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July 30, 2003

ODB Ready for His Close Up

Post-jail documentary to air August 7th
May 1, 2003

Ol' Dirty Bastard Freed

Wu-Tang rapper joins Roc-A-Fella roster
July 18, 2001

ODB Gets Four Years

Wu-Tang rapper sentenced today
April 23, 2001

ODB Pleads Guilty

Guilty plea on cocaine possession charge will land ODB two to four years

Recordings and Reviews

A Son Unique

At the time of his fatal 2004 drug overdose, Ol' Dirty Bastard was working on a comeback album that he hoped would restore him to the glory days of "Brooklyn Zoo." A Son Unique attempts to re-introduce the ghetto superstar as a Tupac-style posthumous franchise. The star-studded cast includes old Wu-...

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Osirus: The Official Mixtape

2005

The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones

2002

N*gg* Please

1999

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Biography

Ol' Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Russell Jones, was the most distinctive personality on the first few Wu-Tang Clan records, but then again, he'd also be the most distinctive personality in a Fellini movie: pure id run wild, an MC with a mangled voice that constantly erupts into rage and grotesquerie. Blessed with delirium tremens?style production by fellow Wu-Tang soldier RZA, ODB's solo debut, Return...

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