Ol' Dirty Bastard - Obey Me (Shash'U Remix) **UNRELEASED TRACK

[FeLo]

Earlier this year, RZA was exploring the archives of tapes stashed at the Wu Mansion when he came across the unreleased ODB recording.

The single from the late Wu-Tang Clan legend, “Obey Me,” (remixed by Shash’U) can be heard here.

The original track, along with another remix by High Klassified (Fools Gold Records), is embedded in a limited edition Boombot REX speaker and is now available through www.Boombotix.com and Zumiez stores.

The video features Ol' Dirty Bastard Jr. with special cameo from Shash'U and was shot and edited by @ManuallFocus Media.

[Rev Jones]

tnx FeLo

feels great to hear some unreleased ODB

beat is okay too

[JZA/Jordon]

That video and track need to go back into a vault.. forever

[mAlAkAz]

i wanna hear the original produced by RZA

[DR. NICK RIVIERA]

it was in the vault for a reason

[habitual_line_steppr]

this was actually a lot better than i expected from the comments previous... better than half the stuff on the ason unique album

[ShaDynasty]

Yeah the beat is cool but I don't think it fits the song that well.

The hook "bitches better obey me" leaves a bit of a sour taste too. Maybe it made more sense in its original incarnation?

[conrad]

the video was shot in my building... It's in Long Island City, NY

[Rev Jones]

RZA released today (November 11) “Obey Me,” a song he and producer Buddha Monk produced for Ol’ Dirty Bastard in 1994. They were working on ODB’s debut solo album, 1995’s Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, when they recorded "Obey Me."

"He was fuckin' buggin' out on this song that night,” RZA says of Ol’ Dirty Bastard during an interview with Rolling Stone. "Dirty felt that anything he made was supposed to be released. I was more critical of what we released. And even though some people may listen to his first album and go, 'Shit, this is crazy, this song fits right in.' To me, there was a method to the madness of what we did. And with the stuff that didn't make the album, there was a clear reason why in the narrative of what I was striving to create with his style.”

Ol’ Dirty Bastard died of a drug overdose in 2004. Prior to that, the Wu-Tang Clan, of which both RZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard are members, had emerged as one of Rap’s most successful and influential collectives.
Listening to “Obey Me,” which was originally titled “Bitches Better Obey Me,” took RZA back the group’s early collaborations.

"This was just us creating with the freedom of making music and this song is definitely a glimpse into that mindset,” says RZA, who also refers to ODB as Ason. "I'm hearing Ason just be Ason and that's something I miss from him. It reminds you of the unity and camaraderie of the Wu-Tang. We cross-pollinated ourselves so much because there was a brotherhood, a community of unity of hip-hop. And this song gives me a glimpse on what made us unique and great."