The Big Badass

The Big Badass
Studio album by Ant Banks
Released	May 10, 1994 (1994-05-10)
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Dangerous Music Studio
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	55:00
Label	Dangerous Music Jive
Producer	Ant Banks
Ant Banks chronology
Sittin' on Somethin' Phat (1993) The Big Badass (1994) Do or Die (1995)
Singles from The Big Badass
"Parlayin'" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The Big Badass is the second solo studio album by the American rapper and record producer Ant Banks. ^[2] It was released on May 10, 1994, through Dangerous Music/Jive Records. ^[3] Produced entirely by Banks himself, it features guest appearances from Ant Diddley Dog, Boots Riley, Goldy, Rappin' Ron, Spice 1, Too $hort and the rest of The Dangerous Crew. The album peaked at number 80 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Big Badass"	Anthony Banks Ramon Gooden	5:30
2.	"2 Kill a G" (featuring Spice 1 & Too $hort)	Banks Robert Lee Greene Jr. Todd Shaw Stuart Jordan Gooden	5:19
3.	"Streets of Oakland" (featuring Boots)	Banks Raymond Riley Gooden	4:39
4.	"The Drunken Fool"	Banks Gooden	4:12
5.	"Parlayin'" (featuring Goldy)	Banks Mhisani Miller Ron Ford Rick Evans George Clinton William Collins	4:12
6.	"Clownin' Wit da Crew" (featuring The Dangerous Crew)	Banks Damani M. Khaleel R. Royster Anthony Nelson Shaw Gooden Clinton	3:41
7.	"Fuckin' Wit Banks" (featuring Too $hort & Goldy)	Banks Shaw Miller Gooden	4:53
8.	"Straight Hustlin'"	Banks Gooden Clinton Collins Bernie Worrell	4:28
9.	"Pimp Style Gangstas" (featuring Rappin' Ron & Ant Diddley Dog)	Banks Royster Nelson Donnie Sterling Ron Dunbar Jim Vitti	3:47
10.	"The Loot" (featuring Too $hort)	Banks Shaw Clinton Worrell Collins	3:27
11.	"Packin' a Gat"	Banks Jordan Gooden	5:19
12.	"Hard as Hell"	Banks Jeffrey Spencer McCormick Walter Becker Donald Fagen	5:33
Total length:			55:00

Sample credits

• Track 4 contains a sample of "House Full Of Girls" written by Isaac Hayes.
• Track 5 contains a sample of "F-Encounter" written by Ron Ford, Rick Evans, George Clinton Jr. and William Collins and performed by Bootsy Collins.
• Track 6 contains a sample of "Go Fer Yer Funk" written by George Clinton Jr. and performed by Parliament.
• Track 8 contains a portion of the composition "Children of Production" written by George Clinton Jr., William Collins and Bernie Worrell.
• Track 9 contains a portion of the composition "No Rump To Bump" written by Donnie Sterling, Ron Dunbar and Jim Vitti.
• Track 10 contains a portion of the composition "Chocolate City" written by George Clinton Jr., Bernie Worrell and William Collins.
• Track 12 contains a portion of the composition "Home At Last" written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Personnel

• Anthony "Ant" Banks – vocals, keyboards, guitar, drum programming, producer, engineering
• Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10), executive producer
• Robert Lee "Spice 1" Greene Jr. – vocals (track 2)
• Raymond "Boots" Riley – vocals (track 3)
• Mhisani "Goldy" Miller – vocals (tracks: 5, 7)
• Anthony "Ant Diddley Dog" Nelson – vocals (tracks: 6, 9)
• R. "Rappin' Ron" Royster – vocals (tracks: 6, 9)
• Damani "Father Dom" Khaleel – vocals (track 6)
• Ramone "Pee-Wee" Gooden – vocals (track 6), keyboards, guitar, engineering
• Stacy Hogg – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9)
• Clyde Thompson – backing vocals (track 1)
• Otis Cooper – backing vocals (track 4)
• Sugar Ray Howell – backing vocals (track 4)
• Kiki Hitsville – backing vocals (track 6)
• Roniece Levias – backing vocals (track 11)
• Tony Edwards – backing vocals (track 11)
• Jeffrey Spencer McCormick – saxophone (track 12)
• Kirk Felton – digital editing
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Randy Austin – executive producer
• Izumi Inoue – design

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	80
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	10

References

1. Jehnzen, Daevid. "Ant Banks - The Big Badass Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
2. Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (December 1, 2018). "Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
3. Thompson, Dave (April 2, 2019). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
4. "The Billboard 200". Billboard . Vol. 106, no. 27. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 2, 1994. p. 112. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
5. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 106, no. 27. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 2, 1994. p. 23. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved January 24, 2024.

External links

• Ant Banks – The Big Badass at Discogs (list of releases)