Big Thangs

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Big Thangs
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Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 1997 (1997-07-08)
Recorded1996–1997
StudioBad Ass Beat Lab (Oakland, CA)
Genre
Length49:56
Label Priority
Producer Ant Banks
Ant Banks chronology
Do or Die
(1995)
Big Thangs
(1997)
Derty Werk
(1999)
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Big Thangs is the first compilation album by American West Coast hip-hop record producer Ant Banks. It was released on July 8, 1997, via Priority Records. Recording sessions took place at Bad Ass Beat Lab in Oakland. Produced entirely by Ant Banks himself, it features guest appearances from J-Dubb, CJ Mac, Too $hort, 2Pac, Allfrumtha I, Audrian, Baby DC, Bad-N-Fluenz, B-Legit, Chuy Gomez, E-40, Ice Cube, Ice-T, K-Dee, King T, Mack 10, MC Ant, MC Breed, Mean Green, Rappin' 4-Tay, Slink Capone, Spice 1, WC, Otis & Shug, Stacy Hogg, and cameos from Coolio and Dr. Dre.

Contents

The album debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" Anthony Banks 2:06
2."Big Thangs" (featuring Too $hort and Ice Cube)3:43
3."Coolin in the Luff" (featuring Chuey Gomez) 0:40
4."Can't Stop" (featuring E-40 and Mack 10)4:25
5."West Riden'" (featuring King T and Spice 1)4:57
6."Hard Knox" (featuring J-Dubb and WC)
4:07
7."Gamblin' wit Ice T" (featuring Ice-T) 0:56
8."4 tha Hustlas" (featuring Too $hort, 2Pac and MC Breed)4:52
9."Time Is Tickin'" (featuring Bad-N-Fluenz)
  • Banks
  • Anthony Nelson
  • Carl Martin
4:15
10."Cutaluff" (featuring Slink Capone)1:09
11."Hoo-Ride Ant Banks" (featuring B-Legit, Mean Green, MC Ant and Baby DC) 1:26
12."Make Money" (featuring CJ Mac and K-Dee)4:37
13."Playa Paraphernalia" (featuring J-Dubb and Rappin' 4-Tay)
  • Banks
  • Ramsey
4:12
14."Fien" (featuring AllFrumTha I)4:08
15."You Want Me Back" (featuring Audrian, J-Dubb and CJ Mac)
  • Banks
  • Jo Jo
  • Stacy Hogg
  • Ramsey
  • Ross
3:54
16."Outro" 0:29
Total length:49:56
Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. Stanley, Leo. "Big Thangs - Ant Banks | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  2. "The Billboard 200". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 30. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 26, 1997. p. 90. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 30. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 26, 1997. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  4. "The Year in Music 1997: Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 27, 1997. p. YE-39. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2025.