◇ image via WikipediaOl' Dirty Bastard
Ol' Dirty Bastard is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of GZA/Genius, Rhymefest, Skull Snaps, R.A. the Rugged Man and Blahzay Blahzay. Those roots explain a lot about how Ol' Dirty Bastard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Method Man, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Big L and Mobb Deep, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Killah Priest, Prince Fatty, Lil' Mo, Devon Hendryx and Ivy Levan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around Ol' Dirty Bastard, reaching back through GZA/Genius and forward to Killah Priest. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Russell Tyrone Jones, known professionally as Ol' Dirty Bastard, was an American rapper who was one of the founding members of the New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan, formed in 1992. Jones also released music as a solo artist beginning with Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995). He was noted for his "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style".
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Ol' Dirty Bastard connections
Ol' Dirty Bastard grew out of GZA/Genius, Rhymefest, Skull Snaps and R.A. the Rugged Man, shares an orbit with Method Man, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck and Big L, went on to shape Killah Priest, Prince Fatty, Lil' Mo and Devon Hendryx. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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