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what?
Aye!
The pie.
The pie walks to the door.
He said, hello everybody!
I'm the Skid Row Pie.
They said, let's get ready, cause we gonna be like Freddy.
Freddy's got that right one, I do, but we got Skid Row housing.
We got Skid Row ready.
We gonna do it all for you.
Aye!
We got the pie in the house.
Let's go get fired up!
Fired up!
Let's do it right.
Spring Street we gonna have.
We got us things like this we gonna grab.
Watch me do my thing.
You know what?
Twitter me.
Watch me do my thing.
I'm the pie.
I'm downtown.
I'm Ricky.
You got the rubber boat.
I got you right.
I got something to keep you flying all night.
Aye!
Let's do this right, y'all.
Let's have a big old talk.
And you Twitter me right here.
You can call me on the phone.
I can ask the questions.
You know I'm here for you.
I'm your family!
And don't you forget, we gonna have a ball tonight, cause the pie's in the house.
And we gonna bust a big old flag.
Let's do it again.
James Brown gonna be in the house too.
Let's do it like we had.
Have something happy and make you real glad.
Let's do this, my friend.
I'm a lover of all humanity.
All mankind.
Good.
He's James Brown?
I feel that he has been successful.
That's my boy.
You should look out for his fellow man.
I remember that.
You know I?
Know I?
This is James Brown.
What's up?
You know what?
I'm such a lover of people.
We are looking for a pirate.
He's looking for some dancers.
He are looking for people that wants to be in a video.
I'm having a music video.
Studio!
We all do this.
We have festivals all over the park.
Persia Square we open up.
That's what we all about us.
We have a King Eddie's.
We have another Eddie.
I know when I was a kid.
Because you know what?
It's for us.
We young people, we love.
We show love.
We have love.
We have love.
Open our arms wide.
You see a smile.
Oh, girlfriend.
You can drive me wild.
I am the pirate.
I am the pirate.
Let's do this.
I love you.
I'm happy to be here tonight.
Young people.
And guess what?
I want to start by saying.
I heard Harold talk one more time.
It said, from where I came, nobody knows.
You hear that?
A long stretch.
A long stretch.
I come from a land where the poverty is grown.
You know that I had a long stretch.
The JV was my boy.
The whole nation gather to plot my destruction.
You ought to see me do it.
Because I'm a breed of crime and wholesale corruption.
Arr, get busy, Brown.
You know.
You say I'm pure and then undeludable.
This is how I'm a survivor.
I'm blessed.
And what's in your blood?
I'll make it persuadable.
And guess what?
I get paid by booty.
Oh, not that booty.
I heard a woman just say, sing a song.
Ha, pirate booty.
Sing it on, son.
It'll make you happy when you smile.
Because guess what?
I'm a real glory man.
I'm always wild.
I like to keep a happy face.
I said, madam, just let me hear.
Guess what?
I love you, LA.
I love LA.
I say, on a record.
Watch me.
And make sure I'm in.
I'm going to get some Skid Row steel t-shirts.
That they'll use it.
With my first run in.
We're going to be selling here.
Driven then to commit.
You can make me a man.
You can make me a woman.
You can make me a woman.
You can make me a woman.
You can make me a woman.
You can make me a woman.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
I need to use it for my first run in.
because we are the ghetto skid row.
I know!
I know!
You know how James Brown say that.
But look here, y'all.
Let's get our minds right because you're talking to the pirate and the pirate got love for you.
And you know what?
Very soon, things are going to be jumping because we got skid row.
We on Spring Street.
We on Olive.
We all downtown.
Us young people need our love.
And you know what?
Young people, I'm 65.
I'm not scared.
I used to perform with Rolls Royce.
Car wash!
I worked with James Brown.
I have worked with The Temptations.
Edward Starr.
I have did a lot of work out here in my field.
I've been in a lot of movies.
I've been in 50 Cent, you know, a little movie there.
You know, I'm just like me.
I know.
Did you guys get to meet?
If you don't know the pirate, something's wrong because the pirate's very known out here.
He's the mayor of downtown.
He's got love for you.
And if you want to Twitter me or call me and ask me questions, I'm here for you.
My whole life is open.
My heart is open for all you good people.
Hey, Ricky, you got a phone call.
Go ahead, call her.
Yeah, hi.
Is this Ricky Pirate?
Yes, sir.
Hi, how are you?
Hey, how are you doing, man?
Man, you know what it's going to be?
What are you up to?
What I'm up to?
I'm up to you.
You want to come out here and party with us?
All right.
You know, I'm a lot of fun.
Brandy girls.
Brandy girls.
I love you.
I'm a lesbian, my damn self.
What kind of stuff you like fucking with?
I mean, you know, I'm a woman's man.
But you know, I'm the pirate, too.
You know what I'm saying?
But you know what, my brother?
I want to see you in and come and have a face with me, you know?
And pretty soon, we're going to promote this place with Skid Row T-shirts for my pitching friends.
You know?
Hell yeah, man.
We are the people.
We're going to open up downtown because we're young.
We want to have things in life.
And I'm down for you.
Really.
Yeah, yeah, man.
That Ricky the Pirate shirt, man, it's going to do with my feelings and shit.
And guess what?
It's going to be good.
It's going to be good because I'll be being all night long.
Man.
Get weak in the knees.
Hey, so what?
Are you going to do a show here at the Skid Row studio?
Yes, sir.
I'm going to be doing a video down Spring Street.
I'm hunting for some dancers.
You know, it's not only my video.
I'm putting everybody in it.
You know, I'm going to block off on 5th Street in Spring all the way down to 7th.
I'm going to be doing a James Brown.
And as I'm James Brown, I want you all to jump in with me.
And don't be afraid.
Take your camera shot.
You can get the boogie on because I'm a boogie boogie.
I'm a boogie man.
All right, man.
All right.
Well, I just want to call up and I don't see what else to pick it up.
Thank you.
I really thank you.
You know, come down.
I don't want to say maybe I do show up, man.
Maybe I will.
Don't get my ass on down there, man.
Yes, sir.
I'm on Spring.
I'm in front of the Spring Bar.
I'm all down.
Once a week, I'll probably be here.
Maybe twice a week.
I'm not sure.
And you're going to always get at me.
And whatever you want to get to know about me, I'm not going to do that.
I'm not afraid to bring out, you know, because I'm very open.
What kind of stuff they got down there?
Have on down there drinking shit, man.
Man, they got all kinds of drinks.
Oh, yeah?
James Brown said, I don't care.
You know how that goes?
What you be fucking around with tonight?
Me?
Me?
And life?
That's me.
Y'all got any reefer?
A reefer?
I ain't smoked that in years, man.
I'm a good man.
You know what?
It's a blessing.
Listen, I've been there and did that.
I'm here to be happy.
And I'll be happy by just watching your face smile and come and give me a handshake, you know?
Y'all want me to go down there and bring some reefer?
I'm going to do it to life for you.
I love your style.
All right, you know?
I'm that man.
I want to see you enjoy life.
Believe me, brother.
Yeah, man.
I got the kind of shit that make you walk the plank.
I walk the plank.
I walk the plank on my tiptoes.
Damn.
Hell yeah.
Yeah, James Brown, bro.
Come on, bro.
Hey, man.
Man, we can go.
After the show, we go down and we're going to get our dicks wet, man.
We're going to get us a pussy.
My dick been wet all my life.
You know what?
I get so good.
A girl's coochie starts talking Swahili.
I said, God damn it, she was good at it.
I'm that man.
I know how to make you happy.
You know how you have?
Oh, man.
You know how pussy that smile at you?
Oh, my God.
Oh, yeah, man.
That kind of pussy in my dick get on.
Hard.
Mine get double hard.
Like a jail crowbar.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm a bad, I'm a bad mother.
Ain't that how you busted out of jail one time?
You just got all hard and the bars up in you.
You know what?
My dick was so hard, it made me holler.
I said, God damn, can I say scream?
Scream.
My dick was on one.
It was on one.
It got two.
I said, damn, you're going to be number three in a minute.
I had so many hoes, a gopher got mad.
You know how it go?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know how that go.
But it can.
Why can't, man?
I'm going to get up out of this motherfucker.
Maybe I don't stop.
I'll stop down there and go to Reefers.
Come on down here and do our thing.
Come on down here.
We're here to party.
We're here to party.
All right, who down there, man?
Who you partying with here?
I'm partying with my family.
I'm with my family right now.
This is a family.
Yeah, I'm with Skid Row.
Can you dig it?
Oh.
We got Kazoo here.
We got Ricky the Pirate.
Yeah.
Oh, I know that man.
That motherfucking Kazoo, man.
That motherfucker.
Yeah, Kazoo.
Yeah?
Kazoo.
Yes?
The caller heard of you.
He knows you.
Oh, how do I know you?
Why does he hang up?
You hung up, brother?
He just hung up.
Well, that means he doesn't know.
Hey, hey, wherever you at, bring some booty when you come.
Pirate booty.
Yeah.
Yeah, the Pirate is all the street tonight.
I'm having fun.
It's really exciting to me.
I love, you know, my brother, the main man back there.
I mean, he's a good guy.
Every time he got my whole, he got a whole house full of pictures of me.
And I do have autographed pictures.
Show you down your actual one.
All you got it.
Hey, you're Jay.
Uh huh.
Yeah, man, I got the feature.
I got a whole Ricky the Pirate shrine in my house, man.
I got all kinds of pictures.
Oh, that's Ricky.
The Pirate is a good one.
Yeah.
You know, all of your shirts.
And you know, I have more.
We're going to have more of that.
We're going to share because you know what?
I knew it was going to happen because you see how Jay and Brown say, if your heart can't be down in misery.
Hi, baby.
I guess somebody needs to do the patent rights for him.
Patent rights.
They need to have a copyright for him registered.
Yeah.
And then they can sell that things by the usage, which is good business.
Yeah.
And then you can use for the cell phone stickers.
Yeah.
Whatever things.
Yeah.
Rick is famous downtown, man.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know.
Yeah.
I've seen that at the gallery.
Baby, baby, baby, baby.
But you can expand it to the nationwide.
You know what?
We're going to do these things.
We're going to talk about we're going to do it.
We're going to have a ball because you know what?
We're not going to fall.
We're coming up in the world.
You know what?
They say get rich, get rich with your heart and your love because you know what?
I got it for you.
I got a number of love for you, baby.
All right.
Downtown.
That's right.
With the ground.
Uh-huh.
Baby.
Baby.
So you're rich and you're brown too.
You know what?
You can see me brown.
We're going to do a video.
I'm looking for I'm taking some good dancers in.
So if you really want to get with the pirate, holla.
Holla.
Arr.
I'm looking for a lot of ladies that can really get their bump on because I am a real professional dancer.
I worked with James Brown over some years.
Oh, wow.
You know, so when I met James Brown in 1969 at the Forum and I was doing this shit so well.
He said, boy, you're bad.
You know, and I went on tour twice.
When he got out of prison in the first prison he was hitting right here in downtown.
Right here on Western and Wilshire at the Wilton Theater.
I opened up the show for him.
I mean, me, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer.
I mean, I'll be sure I can keep going but I tore it up.
He said, boy, you sure was a bad mother's sex.
I'm like, baby, baby, baby.
Oh, yeah.
Baby, baby, baby.
Baby.
Baby, baby, baby.
Baby, I'm on.
Hey, you hear that?
I can get it too, bro.
You watch me get on my feet.
I can brown.
I can brown.
I can brown.
Catch me on the, catch me, we're going to be doing this in April but as soon as we get a chance I'm going to take on auditions.
So, if you want on auditions you can Twitter me put me on Facebook and I'll have a person that will reach me.
If you want to really want to dance with the pirate on his video I would love to have you and we, It's not going to be bullshit because I'm very serious about my performance.
You know, I want everything to be good.
It's not only about me.
It's about all of us.
You know, we all have a lot of fun down here.
We got another caller.
Okay.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Hi.
Hi, darling.
What?
Well, don't you sound sexy?
I'm 60.
I am over 60.
But you might think I'm 30.
You might think I'm 30 and I work my thing.
Huh?
You sound so sweet, though.
You sweet, too.
I bless you.
I bet you.
I bet you.
You're blessed.
What's your name, honey?
My name, Cassandrella.
Cassandrella.
Okay.
Are you downtown a lot?
Cassandrella, baby.
Cassandrella.
Okay.
Are you downtown a lot?
I'm downtown.
Okay.
Well, when you see me, just let me know who you are.
You know, run up and give me a big old hug.
You know, say, I like you, pal.
I like you, too.
I got my pussy on.
What?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
My dick gonna drive.
Everyone get something to say hi.
You know how it go?
I'm a good lover, though.
I know how that go, baby.
What sign are you?
Go.
Uh-huh.
You know what I'm saying?
You know what?
I got you.
You know what?
One of my signs, it doesn't make them deal.
I make it real.
You know, what's up, baby?
What's up for the evening?
What's on your mind?
Well, I just came here to tell my pussy to go wet.
Oh, you're bringing it to me.
I rub up on the clit and shit.
Oh, shit.
You nasty like me.
You nasty like me.
I like to have a ball.
Verbs of a febble.
And flock together, huh?
That's right.
Bring some booty.
You know how that say, baby.
I love that power of booty.
Bring some booty, which will make me happy.
I'll bring you up with some pussy right now.
Bring it up.
All right.
Thanks.
Yeah.
I hope it ain't gonna smell.
I hope it ain't gonna smell.
I hope it ain't gonna smell.
I got ice cream for you.
Want to lick this popsicle?
No.
If I bring it down there, you better tear that shit up.
Baby, you know what?
You wouldn't know how that...
I'm a bad motherfucker.
I got people wearing my shirts.
I see.
You know, I'm gonna tell you the real.
I ain't bullshitting you.
You know what?
My last wife, my ex-wife, and all my women I have knocks back at my door, so it must be worthwhile.
Huh?
Oh, yeah.
Let's do that again.
Hold on a second, baby.
Keep talking like that.
I'm about to...
I've been an orgasm.
Oh, no.
But now you want me to...
Take me home.
Take me to town.
Now you want me to talk dirty to you.
Take me to town.
Talk to you to church.
Talk dirty to you.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
Do a spit.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, there's a spit.
Oh, baby, you made juice shoot out of me.
Oh, yeah.
I made the motherfucker do the same.
Hey, you know, I can do that without touching.
Just so that my dick starts smiling.
All right.
Hey.
Why ain't you a sweet thing?
Well, I'll be back then, baby.
Man, I'll be down there with some pussy living.
Okay, baby.
I'll holler.
All right, then.
Yes.
Uh-huh.
Are y'all enjoying this show?
Let's get on with it.
Come on, Benji.
Hit it.
Hey, let's get it.
JB.
How you feel, brother?
How you feel, brother?
You feel good?
Play so much bone, brother.
Y'all be going?
How you feel?
How you feel, man?
Call your name.
I don't want no people to know you're in here.
How you feel, fella?
Hey.
Get on down.
Ha.
You're getting down.
Ha.
Look at him.
Ha.
Ha.
We gonna have a funky good time.
Hey.
We gonna have a funky good time.
Hey.
We gonna have a funky good time.
Hey.
We gonna have a funky good time.
You know that?
We gonna have a funky good time.
I'm going to kick your...
Yeah!
So bad!
You know that?
Are y'all ready for a party?
Y'all ready to party here?
Just get real housey.
The studio we got here.
We have a lot of fun here.
You know, I've come here to share my life, share my soul, and share my love.
Hope you ready for it.
Because we're going to have a ball.
With a little horn over there.
That's for Sheezy.
All right.
Brad, can you take us higher?
Take us higher.
Anyone call her?
Brad!
We have two more hours.
Don't worry.
We have two more hours.
Oh, we have some hours.
We're going to get packed.
All right.
We're going to party tonight, y'all.
He's a hawk.
He's a hawk.
Yeah!
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
We're going to party tonight.
He's already high.
Hey!
You know what?
All right.
Ricky the Pirate in studio tonight.
Is he starting?
Yes.
And Ricky is on.
Oh, yeah.
J-Bass at the high!
Yeah!
Hi!
Yeah!
You can train me now.
Yeah.
Don't forget.
Yeah.
I got things for you.
Let me see you look like.
Show me your bullcats.
I agree.
Oh!
Show me your bullcats.
Show me your bullcats.
I need to adjust my hat for the show at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night at the late night I'm coming out to have some fun with y'all gentlemen.
Yeah, this is a lot of fun.
I know I've met Ricky a couple times before over at the King Eddie.
Yes, we're going to make another King Eddie.
What happened to the King Eddie?
We're going to get into it in the interview in a little bit.
But, I mean, tell me real quick, what happened to the King Eddie?
The guy that got the spring bar, he bought down near downtown.
I don't know how to say that again.
But, you know, he's buying down near downtown.
But we're going to get one.
We can do that.
We can do that because you know what?
Pirates is in the back.
He got your back.
And believe me, we're going to do this on the good foot.
The good foot.
We're going to do that.
We're going to get on the good foot.
So how's everybody?
Doing good, man.
I'm happy to be here.
I'm glad that you're here.
You know, I'm going to spread.
Tonight, we're going to have some fun on the More Music Radio Pod.
We're going to hang out with Ricky and Kazu, and we're going to listen to some music.
Yes, sir.
Ask me if this is James Brown.
James Brown.
I'm in Brown.
This is one of the things.
And I brought some Jameson whiskey.
I don't know if you want to have a couple shots of whiskey with me.
Of course.
You know we like to have fun here on the More Music Radio.
I might have a little shot.
I'm not much of a drinker.
Why not?
You know, I'm going to go out and get me some Pirate Booty.
Because I ain't got shit in it.
It's on the way.
I can take it.
Pirate.
Good foot.
Hey, y'all.
Y'all get ready.
Bring the girls on down.
Because we are going to do.
We're going to do a little thing here.
But the Rita.
I was talking to a good friend of mine.
Who works here.
And we were talking about this radio station.
Hey, what's up?
You know my face is getting shorter.
I got the blue.
I got a bucket job.
I got the two.
I got the good foot.
I got the good foot.
I got the good foot.
The good foot.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
You got it.
Hit it.
Whoa.
You have to push the bottom.
Just like that.
Hey.
Come on.
Come on.
What did you do?
Hey, JB.
Do you have to do that hard like that?
Oh, nice.
Wait, is that right?
No.
No, I was looking for like that.
I'll take a shot.
On the good foot.
On the good foot.
I have to push it.
Hey.
On the good foot.
On the good foot.
Oh, was that good?
Get on the good foot.
I'm going to do a James Brown.
I feel like James Brown right now.
I guess there's some .
I'm going to ask you to pump me a little sip.
Not much.
Sip of what?
Whiskey?
Yeah.
Not much.
Whiskey a little quick like that?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You want to do a quick lane check?
Yeah.
He wanted to.
Woo.
Make me fit it.
You have any more colors?
We're going to have some colors.
No.
It's going to be on the way.
You want to do a quick lane check?
Yeah.
All right.
We got two more hours.
Heavy calories.
You want to be here two hours?
Don't push too hard.
Take my time.
I know.
And do it right.
That's right.
Things don't go my way.
Anything working?
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Let me come in there a second.
The balance is off.
All right.
This is Gucci anyway.
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
That was a big rip.
Wow.
You took too hard.
What is that?
Is it just pure chemicals?
Yeah, it is pure liquid.
Oh, what's this?
Somebody's coming through.
Y'all party.
Which one's me?
Oh, so it's kind of mixed?
Y'all can mix.
We're going to work a little bit.
It'll be all nice and.
So, Ricky, what was your Valentine's Day?
Did you have a nice time with some ladies?
Somewhat.
Somewhat.
Yeah, somewhat.
I've been very low key on a lot of things.
Yeah.
I'm trying to get things together situated.
It's been kind of hard for me because my money's been kind of funny.
And I've been talking about video together.
I got one of my hats stolen.
Two of my hats stolen.
Oh, wow.
But I got those back to getting them mixed.
So I ain't going to worry about it too much longer.
Well, guys, we're going to get the show started right now.
And.
Now?
All right, hold on.
Let me start that.
Yeah, we're going to stop this music real quick.
And now we're going to start the thing.
The radio show is about to begin.
Shall we have a shot before?
Sure.
Yeah.
You know what?
There is a shot.
We need to have a shot.
How about that?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I'm not much of a drinker, but I'm going to need me a shot tonight.
Well, people listening, we have to have a shot to start the party, right?
Jameson.
That's my favorite.
OK, so I'm going to open the bottle.
I used to be out getting my booty, but I'd spend my time with y'all.
See, because a high booty is very important.
How do you do that?
They are.
I have a.
They just give me a little money to help out all the time.
Oh, yeah.
That's Pirate's Booty.
You know, I'm just being honest about myself.
That's where I really survive out here.
I'll just pour.
I'll pour.
I'll pour for you.
Today.
Any girls out there want to get brrrr.
Oh, yeah.
Well, some girls call you.
So the way we start the show is they play like some goofy stuff and then they get.
Show comes over.
And then we talk.
And then as for a break, we take two songs.
And then, you know, we're off.
And then we come back, talk for another 10 minutes.
We play two songs for like 12 to be.
All right.
All right.
Hey.
You didn't know.
OK.
Salud.
Salud.
Salud.
Thank you.
OK.
OK.
Salud.
To your good health.
Oh, yeah.
I need to go on stage for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for at least two songs for I don't know, this music's making me want to get a boyfriend.
I'm a lesbian.
Maybe that's the way it is.
Lesbian?
I don't know.
Uh-huh.
I don't bring my pirate bag.
I just bring my pirate booty bag.
I left it at home.
Booty juice.
I have a bag I hang up, and I put pirate booty on it.
People drop some little change in there.
If you come down, don't forget the booty.
I have a bad booty right now.
I'm not asking for much.
I'm always saying, that's the way I live.
That's right.
Uh-huh.
I'll make you holler when you smile.
It's starting.
Uh-oh, I messed something up.
Well, let me just get out of here.
All right.
Let me know when it's...
Let me know when you're ready, man.
Okay.
It's just wild.