In the nearly nine years since the unfortunate passing of Wu-Tang Clan star Ol’ Dirty Bastard, his bizarre image, rhyme schemes and accompanying lifestyle lives on in infamy. With the announcement that the RZA is digging in the vaults to unearth some ODB verses for the upcoming A Better Tomorrow album, fans around the world certainly rejoiced.
Although ODB, born Russell Jones, wasn’t known as the sharpest rapper in the Clan, he was a favorite of the crew and onlookers alike. Blessed with an uncanny ability to make his free-flowing style work over any track, Big Baby Jesus is a sorely missed cog in the great Wu-Tang machine.
On the following pages, we take a look at 10 of ODB’s craziest lines over the years. Let us know if we missed any.
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“I Can’t Wait” – N*gga Please (1999)
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“I ain’t no actor, my sh-t’s for real/Thighmaster/If I don’t get paid 2 or 3 million dollars on Monday/I’m a bring on the ARMAGEDDON!(It’s Monday)”
“Dog Sh*t” – Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
“The dog piss on MC’s like trees/Got mils, but still grill that old good welfare cheese”
“Protect Ya Neck” – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
“The Ol’ Dirty Bastard is dirty and stinking/Ason Unique rolling with the night of the creeps/N-ggas be rolling with a stash/Ain’t saying cash, bite my style I’ll bite your motherf-cking ass!”
“Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Extended Version)” – Return To The 36 Chambers (1995)
“See, when a n*gga say he likes it raw/He means dirty, down to the floor/See my name is the Ol’DB and I’ll beat your ass”
“Woo Hah Got You All In Check (Remix)” – The Coming single (1996)
“I was busting the sperm cells mixed with Old Gold/Fungus mold, ‘fore-you-should-list, slum gold/Played for a wild Irish rose/Fat ass n-gga, slim b-tch with no clothes”
“Hip-Hop Drunkies” – Liwidation (1997)
“Scavenger n-gga, youse a shrimp, a full line of sh-t/My ear can’t digest it/Stop drinkin all that motherf-ckin water, let’s take it to the land/So I can Godzilla up your sheeit, Mr. Tiny Tim man”
“Brooklyn Zoo” – Return To The 36 Chambers (1996)
“In your face like a can of mace, baby/Is it burning? Well, f-ck it, now you’re learning”
“Got Your Money” – N*gga Pleasse (1999)
“And you want some of this Dirty/God made Dirt and Dirt bust your ass”
“Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix)” – Daydream (1995)
“I’m a little bit of Country/I’m a little bit of Rock and Roll/And I’m soul to soul/Big letters all big and bold/Old Dirty Bastard bask and glow”
“Reunited” – Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
“B-tch ass n-ggas counterfeit the funk/I smoke the bead and the skunk/Tree top of the trunk”
