N**** Please [Edited]

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..." 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..." 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+ 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 it's 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." Alternative Press (1/00, p.96) - 3 out of 5 - "...the individual tracks are greater than the sum of it's 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..." 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..." 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." 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 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