I don't think he was actually a lunatic.
Personally i love outrageous/absurd/lunatic type rap (usually found in the horrore sub-genre) for the humour in it. The exaggeration of something that is just so messed up it's funny.
Examples,
"I'm gonna put the killer ants in your pants"
"Wearing visors, sunglasses and disguises
Cause my split personality is having an identity crisis"
"In fact **** bad luck, they all hate my guts
Cause they sell more records, but I **** more sluts"
"**** a needle, here's a sword, bodypierce with this"
"I got the asiatic flow mixed with disco
Roll up on the scene like the Count of Monte Crisco
And MC's start to vanish
I rolled up on a jet black kid the nigga started speakin spanish
Yo! You wasn't from Panana!!
I asked you how you get so ****in dark, you said suntama
He responded so fast, you made me laugh"
"In controversy, I'm Eminem to the tenth degree
Those bullets that hit 'Pac was probably meant for me"
- not the greatest examples but meh, it's all i got right now lol.
Anyway, i'm pretty sure odb was a character as most rappers like that are. However there's no doubt he had problems, he was arrested for assault, robbery, assault again this time on his wife, weapon possession, attempted murder... put it this way, the guy had issues. Maybe he's one of the few rappers who stay true to their "character" lol. Who knows.
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