Best Line Of ODB's "Brooklyn Zoo"

Brooklyyyyyyyn ZUH

Given that you didn't include an "All of the above" option.

"I drop science like girls be droppin babies"

Are we sure it's not "Cosby droppin' babies"?

Lyrics come from OHHLA, but I also have some questions - like, I always thought it was "comin' with deeper and more shit."

Sure it's "deeper and more shit", also the Cosby line, also thought the last line was "stepped up to" not "through to".

LOVE the way he delivers "before you knew a whole fuckin' lot".

"ra-a-ain"

lol internet lyrics sites. "I'm the one man army Ason?!??!?!?!?"

thats what dude says. ason unique is his name.

it's not cosby. dudes from bk don't pronounce the r in girls.

I thought it was "It's on". I always heard the other Ason as "Hey son". Oh well.

In February 1998, Jones witnessed a car accident from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend ran to the accident scene and organized about a dozen onlookers who assisted in lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital with second and third degree burns. Using a false name, Jones visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/17/050117ta_talk_agger

^^^despite the occasional "dude who doesn't know anything about rap writes about rap" error, this is one of my favourite pieces (obliquely) on ODB

lol internet lyrics sites. "I'm the one man army Ason?!??!?!?!?"

― Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:32 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats what dude says. ason unique is his name.

― and what, Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

baby, is it burnin? Well fuck it, now you're learnin

I KEEP PLANETS IN ORBIT.

^^^ i am leaning in this direction.

rappin-in is what's happenin'

Rhymes good as a Tastycake!

I'll always wonder if he was referring specifically to Tastykakes, my favorite line of junk food cookies...that he says "a tasty cake mix" sort of seems to work against that though.

ayo lets go phillies get me a fukkin tastykake

gotta be the chorus line. the delivery on "shame" and the delivery of "when * you * stepped * up * to" is beautiful music.

Doctor, thanks for answering my idle curiosity about the spelling -- I thought there were two K's, but I couldn't remember. We don't have them out here on the West Coast.

Used to eat them when I was in Virginia, though.

I only know them from cases my Uncle Rudy of Atlantic City would periodically send down south. Every variety a treat! As good as ODB's rhymes, maybe.

Introducin, yo FUCK that nigga's name!

such an amazing song.

i always had a soft spot for "what what? you need asp-i-rin"

Wow, the "clean" version is actually like a whole different vocal recording!

"before you knew a whole BLOOD CLOTTIN' LOT!"

Brilliant and sad all at once to watch that video now.

god why the fuck don't i own this record.

this has to be the most impossible poll ever

lol i always thought it was in your buildin takin all types of medicines

heard it as "in the G Building"

Talent that I got will riz-ock the spot; MC's I'll be bur-r-rnin, bur-r-rnin hot

im partial to this one

xpost: common misconception!

(seriously though, I think I remember reading on urbandictionary or something where people had made up some bullshit explanation of what "the G building" was and why ODB was referring to it)

actually yes i think i thought it was the G building too too - i cant remember

xpost to self: wait I think maybe that seemed meaner or snobbier or something than I meant it to

basically I just think it is cool that, within the group of people who mishear a certain lyric and become confused as a result, there will almost always be a subset of people who decide to just make something up and then pretend to be authorities on the subject

anyway

Introducing.....YO FUCK THAT NIGGA'S NAME!

I think that's gonna win, 'cause it also has the "ra-a-ain."

I like that line, but I also like Ghostface, and I always wonder if he was kind of annoyed about it

yeah i always figured that was a subliminal.

when do we do a poll of the intro the album?

ha I never connected that to "Introducing the Ghost! Face! KILLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

always figured it to be aimed at some random chump whose name no one cares about

That's pretty funny too - like some dude thinks he's about to get his big break from ODB but he just gets completely blown off, on record.

hahaha, awesome

I'm picturing ODB giving a shoutout to this dude, then getting into a big fight with him, immediately rushing back to the studio before he has a chance to calm down, and recording over the original with a genuinely pissed-off "FUCK that nigga's name!"

a few days later, the dude shows up at ODB's place to apologize; they have a good talk, and decide to bury the hatchet. only after the dude leaves does ODB realize with horror that the record has just been sent off to the mastering engineer that morning.

stop the fanfic right now

hahahah, I liked the fanfic.

Note how the last chapter is totally unnecessary to explain the song, but it's in there to make ODB a nice guy in the end.

"I don't even like your motherfuckin' profile" is the sleeper hit here for me.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Everything that didn't get any votes was ROBBED.

ason, i keep PLANets in orbit

Give the year ('95), I think it's Crosby's droppin' babies.

OH SHIT I THINK I WOKE UP MY DAD WHYLIN OUT TO THIS SHIT

CH-CH-BLAOW! BLAOW! BLAOW! Blown to death

Man, I love how he pronounces "below zero."

lol i always thought it was in your buildin takin all types of medicines

― joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

heard it as "in the G Building"

― © 2008 (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

common misconception!

(seriously though, I think I remember reading on urbandictionary or something where people had made up some bullshit explanation of what "the G building" was and why ODB was referring to it)

― Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

actually yes i think i thought it was the G building too too - i cant remember

― joe six pak (ice crӕm), Sunday, 5 October 2008 04:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

so did doctor dre and... maybe odb himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5bZS3Sdzc&t=1m55s

@ 1:55

You got shot cause you knock knock knock, "Who's there?" Another motherfuckin hardrock

this line is so expertly constructed

Here's some unforgivable Rap Genius "explanations" for the disputed rhymes itt

http://rapgenius.com/Ol-dirty-bastard-brooklyn-zoo-lyrics#note-41347
http://rapgenius.com/Ol-dirty-bastard-brooklyn-zoo-lyrics#note-574132
http://rapgenius.com/Ol-dirty-bastard-brooklyn-zoo-lyrics#note-13670

Shame on ya!

I drop science like girls be droppin babies

I always heard "I keep planets in orbit / While I be coming with deeper & more shit" and I'm kinda distressed to learn this is not right

Some choice lines on Nigga Please as well.

I always heard "I keep planets in orbit / While I be coming with deeper & more shit" and I'm kinda distressed to learn this is not right

― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Wednesday, August 13, 2014 4:43 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think it is right! See discussion upthread.

*scrolls up*

wtf, why did I ever think "Smellishis Poon" was a good display name??