Tune of the Week: Ol' Dirty Bastard

After the blockbusting success of Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album, “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), a flurry of record deals were signed for the individual members. The first to get one of these deals was producer RZA’s cousin, Russel Tyrone Jones or as the RZA deemed him: the Ol’ Dirty Bastard. ODB’s release, “Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version”, is a much a psychological study as an album. At turns unpredicatable, aggressive, uneven, disturbing and hilarious Dirt McGirt’s full length is a heady classic for the ages. Pitchfork has a modern day review up, filled with lots of quality insight.