Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com » Pretty Ricky http://idolator.com Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Pretty Ricky Member’s Latest Video Forces World To Ask: “Who Humped That Piece Of Furniture Better?” http://idolator.com/5238412/pretty-ricky-members-latest-video-forces-world-to-ask-who-humped-that-piece-of-furniture-better http://idolator.com/5238412/pretty-ricky-members-latest-video-forces-world-to-ask-who-humped-that-piece-of-furniture-better#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:04 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5238412 Perhaps realizing that when you've been struck by the Hot Iron Of Internet Fame, you should flog it for as long as the embers burn, Spectacular "Sexy Spec" Smith has decided to make another video of him humpin' around, although this time, instead of grinding into the air while sporting red silk, he's decided to show off his technique on a poor, defenseless folding chair while donning some black boxer-briefs and going off on a semi-incoherent tirade about the gender of his antics' target audience. (Note: If your workplace frowns on Awkward Boners, you may want to wait to watch this until later.) This would be somewhat less sad if Spec's antics weren't directly borrowed form his ex-protégés / fellow Internet memes Peer Pressure, who had a foursome with some folding chairs during a particularly randy, Pretty Ricky-soundtracked holiday a couple of years back. Compare and contrast, after the jump. More »]]>
Perhaps realizing that when you’ve been struck by the Hot Iron Of Internet Fame, you should flog it for as long as the embers burn, Spectacular “Sexy Spec” Smith has decided to make another video of him humpin’ around, although this time, instead of grinding into the air while sporting red silk, he’s decided to show off his technique on a poor, defenseless folding chair while donning some black boxer-briefs and going off on a semi-incoherent tirade about the gender of his antics’ target audience. (Note: If your workplace frowns on Awkward Boners, you may want to wait to watch this until later.) This would be somewhat less sad if Spec’s antics weren’t directly borrowed form his ex-protégés / fellow Internet memes Peer Pressure, who had a foursome with some folding chairs during a particularly randy, Pretty Ricky-soundtracked holiday a couple of years back. Compare and contrast, after the jump.



So I was going to do a sort of comparison of techniques here–because I mean the homage has to be intentional, right?–but my thought process was paralyzed by me muttering, over and over, “Won’t someone think of the furniture here?” Instead, I will just say, “Thank God The Benny Hillifier exists.”

Sexy Spec Pt. 2 [PrettyRicky.com]
Pretty Ricky: Up And Down (Peer Pressure) [YouTube]
Previously: Pretty Ricky: Ready To Take The “Humping The Air” Crown Back From Any And All Pretenders To The Throne

]]> 0 http://idolator.com/5237032/5237032 http://idolator.com/5237032/5237032#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:00:31 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/5237032/5237032 that video of him grinding like an idiot that he posted the other day: "Them little tight man drawers ... I bought 'em to show off my cuts [in my stomach]. I wanted to show off my body. The underwear was for the ladies." And here I thought it was to ensure maximum bloggability! [MTV] More »]]> specxyPretty Ricky’s Spectacular speaks about his intentions behind that video of him grinding like an idiot that he posted the other day: “Them little tight man drawers … I bought ‘em to show off my cuts [in my stomach]. I wanted to show off my body. The underwear was for the ladies.” And here I thought it was to ensure maximum bloggability! [MTV]

]]> 2 http://idolator.com/5236462/5236462 http://idolator.com/5236462/5236462#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 15:45:10 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5236462 American Idol smoothie Anoop Desai's favorite song of right now is "Boyfriend #2," the new single by former Pretty Ricky member Pleasure "Marcus Cooper" P. It's a decent slice of salacious "I'm better than your man" R & B, but I really hope that the Tweet announcing this love isn't a sign that Anoop is going to enter Pleasure's ex-bandmate's grinding contest. [Twitter / Pic via Rickey] More »]]> anoopAmerican Idol smoothie Anoop Desai’s favorite song of right now is “Boyfriend #2,” the new single by former Pretty Ricky member Pleasure “Marcus Cooper” P. It’s a decent slice of salacious “I’m better than your man” R & B, but I really hope that the Tweet announcing this love isn’t a sign that Anoop is going to enter Pleasure’s ex-bandmate’s grinding contest. [Twitter / Pic via Rickey]

]]> 0 Pretty Ricky: Ready To Take The “Humping The Air” Crown Back From Any And All Pretenders To The Throne http://idolator.com/5235642/pretty-ricky-ready-to-take-the-humping-the-air-crown-back-from-any-and-all-pretenders-to-the-throne http://idolator.com/5235642/pretty-ricky-ready-to-take-the-humping-the-air-crown-back-from-any-and-all-pretenders-to-the-throne#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 20:00:06 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5235642 even going to be some World Series Of Fake Love in Canada next month. Judging by the clip after the jump, however, the news that there is a competitive League Of Grinding Against Nothing In Particular has not yet reached the members of overly horny R & B boy band Pretty Ricky, even though their whole aesthetic is tailor made for chucking any pretense of a music career and devoting all their time to entering contests like the Air Sex competitions. At least, that has to be why Pretty Ricky member Spectacular "Sexy Spec" Smith has thrust he is calling a grinding challenge in the direction of his contemporaries, who include Chris Brown, Bow Wow, the members of Day 26, and whoever else is more famous than his band these days. And by "thrust," I mean "wiggle his pelvis around in ways that are probably not safe for work in 99.9% of cases while his band's not-very-good new single about, sigh, being drunk in a club blares in the background." Clip after the jump, if you dare! More »]]> specxyDid you know that there is such a thing as an “air sex” competition, in which one’s ability to hump around with imaginary objects is graded for the purpose of winning notoriety and not much else? It’s true! There are even going to be some World Series Of Fake Love in Canada next month. Judging by the clip after the jump, however, the news that there is a competitive League Of Grinding Against Nothing In Particular has not yet reached the members of overly horny R & B boy band Pretty Ricky, even though their whole aesthetic is tailor made for chucking any pretense of a music career and devoting all their time to entering contests like the Air Sex competitions. At least, that has to be why Pretty Ricky member Spectacular “Sexy Spec” Smith has thrust he is calling a grinding challenge in the direction of his contemporaries, who include Chris Brown, Bow Wow, the members of Day 26, and whoever else is more famous than his band these days. And by “thrust,” I mean “wiggle his pelvis around in ways that are probably not safe for work in 99.9% of cases while his band’s not-very-good new single about, sigh, being drunk in a club blares in the background.” Clip after the jump, if you dare!



Personally, I am waiting for Peer Pressure to respond:



SEXY SPEC from PRETTY RICKY Gets “TIPSY” to the new Single!! [YouTube; HT ONTD]

]]> 1 Pretty Ricky Knock Boots, Put On Some Shirts http://idolator.com/398669/pretty-ricky-knock-boots-put-on-some-shirts http://idolator.com/398669/pretty-ricky-knock-boots-put-on-some-shirts#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Maura d63ef3380f3a799c09fba1bb190634dd
Yes, Pretty Ricky is an outfit that's so far gone into its own brand of camp I don't know whether its four members are trying to be funny or trying to be serious, or if they're just wholly unsure whether they can even take a position either way at this point. But can I just say that the slow jam from their forthcoming album '80s Babies, "Knockin' The Boots '08," is not bad, as far as sex-dripping come-on songs go? It would slide into the playlist of Music Choice's R & B Hits station somewhat effortlessly, and given that said station has served as my musical go-to this summer, I can't knock any song that tries for nothing more than to hit that general sonic target.

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Yes, Pretty Ricky is an outfit that’s so far gone into its own brand of camp I don’t know whether its four members are trying to be funny or trying to be serious, or if they’re just wholly unsure whether they can even take a position either way at this point. But can I just say that the slow jam from their forthcoming album ’80s Babies, “Knockin’ The Boots ‘08,” is not bad, as far as sex-dripping come-on songs go? It would slide into the playlist of Music Choice’s R & B Hits station somewhat effortlessly, and given that said station has served as my musical go-to this summer, I can’t knock any song that tries for nothing more than to hit that general sonic target.

Plus, the video being out gives us an excuse to repost this, which is an oldie, but a goodie (and probably not safe for work if your office has a sexual-harassment policy regarding furniture):

Pretty Ricky – Knockin’ The Boots ‘08 [YouTube via Crunk + Disorderly]
Pretty Ricky – Late Night Special [YouTube]

]]> 2 Pretty Ricky Shove The ’80s In Your Face On “Cuddle Up” http://idolator.com/396581/pretty-ricky-shove-the-80s-in-your-face-on-cuddle-up http://idolator.com/396581/pretty-ricky-shove-the-80s-in-your-face-on-cuddle-up#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0000 anthonyjmiccio b1afa8a85a0271c3d2592290f8fb6bbf
Fans of New Jack Swing will either flip or reel in horror when they see Pretty Ricky's "Cuddle Up," in which our favorite horndogs pay earnest tribute to the era. PR ladyfriends Butta Creame wear outfits from "Push It" and "Real Love." Bandleader Baby Blue not only rocks a high-top fade and a shoulder-padded suit with no shirt underneath, he holds one of those portable phones that Gordon Gekko would whip out. Lyrics flash across the screen in big bold letters, gold chains glow in the dark, 4Play gives us a solo dance over a breakbeat and the group is surrounded by animated Dayglo outlines worthy of In Living Color. Dope!

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Fans of New Jack Swing will either flip or reel in horror when they see Pretty Ricky’s “Cuddle Up,” in which our favorite horndogs pay earnest tribute to the era. PR ladyfriends Butta Creame wear outfits from “Push It” and “Real Love.” Bandleader Baby Blue not only rocks a high-top fade and a shoulder-padded suit with no shirt underneath, he holds one of those portable phones that Gordon Gekko would whip out. Lyrics flash across the screen in big bold letters, gold chains glow in the dark, 4Play gives us a solo dance over a breakbeat and the group is surrounded by animated Dayglo outlines worthy of In Living Color. Dope!

As always, the best analysis of the track comes from Pretty Ricky themselves.

Slick’ Em:”Most men, you know, they fall in love after the sex. But you know, it ain’t supposed to be like that. You’re supposed to fall in love by cuddling up. Because that person’s there for you. Your right hand chick, she on your side. 24/7. 365. 52 weeks in a year.”

Baby Blue: “We did ‘Cuddle Up’ for all the ladies out there who wanted to have a record that they could put on when they do… if all he wanna do is bang bang bang bang bang bang bang, nah, bro! You got to spend time with your lady. You got to treat your lady like a lady.”

So true, Baby Blue. But what people really want to know is: Where did you get that giant portable phone?

Pretty Ricky – Double Up [WSHH via Rock The Dub]
Pretty Ricky – What Does “Cuddle Up” Mean To You? [YouTube]

]]> 3 Pretty Ricky Give Us “21 Days Of 4Play,” Flashbacks To “PopoZão” http://idolator.com/395998/pretty-ricky-give-us-21-days-of-4play-flashbacks-to-popozao http://idolator.com/395998/pretty-ricky-give-us-21-days-of-4play-flashbacks-to-popozao#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:30:00 +0000 anthonyjmiccio 01129bea49aecfc2d8cef5791892c5b6
The guy playing the keyboard? His name is Diamond Blue. The one eating off of a paper plate? He's Spectacular. The fellow running a lint roller on his pecs? Goes by the handle of Slick'Em. And the chappy rocking the falsetto as Blue shouts off the various potential birthdates of their "'80s Babies?" His name is 4Play and he's the newest member of Pretty Ricky, an R&B quartet so horny they make Jodeci look like the Statler Brothers. "21 Days Of 4Play," the group's ongoing YouTube miniseries that actually appears to have been filmed in one day, is a goldmine of new jack Spinal Tap.

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The guy playing the keyboard? His name is Diamond Blue. The one eating off of a paper plate? He’s Spectacular. The fellow running a lint roller on his pecs? Goes by the handle of Slick’Em. And the chappy rocking the falsetto as Blue shouts off the various potential birthdates of their “’80s Babies?” His name is 4Play and he’s the newest member of Pretty Ricky, an R&B quartet so horny they make Jodeci look like the Statler Brothers. “21 Days Of 4Play,” the group’s ongoing YouTube miniseries that actually appears to have been filmed in one day, is a goldmine of new jack Spinal Tap.

4Play, ladies, 4Play. Gentlemen, take it outside.

Diamond Blue is happy to list the qualities that made 4Play worthy of joining Pretty Ricky. “You gotta have that sex appeal… check! You gotta be in mint condition physically… check, check! He got that… plus another check!” Also, the ladies feel Pretty Ricky because “Pretty Ricky is something to be felt.” “Everybody trying to hate on or stop Pretty Ricky, you can’t stop us! Cuz we are undeniable.”

“What does it take to be a member of Pretty Ricky? Mmmhmm! You damn sure gotta be spontaneous, and full of vigor…also you gotta be…freak nasty, cuz you know Pretty Ricky is very…nasty but a very sexual, sexual…and classical.. yeah…and you gotta have your grown man on…also, you gotta be very, very, very intelligent…you gotta be a beast in the bedroom…” And so on.

“One time, I was in the fifth grade, my teacher told me ‘Slick’Em, Slick’Em, what do you want to be when you grow up?’ I already told her, I wanted to be a pimp…”

“I want y’all to feel when you put a Pretty Ricky CD in, y’all in the studio with Ricky butt ass motherfucking naked. When y’all hear that riff I want y’all to say, ‘I wonder if he was naked when he did that?’ And you know what you’re going to say? ‘Yeah.’”

And there are still seven days to go.

21 Days Of 4Play (Day 13) [YouTube]
21 Days Of 4Play (Day 8) [YouTube]
21 Days Of 4Play (Day 3) [YouTube]
21 Days Of 4Play (Day 4) [YouTube]
21 Days Of 4Play (Day 10) [YouTube]
21 Days Of 4Play (Day 14) [YouTube]

]]> 2 Your Pretty Ricky Update http://idolator.com/394583/your-pretty-ricky-update http://idolator.com/394583/your-pretty-ricky-update#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:30:00 +0000 Maura 0791aee1112863310435a86bc61f7512 More »]]> l_5d10ae4cb9020f52ba397df09ad6a79d.jpgWhat’s up with the lewd singing group who kept the Shins from the album chart’s top spot last year and inspired young men to put the “sex” in “sectional?” Well, their new album, ’80s Babies, comes out this August; they’ve found a new member to replace the departed Pleasure, and he is named (I swear) 4Play; and, well, I’ll just let this quote from Slick ‘Em say the rest: “This time around Pretty Ricky growed up because of where we been… we done traveled the world, we done been to places we never thought we woulda been, Mars and back. We done even went to Pluto.” [SOHH]

]]> 2 Pretty Ricky Wants You (In A Collaborative Way) http://idolator.com/335176/pretty-ricky-wants-you-in-a-collaborative-way http://idolator.com/335176/pretty-ricky-wants-you-in-a-collaborative-way#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:00:41 +0000 Maura ca37edb398b2607f6ca0b561fbfeebde Pretty Ricky--the hormone-charged R & B outfit who some of you may remember as "those dudes who kept the Shins from hitting No. 1 earlier this year"--is looking for a new member after Pleasure (née Marcus Ramone Cooper) announced his plans for a solo career on the BET Awards' red carpet a few months back. Like other bands looking for new blood, the remaining Rickys have hit the Web to find their new member, and they're also hoping to wrangle a reality series out of some writers'-strike-starved network. But it may actually make compelling TV, since the Miami-based now-threesome isn't looking for someone who can sing as much as it's looking for someone who can uphold the Pretty Ricky-approved standards of classy interactions with ladies:

More »]]> 77986304.jpgPretty Ricky–the hormone-charged R & B outfit who some of you may remember as “those dudes who kept the Shins from hitting No. 1 earlier this year”–is looking for a new member after Pleasure (née Marcus Ramone Cooper) announced his plans for a solo career on the BET Awards’ red carpet a few months back. Like other bands looking for new blood, the remaining Rickys have hit the Web to find their new member, and they’re also hoping to wrangle a reality series out of some writers’-strike-starved network. But it may actually make compelling TV, since the Miami-based now-threesome isn’t looking for someone who can sing as much as it’s looking for someone who can uphold the Pretty Ricky-approved standards of classy interactions with ladies:

“We want to stay true to the sound,” Baby Blue explained. “We’re a hip-hop and R&B group. The three of us rap, and the fourth member has to be a singer just to keep the music consistent.”

If the downsized trio’s plans come to life, their search for a replacement will hit the small screen via a reality series. The group is pitching the plot to several networks. According to Baby Blue, the focus will be on the fit of a new member more than anything.

“It’s more about [whether a new member can] be another brother and just cope with all our family issues or whatever,” Baby Blue said. “And they got to be a woman magnet. They got to know how to deal with these ladies, ’cause that’s one thing we got to do. That’s why the music is all about women, because Pretty Ricky loves the ladies and the ladies love Pretty Ricky.”

Hmm, dealing with the ladies? Well, that probably counts out the furniture-loving boys in Peer Pressure, since they seem to be more into showering their affections on inanimate objects. Although if Pretty Ricky’s “Search For The Next Rick” does get picked up, I’d recommend that they be included in the cast, especially since, with some creative editing, they can provide some go-to comic relief. Witness:

Pretty Ricky’s Only Requirement For A New Member? ‘They Got To Be A Woman Magnet’ [MTV]
Re: Pretty Ricky – Late Night Special [YouTube]
[Photo: Getty]

]]> 6 Pretty Ricky Discovers Pleasure Can Also Be A Real Pain http://idolator.com/335441/pretty-ricky-discovers-pleasure-can-also-be-a-real-pain http://idolator.com/335441/pretty-ricky-discovers-pleasure-can-also-be-a-real-pain#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:15:15 +0000 jharv e6b7cf697bea734b80f2be0b10db8d12 You might think it difficult to get hot and bothered by the dry proceedings of a breach-of-contract lawsuit, but like King Midas (if he was all about bald metaphors for getting to third base), everything Pretty Ricky rubs turns sexy. As the other Rickys scramble to find a replacement for departed crooner Pleasure, the thrusting crotch born Marcus Cooper has now filed a (sexy) complaint against his former manager "[decieving] the singer by first acting as a surrogate father" and then "exploiting" him. Who knew the inner workings of a softcore teen R&B foursome would be so sordid?

More »]]> prettyricky.jpgYou might think it difficult to get hot and bothered by the dry proceedings of a breach-of-contract lawsuit, but like King Midas (if he was all about bald metaphors for getting to third base), everything Pretty Ricky rubs turns sexy. As the other Rickys scramble to find a replacement for departed crooner Pleasure, the thrusting crotch born Marcus Cooper has now filed a (sexy) complaint against his former manager “[decieving] the singer by first acting as a surrogate father” and then “exploiting” him. Who knew the inner workings of a softcore teen R&B foursome would be so sordid?

Pleasure, according to the information filed earlier this week, is seeking a release from his contract with Bluestar and back pay owed to him. The suit claims that the former Pretty Ricky star has not been properly compensated for his contributions to the group, whose two albums have both been certified gold, pushing more than 500, 000 copies each.

The suit also alleges that Smith used physical intimidation. According to the complaint, when Pleasure began to distance himself from the group and sought out the friendship of others, in one instance, Smith attacked a friend of the singer’s as a means of coercion.

In addition to his other transgressions (his legal team is mum so far on Pleasure’s accusations), Smith is the dad of two of the Rickys, and I sincerely hope he wasn’t also in charge of coaching the group on how to grind on everything in sight. (On the other hand, that would be the kind of hands-on parenting that’s rare in an era of latchkey homes.) Also, how happy am I that we’ve had occasion to post two Pretty Ricky stories today? Maura’s right, Pretty Ricky really is better than Santa Claus!

Former Pretty Ricky Singer Sues For Back Pay, Contract Release [MTV]

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