Brooklyn Zoo

Infobox Single
Name = Brooklyn Zoo
Artist = Ol' Dirty Bastard


from Album =
Released = 1995
Format = Cassette, CD, EP
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Hip-hop, East Coast Rap
Length = 3:40
Label = Elektra
Producer = True Master, Ol' Dirty Bastard
This single = "Brooklyn Zoo"
(1995)
Next single = "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
(1995)

"Brooklyn Zoo" is the debut single from Ol' Dirty Bastard from the album, "Return to the 36 Chambers". After the Wu-Tang Clan started releasing solo efforts, ODB was second behind Method Man to release a solo album with "Return to the 36 Chambers".

Track listing

12"/CD single

# "Brooklyn Zoo (LP Version)" (3:51)
# "Brooklyn Zoo (Lord Digga Remix)" (4:06)
# "Give It To Ya Raw (LP Version)" (4:03)
# "Give It To Ya Raw (SD50 Remix)" (4:03)

Promotional CD single

# "Brooklyn Zoo (Clean LP Version)" (3:49)
# "Brooklyn Zoo (Clean Lord Digga Remix)" (3:52)

Music video

Two different videos were made for the song:

The first version features a movie with subtitles. Pimp Daddy (played by ODB) comes back from prison and returns to Rikers Island with his lady, only to get a rude calling when one of his friends gets involved with a deal. It then cuts back to Chinatown where a local Asian-american attempts to sell fireworks near the Brooklyn Bronx. He gets involved with a gang leader and pays for it by getting incarcerated in the back of his car and blown by his own fireworks. Then Pimp Daddy with his lady go to an abandoned arcade only to be set up, and both him and his lady getting shot. This version was aired in some markets, but for the most part was rejected by various cable networks at the time due to its subject matter.

The second version has ODB in the basement of an apartment building, lip-synching to the song while surrounded by various members of the Wu-Tang Clan, including The RZA, Raekwon, and Method Man. In one scene, ODB digs his nose and wipes his finger on the wall. It is this version of the video that received the most airplay.