Pimps of Thieves On the Run

The Pimps of Thieves album continues to be delayed as fans wonder whether they will see the Album first promised to them in 2002.
Principal Robert McMurray was in charge of Taylor Allderdice High School where Pimps of Thieves first showed so much musical promise, as well as acumen for self promotion, as their tags littered the school and its desks, was increasingly supportive of their efforts.
“ I tried to foster a learning environment that was conducive to the arts, we were willing to overlook replacing a desk here or there because we had students being creative, coming to classes, finding a way to improve their lives,”
But after 6 years and as release dates come and go, or possibly a sign he has thrown his lot in with another Allderdice alum Wiz Khalifa, he concedes “it does feel a bit like vandalism now.”
2002 was also the last year Pimps of Thieves was shown to be performing together though the members of the band are quick to point out there is no ill will between them, and it is merely the result of making paper stacks which has forced them into different regions of the United States.

“ The second song we ever wrote was making fun of a kid who is now our international manager, how is that ill-will?” counters frontman D Green. “Sure work has moved us around the country, but we’ve always been a lot of moveable pieces around the backbone of myself and the Drums, Mail-man. People understand that, they are fine with it. The biggest in house problem we ever had was to let go of Tony Touch after the first record, which was a little awkward at the time because his mom was our only groupie. But things have changed, he’ll be back on the album in someway. Isn’t that looking out for your friends? “


The use of rhetorical questions can’t stop the casual fan from asking when is the CD going to come out already.

Message boards and fan sites are littered with requests for the non-existent album, though most of them are in Turkish, as their foreign fans, excited by the Bush-hating anthem “the establishment” , are looking with anticipation to the day they can run home from the store and struggle to take of the plastic and stickers of the brand new cd, now content to just download the new tracks.

The reasoning for the delays are as numerous as they are eclectic.

Some message boards suggest that a friendly rivalry has developed between Dr. Dre and Pimps of Thieves over who can delay their album longer while still keeping up fan interest.

Pimps of Thieves ardent support of the Pirates have led some fans to believe the delays are the result of a failed marketing strategy to release the album when Pittsburgh is on an emotional high, after the pirates have a .500 season.

While other fan sites have intimated that they are having the same issues as Kanye West is following up his latest album, mainly finding a way to fit his ego on anything less than a double CD.

“It’s not a question of material, or a lack thereof, we have everything ready to go, but with the economy the way it is…”

Comments like these, as well as more recent jabs at the Government, and the possibility of a McCain-Palin my ass ticket, have fueled the most popular theory that Pimps of Thieves are waiting until after the election to release the CD so they can add a contemporary take on the state of American politics.

Whatever the reasons, Pimps of Thieves fans just hope they won’t have to speculate much longer.