The first posthumous OL’ DIRTY BASTARD album will be released in January.

But fans need not worry that Tupac-style vultures are already descending on the late rapper’s estate. The mixtape ‘Osirus’ was completed a month ago and always intended as New Year release.

The mix features 14 exclusive new tracks with a galaxy of producers including DJ Premier, The Heatmakers, Dame Grease, Chops and K-Def.

Human beatbox Rahzel from The Roots – currently working with former Faith No More mainman Mike Patton – also guests alongside Inspektah Deck, Killer Mike and Baby Sham.

‘Osirus’ will be released in the US on December 21, and in the UK on January 25. The UK version will, however, feature bonus track ‘Move Back’.

The tracklisting is:

* ’Rahzel Intro’
* ’Pop Shots’ (Wu Tang)
* ’Go Go Go’
* ’Fuck Y’All’
* ’Out Of Control’
* ’Stand Up’
* ’Run Dirty Run’
* ’Who Can Make It Happen Like Dirt?’
* ’High In The Clouds’
* ’Fire’
* ’Pussy Keep Calling’
* ’Down South’ feat Killer Mike
* ’Untitled’
* ’Caked Up’ feat Baby Sham
* ’If Y’All Want War’ feat Ghostface and Royal Flush
* Rahzel Skit

(Source: NME.)  ¶ 11:00 PM Posted by Bjorn

  RZA remembered back to when Jones was a young teenager and chose the righteous name of Ason Unique. He said that as Ason Unique, his cousin was radiant, beautiful and angelic, more powerful than he was in the ODB persona. As the years passed and RZA gave him the name of Ol' Dirty Bastard, he noticed his cousin changing more and more, adopting the characteristics of his stage moniker and going wild.

(Source: MTV News.)  ¶ 10:21 AM Posted by Bjorn

  "He was wild," [his father, William] Jones said, smiling. "He would kid around all the time and joke. We used to have a lot of family over and he would be the jokester. All the rest of them could sing. Dirty couldn't sing, so he would do something to make everybody laugh. He was a good kid. We used to go fishing in Far Rockaway [Queens] and that was his passion. People don't know he loved to fish."

(Source: MTV News.)  ¶ 10:29 AM Posted by Bjorn

  Cherry Jones, ODB's mother, was informed shortly after his death and called the phone call "every mother's worst dream." "My son, Russell Jones, passed away," she said in a statement. "To the public, he was known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, but to me, he was known as Rusty, the kindest, most generous soul on earth. I appreciate all the support and prayers that I have received. Russell was more than a rapper, he was a loving father, brother, uncle, and most of all, son."

(Source: MTV.com.)  ¶ 10:05 AM Posted by Bjorn