RIP O.DB
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O.D.B. ? also known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Big Baby Jesus or his legal name of Russell Jones ? was a founding member of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s. With his unorthodox delivery ? alternately slurred, hyper and nonsensical ? O.D.B. stood out even in the nine-man Clan, which featured such future stars as Method Man, RZA and Ghostface Killah.
The Wu-Tang blueprint was for each member to pursue solo projects, and O.D.B.'s were among the best. He released hit singles such as "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and "Got Your Money," and appeared on remixes with artists like Mariah Carey.
"There's nobody like him in the game," RZA told The Associated Press in an April interview, when asked if O.D.B. could resume his career after prison. "He's got a lot of problems he's got to iron out, of course, but as far as a one-of-a-kind person, a one-of-a-kind artist, he's one of a generation, one of a lifetime. He's a very rare commodity."
But as his fame increased, so did his erratic behavior, and fans came to expect the unexpected from O.D.B.
When MTV News followed him around at the height of his popularity, he took the camera crew and several of his kids (he was said to have more than a dozen, by numerous mothers) to the welfare office ? in a limousine ? to get an allotment of food stamps.
And he received them.
In February 1998, he crashed the stage at the Grammy Awards and hijacked a microphone from singer Shawn Colvin (news) as she accepted an award, apparently upset over losing the best rap album Grammy to P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy (news - web sites)). He complained that he spent a lot of money for new clothes because he thought he was going to win. The rapper later apologized.
Over the years, he was wounded in shootings and arrested on a veritable laundry list of charges, including menacing security officers, illegally possessing body armor, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting and threatening a former girlfriend.
In 2000, after escaping a court-ordered stint in a California rehabilitation center, authorities searched for him for a month. He was finally arrested in Philadelphia ? three days after performing in a New York City concert with his Wu-Tang clique.
He was sentenced in 2001 to two to four years in prison for drug possession, plus two concurrent years for escaping from the clinic. He was released in 2003 and immediately signed with Roc-a-Fella.
He heralded his return with a news conference alongside singer Carey ? pop fans may know him best for his memorable cameo on her hit "Fantasy," featuring rhymes like "me and Mariah, go back like babies with pacifiers."
The Wu-Tang blueprint was for each member to pursue solo projects, and O.D.B.'s were among the best. He released hit singles such as "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and "Got Your Money," and appeared on remixes with artists like Mariah Carey.
"There's nobody like him in the game," RZA told The Associated Press in an April interview, when asked if O.D.B. could resume his career after prison. "He's got a lot of problems he's got to iron out, of course, but as far as a one-of-a-kind person, a one-of-a-kind artist, he's one of a generation, one of a lifetime. He's a very rare commodity."
But as his fame increased, so did his erratic behavior, and fans came to expect the unexpected from O.D.B.
When MTV News followed him around at the height of his popularity, he took the camera crew and several of his kids (he was said to have more than a dozen, by numerous mothers) to the welfare office ? in a limousine ? to get an allotment of food stamps.
And he received them.
In February 1998, he crashed the stage at the Grammy Awards and hijacked a microphone from singer Shawn Colvin (news) as she accepted an award, apparently upset over losing the best rap album Grammy to P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy (news - web sites)). He complained that he spent a lot of money for new clothes because he thought he was going to win. The rapper later apologized.
Over the years, he was wounded in shootings and arrested on a veritable laundry list of charges, including menacing security officers, illegally possessing body armor, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting and threatening a former girlfriend.
In 2000, after escaping a court-ordered stint in a California rehabilitation center, authorities searched for him for a month. He was finally arrested in Philadelphia ? three days after performing in a New York City concert with his Wu-Tang clique.
He was sentenced in 2001 to two to four years in prison for drug possession, plus two concurrent years for escaping from the clinic. He was released in 2003 and immediately signed with Roc-a-Fella.
He heralded his return with a news conference alongside singer Carey ? pop fans may know him best for his memorable cameo on her hit "Fantasy," featuring rhymes like "me and Mariah, go back like babies with pacifiers."
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Damn,
ODB[old dirtry bastard] is dead. I used to call my bookie "you ODB".
Although my favorite song was "shimmy,shimmy Ya" the one I know by heart is ODB's No 1 former hit "Got your Money".
And although those ODB's are on Carribean Islands now with off shore betting they still "Got your Money".
maybe a moment of silence here for good "Old dirty bastard".
ODB[old dirtry bastard] is dead. I used to call my bookie "you ODB".
Although my favorite song was "shimmy,shimmy Ya" the one I know by heart is ODB's No 1 former hit "Got your Money".
And although those ODB's are on Carribean Islands now with off shore betting they still "Got your Money".
maybe a moment of silence here for good "Old dirty bastard".
his impact on today's youth will greatly be missed.....a wonderful role model, influence, and family man
RIP ODB
RIP ODB
I'm behind the times, I had never heard of this person. Wu Tang Clan I had heard of, ODB I had not.
SixFive said:
FOCKER...BROTHA YOU ARE SUCH A DUMB HICK, I FEEL FOR YO SORRY AZZ.
O.D.B WAS A LEGEND IN EVERY SENSE.
RIP O.D.B.
FUZZY NUTZ said:
This is the kind of intelligence (or obvious lack there of) that followed ODB, so you have missed nothing SixFive, nothing at all.
penguinfan said:
YEAH FOCKER, IT WAS JUST NIG*ERS, WHO FOLLOWED AND LIKED HIS NIG*ER MUSIC.
HOWS THAT TIVO THING WORKING OUT YOU DUMB FUK? FUHKING 2004 AND THIS NIGGA CAN'T FIGURE OUT NOTHIN NEWER THAN A VCR.
Clem D said:
your smart.
Jones fathered 13 children, according to Blender magazine. His other stage names included Dirt McGirt and Big Baby Jesus, the latter moniker inspired by his belief that "I always been Jesus."
He was released from a New York state prison in early 2003 after serving almost three years for drug offenses and probation violation, and subsequently received treatment at a mental hospital.
I tried to get to a smiley with big ol dirty gigundo tears falling as a tribute to this pillar.......no such luck. But I'll miss him like a roid anyway.
