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The rapper, who has lived in Miami as well as New York, is aware of the recent resurgence in East coast rap. "I don't listen to much radio now, though. I'm me. Wu-Tang is here to document ourselves. We want to expand our thing, influence 'em when they're young. We want to spoon-feed them so they're taught our style and our way. And I want to give a shout out to the West coast."
Now that 0l' Dirty Bastard is blazing his own path, he admits he has a formula for getting maximum pleasure out of "Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version." "I created all these worlds. I don't let anyone try to tell me to change it, either. If they're talking about something that's in my world then maybe I'll listen. If you can't understand that, then get the record. I'm letting you know it. And I'm operating it all for you."
"Have to get out a yawn," Long pause. ODB reaches way back for it. Exhales. "That's better... been too busy." Thus begins the reminiscences of Ol' Dirty Bastard. It's almost like he'd rather be "telling you the shit" from a porch swing instead of poised precariously atop the rap world. But here he is, ready to strike with one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of 1995 -- "Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version." Groomed in the hideouts of Ft. Green, Brooklyn, and seasoned by what he calls "17 years of rapping and shit," he and his critically-acclaimed crew from the multi-tentacled Wu-Tang Clan have branched out to spread the word solo-style. Now that Wu alumni Genius, RZA, Raekwon and the Method Man all have solo deals, it was only a matter of time until 0l' Dirty dropped his.
"I'm like the phone company," spouts Dirty, "I'm reaching out and touching you all as hard as I can. I'm bringing you the chambers, each one is a different world that I'm showing you." Announcing his mission between teeth that are wired every which way but shut, ODB's enthusiasm is contagious. Personality abounds in the 26-year-old rapper; his scathing humor and love for "old school shit" rounds out the fierce edges of his debut album. The first single, "Brooklyn Zoo," caroms off the speakers with a pounding mix of sea-sick piano and ODB's wry hometown boast: "Now you know nuthin'... before you knew a whole fuckin' lot." Backed by fellow Wu members on many of the tracks, the album was co-produced by Prince Rakeem (he helmed the Wu-Tang's "Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)") and Ol' Dirty Bastard himself.
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Albums
| Year | Label | Title | |
| 1995 | Elektra Entertainment | Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version | |
| 1999 | Elektra Entertainment | Nigga Please | |
| 1999 | Elektra Entertainment | N**** Please [Edited] | |
Singles
| Year | Label | Title |
| 1995 | Elektra Entertainment | Shimmy Shimmy Ya | |
| 1995 | Elektra Entertainment | Shimmy Shimmy Ya [Maxi Single] | |
| 1995 | Elektra Entertainment | Brooklyn Zoo | |
| 1995 | Elektra Entertainment | Brooklyn Zoo [Maxi Single] | |
| 2000 | Elektra Entertainment | Got Your Money [Maxi Single] | |
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