Queens native and World’s Fair member Remy Banks just dropped the final installment of his champ hoody music series. His first album in three years, Banks took a break from music in 2021 after releasing the phantom of paradise. “That album was the introduction [of] where I was taking my sound,” he tells Billboard. “I also started working on ventures outside of music and started setting up Banks’ Buds Co. in the legal cannabis world with something dope happening in April with the homie K-Dog. So, smokers stay tuned.”
After his brief hiatus, Remy felt inspired. “I began piling up records and [it] got to a point where it felt like I had two albums. One half of the songs had the champ hoody feel and the other half had kick in the door energy.” Champ hoody music ep. 3 is a smooth nine-track ride perfect for the upcoming spring weather. It features Domo Genesis, Goya Gumbani, Lojii, GVVAAN, 3wayslim, and Fly Anakin with production from argov, soul.exe, Graymatter, ewonee, Laron, and Rockwilder (yes, that Rockwilder). My favorite track, so far, is “place i rep.,” my favorite verse from Remy is probably at the end of “cloth talk.,” and my favorite feature is a toss up between the supremely underrated Domo Genesis and Fly Anakin.
We caught Banks after his released the first single and video for the project, “sunrays,” and had him break down each song for us.
