Ol' Dirty Bastard Album: “Osirus: The Official Mixtape”

this is by far the best ODB cd of all time in my opinion. from the first to the last of it he rips it lyrically. you can really see how he evolved by leaps and bounds. his mature and deep lyrics are accompanied by a flow that i certainly wasn't to expect. i was expecting more of the "warriorrrrrr come out and playayayayay" type flow but to my own pleasent surprise he rips every song from pop shots to the sparks remix as a mature and more evolved emcee. something that upset me at first but then grew on me was the production of this album. im more into the underground scheme of production (rza, nu mark, etc). a majority of the beats on this cd are more along the lines of "crunk" and mainstream. i didnt really appreciate that at first cause i feel like it faded the originality of odb's skill. but i grew to really enjoy how the beats perfectly incorporated dirty's more gangsta approach towards the album. even the skits are ill, since when have skits been worth listening to? even tho i would have wanted more collaborations with wu members on the album, his work with cappadonna, rhymefest, jae millz, and blayzay blayzay were definitely masterpieces. which is where im going to end it. this album is a MASTERPIECE in every sense of the word. when it comes to the credibility of dirty as an emcee, nothing changed. this albums amazing. R.I.P. Russel Jones. the osirus will forever live in the hearts of those who felt wut he was about

I couldn't stop playing Track 2, "Dirty Dirty"! and Track 11 "P*ssy Keep Calling" This is one of the only true pure Hiphop albums of 2004 along with De La Souls "The Grind Date". Unfortunatley Russell Jones is no longer in human existense and that's truly sad. I really miss his crazy eccentricity. He was to the Wu-Tang Clan what Flava Flav is to Public Enemy.

I am going to do it my old way where I will do it song by song but with a little Twist. I will have the Lyrics-Production and X Factor for each song on this album. Rest in Peace O.D.B.

1.Pop Shots L-9 P-9 X-10 Replay-10 Flow-10 Total=96

2.Dirty Dirty 10/9.5/10/9/10=97 This one is a little Grimey.

3.Go Go Go 8/8/8/8/7=79 This one is a experimental club song with the members of Blazah Blazah and it is not really bad.

4.Who can make it high like Dirty-9/8/9/9/10=91 Dope one folks

5.High in the clouds-10/9/10/10/10=99 this one features Black Rob and of course O.D.B. makes it nice and weird.

7.Dirty Run-9/8/10/9/10=96 yes this is yet another sick one

8.Stand up-8/6/7/5/7=67 This one features Cappadona but is a little to wild for my taste and probally most people

9.Don't stop Ma-8/8/9/8/6=79 I think it features 8Ball are at least it sounds like them at least Dirty South feel to it.

10.If yall want war-9/9/8/8/10=88 well this one has Royal Flush on it. The Beat was almost a 10 on it thought very close.

11.P**** Keep Calling-7/7/7/7/9=75 well it is strange

12.Down South-8/6/6/6/9=70 Well this one feels like Down South

14.Caked up-7/9/8/6/8=78 This one is a little street style.

15.F*** Yall-10/9/10/10/10=99 Well not the best beat but ODB does some freestyling on this track and that makes it worthwhile

16.Move Back-8/9/8/7/8=80 This one is street style to.

17.Fire-10/9/10/10/10=98 This one is crazy and he yells out Fire a bunch of times ODB also does good lyrically on this one.

Total Lyrics-132 out of 150 or a 8.8 on the lyrics

Total Beats- 115 out of 150 or a 7.7 on the Production side

Total XFactor137 out of 150 or a 9.1 on what you cant see

Total Replay-124 out of 150 or a 8.3 on the Total replay value

Total Flow -136 out of 150 or a 9.1 on the Rappers Flows

Total -644 out of 750 or a 8.5866

Strenghts-well every thing by O.D.B is right on point it also has a great feel to the entire album which makes it good

Weeknesses-The Beats are a little generic at times and plus there is some lost replay value and the guest hurt.

What it should score-3.5 to 4.5 Mics it is in the middle there

Few were sadder than myself to hear the news of ODB's passing. In a world full of manufactured rappers who try to generate record sales by pretending to be "larger-than-life", Dirty was a breath of fresh air. He was a wild, over-the-top "character" whose entoxicated flow made him the Wu-Tang Clan's most intruiging emcee and one of hip-hop's most bizarrely-entertaining attractions. "The Osirus Mixtape" is one of many tributes that is sure to come on the heals of its star's untimely death.

While a lot better than his previous "Trials & Tribulations" album (an awful mess of an LP thrown together by D3 while he was imprisoned), "Osirus" is far from being on the level of the first two Ol' Dirty Bastard albums. The opening track and first single, "Pop Shots" is the highlight of this release and "Dirty Dirty" has some of that classic ODB style (though the remix called "Fire" is even better) but a lot of the songs on here seem like studio scraps. Had Dirt been alive to supervise the release of this record, you can't help but think it might have come off a lot better. It's not awful but I was expecting a lot better.

I wanted to like this album so badly. I wanted to love this album; to know that ODB's works in progress were masterpieces. Unfortunately, I just couldn't. As an avid fan of Wu-Tang Clan, fans of true blue Wu will most likely agree with me. Of course, this is just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. The following is a fact though - Osirus sounds mainstream. The production is atrocious. The majority of the beats are overwhelming, loud, club/Lil' Jon style and take away from ODB's sound. Also, with ODB laying off the drugs during rhyming, his style has become more tame. ODB flows now, which is hard to get used too. There are some great songs on this one though. 'Pop Shots','Dirty, Dirty' and 'Fire' are awesome tracks. 'Stand Up' w/ Cappadonna (who I am a big fan of) is a personal fav, just because Cap and ODB sound great together. The bottom line: If you love 'dope beats' snatch Osirus. If you love classic RZA/True Master/4th Disciple production Wu-shxt, buy it just to remember ODB and put the cover art on your wall.