banks relies mostly on percussion, possibly a combination of a breakbeat and programmed drums finished off with some cutting and scratching.
You missed out mentioning one important thing post-MC Ant but pre-$short that kinda was the biggest thing he did at the time, and that was MC Pooh's "Fuckin' With Dank", which is the prototype post "Run DMC era 2 Short" town anthem (if that makes sense).
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