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Hollywood may have Austin Powers, but hip-hop has it's own international man of mystery; his name is Ol' Dirty Bastard. ODB lives and suffers with the adage that any publicity is good publicity, since he hasn't spent the greater part of the last two years gaining widespread notoriety for the music he makes. Rather, he has spent a majority of that time turning up on local crime blotters from coast to coast, trying to raise bail money, recuperating from gunshot wounds, rescuing a kid who was struck by a car, and hijacking the 1998 Grammy awards. With that in mind, it should be obvious by now that personalities of ODB's magnitude come around once in a lifetime. And even though he is repetitiously contradictory with his neurotic ramblings, who cares? That's half of his appeal, as there is an irrefutable attraction to ODB's carefree and inebriated outlook on life. With rhymes frequently so garbled that they are barely decipherable, calling ODB a quintessential lyricist would surely insult the intelligence of any hip-hop purist. Yet the dirt dog is indubitably a distinguished emcee and a uniquely abrasive one at that, as he turns an array of voice cracking/bloodcurdling hooks into grisly masterpieces. Examples include the nonsensical crooning of his Rick James interpolations "Cold Blooded" and "You Don't Want to Fuck With Me," and the ridiculously addictive "Rollin Wit You." Despite that ODB's production chores are handled admirably by the Neptunes, Irv Gotti and RZA, the backing acoustics are hardly needed; ODB rarely stays on beat and there is little, or no structure to his rhyme sequences. Safely nestled away in his own little world, there is no containing ODB's free-spirited outlook on life. His is a world that is heavy on shock value, yet undeniably entertaining.
© Matt Conaway /TiVo
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Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - Brian Stanley, Engineer - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Chris Rock, FeaturedArtist - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer - Ken "Duro" Ifute, MixingEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Irv Gotti, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Pat Viala, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Dat Nigga Reb, Producer - Richard Wilson, Writer - Mark Snow, Writer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, MainArtist - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Rick James, Writer - Kevin Thomas, Engineer - Rich Travali, MixingEngineer - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist - Rich Travali, MixingEngineer - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Michael Anzelowitz, Engineer - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Irv Gotti, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Pat Viala, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Taiwan Green, Writer - Mr. Fingers, Producer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The RZA, MixingEngineer - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - 12 O'Clock, Rapper Vocals - La the Darkman, Rapper Vocals - Buddha Monk, Producer - NOLAN "DR. NO" MOFFITTE, MixingEngineer - Shorty Shit Stain, Rapper Vocals - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer - Ellery Chambers, Writer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - DL, Producer - Irv Gotti, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Pat Viala, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer - Larry Frank Ogletree, Writer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The RZA, Producer, Arranger, MixingEngineer - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Irv Gotti, Writer - Mark Snow, Writer - RZA, Writer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The RZA, CoProducer - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Irv Gotti, Writer - Buddha Monk, Producer - Mark Snow, Writer - RZA, Writer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer - Ellery Chambers, Writer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The RZA, Producer, Engineer - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - NOLAN "DR. NO" MOFFITTE, Engineer - RZA, Writer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - LIL' MO, FeaturedArtist - Ervin Drake, Writer - Big Baby, Horn - Flavahood, Producer - Drake Higgin Bothom Fisher, Writer - DAN FISHER, Writer - Irene Higginbotham, Writer - Mike "Suga" Allen, Drums - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer - Dominique Maybank, Guitar, Bass Guitar
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - NOLAN "DR. NO" MOFFITTE, Engineer - RZA, Writer - True Master, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
The RZA, Producer - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - RZA, Writer - Chris Gerhinger, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Rich Travali, MixingEngineer - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Michael Anzelowitz, Engineer - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Rich Travali., Remixer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist - Rich Travali, MixingEngineer - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Michael Anzelowitz, Engineer - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant - DJ Dee Kline, Additional Production, Remixer - Ed209, Additional Production, Remixer - Naweed Ahmend, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 2000 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Michael Anzelowitz, Engineer - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant - DJ Dee Kline, Additional Production, Remixer - Ed209, Additional Production, Remixer - Naweed Ahmend, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 2000 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rapper Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Chad Hugo, Writer - The Neptunes, Producer, Instruments - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Oxide, Additional Production, Remixer - Mike Kenny, Remixer - Kelis, Vocals - Rich Travali, MixingEngineer - Artese Williams, Musical Assistant - Michael Anzelowitz, Engineer - Ricardo Gary Walker, Musical Assistant
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 1999 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
Album review
Hollywood may have Austin Powers, but hip-hop has it's own international man of mystery; his name is Ol' Dirty Bastard. ODB lives and suffers with the adage that any publicity is good publicity, since he hasn't spent the greater part of the last two years gaining widespread notoriety for the music he makes. Rather, he has spent a majority of that time turning up on local crime blotters from coast to coast, trying to raise bail money, recuperating from gunshot wounds, rescuing a kid who was struck by a car, and hijacking the 1998 Grammy awards. With that in mind, it should be obvious by now that personalities of ODB's magnitude come around once in a lifetime. And even though he is repetitiously contradictory with his neurotic ramblings, who cares? That's half of his appeal, as there is an irrefutable attraction to ODB's carefree and inebriated outlook on life. With rhymes frequently so garbled that they are barely decipherable, calling ODB a quintessential lyricist would surely insult the intelligence of any hip-hop purist. Yet the dirt dog is indubitably a distinguished emcee and a uniquely abrasive one at that, as he turns an array of voice cracking/bloodcurdling hooks into grisly masterpieces. Examples include the nonsensical crooning of his Rick James interpolations "Cold Blooded" and "You Don't Want to Fuck With Me," and the ridiculously addictive "Rollin Wit You." Despite that ODB's production chores are handled admirably by the Neptunes, Irv Gotti and RZA, the backing acoustics are hardly needed; ODB rarely stays on beat and there is little, or no structure to his rhyme sequences. Safely nestled away in his own little world, there is no containing ODB's free-spirited outlook on life. His is a world that is heavy on shock value, yet undeniably entertaining.
© Matt Conaway /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:09
- Main artists: Ol Dirty Bastard
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2019 Elektra Entertainment. ℗ 2019 Elektra Entertainment. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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