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Ol' Dirty Bastard

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Nine Culinary Ventures By Hip-Hop Artists

    Today, excitable Long Island-raised rap firebrand Flavor Flav will open his House Of Flavor restaurant in Las Vegas. The restaurant—which will have fried chicken and something called a "red velvet waffle" on the menu—is Flav's second attempt to break into the food world, following the di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Holler! The Ten Loudest, Shoutiest Rappers

    Waka Flocka Flame is the sort of of hip-hop artist who doesn't so much rap or flow as he shouts his ass off. It's a formula that imbues the Atlanta-based rapper's songs with a boisterous, visceral appeal—and one that he's looking to continue with the release of his second studio album, Triple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Gets Down With His Duality

    ​"You got to ask my mother that. You wanna call her? Come on, let's call her." It's a rain-sodden Thanksgiving's eve and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire's goddaughter has just turned up at his Crown Heights apartment. Her appearance prompts the question of what the rapper himself was like as a kid� ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Peter Rosenberg's What's Poppin' Vol. 1 Takes The New York Hip-Hop Scene's Pulse

    ​New York City rappers have been cast as something of the rap world's whipping boys for more than a few years now. Not only is it fashionable to paint the city's scene as still stuck in the '90s—that's, er, despite the man who effectively runs rap, old man Jay-Z, being pretty proud to ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    The Five Best Moments On Yo! MTV Raps

    MTV turns 30 on Monday. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. ​ Debuting during the golden year of '88, Yo! MTV Raps revolutionized TV coverage of hip-hop music. Of course, hip-hop videos existed long before Yo! launched—Grandmaster Fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Ten Reasons Why The Wu Tang Clan Are The Greatest Rap Group Of All Time

    ​Raekwon, the Wu-Tang Clan's resident slang scholar, released his new solo album, Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, last week; it's the latest installment in a magnificent saga that's now nearly two decades strong and leaves Staten Island's finest rap representers firmly in the conversation for hip-hop's g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Top 10 Rap-Related Reality-TV Moments

    ​"Reality rap" was once a phrase invoked by gangsta rappers to defend their music against moral outcry from the mainstream media and pesky suburban dwellers. These days, the term largely refers to the slew of emcees lining up to star in their own TV shows. While Boogie Down Productions associa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Can A Professional Music Critic Name All Nine Members of the Wu-Tang Clan?

    ​If there's one common complaint we hear as rock critics, it's "I could totally do your job." First off--shhh, don't tell anyone! Secondly, "jobs" traditionally pay better than this, so we'll gladly go Parent Trap with you in a heartbeat. Either way, we decided to get some measurable data o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    The Top Ten Best Worst Singing Rappers

    ​These days, there's nothing attention grabbing about rappers who sing, whether it's Andre 3000's amped squawk, an Auto-Tune-enabled Kanye West, or Lil Wayne's upcoming Riker's Island shower room spirituals. This week the canon sees new album additions from one-time Goodie Mob member Cee-Lo Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Q&A: Rapper 9th Prince On His Older Brother RZA And The Early Days Of The Wu-Tang Clan

    ​The Wu-Tang Clan is hip-hop's most enduring family. Thanks to seemingly unbreakable bonds both artistic and familial, the now eight-strong crew of rappers is still together, despite frequent -- and usually shoddily sourced -- media claims that they're about to implode due to rampant bickering ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Rock The Bells, New Orleans Bounce, And Michael Jackson Headline Your Weekend In Nightlife

    ​We're going to recommend you avoid Manhattan this weekend. Thanks to NYU and Columbia, every 20-year-old within a ten-mile radius will either be moving back into their dorms or celebrating the end of summer with one last cityside hurrah. Instead, take Friday night off and keep yourself in the ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    Jim Jarmusch's Showtunes

    On ATP 2010, musicians as actors, Tom Waits's threats, and what planet ODB was on

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    The Ten Most Exploitative Posthumous Rap Projects

    ​Being a dead rap artist isn't much fun. Whether The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, or J Dilla, death has never seemed to do much to alleviate the constant pressure on artists to muster up new recordings to satisfy the bulging posthumous rap retail market. (In the hip-hop world, possessing a heart t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Please Welcome the Best Website Ever, "Questlove's Celebrity Stories," Starring a Hilarious Canibus Dis and the Time He Met Will Smith

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    What's Beef? Ol' Dirty Bastard Manager Responds to Village Voice

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Interview: Jaime Lowe, Author of Digging For Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Lil' Hipsters Cover "Shimmy Shimmy Ya," Teach Children How to DJ

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Sex and Guilt and Britney Spears

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Live: The Wu-Tang Clan Comes Home

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Ghostface on Wu Tang Situation: "It's Serious"

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    The Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams: A Preview

    ​Well, this was entirely unexpected. Behold: a massive compendium of every celebrity ubiquitous Roots drummer and all around hero Questlove has ever met, complete with the story of how it happened and what they were like. Highlights include his summary dismissal of the '90s mixtape rap star Ca ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2007

    Cred Sheet

    Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Things I Learned Watching Rock the Bells

    Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism

  • Film

    April 3, 2007

    Bring Da Ruckus

    Still don't nothing move but the money in thrilling Wu-Tang reunion-show doc

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2006

    Death Metal is Boring

    Still don't nothing move but the money in thrilling Wu-Tang reunion-show doc

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2006

    Preview: Ghostface Killah's New Album Fishscale

    Still don't nothing move but the money in thrilling Wu-Tang reunion-show doc

  • Music

    January 31, 2006

    Return of the Ruckus

    Still unhinged after more than an ol' dirty dozen years, the Wu-Tang Clan stage a Shaolin family reunion

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2006

    Wu-Tang Clan to Reunite

    Still unhinged after more than an ol' dirty dozen years, the Wu-Tang Clan stage a Shaolin family reunion

  • Music

    March 15, 2005

    Digging in the Dirt

    Just another urban legend: The final interview with Ol' Dirty Bastard

  • Music

    November 9, 2004

    Ol' Dirty Bastard, 1968–2004

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    March 16, 2004

    'Ho-Obsessed Staten Island Potty Mouth Not Always a Hoot

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    December 30, 2003

    Her Cheesecake Is Punker Than Yours, Whatever It Means

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    A Very Good Year

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    March 12, 2002

    Music

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    October 16, 2001

    Go See The Doctor

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • Music

    August 28, 2001

    Music

    One of pop culture's great eccentrics bids goodbye to the gawking public eye

  • News

    May 23, 2000

    Wu-Tang Clan is Sumthing ta Fuck Wit

    The World-Famous Staten Island Hip-Hop Collective Has a Government Informer Working Within Its Ranks; at the Same Time, the Group Is Being Investigated by the Feds for Gunrunning. Coincidence?

  • Home

    February 15, 2000

    The 1999 Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll

    The World-Famous Staten Island Hip-Hop Collective Has a Government Informer Working Within Its Ranks; at the Same Time, the Group Is Being Investigated by the Feds for Gunrunning. Coincidence?

  • Music

    February 15, 2000

    Wuclear Fission

    A Nutcase and a Point Guard Rise Above Wu-Tang’s Solo Overkill

  • Home

    February 15, 2000

    Rev That Azz Up

    Nervous Rhythms, Chopped-Up Language, Thumping Slapstick Pop

  • Music

    December 21, 1999

    You Go, Grrrl!

    Nervous Rhythms, Chopped-Up Language, Thumping Slapstick Pop

  • Music

    November 16, 1999

    Humans, Posthumans, and a Detergent Ad

    How Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

  • Long Island Voice

    November 2, 1999

    headline

    How Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

  • Music

    September 14, 1999

    Naked, Famous, Increasingly Fond of Murder Songs

    How Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

  • Music

    March 2, 1999

    Two Realists

    How Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

  • Specials

    February 2, 1999

    Letters

    How Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

  • News

    January 26, 1999

    A Bullet For Big Baby Jesus

    Ol' Dirty Bastard Claims the FBI and CIA are Trying to Kill Him. Is He Crazy?

  • Music

    December 29, 1998

    Video God Madness

    Ol' Dirty Bastard Claims the FBI and CIA are Trying to Kill Him. Is He Crazy?

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