Ol' Dirty Bastard (1,910 views)

[rootyrootz]

Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15th, 1968 - November 13th, 2004)
Voice type: Ol' Dirty Baritone
Vocal range: C♯2 - B5
Associated act: Wu-Tang Clan

Significant High Notes:

B5: "All In Together Now"
A5: "Harlem World"
E5: "I Can't Wait", "Recognize", "Rollin' Wit You"
E♭5: “Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)”, “Cracker Jack”, “Dirty & Grimy”, "For the Money", "Good Morning Heartache", “Got Your Money”, “Ol’ Dirty’s Back”, “You Don’t Want to Fuck with Me”
D5: "Dirty Dancin", Hot 97 Freestyle, "I Can't Wait", "Where's Your Money"
C♯5: “Cracker Jack”, "Dirty the Moocher", “Dog Shit”, “Don’t U Know”, Freestyle on Westwood 1995, “Hippa to da Hoppa”, “Nuttin’ but Flavor”, "Show & Prove", “So Good” So Dirty Remix, “Wreck (Mankind Theme)”
C5: "Build Me Up", “Conditioner”, “Coochie”, “Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)”, “Good Morning Heartache”, "Got Your Money", “Operator”, “Rollin’ Wit You”, “Snakes”, “Work for Me”
B4: “Blah Blah Blah”, “Cuttin’ Headz”, “Dirty & Grimy”, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, “Goin’ Down”, "Ruckus in B Minor", "Where's Your Money", "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"
B♭4: "Bitches", “Black Widow Pt. 2”, “Dirts the Boogie”, “Don’t Hurt Me”, “Everytime”, “For the Money”, “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)”, "Good Morning Heartache", "Got Your Money", “I Want Pussy”, “Keep the Receipt”, “Lift Ya Skirt”, "Maria", “Nowhere to Run”, “Operator”, “Recognize”, “Reunited”, "Snakes", “Some Girls (Dance With Women)", “When You Hear That”, “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” The World Wide Remix, “You Don’t Want to Fuck with Me”
A4: “Build Me Up”, “Coochie”, “Dirty Mef”, “Dirty & Thirsty”, "Dirty the Moocher", "Drug Free", “Goin’ Down”, “Intro”, “Kiss of a Black Widow”, “N**** Please”, “Raw Hide”, “Shining Star”, “Sussudio”, “Violence”, "Where's Your Money, “Who Rock This”, “Work for Me”
G♯4: “Break That”, “Brooklyn Zoo”, “Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)”, “Cold Blooded”, “Damage”, “Da Mystery of Chessboxin”, “Dirt Dog”, “Doe Rae Wu”, "Dog Shit", “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, “Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)”, Freestyle on Westwood 1995, “Give It to Ya Raw”, “Harlem World”, “Hip Hop Drunkies”, “How Ya Feelin”, “If You Don’t Know”, “Intoxicated”, “Keep the Receipt”, “Not For Télévision” Remix, “Obey Me”, “Ol’ Dirty’s Back”, “Old Man”, “Pop Shit”, "Show & Prove", “So Good” So Dirty Remix, “Triumph”, “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” The World Wide Remix
G4: “16th Chamber”, "All In Together Now", “Baby C’mon”, “Blah Blah Blah”, "Brooklyn Zoo", Buddha Monk & ODB on Westwood 1995, “Danger Zone”, "Dirty the Moocher", “Don’t U Know Part 2”, "Drug Free", “Fantasy”, “Fix” Main Mix version, “Flashlight” The GrooveMasters’ Mix, “Got’s Like Come On Thru”, Hot 97 Freestyle, “Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo”, “Ruckus in B Minor”, “Shame On a N****”, “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”, “Slow Flow”, Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Freestyle 1995, “Strictly Hip-Hop”, “Toxic”, "Whatever” Tumbling Dice Radio Remix
F♯4: “Crash Your Crew”, "Do the Damn Thing", "Duel of the Iron Mic", “Give It to Ya Raw”, "Goin' Down", “Heaterz”, “Intoxicated”, "Nowhere to Run", “Nuttin’ but Flavor”, “Obey Me”, “Ol’ Dirty’s Back”, "Pop Shit", “Pop Shots”, “Reunited”, “Skrilla”, “The Stomp”, “Thirsty”, “Wreck (Mankind Theme)”, "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"
F4: “As High as Wu-Tang Get”, “Cold Blooded”, “Damage”, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, “Dirty Dancin”, “Da Mystery of Chessboxin”, "Harlem World", “Hippa to da Hoppa”, “How Ya Feelin”, “If You Don’t Know”, “Lift Ya Skirt”, “Old Man”, "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", "Triumph", “You Nasty”

Significant Low Notes:

E♭3: "All In Together Now", “Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)”, "Dirt Dog", “Doe Rae Wu”, “Don’t U Know”, “Everytime”, “For the Money”, Freestyle on Westwood 1995, “Harlem World”, "Hippa to da Hoppa", "Maria", “Not For Télévision” Remix, “Nowhere to Run”, “Obey Me”, “Ol’ Dirty’s Back”, “Rollin’ Wit You”
D3: “Blah Blah Blah”, “Brooklyn Zoo”, “Cuttin’ Headz”, “Da Mystery of Chessboxin”, “Intro”, “Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo”, “Shining Star”, “The Stomp”, “Sussudio”, “Who Rock This”
C♯3: “Back in the Air”, “Black Widow Pt. 2”, “Cracker Jack”, "Dog Shit", “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)”, "Hippa to da Hoppa”, Hot 97 Freestyle, “I Want Pussy”, “Nuttin’ but Flavor”, "Reunited", “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” The World Wide Remix
C3: “All In Together Now”, Buddha Monk & ODB on Westwood 1995, "Build Me Up", "Cold Blooded", “Don’t U Know Part 2”, “Flashlight” The GrooveMasters’ Mix, “For the Money”, “Got Your Money”, “Maria”, “Protect Ya Neck”, "Rollin' Wit You", “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
B2: “Cuttin’ Headz”, “Goin’ Down”, “N**** Please”, “So Good” So Dirty Remix, “The Stomp II”, Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Freestyle 1995, "Whatever” Tumbling Dice Radio Remix, "Where's Your Money"
B♭2: “96 Recreation”, "Cold Blooded", “Cracker Jack”, "Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)", “Good Morning Heartache”, “Harlem World”, Hot 97 Freestyle, “Protect Ya Neck”, "Reunited"
A2: "Conditioner”, “Dirty Dancin”, “Intro”, “Prepare for the Buddha Monk”
G♯2: "Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)", Freestyle on Westwood 1995, “Good Morning Heartache”, “Prepare for the Buddha Monk”, “So Good” So Dirty Remix, “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” The World Wide Remix
G2: “Baby C’mon”, “Build Me Up”, “Dirty Dancin”, "Dirty the Moocher", “Don’t U Know Part 2”, "Drug Free", “Intro”
F♯2: “Goin’ Down”, "Obey Me", "So Good" So Dirty Remix
F2: "Cold Blooded", “Conditioner”
E2: "Dirty the Moocher"
C♯2: "Dog Shit"

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}E♭6: "All In Together Now"^[1]
C6: "Build Me Up"^[2], "Got Your Money"^[2]
G♯5: “16th Chamber”^{[1, 3]}
G5: "Blah Blah Blah"^{[1, 2]}, “Work for Me”^[2]
F5: “Don’t U Know”^[1]
E5: "Where's Your Money"^[1]
E♭5: “Cold Blooded”^[1], "Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)"^[1], "Hippa to da Hoppa"^[1], "Operator"^[5], “Snakes”^[5]
D5: "Drug Free"^[1], “The Stomp”^{[1, 3]}, "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"^{[1, 4]}
C♯5: “Cuttin’ Headz”^[3]
C5: “Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check” The World Wide Remix^[1]

A2: Buddha Monk & ODB on Westwood 1995^[1]
G♯2: Hot 97 Freestyle^[1], “Raw Hide”^[1]
F2: "Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)"^[1]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacruses and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Summary}With eerie yet exuberant flows, Ol' Dirty Bastard truly had "no father to his style." His name told you what to generally expect from his profoundly crass lyrics, but his bizarre vocal delivery was what made him one of the most memorable emcees of Wu-Tang. He would sing-rap in a rugged baritone and often employ an aggressive vibrato. That is, when he wasn't screaming at you. His influence is still felt today, for instance I don't know if there would be a Young Thug if ODB had not paved the way for deranged melodic rap. Only difference is that we get to hear him without the invasive autotune that defines contemporary hip-hop.

Quick thank you to Electric Mami for explaining overtones to a noob 
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Blue marks light head voice or falsetto notes.
Green marks harsh or distorted notes.
Bold marks notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Italics mark non-sung or non-melodic notes.
Underlines mark backing vocals, harmonies or notes otherwise obscured in the song's mix.

[Baronessa]

May 11, 2024 0:25:41 GMT rootyrootz said:

E♭6: “Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber”

Nooo

[rootyrootz]

May 11, 2024 1:02:18 GMT Baronessa said:

May 11, 2024 0:25:41 GMT rootyrootz said:

E♭6: “Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber”

Nooo

What is that? An overtone?

[noone94]

Oh ODB, he was a crazy fucker but he was funny. Great job on this thread though.

[rootyrootz]

May 11, 2024 1:38:25 GMT noone94 said:

Oh ODB, he was a crazy fucker but he was funny. Great job on this thread though.

Thank you! He truly was deranged and we love him for it

Thread is nowhere near complete! I'm just bad at formatting, the discography will be up later

[Baronessa]

May 11, 2024 1:07:52 GMT rootyrootz said:

May 11, 2024 1:02:18 GMT Baronessa said:

Nooo

What is that? An overtone?

I have no clue what it is lmao

But yeah let's go with that.

[Gilad]

Nice job on the thread! You'll want to go into the code and fix the colors

just replace (color="#00000") with (color="green") or (color="blue")

Also, I'd personally count that green B5 as a B4, and that F5 as E5

[Electric Mami]

The E♭6 scream is a D5 with some accidental overtone, same goes for the other notes, B4 and B♭4. By the way I would personally only mention one note of the passage (the D5), it would overinclusion otherwise. Also the blue and green tints you used is totally okay, there's no mandatory colour tint for the threads, just one that's used in majority. Agreed about the F5 being an E5 as well

[rootyrootz]

May 11, 2024 15:32:26 GMT Electric Mami said:

The E♭6 scream is a D5 with some accidental overtone, same goes for the other notes, B4 and B♭4. By the way I would personally only mention one note of the passage (the D5), it would overinclusion otherwise. Also the blue and green tints you used is totally okay, there's no mandatory colour tint for the threads, just one that's used in majority. Agreed about the F5 being an E5 as well

What about the A5? Is that an overtone or a proper scream, to me the A5 is the main pitch I'm hearing

[Electric Mami]

The A5 sounds like it's the fundamental pitch to me as well

Oh by the way you don't need to mention overtones in the spoiler, you can just count them in the thread as the fundamental pitch

[rootyrootz]

May 11, 2024 17:48:15 GMT Electric Mami said:

The A5 sounds like it's the fundamental pitch to me as well

Oh by the way you don't need to mention overtones in the spoiler, you can just count them in the thread as the fundamental pitch

Ohh I misunderstood, I thought the lower pitches you mentioned were meant to be the ones listed on the thread

[Electric Mami]

It is what I meant, but like you don't need to mention the overtone in spoiler in addition, for instance the Kyo thread I have the C♯6 in “Juuyoku” counted so therefore I don't need to mention the C♯7 overtone in the questionable notes, also I'd say the green D5 (the one that has the sixth octave overtone) is fine counting personally, but yeah you don't need the B5 and the B♭5 (which are actually an octave lower) however, since you'd already have the D5 instead

[rootyrootz]

May 11, 2024 19:01:37 GMT Electric Mami said:

It is what I meant, but like you don't need to mention the overtone in spoiler in addition, for instance the Kyo thread I have the C♯6 in “Juuyoku” counted so therefore I don't need to mention the C♯7 overtone in the questionable notes, also I'd say the green D5 (the one that has the sixth octave overtone) is fine counting personally, but yeah you don't need the B5 and the B♭5 (which are actually an octave lower) however, since you'd already have the D5 instead

Okay, I read you now :) I think I'm going to include the B4 as a relevant distorted note, but spoil the D5 if that seems acceptable? It really seems closer to an E♭ to me and besides it's also rather brief, so maybe I'll just leave it out altogether. That resolution from B♭ (A♯) to B however seems very intentional to me