ol dirty bastard.. genius, insane or bullshit

[b i o n i c]

watchin some flicks on youtube.. sharing is caring:

ol d-d-d-drunk freestyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJELoTJPDQ + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rLf-4xgNwc

young wu tang on the streets of midtown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCgaKXcNcE

odb loves the beatles, love me do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoHiYXHoYC0

kinda sober odb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ1g7Yra554

in the studio, after comin outta jail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3Krt06wc0

hahah, "bush is crazy" rant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl8KE45jU-Y

of course.. the grammys, for the childrens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS181X4F3bw

[b i o n i c]

fucking shit, the poll window didnt show up.. *@&#*(%$


genius: oh fucks yes, a little nuts but still
insane: straight trippin, poor guy
bullshit: fuck odb

[paul jones]

genius.my all time hero

[adam_f]

Insane. Only because I can't call him genius.

[mickill]

Far from a "genius" of any sort. People can stop with that bullshit already.

A lot of nice hooks, a couple of good verses, one decent solo album, 45 kids, and 1,000,000 crack rocks later, you're left with an entertaining/batshitinsane dude who had little regard for manners or hygiene. He can't even take credit for starting the awards show acceptance speech bumrush trend, since Flavor Flav did that first.

His greatest contribution to hip hop was teaching GZA how to rap. So thanks for that.

[b i o n i c]

ok, not like beatle genius or whatever.. but there was definately something there. even all cracked up and half retarded he kills alotta noncrackhead/schizo rappers.. i cant decide

[hpdrifter]

fuck odb

[g-mile7]

ODB was a smart man...it's a shame that all the other negative elements surronding him dampen that glow. I would say he was on as high (*no pun intended) level as RZA per say in SOME aspects. Also, ODB was a great rapper (witty lines, clever hooks, very unique flow/delievery, verstile as seen on his debut). His contribution to hip-hop was greater than just teaching GZA how to rap. And even if that's his biggest contribution to father the style, per say, of one of the better MC's in the Wu is something. Great rapper who had SOME genuis moments. I don't see the need to tell him "fuck off". I agree with you b i o n i c(y)

[Laserface]

i think mickill said it perfectly

[BangkokB]

ODB was a legend in my book in that he managed to accomplish being all of the above. Though he weighed heavy on the Insane side of the scales.

He was a loose cannon and that's always fun to watch because you never know where their going to go with.

He was my favorite of the WU Crew.


When I saw WTC in Atl opening up for RATM they had to shut the lights and mic on him because he went on a tirade of craziness when their set ended that can only be matched by some of the threads I've created over the years.