In 2001, Russell Jones aka Ol' Dirty Bastard hasn't been making music anymore (if you dare to define what he did with that term) for several years and is frequently on the pages of newspapers due to his private controversies. Over the years he has been convicted of attempted robbery (1993), he was shot (1994), arrested for failing to pay child support for his many children (1997), found guilty of assaulting his wife (1998), robbed and shot again (1998), arrested a few days after this incident for stealing a pair of Sneaker in Virginia, arrested for criminal threats, arrested for other threats, arrested for attempted murder and possession of weapons, involved in a firefight with police after being stopped in Brooklyn while traveling by car (1999), arrested for driving without a license (1999), arrested for drug possession, crack possession and road crime, escaped from a drug treatment facility and spent a month as a fugitive (2000), and arrested as a fugitive in South Philadelphia while signing autographs for fans on the street (2000), being permanently imprisoned for two years.
After two studio albums, Boy Jones is still in jail for possession of crack and Elektra wants to get rid of the contract: Dirt McGirt has signed for three albums, but he has made only two in eight years ("Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version", 1995; "N***a Please", 1999), having signed in 1993. The third studio album is then made by the same label, taking tracks from the previous two LPs and creating a greatest hits, finally freeing itself from the agreement with the rapper. It's not a bad record, but it's not the best of ODB solo, if you're looking for BZA finest go straight to "Return to 36 Chambers" and play it safe: half greatest hits comes from there, with the classics "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", "Brooklyn Zoo", "Dirty Dancin'", "Raw Hide", "Protekt Ya Neck II the Zoo", the rest comes from his second album ("Got Your Money", "Recognize", "Cold Blooded", "I Can't Wait", "Good Morning Heartache"), in addition to the remix of "Fantasy", Mariah Carey's single remixed by Puff Daddy's Bad Boy and closed by an ODB performance in one of the first rnb / rap crossover cuts to achieve resounding commercial success, helping to legitimize rap as a mainstream genre.
There are many strong tracks and a considerable presence of Wu-Tang acts like Method Man and Raekwon, Brooklyn Zoo members Buddha Monk, Zu Keeper, Murdoc, 12 O'Clock and Shorty Shit Stain, and Sunz of Man MCs Prodigal Sunn and Killah Priest, in addition to rnb singers Kelis, Lil' Mo and Mariah Carey and comedian Chris Rock. Despite this, the CD is irregular and messy, not recommended.
Rating: 7/10.
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