Ol' Dirty Bastard Vinyl Records

Dirty. Raw. Irreplaceable. Wu-Tang's wildest one.

Ol' Dirty Bastard — born Russell Tyrone Jones — was the most unpredictable member of the Wu-Tang Clan, and that's saying something. His 1995 debut, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, hit like nothing else in rap: no rules, no filters, pure Brooklyn chaos over RZA's grimy Staten Island production.

His second album, Nigga Please (1999), showed a different side — smoother in places, still unmistakably ODB. He died in 2004 at 35. His records are collected hard because nobody sounded like him, and nobody ever will.

Wu-Tang vinyl commands serious collector premiums. ODB's solo pressings, especially originals on Elektra, are increasingly difficult to find in solid condition.

Essential Records

• Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995, Elektra)
• Nigga Please (1999, Elektra)
• The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones (2002, Damon Dash Music)
• Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993, Loud)
• Wu-Tang Clan — Wu-Tang Forever (1997, Loud)
• Osirus (2005, D3 Entertainment)

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