Album: Show Banga – ShowTime 2
The Fillmore Emcee Honors His Father, Shares Stories From the Life of a Hustler on Second Studio Album
08.12.2016
The Album:
The son of a serial entrepreneur and well-respected hustler who played a vital role in supporting local Bay Area street rap throughout the ‘90s and ‘00s, Show Banga learned all his game from his father, Show Time. Coming from San Francisco’s storied Fillmore District, Show Banga is a unique talent, mixing elements of the Mob Music of his hometown, the ratchet beats popular across the Bay, and Southern influences prevalent in East Oakland street rap into a signature blend of turn-up. Today, the Fillmore rapper releases his second studio album, ShowTime 2, via EMPIRE. Featuring four guest appearances from his longtime friend IAMSU!, as well as verses from Kool John and Sage The Gemini and production from IAMSU!, Juneonnabeat, Nike Boy, Young Page, and others, Show Time 2 is a true Bay Area affair and an ideal album to play in the club or at any house party in need of a turn-up.
Show Banga’s biggest inspiration is his father ShowTime, a hustler who gave Show Banga his name and taught him how to hustle in the independent music game. ShowTime was a major force in Bay Area Hip-Hop in the ’00s, opening several street-oriented music stores and founding three successful energy drink companies: Hunid Racks energy drink, the Tupac energy drink, and the Mac Dre energy drink. Show Banga follows in his father’s footsteps, dedicating his life to getting money in any way possible. Show Banga spent his latter teens living with his father in the East Bay, where he attended high school and met many of the future members of HBK, eventually forming the Go Gettaz with IAMSU!, P-Lo, and Hollywood Keefy, which gained a sizable local following before disbanding in 2011. Since then, Show Banga has earned success as a solo artist, releasing his 2015 EMPIRE debut Mayor 4 Life, which DJ Booth called a “bridge between the Bay Area’s more gritty, street sound and its more polished, mainstream hip-hop,” and he prepared for even more success with ShowTime 2.
ShowTime 2‘s opening track, “$howtime,” is a mission statement for the album and for Show Banga himself, delving into his relationship with his father, his money-making motivation, and his hustle-at-all-costs life ethos: “Want it all push a hard line/fuck a paper cut, I want all mine/free to free the guys doing hard time/pray to God I make it through this hard time.” ShowTime 2 also features popular pre-release gratis singles, headlined by “How We Rock,” an IAMSU!-featuring and -produced banger premiered by The FADER, which has earned over 448,000 plays on SoundCloud, and the Mass Appeal-premiered “Can’t Stand Me,” a classic Bay Area party anthem, with Banga and Kool John stunting on females who only want them for their money. With additional highlights like “Quit Playin’,” featuring Sage The Gemini, the operatic Lil Yee-featuring “Bonafied Hustla,” and the glistening “Crossfaded,” Show Time 2 proves Show Banga is one of the Bay’s premier young artists and that he has the charisma to break out of the Bay onto the national scene.
Buy ShowTime 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/show-time-2/id1135652231
Stream ShowTime 2 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1jytZcpZ0B5JI1zJmVRNDw
Stream ShowTime 2 on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/showbanga/sets/showtime-2
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Show Banga Background
Show Banga received his moniker from his father, nicknamed ShowTime, a hustler who opened up several independent music stores in the Bay Area and started Hunid Racks, a successful energy drink company that peaked in popularity during the Hyphy era in the Bay. Show Banga follows in his father’s footsteps, dedicating his life to getting money in any way possible. After getting kicked out of his mother’s house when she found a gun in his bedroom, Show Banga went to live with his father in Vallejo. In Vallejo, he attended Pinole Valley High School where he met many of the original members of HBK, eventually forming the Go Gettaz with IAMSU! and P-Lo, which gained a sizable local following before disbanding in 2011. Since then, Show Banga has earned success as a solo artist while still frequently collaborating with HBK artists such as IAMSU!, Kool John, and Sage The Gemini. Last year, the Fillmore rapper released his EMPIRE debut Mayor 4 Life, which DJ Booth called a “bridge between the Bay Area’s more gritty, street sound and it’s more polished, mainstream hip-hop.” Show Banga’s new album, Show Time 2, officially released on August 12th and is currently available for purchase.
EMPIRE Background
EMPIRE was founded in 2010 as an artist-friendly, progressive digital distribution company. After early success, and identifying future icons such as Kendrick Lamar, Sage The Gemini, and Rich Homie Quan, EMPIRE was quickly regarded as a tastemaker in the industry and throughout the past five years evolved into a full-fledged record label, distributor and publisher for independent musicians. With the company and roster growing at a breakneck pace, EMPIRE has effectively disrupted a stale business model by bringing its energy, expertise, and acumen to its artists and labels.
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Stream ShowTime 2 on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/showbanga/sets/showtime-2
Stream ShowTime 2 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1jytZcpZ0B5JI1zJmVRNDw
Buy ShowTime 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/show-time-2/id1135652231
“Can’t Stand Me”: https://soundcloud.com/showbanga/cant-stand-me-feat-kool-john/
“How We Rock” ft. Iamsu!: https://soundcloud.com/showbanga/how-we-rock-showbanga-featuring-iamsu
“I Been That” ft. Sage The Gemini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csf8zny0z_I
“Aww Shit” ft. P-Lo, Sage The Gemini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1759EKyZs3Y
Mayor 4 Life: https://soundcloud.com/showbanga/sets/show-banga-mayor4life