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Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004) was an American rapper known by the stage name Ol’ Dirty Bastard (often shortened to ODB by mainstream media). He was one of the founding members of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual mic technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones’s “outrageously profane… , free-associative rhymes” delivered “in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style”), Jones’s stage name came from a 1980 kung fu film entitled Ol’ Dirty & The Bastard, the relevance of which was articulated by Method Man’s assertion that there was “no father” to Jones’s style.
After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard went on to a successful solo career. However, his professional success was hampered by his erratic personal behavior and frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died in late 2004 of a drug overdose in a recording studio.
Biography
Life and Career
Ol’ Dirty Bastard was born Russell Jones in Brooklyn in 1968, and grew up in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. As he got older, he started hanging out more and more with his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice; they all shared a taste for rap music and kung-fu movies. Diggs, later to be known as the RZA, Grice, later the GZA, and Jones formed Force Of The Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as the All in Together Now Crew after they had a successful underground single of that name.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard simultaneously brought a measure of humor and a touch of the absurd to the Wu-Tang Clan. Often noted for his unusual mic technique (critic Steve Huey writes of Jones’s “outrageously profane… , free-associative rhymes” delivered “in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style”), Jones’s stage name came from a 1980 kung fu film entitled Ol’ Dirty & The Bastard, the relevance of which was articulated by Method Man’s assertion that there was “no father” to Jones’s style.
After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard went on to a successful solo career. However, his professional success was hampered by his erratic personal behavior and frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died in late 2004 of a drug overdose in a recording studio.
Biography
Life and Career
Ol’ Dirty Bastard was born Russell Jones in Brooklyn in 1968, and grew up in the neighborhood of Fort Greene. As he got older, he started hanging out more and more with his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice; they all shared a taste for rap music and kung-fu movies. Diggs, later to be known as the RZA, Grice, later the GZA, and Jones formed Force Of The Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as the All in Together Now Crew after they had a successful underground single of that name.
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Message To The Other Side (Osirus Part 1)
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Return to the 36 Chambers
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OSIRUS187 wrote:
new shit doesnt sucks , its just nothing new at all .
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xdevilbunny wrote:
dirt mcgirt. new shit sucks. sry odb. they tarnishing your name.
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obon wrote:
MISSIN U JESUS
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kwelity wrote:
This "New" ODB album is arguably the worst thing I've ever heard. *Recycle Bin*
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Inci90 wrote:
i posit that elizabeth is a gardening instrument of ill repute.
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lauren4kis wrote:
elizabeth4love84@yahoo.com Hello, How are you doing?I hope all is well. My name is miss Elizabeth, i want to be your good friend please send me your email at my private box (elizabeth4love84@yahoo.com) so i will give you my picture have a nice day Yours Elizabeth
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lauren4kis wrote:
elizabeth4love84@yahoo.com Hello, How are you doing?I hope all is well. My name is miss Elizabeth, i want to be your good friend please send me your email at my private box (elizabeth4love84@yahoo.com) so i will give you my picture have a nice day Yours Elizabeth
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aaronWHAT wrote:
AND GIVE OL' DIRTY WHAT HE WANTS, AND MORE!
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sj_2150 wrote:
THE OLD DIRTY DOGGY! i mean THE OLD DIRTY BASTARD!
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Inci90 wrote:
everyone vote against pic with odb in kitchen
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malloun4eG wrote:
everybody vote for pic with odb in kitchen
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OSIRUS187 wrote:
aaaaawesome pic
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Inci90 wrote:
shit pic
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Yamber wrote:
yesss my pic is default (:
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Yamber wrote:
Happy birthday for yesterday ODB!!
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malloun4eG wrote:
and dirty like that bastard...(c)----R.I.P.
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jepascoe wrote:
happy birfday, ason.
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daniel_martman wrote:
Rest In Peace master
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bluntbulletloco wrote:
nigga wana jump up an get fucked up? last nigga got up an got shot up
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milc911 wrote:
r i p .
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