ODB: 1968-2004
In recent years, ODB's antics off stage have drawn more publicity than his musical output. In 1998 alone he has, in chronological order, started his own "Dirty Wear" clothing line; bumrushed the podium at the Grammys to deliver a speech on the advantages of the Wu-Tang over Puff Daddy, declaring "Wu-Tang is for the children;" tried to change his name (unsuccessfully) to Big Baby Jesus; been shot in the back by an intruder in his own home; had a warrant issued for his arrest on charges that he stole a pair of Nikes in Virginia; had his Range Rover stolen in Manhattan; started his own Osirus Entertainment record label; worked on his side-project D.R.U.G. (Dirty Rotten Underground Grimies); been arrested after threatening a security guard in L.A.; been kicked out of the Four Seasons Hotel in Berlin for "lewd behavior;" and arrested for threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend.
ODB's sophomore set, Nigga Please, was released in 1999, but again, it was his frequent run - ins with the law that kept his name in the public eye into the new millenium. In 2000, ODB was sentenced to time in a Los Angeles drug treatment facility; true to form, he escaped and fled from the law for a week before being apprehended in Philadelphia. He was later extradited to New York on drug possession charges, and in July 2001 was sentenced to two to four years in prison by a New York Supreme Court judge. When he was released from prison in mid-2003, ODB signed with Roc-A-Fella Records and then changed his name from ODB to Dirt McGirt. The following year found him working on a new album, work that ended suddenly when ODB collapsed in a recording studio and died shortly thereafter.
Sound Files (MP3)
Shimmy Shimmy Ya - from the album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Brooklyn Zoo - from the album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Got Your Money (w/Kelis) - from the album Nigga Please
Pop S**t (w/Pharrell) - from the album The Neptunes Present Clones (by The Neptunes)
