Big Thangs
Big Thangs is the first compilation album by American West Coast hip-hop rapper and 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.
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
;Sample credits- Track 1 contains an interpolation of "For the Love of Money" written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Anthony Jackson.
- Track 2 contains an interpolation of "Summer Madness" written by Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, Alton Taylor, Dennis Thomas and Ricky Westfield.
Personnel
- Anthony "Ant" Banks – producer, recording & mixing, arranger
- Otis Cooper – background vocals
- Rafael "Shugg" Howell – background vocals
- Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – lead vocals
- O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson – lead vocals
- Earl "E-40" Stevens – lead vocals & vocal arranger
- Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison – lead vocals & vocal arranger
- Roger "King Tee" McBride – lead vocals
- Robert "Spice 1" Green – lead vocals
- Leo "J-Dubb" Ramsey – lead vocals
- William "WC" Calhoun – lead vocals
- Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – lead vocals
- Eric Breed – lead vocals
- Anthony "Ant Diddley Dog" Nelson – lead vocals
- Carl "Mr. Ill" Martin – lead vocals
- Gerald "Slink Capone" Johnson – lead vocals
- Stacy Hogg – background vocals
- Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – intro
- Bryaan "CJ Mac" Ross – lead vocals
- Darrell "K-Dee" Johnson – lead vocals
- Anthony "Rappin' 4-Tay" Forté – lead vocals
- Artis "Coolio" Ivey Jr. – intro
- Ryan "Binky Mack" Garner – lead vocals
- Marcus "Squeak Ru" Moore – lead vocals
- Audrian – lead vocals
- James "Tre" Rabb – guitar
- Stuart "Shorty B" Jordan – guitar
- Ramon "Pee-Wee" Gooden – guitar
- Carlos Warlick – mixing
- Mark Chalecki – mastering
- Marvin Watkins – executive producer, A&R
- Art Shoji – art direction
- William Hames – photography