Next up is Method Man, representing himself well with his trade mark bouncy flow, referencing "period blood" just as ODB did, if that doesn't gross you out you'll most likely be impressed at the cohesiveness these guys show. His second verse (although it's only half-rapped and half-yelled) is proceeded by one of my favorite Raekwon verses to date, referring to his verse as "the bulletproof fly shit, strong like tai stick". It features two verses from Dirty, with him mentioning once again the possibility of him having a sexual-transmitted disease "Imagine/getting shotted with Ol' Dirty insulin/Not saying I got it, but nigga if I got it you got it!". With a simple chorus comprised of nothing but a faded out ODB saying "Hippa to da hoppa and you just don't stoppa" in addition to RZA stratching up some horns the song serves as something you could envision being played at a 70s dance club Wu-style.Īnother one of my favorite's of this album! Also the last one to feature a hook (although it's only two bars long). Dirty kicks it only the way he can with hilarious lines like "I keep my breath smelling like shit so I can get funky, oh baby I'm not having it". With a similar intro to Shimmy Shimmy Ya, this beat takes off into something a little more live with guitar riffs and bass that will drive your ears crazy with the right headphones. It comes to an end with Dirty reciting his line from "Protect Ya Neck", "Shame on you when you step through to the Ol' Dirty Bastard, Brooklyn Zoo!" Easily one of the best joints on the album. After a quick intro with ODB threatening some unknown adversary (with a women and what sounds like Ghostface in the background) he begins by letting us all know he's "the one man army Ason"! His performace completely backs up his claim, it probably would've taken a group or modern rappers to do the damage he did to this joint. Wu Tang affiliate True Master (also responsible for Cappadonna's "Slang Editorial, and Ghostface Killah's "Fish"), teams up with the ODB himself to lay down a funky piano driven beat. This track is definitely one of the highlights of the album. This isn't one of the strongest tracks on the album and it shows some of the very few faults that plauge the album, but they are few and far between. It ends with the beat playing out, and since the beat is a headnodder, so it's all good. RZA most def comes out for this one, with an almost haunting loop over a more funky one classic Wu Tang rawness. He spits about what he usually spits out, how ill and dirty he is. This is a chorus less joint in which Dirty continues to demonstrate how he get's "dirty and down to the floor". Not one of my favorite's off the album, but a decent song nonetheless. It also display's Ol' Dirty's bizarre creativity, as the chorus plays in reverse at one point. It isn't something that showcases the full extent of RZA or Dirty's ability, but it serves as a simple sing along rap song that you may not love but you probably won't hate. Beginning with a Richard Prior sample and a few piano notes that sound like a child playing with one hand, a simple drum beat kicks and and Dirty begins to croon "Ooh, baby I like it raw" which make up for a majority of the song. This beat is as simple as the lyrics, and just as catchy. As far as intro's go, it's definitely one of the funniest ones in I've yet to hear, albeit a little too long.Īnother RZA beat, he holds down most of the album, and he does a damn good job. If you think that's bad keep listening to the album, lots more grim where that came from. Here dirty begins by introducing himself as someone else, which later leads to him reading a open about, amoung other things, a women whom he loved that broke his heart and gave him a STD. "Produced" by the RZA, the first track on this joints serves as a humorous, somewhat long-winded, introduction and accurate indication as to what's to come. Welcome to the Dirty Version of the 36 Chambers. This album serves as a blueprint not only ODB's style, but for any artist who's defined by wildness and eccentricity, and is probably the earliest example of "crunk" in hip hop history. This album is the debut of Wu Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard, one of the more popular members of the clan for reasons beyond music, fans will know what I'm talking about! It's heralded as his greatest work during and after his life, and for good reason. Enough about me though, let's get down and dirty! I felt it was only right that I make this the first review we do, seeing as how much I love Wu Tang Clan, the ODB, and that part of my name derives from a song on this album ("Snakes" when ODB begins singing "Bad, Bad"). Whaddup ya'll! It's Big Bad Baragon gettin it on' as usual.
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