Bad, bad Leroy Brownnnnnn... R.I.P. sir! I had a vision today of doing a post regarding the Ol' Dirty Bastard. I needed to go back to the times when the Wu was a baby, when I first experienced living in the suburbs (like Mars, at least to me) and the city folk started looking at me funny. At least the R3 to R7 / R8 two hour ride to go chill* had a soundtrack.. I listened to the Gravediggaz (which in europe had a crazy a$$ name btw) the Outkast, Nas, Jeru etc. etc etc. and of course the ODB and his clan!!!!!
Jay-Z might have brought the hood to the burbs like he thinks, but the Wu brought something undefinable that (at least in my K.O.P. Abercrombieville ;P ) made a serious impression. If you don't believe me, just watch these. No fancy digital stuff, no theatrics, just ... ummm? Point is, no one will ever be like the ODB again, and that's all that's it. The man was both a founding, and perhaps the most original, member of the Wu.
Kinda different from the endless stream of "behind the scenes" of music video footage, and Macbook-cam beefs huh? Yes, those are actually food stamps, and yes it was 1995...
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