Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

by Ol' Dirty Bastard

Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 March 1995
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:08
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Return to the 36 Chambers' captures Ol' Dirty Bastard's chaotic brilliance at its absolute peak. RZA provides deeply raw, minimalist boom-bap production for ODB's wildly manic, highly unpredictable, and avant-garde off-beat rhyming, resulting in a surreal hip-hop classic.

Genres

Descriptors: vulgar, avant-garde, lo-fi, drugs, rap, gangsta, underground, soulful, classic

Tracklist

  1. Intro (4:47)
  2. Shimmy Shimmy Ya (2:41)
  3. Baby C'mon (3:26)
  4. Brooklyn Zoo (3:37)
  5. Hippa to da Hoppa (3:01)
  6. Raw Hide (4:02)
  7. Damage (2:47)
  8. Don't U Know (4:26)
  9. The Stomp (2:22)
  10. Goin' Down (4:19)
  11. Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie) (4:20)
  12. Snakes (5:26)
  13. Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane) (7:20)
  14. Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo (4:00)
  15. Cuttin' Headz (2:28)
  16. Dirty Dancin' (2:42)
  17. Harlem World (6:15)

Credits

  • Ol' Dirty Bastard - primary artist, mixed by, producer, producer, engineer [assistant recording]
  • Alli Truch - art direction
  • Brett! - design
  • Dante Ross - executive-producer
  • Dennis Coles - executive-producer
  • Mitchell Diggs - executive-producer
  • Oli Grant - executive-producer
  • John Gibbons - management
  • Tom Coyne - mastered by
  • Buddha Monk - mixed by, featuring
  • RZA - mixed by, producer, producer, engineer [recording], engineer [recording], engineer [mixing], co-producer, engineer [recording], featuring, producer, engineer [recording], engineer [mixing], featuring, producer, engineer [mixing], engineer [recording]
  • Danny Clinch - photography by
  • Jay Nicholas - engineer [assistant mixing]
  • Jack Hersca - engineer [mixing], engineer [recording], engineer [mixing], engineer [recording], engineer [mixing], engineer [mixing]
  • Ethan Ryman - engineer [recording], producer
  • Jimmie Lee - engineer [assistant mixing], engineer [assistant recording], engineer [assistant mixing]
  • True Master - producer
  • Deden Sumandani - engineer [assistant mixing]
  • Method Man - featuring
  • Raekwon - featuring
  • 4th Disciple - co-producer
  • Martin Czembor - engineer [assistant recording], engineer [assistant mixing]
  • Tim Latham - engineer [recording], engineer [mixing]
  • The Genius - featuring
  • Oeden - engineer [assistant mixing]
  • Killah Priest - featuring [uncredited]
  • Zu Keeper - featuring
  • Brian Miller - engineer [assistant mixing]
  • David Sealy - engineer [assistant recording], engineer [assistant mixing]
  • Masta Killa - featuring
  • Ghostface Killah - featuring
  • 12 O'Clock - featuring
  • 60 Second Assassin - featuring
  • Murdoc - featuring
  • Prodigal Sunn - featuring
  • Shorty Shit Stain - featuring
  • John Wydrycs - engineer [recording], engineer [mixing], engineer [mixing]
  • Big Dore - producer

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