Sittin' on Somethin' Phat

Sittin' on Somethin' Phat
Sittin' on Somethin' Phat
Studio album by Ant Banks
Released	March 9, 1993
Studio	Dangerous Music Studios
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	55:38
Label	Dangerous Music; Jive;
Producer	Ant Banks; Too $hort;
Ant Banks chronology
Singles from Sittin' on Somethin' Phat
	"Late Nite"; Released: March 5, 1993; "Livin the Life"; Released: July 30, 1993;

Sittin' on Somethin' Phat is the debut solo studio album by American rapper and record producer Ant Banks. It was released on March 9, 1993 via Dangerous Music/Jive Records. Production was handled by Ant Banks and Too $hort. It features guest appearances from Goldy, Pooh-Man, Spice 1 and Too $hort. The album peaked at number 123 on the Billboard 200, number 22 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"2 The Head"	Anthony Banks Damon Edwards	Ant Banks	5:51
2.	"Late Nite Fuck"	Banks Edwards	Ant Banks	3:16
3.	"Roll 'Em Phat"	Banks Edwards	Ant Banks	4:45
4.	"U Just A Punk"	Banks	Ant Banks	4:37
5.	"Livin' The Life"	Banks	Ant Banks	4:34
6.	"Sittin' on Somethin' Phat"	Banks Edwards William Collins George Clinton, Jr. Walter Morrison	Ant Banks	5:09
7.	"Lyin' On Yo Dick" (featuring Mhisani)	Banks Mhisani Miller	Ant Banks	3:50
8.	"Spice 1 Wit Da Banksta" (featuring Spice 1)	Banks Robert Lee Greene Jr.	Ant Banks	3:55
9.	"Only Out to Fuck" (featuring Too $hort, Pooh-Man and Mhisani)	Banks Todd Shaw Lawrence Thomas Miller	Ant Banks	4:43
10.	"Hit It"	Banks R. Surrell Clinton, Jr. Garry Shider Cordell Mosson William Nelson	Too $hort	4:23
11.	"The End"	Banks	Ant Banks	10:38
Total length:				55:38

Track 3 contains a sample from "Genius of Love" written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley and performed by Tom Tom Club.
Track 5 contains a sample of "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" written by Barry White.
Track 6 contains a sample of "Let's Play House" written by William Collins, George Clinton and Walter Morrison and performed by Parliament.
Track 10 contains samples of "Nappy Dugout" written by George Clinton, Garry Shider and Cordell Mosson, and "Hit It and Quit It" written by Clinton and William Nelson both performed by Funkadelic.

Anthony "Ant" Banks – vocals, keyboards, producer (tracks: 1-9, 11), engineering, mixing
Mhisani "Goldy" Miller – vocals (tracks: 7, 9), engineering
Robert Lee "Spice 1" Greene Jr. – vocals (track 8)
Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – vocals (track 9), producer (track 10)
Lawrence "M.C. Pooh-Man" Thomas – vocals (track 9)
De Anthony Max – background vocals
Stacy Hogg – background vocals
Michael Hampton – guitar
Derreck Hall – keyboards
Sean-G – live drums (track 3)
R. Austin – engineering
L. Kenny – engineering
T. Edwards – engineering
D. "D-Wiz" Evelingham – engineering
Victor Hall – photography