Ol' Dirty Bastard
Ol' Dirty Bastard
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Genres: Hip-Hop, East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap
Active: 90's, 2000's
Born: November 15, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York
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One of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, who recorded some of the most influential hip-hop of the '90s, Ol' Dirty Bastard was the loose cannon of the group, both on record and off. Delivering his outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style, ODB came across as a mix of gonzo comic relief and not-quite-stable menace. Unfortunately, after launching a successful solo career, his personal life began to exhibit those same qualities. ODB spent much of 1998 and 1999 getting arrested with ridiculous, comical frequency, building up a rap sheet that now reads not so much like a soap opera as an epic Russian novel. At first, his difficulties with the law made him a larger-than-life figure, the ringmaster of rap's most cartoonish sideshow.
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Release: August 13, 2007
Label: 101, 101 Distribution
Release: August 23, 2005
Label: Nutech Digital
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