Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Ol Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (25th Anniversary Remaster) (1995/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:51:32 minutes | 1,84 GB | Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Elektra

Ol’ Dirty Bastard made his solo debut 25 years ago with the Grammy®-nominated album, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. An instant hip-hop classic, it peaked at #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and crossed over to reach #7 on the Billboard 200. The album quickly earned gold-certification and would introduce fans to two of ODB’s biggest hits: “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.”

This 43-track reissue features a newly remastered version of the original album along with music from the era that has never been available digitally, including EP tracks, rare instrumentals and promo-only releases. Among the highlights are the digital debuts of “Ol’ Dirty’s Back,” “Don’t You Know, Part II,” and the “Brooklyn Zoo” b-side, “Give It To Ya Raw” (SD50 Remix).

The 25TH ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION also features the debut of two previously unreleased tracks: “Brooklyn Zoo (Stripped Version)” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Stripped Version).” Both songs have been stripped back to their essentials musically, which puts the focus on the lyrics and highlight how great a storyteller ODB was.

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