Nigga Please

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Nigga Please
Nigga Please cover
Studio album by Ol' Dirty Bastard
Released September 14, 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Hip hop
Length 47:48
Label Elektra Records
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Producer RZA, Irv Gotti
The Neptunes
Buddha Monk
DL
True Master
Professional reviews
Ol' Dirty Bastard chronology
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
(1995)		 Nigga Please
(1999)		 The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones
(2002)

Nigga Please is the second album by American hip hop artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan Ol' Dirty Bastard, released on September 14, 1999.

The working title of the album was Black Man Is God, the White Man Is the Devil. [1]

Contents

[edit] Album information

Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose erratic behavior (including crashing the Grammy Awards of 1998 and multiple legal altercations) had earned him a reputation as a particularly wild and eccentric member of the Wu-Tang Clan. His vocal style was garbled and often arrhythmic and his lyrics tended to be free form; in spite of its inaccessibility, Nigga Please was a critical and commercial success, and remains a popular solo album in the Wu-Tang Clan's discography.

Nigga Please peaked at #2 and #10 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and the Billboard 200, respectively.

[edit] Reception

Professional reviews:

  • Rolling Stone (10/14/99, pp.119,127) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...the ultimate guilty pleasure. This is African-American nihilism at its most resolute and shamelessly hilarious....hysterical and mad-brilliant."
  • Spin (11/99, pp.184-5) - 8 out of 10 - "...[a] dazzling, daffy album....ODB works hard to invite you into his head. It's a strange place."
  • Entertainment Weekly (9/17/99, pp.77-8) - "...agreeably funky in a Stax/Volt kind of way....it sounds as if [O.D.B.] stumbled in off the street and began ranting about whatever popped into his mind....[Nigga Please] is a fascinating snapshot of a deeply conflicted man..." - Rating: C+
  • Alternative Press (1/00, p.96) - 3 out of 5 - "...the individual tracks are greater than the sum of its parts. Ol' Dirty is a twisted seer who speaks in metaphors and isn't afraid to let his mind state hang out in the air."
  • The Wire (10/01, p.48) - "The mood here is desperate, as Ol' Dirty breaks down in front of the mic."
  • CMJ (1/10/00, p.22) - Included in CMJ's "Beat Box '99 Top 5" - "ODB howls like the ghetto Captain Beefheart with a serious God complex. Possibly the strangest rap album ever made."
  • Vibe (11/99, pp.185-6) - "Nigga Please, is the biggest, baddest, best record of the year, maybe of the past few years - a biblical storm set to funk beats....Not since Ozzy Osbourne's heyday has a musical artist done evil so well....as touching at times as it is offensive at others."
  • The Source (11/99, pp.213-4) - 4 mics out of 5 - "...a solid, non-formulaic, hip-hop album with major label push....Like his quasi-namesake [Jesus] from a couple of thousand years back, he's willing to sacrifice his life for this...Either that or the nigga 'is' crazy."
  • Rap Pages (12/99, pp.149-50) - "Ol' Dirty is one long interlude intertwined with the actual songs....ODB is one of a kind - you just can't hate him or hate on him." - Rating: C

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Recognize" (featuring Chris Rock) (produced by The Neptunes)
  2. "I Can't Wait" (produced by Irv Gotti)
    • Samples "Theme From TJ Hooker" by Mark Snow
  3. "Cold Blooded" (Produced by The Neptunes) (cover of a Rick James song)
  4. "Got Your Money" (featuring Kelis) (produced by The Neptunes)
  5. "Rollin' Wit You" (produced by Irv Gotti)
  6. "Gettin' High" (featuring 12 O'Clock, La The Darkman, Shorty Shit Stain) (produced by Buddha Monk)
  7. "You Don't Want to Fuck With Me" (Produced by The Neptunes)
  8. "Nigga Please" (produced by RZA)
  9. "Dirt Dog" (produced by Buddha Monk)
  10. "I Want Pussy" (produced by RZA)
  11. "Good Morning Heartache" (featuring Lil' Mo) (produced by Flavahood)
  12. "All in Together Now" (produced by True Master)
  13. "Cracka Jack" (produced by RZA) (unlisted 13th song on the album)

[edit] Charting singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America) 1999 Got Your Money Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 19 1999 Got Your Money Rhythmic Top 40 No. 4 1999 Got Your Money Top 40 Tracks No. 35 1999 Got Your Money The Billboard Hot 100 No. 33 2000 Got Your Money The Billboard Hot 100 No. 26 2000 Got Your Money Hot Rap Singles No. 6 2000 Got Your Money Rhythmic Top 40 No. 5 2000 Got Your Money Top 40 Tracks No. 32

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