2011–2012: Calendars and rise to prominence In 2012, after releasing the project
Everyday Except Monday, with Matt Meyer Lansky as Tuesday Thru Sunday, and several other songs in 2011, Banks released his debut mixtape
Calendars. The solo project predominately consisted of Banks rapping over beats by
cloud rap producers including
Clams Casino and
SBTRKT, with samples from
Aaliyah and
OutKast. The project became a hit on the microblogging platform
Tumblr. Prior to the release of this tape rumors had surfaced as to whether or not Shaggy was Robb's father, a fact that was formerly denied, but was soon confirmed by him to be true by making the cover for
Tha City an old family photo of Banks and Shaggy. After the release of this mixtape, Robb went on a year-long hiatus as he continued touring and spreading his music around the world.
2014–2015: 2PhoneShawty, No Trespassing and Year of the Savage in 2015 Throughout 2014, Robb began touring around the world and rarely released new music, only to show that he is still working on
Year of the Savage. This was until the end of the year, when he began hinting new projects that have been in the work. In December, Banks put out the first (promotional) single for his debut commercial release, called "2PhoneShawty". It ended up being the only song recorded in 2013 on the entire album. In 2015, he started working on a new batch of music for YOTS, which would mainly feature production from his new affiliate Nuez. In April, Robb released two extended-plays: 2PhoneShawty and No Trespassing. The 2PhoneShawty EP consisted of outtakes from Year of the Savage, and No Trespassing was a collaboration between him and Memphis-born rapper
Chris Travis, all recorded in 2014. On August 13, 2015, Banks released the lead single for his album, titled "Pressure". After that he continued to promote YOTS by releasing a bunch of freestyled tracks. It was during one of these freestyles ("Throw It Up") that he confirmed the release date for his long-awaited album. On October 2, 2015, Robb Banks released
Year of the Savage through
300 Entertainment's Dorian Distribution. The mixtape was preceded by the release of the single "BETT". Following the release of the mixtape, Robb embarked on a tour of the same name, which was to feature fellow South Florida rappers Ski Mask the Slump God, Wifisfuneral and Ronny J., New Jersey's Da$h, and Chicago's
Warhol.SS were also set to open. Before the tour began, however, Da$h was arrested, causing him to be dropped from the tour. In early January 2017, it was announced by
Cash Money Records founder
Birdman that Banks was the newest member of the label's
Rich Gang subsidiary. Robb later confirmed that while he was a part of Rich Gang, he would continue to be an independent artist, choosing not to sign with Cash Money. At this time, Banks also took to
Twitter to announce a new project titled "Falconia", a sequel to his sophomore effort "Tha City". On September 26, 2017, Banks released
EP "Cloverfield 2.0" Months later, on December 27, 2017, he dropped another EP called "2: Pillz".
2018–2019: Molly World, Cloverfield 3 and Road to Falconia On February 12, 2018, Banks released single "A Milli (4 M's)" and announced the upcoming release of "No Rooftops 2: Reloaded". Weeks later Banks would release a
mixtape titled "
Molly World" through
Empire Distribution on March 9, 2018. Track 14 of "Molly World" "Let Da Beat Build" was made part of
Cash Money's "Before Anythang" Documentary Soundtrack. On April 7, 2018, Bank$ and Wifisfuneral released lead single "EA" from their early 2019 collaborative project. On April 27, 2018, Banks announced that his long rumored project Falconia will be arriving sometime in summer 2018. However, the date was delayed yet again. On August 17, 2018, the third part of his Cloverfield series dropped, mainly consisting of quality Falconia outtakes. Later in 2019, after the January 11 joint effort with Wifi, Robb released "Road to Falconia" on December 13, 2019, which now serves as the full-length prelude to his long-awaited debut.
2020–2021: No Rooftops 2, The Leak (Vol. 1 and 2), and Few Pillz On April 16, 2020, Banks released his sequel tape to "No Rooftops" called "No Rooftops 2". This mixtape included beats from the early 2000s as well as few original instrumentals. Later that year Robb dropped a two-part project titled "Tha Leak", with the first part being almost entirely mixtape original songs, and the second being various leftover material tracks from the same year. On April 19, 2021, Banks released the EP "Few Pillz", which acts as the sequel to 2017's "2 Pillz".
2022–present: Falconia A year after his last project, on April 30, 2022, Robb released "Falconia", his most anticipated body of work yet, as a single project with 17 songs. While on June 23, 2022, followed the album's deluxe version titled "Falcon of the Millennium", with 10 additional tracks, including the song "Outside". == Influences ==