The internationally active jazz band SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS have finally announced a new release, this time for a jazz cover album titled “SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS presents Stoned Pirates Radio.”
The band wants to give the cover album the feel of a pirated radio show mix tape, quite a unique concept for a jazz release. The entire album won’t be singular songs, but one flowing piece that will be narrated by a the voice of a yet unnamed foreign DJ. It will have short skits by the members and even made up commercials in between the segments.
Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money. The women work every night, hustle hard, turn over all their earnings, and steal anything they can from clients. We meet a few of the women, who tell us what they want from a pimp. We also listen to a women who's legally employed at a Nevada brothel; we meet her White boss, a legal pimp. He and the street pimps, some of whom are now retired, make the case for legalizing the trade.