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Ol' Dirty Bastard

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Hip Hop: The Empire State Strikes Back

Report by Angus Batey, Vox, August 1995

Snoop and Dr Dre's tales of the 'hoods of South Central may have redirected the media's fickle attention to the West Coast, but New York ...

Ol' Dirty Bastard: America's Most Wanted

Report by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 10 April 1999

Ol' Dirty Bastard's rap sheet pisses on Mark Morrison's. But are the cops really out to get him? Are gangstas gunning for him? Or is ...

Ol' Dirty Bastard: Nigga Please (Elektra)

Review by RJ Smith, Spin, November 1999

THE TRUE opener of this dazzling, daffy album gets buried near the end. Nigga Please should have begun with his mocking yet eerily touching cover ...

Ol' Dirty Bastard: Law And Disorder

Report by RJ Smith, Spin, December 1999

OL' DIRTY BASTARD PUTS ON A SHOW — THIS TIME IN COURT ...

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Report and Interview by Chris Campion, Bizarre, March 2002

WITH AN ARREST record that's more extensive than his discography, it's a wonder that Ol' Dirty Bastard (aka Big Baby Jesus, Dirtdog, Osiris and plain ...

Ol' Dirty Bastard: Portrait Of The Artist In Jail

Report and Interview by William Shaw, The Guardian, 22 March 2002

He was the clown prince of hip-hop, famously appearing onstage with the Wu-Tang Clan while on the run from the police. Now Ol' Dirty Bastard ...

Enter Wu-Tang's 20th Birthday

Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 15 November 2013

Reminiscing on the 20th anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Michael A. Gonzales wonders if it was all so simple then. ...

see also Wu-Tang Clan

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