OL DIRTY BASTARD ALBUM SET FOR NOVEMBER RELEASE

The Wu-Tang Clan is back together and working on their first new album in six years…… Keywords:Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, Ol Dirty Bastard, 8 Diagrams, Steve Rif…

The album that the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose real name was Russell Jones, was working on at the time of his death will finally be released on November 7th through the Dame Dash Music Group. Allhiphop.com reports that the album, A Son Unique, features guest appearances by RZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man, Macy Gray, Missy Elliott, N.O.R.E., Pharrell Williams, and Fame from M.O.P.

Prior to the announcement of the new release date, RZA shared his frustration with the delay. He said,

“As far as the ODB album, I can’t even speak on it cause I don’t really know what they doing over there with it. But I know I put a lot of work on the album. I haven’t been paid for it, you know what I mean? No big deal though ’cause, you know, I did it regardless. But I don’t know what they’re doing over there. I just hope they get their act together and release that record because his family is now dependent on the release of that record, you know what I mean?”

ODB battled drug addiction through out his career and served two years in prison for a drug conviction. After his 2003 release from prison, the rapper maintained an outwardly drug-free lifestyle and was forced to regularly submit to drug testing as a condition of his parole.

ODB collapsed and died on November 13th, 2004 in the Wu-Tang Clan’s Manhattan recording studio just days before his 36th birthday. The rapper had complained of chest pains before collapsing. The New York Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that the rapper died from a drug overdose caused by a fatal mixture of cocaine and the prescription drug Tramadol, which is a synthetic opiate that is usually used to treat severe joint pain or cancer.