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I was listening to Best of Ant Banks the other day, and damn that shit is slammin. "Parlayin'" "U Just a Punk" "the drunkin fool" is probably the best 3 song stretch I've ever heard on any album. I thought Banks was just a producer, but his raps are hella smooth too. Great guest appearances from Bay Area legends.
It has all sorts of vintage instruments on it, live drums - he had that great live "The Roots" feel before those kufi wearing hoppity hip backpack faggots became popular with house niggas and hippies. I heard some of his new shit and it just doesn't compare, shit off MC Ren's album and some shit from Death Row comps - just wasn't as good as his older shit. He fell off, but I'll always have love for banks for this classic.
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Anyway, I was in the studio and I threw on 'Parlayin' because I wanted to make a track like it. so I sped up the tempo, threw in a funkier bassline, had some leads playin in the key, and I had some decent live percussion too, like George Clinton - the only thing missing was a live guitarist.
So i needed a live guitar player and my friend call this one guy he met at a party. The guy was some whiteboy hippie who claimed to be the best guitarist in the whole state. He said he could play anything.
Anyway I threw on Parlayin and I'm like, can you play some funk like this shit? He's like what key is it in? I'm like, what does it fuckin matter, listen to the song and play along with it. He's like I can't do that.
The muthafucker starts complainin that he can't use his beat up piece of junk amp (I go straight into my Mackie and add effects later). He's like I want to record with the distortion on (Heavy metal Iron Maiden effect) . I'm like no. He's like "I Must."
So he starts playin some bullshittin ass Poison or some folk music to this shit and totally ruins the song. Then he starts talkin shit about how his shit sounds better than Ant Banks. Then he says he can't play parts, he needs me to start the song and he plays the entire way through. No breaks - just one big long solo.....which of course sounds terrible. Then these two bitches come in he fuckin invited (some hippie ass broads) and they start singin folk songs and shit, and I'm like what the......fuck. He starts playin some fuckin Ozzy Ozbourne and then some fuckin Bob Dylan. I'm like NO NO NO NO - can you play FUNK AT ALL?? He's like no way, how do you play funk? I can't play that dude. I fuckin flipped. I snatched the beer outta his hand, turned to the bitches and snatched the blunt outta her hand and blew my stack.
GET THE FUCK OUT
Anyone ever have a fuckin situation like this shit?
It has all sorts of vintage instruments on it, live drums - he had that great live "The Roots" feel before those kufi wearing hoppity hip backpack faggots became popular with house niggas and hippies. I heard some of his new shit and it just doesn't compare, shit off MC Ren's album and some shit from Death Row comps - just wasn't as good as his older shit. He fell off, but I'll always have love for banks for this classic.
....
Anyway, I was in the studio and I threw on 'Parlayin' because I wanted to make a track like it. so I sped up the tempo, threw in a funkier bassline, had some leads playin in the key, and I had some decent live percussion too, like George Clinton - the only thing missing was a live guitarist.
So i needed a live guitar player and my friend call this one guy he met at a party. The guy was some whiteboy hippie who claimed to be the best guitarist in the whole state. He said he could play anything.
Anyway I threw on Parlayin and I'm like, can you play some funk like this shit? He's like what key is it in? I'm like, what does it fuckin matter, listen to the song and play along with it. He's like I can't do that.
The muthafucker starts complainin that he can't use his beat up piece of junk amp (I go straight into my Mackie and add effects later). He's like I want to record with the distortion on (Heavy metal Iron Maiden effect) . I'm like no. He's like "I Must."
So he starts playin some bullshittin ass Poison or some folk music to this shit and totally ruins the song. Then he starts talkin shit about how his shit sounds better than Ant Banks. Then he says he can't play parts, he needs me to start the song and he plays the entire way through. No breaks - just one big long solo.....which of course sounds terrible. Then these two bitches come in he fuckin invited (some hippie ass broads) and they start singin folk songs and shit, and I'm like what the......fuck. He starts playin some fuckin Ozzy Ozbourne and then some fuckin Bob Dylan. I'm like NO NO NO NO - can you play FUNK AT ALL?? He's like no way, how do you play funk? I can't play that dude. I fuckin flipped. I snatched the beer outta his hand, turned to the bitches and snatched the blunt outta her hand and blew my stack.
GET THE FUCK OUT
Anyone ever have a fuckin situation like this shit?
