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Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version is the debut studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard, released March 28, 1995, by Elektra Records in the United States. Intent on creating a solo album away from Wu-Tang, he signed to Elektra in January of 1993 and began a two year recording process that started that same year.
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album sold 81,000 copies in its first week,[1] and was certified Platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 26, 2019.[2] Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from most music critics, with many complimenting Ol' Dirty Bastard's bizarre lyrical delivery and RZA's eerie production. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards.
Upon its release, Return to the 36 Chambers received general acclaim, including award nominations and inclusions on year-end publications. The Dirty Version was nominated for the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but lost to Naughty by Nature's Poverty's Paradise. In a 4-star review in 1999, Rolling Stone commented, "With his raspy, lisp-punctuated voice and half-sung, half-rapped style, Ol' Dirty Bastard may well be the most original vocalist in hip-hop history." In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. Entertainment Weekly said that the album showed the "raw, innovative talent of their illest member ... The RZA's signature dissonant piano loops [sparkle] behind Dirty's delirious, reverberating delivery." Melody Maker said, "... an hour of cruel hard and frighteningly funny hip hop; the perfect companion piece to Wu-Tang's 36 Chambers ... the songs are driven by a vicious, unstable urgency."[13]
By contrast, Select gave the album a negative review of two out of five.[11] The review found the album inferior to Method Man's album Tical, stating that "From the extremely long and unfunny – intro skit, its obvious ideas are spread wafer thin across the 15 tracks."[11]
Retrospectively, the album has continually seen positive coverage.[14]Pitchfork gave a 9.3/10 to the album in a classic review, lauding it as "a work of orchestrated negligence and a makeshift classic."[15]
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^Hunt, Dennis (April 16, 1995). "Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version,' Elektra". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
^Pearce, Sheldon (March 29, 2020). "Ol' Dirty Bastard: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article December 2023 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version is the debut studio album by American rapper and Wu Tang Clan member Ol Dirty Bastard released March 28 1995 by Elektra Records in the United States Intent on creating a solo album away from Wu Tang he signed to Elektra in January of 1993 and began a two year recording process that started that same year Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty VersionStudio album by Ol Dirty BastardReleasedMarch 28 1995StudioRZA s basement studio New York CityGenreHardcore hip hopLength59 04LabelElektraWMGProducerRZATrue Master4th DiscipleOl Dirty BastardEthan RymanBig DoreOl Dirty Bastard chronologyReturn to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version 1995 Nigga Please 1999 Wu Tang Clan solo chronologyTical 1994 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version 1995 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 1995 Singles from Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Brooklyn Zoo Released January 21 1995 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Released May 9 1995 Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4 1 Musicians 4 2 Additional 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 Certifications 6 1 Accolades 7 References 8 External linksBackground editIt was the second solo album after Method Man s Tical to be released from the nine member Wu Tang Clan following the release of their debut album Return to the 36 Chambers was primarily produced by RZA with additional production from Ol Dirty Bastard and affiliates True Master and 4th Disciple The album features guest appearances from Wu Tang Clan members GZA RZA Method Man Raekwon Ghostface Killah and Masta Killa as well as Wu Tang Killa Beez Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums chart The album sold 81 000 copies in its first week 1 and was certified Platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA on March 26 2019 2 Upon its release the album received positive reviews from most music critics with many complimenting Ol Dirty Bastard s bizarre lyrical delivery and RZA s eerie production The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards Critical reception editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Chicago Tribune nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Christgau s Consumer GuideA 5 Entertainment WeeklyA 6 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Pitchfork9 3 10 8 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Select2 5 11 The Source4 5 12 Upon its release Return to the 36 Chambers received general acclaim including award nominations and inclusions on year end publications The Dirty Version was nominated for the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album but lost to Naughty by Nature s Poverty s Paradise In a 4 star review in 1999 Rolling Stone commented With his raspy lisp punctuated voice and half sung half rapped style Ol Dirty Bastard may well be the most original vocalist in hip hop history In 1998 the album was selected as one of The Source s 100 Best Rap Albums Entertainment Weekly said that the album showed the raw innovative talent of their illest member The RZA s signature dissonant piano loops sparkle behind Dirty s delirious reverberating delivery Melody Maker said an hour of cruel hard and frighteningly funny hip hop the perfect companion piece to Wu Tang s 36 Chambers the songs are driven by a vicious unstable urgency 13 By contrast Select gave the album a negative review of two out of five 11 The review found the album inferior to Method Man s album Tical stating that From the extremely long and unfunny intro skit its obvious ideas are spread wafer thin across the 15 tracks 11 Retrospectively the album has continually seen positive coverage 14 Pitchfork gave a 9 3 10 to the album in a classic review lauding it as a work of orchestrated negligence and a makeshift classic 15 Track listing editTrack listing information is taken from the official liner notes and AllMusic 16 17 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty VersionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Intro Russell JonesRZA4th Disciple4 472 Shimmy Shimmy Ya JonesRobert DiggsRZA2 413 Baby C mon JonesRZA3 264 Brooklyn Zoo JonesOl Dirty BastardTrue Master3 375 Hippa to Da Hoppa JonesDiggsRZA3 016 Raw Hide Featuring Method Man and Raekwon JonesClifford Smith Jr Corey WoodsGary GriceDiggsRZA4 027 Damage Featuring GZA JonesDiggsRZA4th Disciple co 2 478 Don t U Know Featuring Killah Priest JonesWalter ReedDiggsRZA4 269 The Stomp JonesOl Dirty BastardRZA co 2 2210 Goin Down JonesRZA4 1911 Drunk Game Sweet Sugar Pie JonesEthan RymanOl Dirty BastardEthan Ryman4 2012 Snakes Featuring Killah Priest RZA Masta Killa Buddha Monk JonesReedJamel IriefEllery ChambersDiggsRZA5 2613 Brooklyn Zoo II Tiger Crane Featuring Ghostface Killah JonesDennis ColesRZA7 2014 Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo Featuring Buddha Monk Prodigal Sunn Zu Keeper Murdoc Killah Priest 12 O Clock Shorty Shit Stain and 60 Second Assassin JonesOdion TurnerReedLamar RuffFrederick Cuffie Jr ChambersRZA4 0015 Cuttin Headz Featuring RZA JonesDiggsRZA2 28Total length 59 04 Bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s ProducerLength16 Dirty Dancin featuring Method Man JonesSmith Jr RZA2 4217 Harlem World JonesJohnie Spivey Jr Big Dore6 1518 Ol Dirty s Back JonesTurnerPopa Chief4 12Total length 72 13 25th Anniversary RemasterNo TitleWriter s ProducerLength19 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Extended Version JonesDiggsRZA3 4920 Don t U Know Pt II JonesDiggsRZA5 0821 Give It To Ya Raw SD50 Remix JonesDiggsRZASD504 0822 Brooklyn Zoo Stripped Version JonesOl Dirty BastardTrue Master3 0923 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Stripped Version JonesDiggsRZA3 0324 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Instrumental RZA2 4625 Baby C mon Instrumental RZA3 3826 Brooklyn Zoo Instrumental Ol Dirty BastardTrue Master3 5127 Hippa To Da Hoppa Instrumental RZA2 4728 Raw Hide Instrumental RZA4 1029 Damage Instrumental RZA4th Disciple co 2 5130 Don t U Know Instrumental RZA4 3931 The Stomp Instrumental Ol Dirty BastardRZA co 3 4832 Goin Down Instrumental RZA3 4833 Drunk Game Sweet Sugar Pie Instrumental Ol Dirty BastardEthan Ryman4 1034 Snakes Instrumental RZA5 1635 Brooklyn Zoo II Tiger Crane Instrumental RZA4 5836 Proteck Ya Neck II The Zoo Instrumental RZA3 5937 Dirty Dancin Instrumental RZA2 4638 Harlem World Instrumental Big Dore6 2239 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Extended Version Instrumental RZA3 3940 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Studio Ton Remix Instrumental RZA4 3941 Brooklyn Zoo Lord Digga Remix Instrumental Lord DiggaThe Witchdoc4 0042 Brooklyn Zoo Lord Digga Remix JonesLord DiggaThe Witchdoc4 0643 Shimmy Shimmy Ya Extended Mix A Capella JonesDiggs 3 27Total length 171 14Personnel editMusicians edit Ol Dirty Bastard assistant engineer mixing producer vocals RZA producer mixing vocals Ghostface Killah GZA Masta Killa Method Man Raekwon Killah Priest Sunz Of Man Brooklyn Zu vocals Buddha Monk vocals mixing Big Dore producer vocalsAdditional edit Big Dore producer True Master producer Ethan Ryman producer engineer John Wydrycs Tim Latham engineer mixing Jimmie Lee Jack Hersca engineer assistant engineer Deden Sumandani mixing Martin Czembor assistant engineer mixing David Sealy Jay Nicholas assistant engineer Alli art direction Danny Clinch photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Chart 1995 Peak positionCanada Top Albums CDs RPM 18 48UK Dance Albums Music Week 19 1US Billboard 200 20 7US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 21 2Weekly chart performance for Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Chart 2023 Peak positionHungarian Albums MAHASZ 22 32 Year end charts edit 1995 year end chart performance for Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Chart 1995 PositionUS Billboard 200 23 149US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 24 32Certifications editCertifications for Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Region Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 25 Silver 60 000 United States RIAA 26 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Accolades edit signifies unordered listsPublication Country Accolade Year RankBlender United States 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die citation needed 2003 Ego Trip Hip Hop s 25 Greatest Albums by Year 1980 98 citation needed 1999 4Hip Hop Connection United Kingdom The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995 2005 citation needed 2005 32Les Inrockuptibles France Albums of the Year citation needed 1995 Muzik United Kingdom Albums of the Year citation needed 1995 15Ned Raggett United States The Top 136 Albums of the Nineties citation needed 1999 87Pop Sweden Albums of the Year citation needed 1995 14The Source United States The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time citation needed 1998 Spex Germany The 100 Albums of the Century citation needed 1999 67Albums of the Year citation needed 1995 1The Village Voice United States Albums of the Year citation needed 1995 39References edit Snow Shauna MORNING REPORT Los Angeles Times April 6 1995 RIAA search Return to the 36 Chambers RIAA Retrieved 2010 08 16 Huey Steve Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Ol Dirty Bastard AllMusic Retrieved February 26 2010 Johnson Martin May 4 1995 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers Elektra Chicago Tribune Retrieved February 26 2010 Christgau Robert 2000 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s St Martin s Griffin ISBN 0 312 24560 2 Retrieved February 26 2010 Mukherjee Tiarra March 31 1995 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on May 31 2012 Retrieved February 26 2010 Hunt Dennis April 16 1995 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Elektra Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 26 2010 Pearce Sheldon March 29 2020 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Pitchfork Retrieved March 29 2020 Toure April 20 1995 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Rolling Stone Archived from the original on November 22 2001 Retrieved October 31 2016 Wolk Douglas 2004 Ol Dirty Bastard In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster p 602 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 a b c Hall Matt May 1995 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Select No 59 p 99 Poluhoff Nicholas May 1995 Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version The Source No 68 pp 65 66 Columnist Review snippets Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version mymusic com Retrieved 2010 08 16 Traynor Cian 30 March 2015 Keepin It Dirty A celebration of ODB s Return to the 36 Chambers Retrieved 6 January 2023 Pearce Sheldon 29 March 2020 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Retrieved 6 January 2023 Ol Dirty Bastard 1995 Return To The 36 Chambers The Dirty Version booklet Elektra WMG GEFD 24971 Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Ol Dirty Bastard AllMusic Retrieved April 19 2020 Top RPM Albums Issue 9143 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved May 27 2022 Dance Albums PDF Music Week 8 April 1995 p 19 Retrieved May 27 2022 via World Radio History Ol Dirty Bastard Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved November 30 2020 Ol Dirty Bastard Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved November 30 2020 Album Top 40 slagerlista 2023 17 het in Hungarian MAHASZ Retrieved May 5 2023 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1995 Billboard Retrieved November 30 2020 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Year End 1995 Billboard Retrieved November 30 2020 British album certifications Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers British Phonographic Industry Retrieved August 12 2022 American album certifications Ol Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 Chambers Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved April 22 2017 External links editReturn To The 36 Chambers The Dirty Version at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version amp oldid 1208588410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
