Sounds like some Killah-Bees flying around in the background

True ODB story...1993 Wu Tang's first time ever in Cali, a few months after releasing 36 chambers....There use to be this event called the Gavin Convention (3 day Hip Hop Show Case). This particular year it was held in San Francisco,Ca, with showcases through out the Bay Area. I was in college and hosted a college radio show and some how came up on backstage passes in order to get "drops" from recording artist for my particular show. How I knew it was there 1st time ever in Cali?....While chopping it up with The GZA and getting hella "drop sound bites" from him, He said "Yo, this is our first time ever coming to Cali and we had no idea we had love like that". Anyways, after about a 30 min convo the homie GZA blessed me with some tickets to see the Wu perform in Oakland the following day. Mind you, at that point the only Wu membersI saw was GZA and Shyhiem the rugged child.(who must have been 15yrs old). The following night I'm at this little hole in the wall club in Oakland,Ca. The spot had a main club area and a smaller adjacent vip type area. I'm posted up dolo in the small VIP spot which had a small Bar but also had a DJ spinning beats. Roughly about 8 people total in there with 3 of them being these local cats standing in front of me in a cypher busting freestyles to the beats. About 10 minuets later I hear the DJ say "We got the Wu Tang in the house". I look towards to bar area and it was all 9 members, plus Poppa Wu and about 15 fine bitches real talk. i see GZA, he nods what up from a distance, I nod back like good looking on the tiks mane. THEN........I see the "OLD DIRTY FUCKIN BASTARDS" who is walking towards me, looking directly at me like he was coming to holla. ODB had on a very stained and wrinkled white T on. I'm talking very dirty, very wrinkled, stains all over it and he was sweating like a moufucka, just pouring sweat. It was odd because all the other members were dressed Wu Tang Fly. He gets like 3 steps from me, turns and head into the lil freestyle cypher which was right in front of me. After hearing about 2 bars from who ever was spitten ODB unleashed retarded drunken style animated theatrical bars at these dudes. Till this day I've never ever scene ANYBODY rhyme like that, completely invaded personal space, It was personal too because he walked up on each one, his face inches from there's. Spit coming out, sweat coming out.....and he was literally hella dirty. Papa Wu comes over and grabs him. Papa Wu emphatically apologizes to the 3 dudes for ODB'S behavior and pulls ODB to the bar area. I could over hear the other Wu cats get at him about "always buggin and fuckin shit up and to chill the fuck out. Think he chilled? NOPE. After telling the other members to fuck off and mind your own fuckin bussiness AND after Papa Wu turned his head this nigga ODB walked right back over to the cypher and got at these dudes AGAIN. But this time he was really on that ODB Drunk style shit, AGAIN...hella hand and body motions, all up in each one grill dam near kissing em(no homo), spit flying, sweat flying, I'm talking SUPER WET SUPER DIRTY ASS WHITE T SHIRT and lyrically fuckin these dudes up saying the most bizzare chit off beat shit. AGAIN...Pappa Wu see's him and comes snatch him up( and a gives the 3 dudes a very very sincere apology on Wu Tangs behalf AGAIN).... TRILL SHIT......after the same rigamaro as before with the other members this nigga creeps off again walks towards these 3 dudes to fuck em up some more, but Papa Wu see's him and grab him before he get to em and tells ODB, "Nigga, knock it off right now before i FUCK YOU UP". ODB says to Papa WU ok and post up right beside me....BUT he faced the wall, I had my back to the wall. I'm just knowing the nigga was gonna try to get at me on some shit because he is ON ONE and standing right next to me. I don't look at him or acknowledge him but i can hear the nigga rhyming, so I turn and peep him. MY NIGGA IS FACING A BRICK WALL LIKE HE ON DETENTION, RHYMING/BATTLING THE WALL, FULL BLOWN SWEAT, SPIT FLYING AND CURSING, THEATRICAL, HAND AND BODY MOTIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT SAYING SOME DOPE SHIT. This goes on for about 10 min no lie. Then I hear the DJ say "WU TANG TO THE STAGE"....By this time it's about 30-40 people in the VIP Spot. Trill shit.....All 40 plus people plus all 9 Wu Members walk out the VIP to the main club area and ALL of us go on stage. Shit was incredible......but wait we are talking ODB! They did'nt have a DJ, instead they performed off a "DAT" tape (pre recorded instrumentals). Not sure what the 1st song was, but ODB had the 1st verse. About 4 bars into his verse the DAT tape stopped. ODB has a fuckin fit. RZA rewinds the tape and ODB starts spitten. 8 bars in same thing, tape stop. AGAIN ODB flashes, says he gonna kill the sound man(RZA) and demands that the tape be rewind so that he can get his shit off. In fact he says "AIN'T NO FUCKIN BODY ROCKIN UNLESS THE TAPE IS REWIND SO THAT HE CAN GET HIS SHIT OFF! Mind you, he was dripping sweat and hella dirty. NO BODY WAS TRYING TO EVEN STAND CLOSE TO HIM( Wu niggas included) After trying to fix the DAT TAPE for a good 5 min RZA was like fuck it...NEXT SONG. Other Wu niggas nodded in agreement, but ODB was not having it. My nigga goes off on a drunken/high tangent about how the other members always be hating on him, about the people are here to actually see him, NOT the other niggas.....and more importantly "FUCK THAT SHIT GOD, IF I DON'T SPLASH MY VERSE, AIN'T NO BODY SPLASHING" Niggas was trying to grab his mic an all. Mind you, we/they been on stage a good 15 min now. I see METH talking to Pappa Wu in discuse and then Pappa Wu walks up to ODB and whisper something in his ear. ODB then pauses, looks around then slams the MIC on the stage, breaking it and says" Aight, it's like that my nigga, ok fuck all ya'll bitch ass niggas then, I'm out back to my hotel room.....but yo....which one of ya'll fine Cali bitches wanna come get high with Ason Unique?....and literally bounced out with 4 bitches. THEN....ALL I HEARD WAS" M.E.T.H.O.D MAN " coming from the sound system and the crowed went funkin ballistic in OAKLAND CALIF. SHIT HAPPENED 25 YRS AGO...BEEN AROUND HIP HOP 30YRS....TO THIS DAY MY MOST FAVORITE/MEMORABLE MOMENT IN HIP HOP. THANK YOU ASON UNIQUE...I SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES, HE REALLY REALLY WAS AN OLD DIRTY BASTARD!

When ODB said "Ima give it to you raw" and the interview chick was like "yea give it to me raw" lol my eyes watered

It's weird seeing GZA talk the most and ODB and RZA being the quiet one's. Awesome footage

ODB is so calm and thoughtful in this interview…it's tough to say this because I love ODB and his energy he brought to the world, but it's said to see what drugs can do to a person mentally and physically. Comparing this interview to some of his final interviews is sad for me. True legend tho

"How can I put it, life is like video footage, directors, they never understood it" - RZA my all time favorite rap verse ever

GZA was already polished in 91, smooth seamless flow, ill lyrical content

This is the nucleus of Wu Tang three cousins

she was feeling u too GZA

ODB before the drugs was a cool calm kid…gza is a born lyricist, that freestyle was dope!!!

This whole interview was geniusly hilarious, I can watch this over and over again

GZA had that look in his eye..... lmao.

Man hard to believe just 2 years later they'd completely change the landscape of hip-hop forever not to mention drastically improve their own abilities.

The GZA free styling on a public access program in 1991. Still better than anything that is being released today.

Gza gave her the come do me line aggressive lol

Daaaayum GZA was the best since day one. Show me anyone who could slay mc's like him.

I wonder if these guys knew at the time they were 2 years away from releasing the greatest hip hop album of all time.

Seeing the God Ason aka ODB like this he’s so calm. It’s crazy how fame and the pressure can amplify any type stress or drug use. He was dealing with a lot after Protect ya neck. RIP Ason.

Gza kicked a rhyme from Wu tang forever in 91. ice cold

Here after watching Wu Tang : An American Saga

Humble beginnings for real 😂 who would’ve thought all three would become legends.

Seeing ODB here is like seeing Tom Riddle before he became Voldemort.

'91 was a great year for music. Right before the gangster ish started & rap still had a message. New Jack Swing beats, crazy bright clothes...just classic. (I was in 1st grade then, lol).

GZA is one of the best ever

That freestyle was dope asf🔥🔥🔥

GZA barely looked elsewhere besides that chick. The thirst was strong in him. lol

“The way I come off on the mic is attractive I could make a quadriplegic hyperactive With lyrics of friction causing mics to spark My style couldn’t be bitten by a shark” Whewwwww 🔥🔥🔥

Whaaaat. ODB the BeatBoxer ?? Pure gold. Thank God for KZfaq !!!!

GZA... Not only a genius but cool af at the same time.

Cap guy: when you want to be on TV and get famous but also you got warrants

Gza was with Cold Chillin Records. Words From The Genius!! Prince Rakim ODB R.I.P.

Gza was looking at ma like a snack lol.

Gza swiched the rhyme from Words From a Genius, to this freestyle, to Severe Punishment... CLASSIC WORDSMITH always buildin'...

Gza: "We was almost born rhymin." Makes sense to me!

ODB is so much different here

gza's freestyle alone is better than anything mainstream rappers today could even write. that shit was tight.

Gza freestyle was tight, he got great vocabulary skills

love the style each one is coppin at this time . and it's almost as if you can feel the comraderee between them, there friendship

I was 1 year old when they did this interview and yes RZA is my father!

That kool How Gza brought his fam thru for a solo interview

wow that Gza freestyle was epic and pg-13 clean . now i know why they call Gza the Genius .

RIP to the drunken master!!

tearing up partys waxing mc's lol

In his rawest form he still sounds good. That's lasting value.

4:16 GZA WAS A SAVAGE. "What kind of style did you like? " GZA: "None o them"

it's insane to see just how much crack ruined ODB's life

:46 ODB calmly telling how each of them was the dopest emcee in bedstuy, east Brooklyn, and staten island

GZA, Guru, Rakim, Big L, Pun, Treach, BDK, DOOM, Redman, Biggie, Nas and Slick Rick the greatest emcees.

damn!!!! GZA 91 freestyle just took out what most rap cats say on there whole album in 2011!!!

Wu-Tang episode 1 in Hulu made me want to watch this history

it’s crazy to grow up with the wu n to see the show that’s out now then to come to this hidden gem. wish more ppl got to see this side of them. especially odb i mean he was a thoughtful creative human being ppl act like they forgot that

She is a very good interviewer. Super informed and respectful.

Yoooo this is too smooth yo, Hip Hop Could Never Die, Cause Wu Tang Is Forever !

that freestyle was so casual and cool

THIS IS WHEN THEY WERE "ALL IN TOGETHER NOW!" WHICH WAS BASICALLY THE GROUP THAT STARTED WU TANG

GZA already got his GZA-Flow like in his primetime.

The Genius... you can tell the era that influenced him... spoken so clearly with no tolerance for sucka emcees.... gotta love it

I would give anything for a time traveling Delorean to fly back to the golden era and watch Wu-Tang change the game from G-Funk to Strait lyricism and grimy beats. I would tell Biggie to lay low after the Source Awards. I would warn Pac not to go downstairs at that studio and I would tell Nas to keep up the good work. Wu-Tang first 7 albums were all classics. No rap crew has influenced hip-hop quite like they did.

That freestyle in the end is sick!

Throwback! Gotta watch the older gods later on! Long Live ODB!🙏🤟🍾💯

'let me tell you about the genius, I have a style of my own, my hands are like vice grips holding a microphone' always loved the genius' flow..

All In Together Now

This is the calmest I have seen ODB he also looks quite handsome

Peace to all public access TV shows from ny to la.alot dope groups had their first break. I remember all great live 30 minute hip hop shows in Los Angeles.

gza just goes of with an intellectual flow

I just watched the Mics and Men documentary brought me here. I had to watch this interview in its entirety. 😂 GZA was hilarious. The interviewer said: “I like that” GZA: “Do YOU? (I bet you do like it girl 😂) Wu Tang is for the children! 🙌🏾

R.I.P. O.D.B. aka Ason Unique aka Dirt Dog aka Dirt McGirt!!!🎧🎧🎧🎵🎵🎵🎤🎤🎤🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗

I like a video like this, when ODB was being himself, chilling and joking. Overall, a nice vibe from everybody

Damn Gza!! Genius got them with his mind....love da game!!

6:55 GZA SNAPS

That was so smooth

GZA Kiiiiiiiiiillef that freestyle!

dang why the video clipped out??! I was waiting to see the Asan slide! ODB!! rip

I remember " Come Do Me " and " Prince Rakeem. Who knew that a few years later they would add 6 more members and chop heads off with their Wu Tang Swords!!

Gza influenced ALL of yo top 5 mc's, quiet as kept.

Wow. Gza's style THEN is much like his style NOW, and I mean that in a GOOD way. Even"pre" Wu, his lyrical blade was sharp. We now also see The RZA, The GZA, and ODB (with many other unseen investors in the background I'm quite sure) was really putting in the foot work for the foundation of what would soon become........ The Wu Tang Clan.

interviews were so much more chilled and respectful back then...so different to today's overhyped, overstyled programmes

Rza 22, ODB 23, and GZA 24 while young Meth was 19 years old.

Gza was shining on this one here....lol.....He look like a 17 old male of Africa/ American decent but he uses his words in a way youd expect to hear from a 90 year old Asian . He seems like a cool cat.

6:05 - 6:15 went on to be the 2nd half of Gza's verse in "Severe Punishment" on Wu Tang Forever.

The interviewer is my mom 😂

Dirty's "Just Rhymin' With Biz" beatbox is pretty nice. He's got the grunt down.

The one thing I love about this interview is that, That's blood, family. Gza, Rza & ODB. R.I.P. ODB!

That freestyle beats anything you hear now

Wu-Tang blood kin, for real. GZA, RZA, and ODB are real-life blood cousins. #RIPODB #WuTangForever 👊💜🙏👌💯

I can clearly remember listening to Protect ya neck back in the summer of '92 on underground rap radio then a few mouth later the video comes out and it was like a bomb had been set off in New York. METHOD MAN hits radio nation wide followed by 36 Chamber it was a wrap. Wu murdered the rap game it was a full scale sound assault on the masses. Wow that kinda energy will never be felt again in Hip Hop. Impossible today to duplicate what they did back in the early 90's their timing was perfect.

GZA's freestyle is better than most of modern hiphop combined.

Geezus! Bro how have I never seen this and this has been here for 11 years. GZA has ridiculous skills.

ODB GZA and RZA were cousins.

I love how there is little applaud for the frestyle, proves back then there were high standards.. anyway Gza killed it

Could it be Ghostface? He was around in the early pre-Wu days and was also RZAs room mate for a while.

5:10 - "Ill give it to ya Raw" ODB...... R.I.P.!! Baby Girl remember that line 4 years from then and probably blushed.

"Shit is too swift to bite you record and write it down"

5:30 GZA's freestyle and ODB's-R.I.P. beetboxing is epic :)

GZA gave shorty the Come Do Me look

haha ODB: "I always had a funky style when it comes to dancing, Ive got this dance called Ason..." man this is for me the best rapper ever!! RIP

The Genius!!!

People be talking so much trash about who the guy in the cap is. That is not meth or cappadona people, it's killah sins older brother who went on to run wu wear. He also played a role in belly.

interviewer got her thrills when gza started spittn

GZA always keepin it cool af.