The documentary was actually pretty sad, reflecting on how unfortunate ODB's death truly was. It depicted his life growing up in Brooklyn to obtaining worldwide fame and success until his drug addictions took over and ultimately caused his demise following an awful stint in prison. What's upsetting for everyone involved in his life is that, to an extent, they all enabled his untimely death. Most people were aware of his addictions to alcohol and various drugs including crack/cocaine, but nobody truly intervened in his dangerous lifestyle. He was the Ol' Dirty Bastard - he was SUPPOSED to be drunk, high and crazy all the time, wasn't he??? That shit was all fun and games until he died. Unfortunately, what happened was the old case of life imitating art. Russell Jones ended up becoming a drunken master in his real life. He couldn't perform without being twisted.
Inspectah Deck shared his feelings of guilt on the track "Life Changes" from Wu-Tang's "8 Diagrams" album:
The documentary also alluded to the fact that he was struggling with paranoia of the government and how they wanted to kill him. I guess it didn't help that a couple of cops shot at him dozens of times while at a traffic stop that he sped away from. They then charged him with attempted murder claiming he shot at them first. Who knows what really happened, but I tend to side with the alleged perpetrators when it comes to police shootings on civilians. New York doesn't have a very good reputation in this department (ahem... Amadu Diallo and Sean Bell, anyone?).
The RZA may have explained his passing best in his new book "The Tao of Wu." He stated: "(ODB) sat there and looked me in the eye and said 'RZA, I don't understand.'" RZA couldn't believe what ODB was saying to him at that time. How could his cousin not understand the meaning of his own life? RZA went on to write: "Now, I know right there, right when he said that - we lost him. Eight hours later, ODB was gone."
Ol' Dirty Bastard was truly a musical pioneer. He was an innovative rhymer who was able to drop an immense amount of knowledge while simultaneously entertaining his listeners. There truly was no father to his style as Method Man explained on 36 Chambers. ODB was one of the all time greats who passed two days before reaching the 36th chamber (dying two days before his 36th birthday). I still wonder what his album from Roc-A-Fella would've sounded like. I'm sure it would've been ILL.
For anyone interested in seeing the "Dirty" documentary, you can cop it for $14.99 through Amazon.com right now:
"DIRTY: THE OFFICIAL ODB BIOGRAPHY"
Dame Dash is sitting on what I believe to be some solid rap gold from the sessions ODB had after he signed with Roc-A-Fella Records. Dash let us get a recent taste of what he had in his vault with the BlakRoc track "Coochie" featuring Ludacris. The track is classic Dirt McGirt!!! For those of you who don't read my reviews and cop shit on my recommendation, listen to this shit below:
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