MIKELABZ said:
I'm Just Saying That We Shouldnt Be All Like, He Was The Best Freestyler, Or He Paved The Way For This And That And Then Forget About Rap Poineers Like Big L. All Im Saying Is The Dude Was His Own Demise And He Didnt Set Any Type Of Example Or He'd Be Legit And Still Alive. I Just Dont Want People Looking At Odb As The Example Of How To Kick Off Their Rap Career.
-mike
Ol' Dirty Bastard was a modern day Yorick.
He wasn't the best freestyler.. in fact, he usually recited previously used rhymes.
He didn't pave the way for much.
He wasn't his own demise... Life is a cancer, we all are ticking away. Our death began with our separation from the womb.
No... he didn't set many examples.
No he wasn't the best father figure. Or father.
No one said he did any of this. The man was great for the fact that he could allow all of the people that could NOT experiment with drugs/alcohol/sex to experience those things... His music was a portal into that segment of your brain that you are just too damn frightened of to visit.
He was an absolute legend in the fact that he would do whatever he felt appropriate at the moment, which usually WASN'T. He did what everyone of us wanted to do at some point.
WHO among us hasn't wanted to ask the District Attorney "Do I Make You Horny", and then fall asleep in court at the stand??
Of course people love a court jester. Everyone encouraged his misogynic mayhem and chaos. Why not encourage Russel Jones to be that fool that we all want to be? It's better to laugh at his actions and allow him to take the fall, than to step up and guide him. Yeah, I know he was a grown-ass man, and he probably wanted the attention. But so what? Where was RZA when ODB needed guidance? In fact... where was RZA when Poetic of Gravediggaz was on his deathbed? Anyway, point being, he was one of the least ethical people I could imagine. SO FUCKING WHAT? Richard Prior, Jimmy Hendrix, etc.. etc... same story.
Ol' Dirty Bastard was the closest person I could imagine to being free. Locked up or not.
By the way, Big L is NOT a rap "Pioneer". That's like saying M. Jordan is one of basketball's greatest founding fathers.