ODB: Return To Tha 36 Chambers: Tha Dirty Version

I have bought this album about 4 times now. I should make it clear that this isn't a Catcher in the Rye OCD thing. Rather, I just keep loosing the CD. I don't mind that much. I mean, if I have to give money to an artist, it better be ODB.

I first bought the LP back when it came out in '96 or so. It was the first year of college and i really hadn't explored the depths of the album until....

I must have been living with some roommates who had the CD, at any rate, someone threw on the most insanely hyped up track I had ever heard. A track that defied all rap conventions and broke barriers on every level. I am of course speaking of none other than the second bonus track, a.k.a. Harlem World.

This track is the sole reason I have purchased this album so many times on CD. I mean remember, I have the LP. But, as with many LPs, they fail to include bonus tracks (sigh). So what can ya do (rhetorical).

"Why then buy 3 copies of the CD" you ask, ah yes I got a bit off subject. Well it seems that this CD, much like ODB is prone to wander off and not be seen for years. Perhaps they were stolen by a group of roaming high school punks who knew of the potency of this album. Perhaps I left a copy at a friend's house and forgot about it. Or maybe, just maybe, they were abducted by aliens working in conjunction with the FBI and CIA and the Mussaad to conspire to rob the populous of one of the greatest gifts of art we have yet to receive (and of course stockpile them in Switzerland until WWIII). We may never know for sure.

What I do know is this album is super sweet and absolutely awesome. If you haven't got it, get it. If you have it protect it, you're bound to loose it sooner or later.

Can you guess the score? 1.000.000/1.000.000

All tracks have a quality to them that is undeniable, magnetic and ultra.

It will blow your mind.