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Hip Hop - 1 of 400 Pressed for Black Friday- Rare instrumental version of ODB’s iconic debut album. Previously a highly collectible promo-only release, these instrumental mixes are reissued on LP for first time since 1994. 2LP set includes bonus seven-inch single featuring the new stripped versions of Brooklyn Zoo and Shimmy Shimmy Ya from the 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (first time on vinyl).
It's safe to say that hip-hop has never seen an album like Ol’ Dirty Bastard's 1995 solo debut "Return to the 36 Chambers". The brief glimpses of ODB's unhinged genius provided by Wu-Tang Clan's landmark "Enter the Wu-Tang" album two years earlier were begging to be expanded on to a larger canvas, and, with RZA guiding production, the album promised to give Dirty the creative license to make one of the most bizarre, entertaining and original LPs in hip-hop history. With his raspy, drunken flow and dark sense of humor, Dirty fearlessly attacks from all angles, throwing himself fearlessly into punchy rhyme attacks (“Damage,” with GZA), drugged-out party jams (the monster singles “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”) and bizarre, grimly hilarious fantasies of sex and violence (“Don't U Know” and the R&B-tinged “Sweet Sugar Pie”).
Backed by RZA's appropriately gritty, dissonant beats and appearances from the Clan, Return became an instant hit, selling over 1 million copies and earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album in 1996. The album stands as a high water mark in the Wu-Tang Clan's collective creative output and was selected as one of the Best 100 Rap Albums by The Source magazine in 1998. In honoring the legacy of one of hip-hop's most innovative releases, Get On Down is proud to present this incredible and unique special edition of Ol’ Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers as a double LP which contains the complete original album, remastered for optimal sound quality.
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Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), known professionally as Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper and a founding member of the New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan, formed in 1992. He began releasing solo material with the album "Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version" (1995). His work was characterized by free-associative, often profane lyrics delivered in a style that blended rapping and singing.
Jones's career was affected by a series of legal issues that included periods of incarceration. He died on November 13, 2004, from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 35. He was the father of rapper Young Dirty Bastard.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol%27_Dirty_Bastard
Studio albums
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Nigga Please (1999)
A Son Unique (2005)
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