Okaypimpn Goes Gospel! The Exclusive Interview with Farnsworth Bently of Access Hollywood

Farnsworth: What’s happenin’ Pimpin’?
Okaypimpn: Please, brother…you don’t know me like that. I’m Roosevelt DeVille to you.
F: Is this like a pseudonym or something you’re going under.
O: Kind of…my real name is Roosevelt. The DeVille part just came from my whip.
F: Oh, your car?
O: Yeah, 77’ Cadillac Coup DeVille. Original paint, guts, everything. Whitewalls stretched extra thick. You’re from the A-Town, Bently, you know how we do!
F: Certainly! Now you released a statement yesterday stating that you’re doing a gospel album.
O: That’s right.
F: Now, for the record, we’ve seen you and your bandmates, The Verge, go through all types of mishaps this summer. With the release of your album from your group Trick Turner…
O: Yeah.
F: You were even in rehab for a while…
O: Uh-huh.
F: So what’s the status with The Verge? Are leaving the group again?
O: Oh definitely not! It’s just time for me to take it back to where it all started, ya’ know? The church!
F: Oh, so you’ll do this gospel album and return to the group?
O: I never left! This is just a side project of mine that has been pressing on my heart for quite some time now. I’m gonna do the “Michelle Williams” of Destiny’s Child for a minute.
F: I see.
O: A few weeks ago, I started looking back over my life and realizing how blessed I am…how blessed we all are. I’ve always loved gospel music. You can hear it in a lot of The Verge’s music.
F: Most definitely.
O: So I just figured stop talking about it and do the doggone thing.
F: AMEN BROTHA!
O: Anyway, the last album I released, the Trick Turner project, I’m not promoting. I created that album when I was in a depressed state of mind and all types of things were going through my head.
F: Interesting.
O: Yeah, man, I was doped up during that entire session. I can’t even tell you how half of those songs were created. My guess is somewhere between 5 am and one of my concubines thighs.
F: Oh my!
O: Yeah, it was pretty bad. My life was a mess and I was headed for destruction. That’s why I’m encouraging everyone who’s going through something that you feel you can’t handle, remember there’s always God and He’ll carry the load for you.
F: I feel you.
O: You know Farnsworth, I’m glad you said that because I just want to give you this.
F: Whu—
O: No, brother take it. It’s for your own good.
F: This is a church fan.
O: Exactly. Read the back.
F: “Roosevelt DeVille presents The Sanctified Tambourines with their new single “Ev’rybody Needs Some Jesus.” So this is your new group?
O: Yes. I want you to take that fan, Bentley, and every time you feel down or depressed I want you to wave it in the air like you just don’t care and say “I CAN MAKE IT!” I’ve seen you in action, so I’m sure this shouldn’t be too hard for you.
F: (crying) Okay…I’ll do that.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this interview…

okaypimpn said:

Ya'll are crazy!!!!!

okaypimpn said:

He ain't never lied.
Here are some samples of those exact fans that we'll be merchandising.



Along with our Sanctified Tambourine line:


Like the Reverend Ike said:
"The LACK of money is the root of all evil."

"If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in. He doesn't even have a bribe for the gatekeeper."


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Part 2 of the Interview w/ Okaypimpn n.k.a. Roosevelt DeVille

Farnsworth: 'Scuse me while I get myself together...(sniffling)
Okaypimpn: It's alright, brother, take your time, take your time...thank you Jesus.
F: Amen (wiping tears). So...(still sniffling)...can you tell us a lil-
O: Okay, man, it's been well over 12 minutes now. Get yourself together and let's get on with this interview. I've got choir rehearsal with my backup singers in 20 minutes.
F: Okay, sorry. Where was I? Oh yeah, can you tell us a bit about the tracks on the album?
O: Sure. Again, the first single is "Ev'rybody Needs Some Jesus" and it'll be hitting the airwaves in about two weeks.
F: Now is this still on your Pimpstroll Record label?
O: No. Pimpstroll is no more. I signed LaToya Jackson about a month ago and that was the end of that.
F: I can understand.
O: No...really you don't. It was pretty bad, but that's an all together different story.
F: Oh, okay. Any guest appearances on the album?
O: Oh definitely! Of course, I've got The Verge backing me up on this track called "Pay Yo' Tithes." My boys Paligap and psykosoul came up with this awesome riff and I re-worked it on my mama's organ. Three days later, we dished it out. It's different also, because we switched instruments on the track. I was on the organ, Paligap was on guitar, blackguitaristz was on bass, psykosoul was playing the drums and theAudience was handling piano.
F: Awesome!
O: It's a different side that people will get to see how we also study each other's instruments and craft.
F: Cool. So is mochalox on the album?
O: I'm trying to get her to do a re-make of Florida Mass Choir's "Be Ye Steadfast," but I haven't heard from her in a minute.
F: So are you two still an item?
O: Oh yeah, she's still my girl.
F: So you still go together?
O: Mocha will always have a special place in my heart.
F: So that's a no?
O: You'll have to ask her. Can we just focus on the music Farnsworth? I've been through this several times with reporters and it just gets redundant for me to keep defending my relationships and private life, 'ya know?
F: Sure thing.
O: Thank you.
F: So, you obviously have the blessings of The Verge to do this album.
O: Of course! theAudience had his cousin design the church fan I gave you. They'll come free with the purchase of my CD. We've also got a line of tambourines you can buy when you go to our website. When God says "go" you've got to "go." You can't stand in his way!
F: Well alright!
O: Oh, before I finish, I want to give a special shout-out to Rose Stone, Vet Stewart and Elva "Tiny" Mouton of Sly & The Family Stone's Little Sister.
F: Oh?
O: They taught my girls in the choir how to beat the tambourine. I tried, but they just couldn't pick it up. Especially when I would get a lil' upset and used it as a frisbee when the altos would hit the wrong notes.
F: I see. So, The Sanctified Tambourines have a choir?
O: Yeah, like a mini-choir. We've got 4 tenors, 3 altos and 3 sopranos along with me singing lead on a lot of the songs.
F: Cool! So when does the album drop?
O: December 7th...just in time for Christmas.
F: Great! I'll make sure to pick up my copy.
O: Pick up two! Tell a friend!
F: Well it was great taking to you.
O: Likwise, my brother.
F: You wouldn't by chance happen to need a manservant would you?
O: No.

okaypimpn said:

Christopher CoShea a.k.a blackguitaristz, lead guitarist of The Verge is standing out front of the Holiday Inn in Sherman Oaks, Ca. with reporter for E! News Olivia Wheatherspoon:
OW:Chris, you are visibly upset. What is the matter?
BGZ:I'm not upset Olivia. (weeping) I'm touched. I'm moved to tears from reading my friend Pimpin's interview from Access. That's real right there. For him to open himself like that to the media,.. that's beautiful. What he said about all of us being blessed is the stone truth. And we do all need to turn to GOD, not only when times get rough but during the good times as well. We all need to thank GOD everyday. For everything. I'm sorry Olivia, I gotta go. I'm going to call Pimpin right now.

okaypimpn said:

In the words of the great Flip Wilson "Truly Wonderful brother, truly wonderful".

blackguitaristz said:

"Rooosevelt"???.... aww man thats it.... up da lunch money son....

TheRealFiness said:

What you tryna say?

okaypimpn said:

lol nuttin i love u maaaaan

TheRealFiness said:

[Edited 9/30/04 14:39pm]

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No, seriously...call the number.

CBS BREAKING NEWS SPECIAL



This is Ed Bradley.
We're interrupting your regularly scheduled programming for a special
interview with The Verge guitarist theAudience.

EB: Good evening tA. Good to see you again

tA: How's it going Ed. Excuse me but I have to have this cut playing while we do this.
(turns on CD player to a moderate volume and funky beat starts to play)

Weaall, heyeee yeah hiiigh
Yee-eee hee-hee-hee-ye-hee-hee
Weaall, weaall, weaall
Yo love is like the Holy Ghost
Shakin' all in my bones
I never felt such a feelin'
In all the days I been born yeah, yeah
Whenever I feel the presence
Ah chile, you seem to hypnotize my mind
Well, yo love is like the Holy Ghost
And I feel like I been born a second time
Hey, hey.

EB: You alright?

tA: Yeah, it's cool

EB: It seems you have some important news you want to tell the public.
Would this have anything to do with okaypimpn's announcement concerning the change
of direction for The Verve.

tA: That's pretty much it. That and the fact that I wanted to present to the public
my new spiritual advisor, The Reverend Lenox Thomas, his wife Sister Sarah and their son.



RLT: How is everybody this ennin'? Amen, amen.

tA: I'd like to have the Reverend say a few words.

EB: OK, go ahead Reverend

RLT: We are, GATHERED here today, on this sorrowful occasion, to say GOODBYE to the dearly departed.
And the dearly departed, in this case, is SIN and LUST!

And there are derivatives thereof from SIN and LUST!
High blood pressure. Tooth decay.
You get all these things when you SIN and LUST!
I ain't got a cavity in my mouth. Because I do not SIN, nor do I LUST.
I must admit Sister Sarah had one cavity. And that was from a childhood incident many years before she met me.
But I cleansed her of her SIN and her cavity FILLED ITSELF!

You know, I recall when my youngest junior here, AL-FRED, was young. (chuckles to himself)
It brings a laughter to my heart to think of it because he used to pee on his brothers and
sisters in the bed when he was young and he came to me and said, "Dad, is that SIN?"
I said, "No. You have not sinned unless you do it on poipose."

Now his sister SINNED. 'Cause she used to pee back on him.

EB: Aaah thank you Reverend Thomas for that...mmm...uplifting story.
So tA why did you feel you needed a spiritual advisor?

tA: Ed, my life had take a very detrimental turn and i've come back from the edge.
I just wasnted to have someone keep an eye on me so that I won't revert to backsliding.

RLT: Hallelujah!

EB: Aah, yeah.

tA: You know Snoop, he's got the Bishop Don Magic Juan so I figured if it works for Snoop.

EB: But is he really a spiritual...

RLT: OH GLO-REE! I THINK I JUST HOID A BLASPHEME THIS ENNIN'.

EB: No Reverend there was no harm intended there I just wasn't sure of the good Bishop's intentions.

tA: Anyway before my spiritual conversion, I was just about to take over a well established business.

EB: Really? What kind of a business was it?

tA: I actually have some promotional t-shirts left that the original owner had made.



SS: Have mercy! (Sister Sarah faints)

EB: Are you serious?

tA: Unfortunately yes Ed. I had built up a client list of over 100 women already.
And I was just about to have the logo on the t-shirt changed. Is Sister Sarah alright?

RLT: She'll be a'ight in a few. You didn't confess to me about that.

tA: Before we wrap this up I really must apologize to Andy Rooney for the way I behaved last time. Is he around?

EB: No. When he heard we were doing this interview he left the country.

tA: I don't blame him. Tell him i'm sorry about that incident the next time you see him.

EB: Good to see you again tA.

tA: Good to see you too Ed. Here, have a free Fred Garvin t-shirt.

RLT: Let's end this on a happy note.
Hand out those Sanctified Tambourines Sister Sarah. Turn the music up and everybody sing.

(whispered: Sister Sarah, hurry up and pass around that collection plate.)


Yo love is like the Holy Ghost...


We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.



tA

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Tonight on

OKAYPIMPN OF THE VERGE SITS DOWN WITH KEVIN FRAZIER AND SPEAKS ON HIS GOSPEL ALBUM AND THE FUTURE OF THE VERGE

Kevin Frazier: So how are you?

Okaypimpn: I'm good, man, how 'bout yourself?

KF: I'm doing well, thank you. So, let's get right to it.

O: Um-hum.

KF: The new album...

O: Yeah.

KF: What promted it?

O: The Lord.

KF: Just like that, huh?

O: Just like that.

KF: Does this mean The Verge is over with?

O: Nah, we're far from finished. We definitely have some more things we'll be giving our fans in the future. This is just where I am now.

KF: I see. So the name of the album is "Roosevelt DeVille Presents The Sanctified Tambourines"

O: Yeah.

KF: And you're Roosevelt DeVille?

O: Yeah.

KF: What promted the name change?

O: Pimpn and Church don't really go together if you know what I mean...it's an oxymoron. At least I'd like to think of it that way...although you do have some preachers that favor the dollar sign over salvation, but that's an altogether different story.

KF: Welllll?!

O: Don't get me started up in here! (laughs)

KF: (laughs) So what do you think about theAudience and his new spiritual advisor?

O: I think it's beautiful.

KF: Some people are saying this is the end of The Verge and both you and theAudience are mentally unstable.

O: It's so much easier for one to ridicule what they don't understand. I'm not standing in judgement of anyone and I'm glad to see my boy tA with a spiritual advisor.

KF: So what about the other group members? We haven't seen or heard from Mocha in months.

O: I actually spoke with her earlier this morning and she's doing well. Next.

KF: What about paligap? psykosoul? blackguitaristz?

O: They're all well. The Verge is going nowhere...we're here to stay. I repeat, WE'RE HEARE TO STAY!

Psykosoul begins work on his album "Jesus, Kick Me Through the Field Goal of Life"... stay tuned...

Can a brother get in on the guitar/bass/keys action in the Verge? I know I moved to the 'Ville, but I'm committed to playing righteous music.

I said righteous music.

Righteous.

Right on, right on.

I got a wah pedal and everythang.

theAudience said:

from a small newspaper review, 1/2/70:

NEW YORK - a small disturbance occured onstage during guitarist Jimi Hendrix's New Year's Eve performance last night at the Filmore East. According to eyewitness reports, in the middle of the band's first number, a figure appeared on the side of the stage, dancing and brandishing what looked like a trumpet with several devices attached to it. "He was yelling,' Verge, Baby!! Time-travelin' with the Verge!!', or something like that", says one concert-goer. Apparently, the man disappeared backstage before authorities could subdue him. Roadies later found one of Jimi's guitars missing, and the words "Paligap wuz here" scrawled on one of the walls. When asked for comment on the incident, Mr Hendrix just muttered, "hmmm...Paligap...interesting name..."

theAudience said:

Man, that is hella funny! The Richard Pryor pic was genius!

psykosoul said:

Oh man, that title is excellent!!

paligap said:

Very creative, man. Jimi actually saying "interesting name" was wicked! I could see that shit!

another small newspaper reprint, 8/1/70:

MAUI, HAWAI- an electric guitar thought to have been stolen during a Jimi Hendrix concert last New Years Eve turned up unexpectedly backstage during Mr Hendrix's concert at the Haleakala Crater last night. According to a stagehand, a note attached to the guitar read: "I'm Sorry, Man. Reverend DeVille says I gotta turn over a new leaf...'Paligap'." Apparently the guitar was also surrounded by several tambourines and Church fans with the slogan, "Ev’rybody Needs Some Jesus.” When asked for comment, Mr Hendrix scratched his head and muttered,"Paligap...hmmmm....interesting"...

lmaooooo

THIS JUST IN

"I'm Skip Newsworthy reporting live outside the First 42nd St. Mt. Olive Greater Calvary Green Pastures Feed My Sheep Suffer Unto Me Little Children International Church of God in Christ Church in Oakland, California where Bishop Daddy Rich is presiding.



We're about an hour away from Roosevelt DeVille, formerly Okaypimpn of The Verge's, debut concert with his new band The Sanctified Tambourines. Already inside are The Verge members psykosoul and blackguitaritz. Paligap is scheduled to make an appearance, although speculation has it that he may not come considering there is a current warrent for his arrest as fans of The Verge have reported him being spotted at more than two locations at relatively the same time. How it could possibly happen, I don't know and furthermore, that's not what I'm here for. What's more important is the decision DeVille has made that has seemed to put a hault on The Verge. theAudience has just pulled up with his spiritual advisor, The Reverend Lenox Thomas, his wife Sister Sarah and their son. I'm gonna see if I can get a word with them. For now, I'm Skip Newsorthy for WVRG news. Back to you Scotty."

Skip Newsworthy back in studio here.

We're gonna send it out to Farnsworth Bently live outside the First 42nd St. Mt. Olive Greater Calvary Green Pastures Feed My Sheep Suffer Unto Me Little Children International Church of God in Christ Church in Oakland, California.


Farnsworth Bently here.

FB: tA and the Reverend Lenox Thomas are exiting their limo and are about to check out Roosevelt DeVille and The Sanctified Tambourines debut concert.

tA, can we get a comment for Access Hollywood?

RLT: WE ain't got no comment for you. I got some advice. You better lay off that narcotic, boy. That stuff done made you null and void. I ain't lyin', boy. What's wrong with you? Why don't you straighten up and get a job?

FB: But I wanted to...

RLT: WHAT? You better back off 'fore I put this platinum healing glove on yo ass.

(tA and the Reverend hurry into the church)

FB: Back to you Skip. Are we off the air?
FB: (muttering to himself) That old crotchety preacher. Never liked him anyway.
Where's my umbrella? Imma call Dre. Hey-eee-yaa-eee Yah


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[Edited 5/30/06 20:24pm]

Ya'll are killing me!!!!!

ThreadBare said:

Sounds like you might fit right in brother.
I'll have to check with the rest of the group, and Rev of course.

You got an electric National Steel?

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FB: Farnswoth Bentley here still on the scene live , we just learned that Verge member Paligap has indeed arrived here at the the First 42nd St. Mt. Olive Greater Calvary Green Pastures Feed My Sheep Suffer Unto Me Little Children International Church of God in Christ Church!! We've also learned that, just today, he has turned over a new leaf, and has once again changed his name back to the unspellable symbol of "".... I'm gonna see if I can get a word with him...Mr Pali-...er...HEY YOU!!

: Yes, Brother?

FB: So You've come down to check out the show!

: Yeah, I had to come and check out Brother DeVille and The Sanctified Tambourines, here at the F42ndSTMOGCGPFMSSUTMLCICofGinCC!!

FB: Frankly we're suprised that you made it, what with rumors of Time travel and all....

: Yeah, I decided to dispense with the time travelin' an stuff!

FB: You didn't like it?

: Well, some of it was cool, I made some money bettin' based on future stuff, saw some nice concerts ,an shit like that , but on the whole it wasn't all THAT great...I kept gettin coordinates wrong, My clothes were always out of style, I got sold into Slavery twice, almost got hit by a chariot, got shot at.... quite often, actually..., an' got stuck in at least TWO people's TV sets, and all the while, some voice that kept saying "Come into the light " or somethin' like that...Yeah, that was a bit much...So, I'm givin that up... like Deville says, I gotta start livin in the Now....

FB: So not a great experience, all and all?

: well, most of it, no,....but....(laughing)y'know, actually there was this one incident with Betty Davis and Devon Wilson, where I ended up.....No,No, anyway like i said, I'm givin' all that up ...Livin' In the Here In Now!!

FB: I'm sorry, you were just saying Betty Davis and...

: Livin In The Here and NoW!! PRAISE BE!!

FB: But, Mr. Pali-

:GOTTA GO! ...GOD BLESS!! LOVE AND PRAISES!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!

FB: But Sir I....uh, back to you, Skip...

OMG People, I just spent half an hour reading this thread and I loved
every minute of it.

Great stuff. You made me constantly. I swear this thread is 2
funny guys!

IstenSzek said:

We aim to please!