The sons of Big Pun, Eazy E, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard celebrate their fathers’ legacies with this cheekily titled collaboration.

Cappadonna from the Wu-Tang explains what was going on when Old Dirty Bastard rushed the stage at the 1998 Grammys, explaining that he just wanted to show off his fresh suit. The rapper also addresses what he said on stage, and shares several other ODB stories, including one of him stealing the mic from Biggie at a show.

Tony Touch writes: “Let the countdown begin!!! Webisode #1
I will be releasing 50 Webisodes for the next 50 days of Exclusive behind the scenes footage from the Golden Era leading up to the release of “Piecemaker 3″ Return of the 50 MC’s. The album drops July 9, 2013 . This clip features Busta Rhymes,Old Dirty Bastard, CL Smooth, Rampage, 8 Off, back in 1994 at the Gavin Convention in New Orleans.”

Legendary Wu-Tang rapper Raekwon opened up about ODB’s death, revealing that he saw Dirty’s body when he died, and said he had a face of bravery. Raekwon also opened up about ODB’s drug use and how it affected the crew.

RZA stopped by Fuse TV to discuss his new movie “The Man with the Iron Fist,” the film’s soundtrack, and how ODB inspired Russell Crowe’s character.

In usual fashion, Quentin Tarantino’s next film, DJango Unchained, already has a Stellar cast attached to it, including Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, to name a few. RZA is the latest to join the crew, according to a report from Variety, and will portray the character Thaddeus, “a violent slave working on a Mississippi plantation”. This will mark the third time RZA has worked with Tarantino – first on the Kill Bill soundtrack, and more recently on his directorial debut, The Man With The Iron Fists.

Meanwhile, in other HollyWu-d news, there are reportedly two new films being worked on about Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

“There’s two things going on with the ODB situation,” RZA told The Playlist. “There’s ‘Dirty White Boy,’ [starring Micheal Kenneth Williams] which is about the manager of ODB, and his last two years. And there’s another one with a working title called, ‘Dirt: One Word Could Change The World,’ that his family is more involved with. His mother is involved with ‘Dirty White Boy.’ I’m involved with both, anything about his life, I want to help out with any capacity. His mother told me I should come in and help.”

“Maybe for [Dirty White Boy], I’ll score it, they told me they need someone to music supervise. I saw some pages where I’m in it. But you know how it is, movies gotta take a year to make it in a week, RZA said. “As far as ‘Dirt,’ that actually starts back when we was young. Me and [ODB] ran through this city, man, cutting school, stealin’ pretzels from the hot dog stand, being vagabonds, sleeping on the trains, drinking ’40s on the back of the A Train, rapping, getting chased by the police. It’s a coming of age story that me and him and a few of our cousins went through, Then it goes on into finally becoming Wu-Tang, going through that hell. And then it takes on his side of it, not my side. Seems like my trajectory was… a’ight, directing a movie after starting out as a high school drop-out trying to survive.” Asked if he has plans on directing either of these films, he is non-committal, saying, “I dunno, it depends. Right now I’m not, though.”

Studio Life: Raekwon & The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Discuss Rick Ross and O.D.B. from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.

In part 3 of “The Purple Tape” discussions between “Chef” Reakwon and The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Raekwon speaks on Old Dirty Bastard’s production ability as well as why Rick Ross is successful.

Actor Michael Kenneth Williams (best known for his role as Omar Little in The Wire) discusses his starring role as Hip Hop Legend ODB in an upcoming biopic, his involvement in R Kelly’s Trapped In The Closet musical soap opera, and speaks about working with Chris Rock in his film I Think I Love My Wife. Williams also addresses rumors that R Kelly will release more chapters of the series and says he would love to continue his involvement.

This kid might be a star. Reminds us of early Pharcyde, more than ODB.

Thanks to the Freedom Of Information Act, the FBI has released their file on one Russell Tyrone Jones, known to most as The Ol’ Dirty Bastard. This document is chock full of goodies, some of it true, some of it assumption, linking to Wu-Tang Clan to organized crime and gang activity. You can read the entire document for yourself here – or check a breakdown of it’s juiciest bits courtesy of The Daily Beast.

Yeah, it probably was not a great idea for Dirty to mention on MTV that he was on welfare while being signed to Loud.
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Available for pre-order now over at UGHH:

It’s safe to say that hip-hop has never seen an album like Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 1995 solo debut Return to the 36 Chambers. The brief glimpses of ODB’s unhinged genius provided by Wu-Tang Clan’s landmark Enter the Wu-Tang album two years earlier were begging to be expanded on to a larger canvas, and, with RZA guiding production, the album promised to give Dirty the creative license to make one of the most bizarre, entertaining and original LPs in hip-hop history. With his raspy, drunken flow and dark sense of humor, Dirty fearlessly attacks from all angles, throwing himself fearlessly into punchy rhyme attacks (“Damage,” with GZA), drugged-out party jams (the monster singles “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”) and bizarre, grimly hilarious fantasies of sex and violence (“Don’t U Know” and the R&B-tinged “Sweet Sugar Pie”). Backed by RZA’s appropriately gritty, dissonant beats and appearances from the Clan, Return became an instant hit, selling over 1 million copies and earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album in 1996. The album stands as a high water mark in the Wu-Tang Clan’s collective creative output and was selected as one of the Best 100 Rap Albums by The Source magazine in 1998. In honoring the legacy of one of hip-hop’s most innovative releases, Get On Down is proud to present this incredible and unique special edition of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version on double CD which contains the complete original album, remastered for optimal sound quality, plus a 13-track second disc featuring remixes, a capellas, instrumentals and rarities from the Return to the 36 Chambers sessions. The two-disc set comes packaged in a deluxe bill fold wallet, designed especially for this release, which includes a reproduction of the laminated food stamp card featured on the album’s iconic cover art. Also included are a vintage “On Tour” poster, promotion sticker, extended artwork and detailed liner notes.

Vinyl version also available.

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Ego Trip by-way-of J-Zone diggs (heh) up this vintage interview from New York public access TV of a pre-Wu-Tang era GZA, RZA, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard speaking on the “Word From The Genius” LP.

ODB “I give it to you raw, you know?”

A late addition from the OB4CL2, dedicated to ODB aka “Ason Jones” and produced by J Dilla. Directed by Kris Kinetik.

Reminiscing on the sixth year since O.D.B.’s passing, the young dirty bastard speaks on his pops.

North America / South America team up of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon deliver the first video from their recently released remix LP, The Big Bang. The video features all original artwork by Calma (aka Stephan Doitschinoff), was produced by Terence Teh and directed by Lorna T & Studio Giblets. Of the video, Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel) says, “Calma, Terence and Lorna blew our mind with this new video. It’s a Dante’s Inferno of Brazilian art which fits the song perfectly.”