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![]() Rza’s bangin’ bass line goes hard.īrooklyn Zoo – This was the lead single from Return. Not one of my favorite songs on the album, but it’s still decent.īaby C’mon – Here’s another one I’ve never been crazy about, but it sounds better today than it did 25 years ago. Rza lays down a simple piano loop and a loopy bass line that ODB uses to spit the same loony verse, twice. Shimmy Shimmy Ya – This was the second single from Return. He also gives us a taste of his drunken singing and other antics. Russell Jones kicks off Return by introducing himself ODB to the show, the album and the listener. Just a reminder how short life is, and that time is truly, illmatic. This is the third rapper in my last 4 posts that died before the age of 40. The official cause of death was an accidental drug overdose caused by a mixture of cocaine and prescription drugs. On November 13 2004, just two days before his 36th birthday, ODB collapsed at Rza’s recording studio in New York and was later pronounced dead. The artwork of ODB’s food stamp ID card is probably the funniest and most unique album cover in hip-hop history. The Source would include it on their 1998 list of 100 Best Rap Albums and it would also receive a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album in 1996. The album would become a commercial success (even though it took almost 25 years for it to be certified platinum) and received mostly positive reviews from the critics. ODB would keep Rza at the helm to produce most of Return, with a few assists from some Wu-Affiliates. Next up to bat would be the crew jester, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who would sign with Elektra and release his debut album Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. First up would be Rza with the Gravediggaz debut project, 6 Feet Deep, followed by Method Man’s Tical, both released in ’94. After releasing their classic debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, the crew members begin signing solo deals and releasing solo projects. The record plays like one of the many All In Together (referenced in the lyrics) routines that the Clan implemented on the major stage in the mid-1990s.By 1995, the Wu-Tang Clan was on top of the hip-hop world. Unpredictable, improvisational, and unforgettable, this moment shines for the perfect pocket of a true Rap character. to break it down in audio, getting free and funky. However, RZA’s chopped down Memphis Funk and Skull Snaps break allowed O.D.B. ![]() “Hippa To Da Hoppa,” in title, may sound like a nursery rhymish. By Nigga Please, RZA shared tasks with The Neptunes and Irv Gotti, at the opposite end of the sonic spectrum.Īlthough the ’95 breakthrough is most remembered for hits “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” and “Brooklyn Zoo,” the album’s deep cuts are great illustrations of Dirt McGirt’s originality, and his trajectory as a BK B-Boy. It is here that Russ had the opportunity to showcase the extensive chemistry he shared with RZA, who produced the bulk of the LP. Additionally, Ol’ Dirty appeared on three group albums while alive, although in a decreasing role following the classic 1993 debut.Īlthough O.D.B maintained strong sales and mainstream recognition throughout his solo career, many Heads consider his debut LP to be his best, and purest. O.D.B, as he’s popularly known, released two gold albums, 1995’s Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version and 1999’s Nigga Please, both on the now-defunct Elektra label. Best known as the Ol’ Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan, the Brooklyn, New York MC/singer was a founding member, along with RZA and GZA, in All In Together Now, the first iteration of the W.T.C. Ten years ago today (November 13, 2004), the world lost a great one in Russell Jones.
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