The Big Badass

The Big Badass is the second solo studio album by the American rapper and record producer Ant Banks. It was released on May 10, 1994 through Dangerous Music/Jive Records. 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

 * 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