Big city dreams don’t always go as planned. B.o.B issues a cautionary tale of addiction to the fast life in the Priscilla-assisted thought-provoking video for "John Doe," the fifth single off his newest third album "Underground Luxury," is in stores now. B.o.B has his theatrics on point with this one, as he narrates the story of an actress on the come up in his new concept flick. As the visual jumps back and forth from B.o.B to the actress, the clip tells the tale of a struggling girl trying to make a living by any means.
When you finally break through after years on the hustle, it's tough not to overindulge in the pleasures that success has suddenly placed at your disposal. Take B.o.B; though he started out doing it for the love, his ascent to stardom kindled a powerful lust for liquor, drugs and promiscuous sex. On new single "John Doe," the A-Town hitmaker takes a long, hard look in the mirror and he isn't sure he likes what he sees. Unlike some of the previous singles from the album, this one takes a more introspective turn and looks at the concepts of handling addiction and the pressures of fame and the limelight.
"John Doe" is a more somber, 'meaningful' song on the album, but at the same time it definitely catchy. Producer Geoffro Cause provides a crossover-friendly backdrop for Bobby Ray's introspective bars, and saccharine vocals from Priscilla with her more edgy look, might we add. The song's topic is drug abuse on the first verse and he flips it to dealing with getting caught cheating, and spending time as an "underground artist," on the second. "John Doe" fits the Pop record meets rapper aesthetic Atlantic Records has a knack for creating. Lush chords, sweeping instrumentation and power vocals will not have you thinking Bobby Ray is back on his rappity rap grind, though.
The 25-year-old shows that sometimes big plans can have shallow endings in the K. Asher Levin-directed powerful visual, which takes a look at the false narrative of moving to Hollywood to become a star, we see a small-town young aspiring actress, starring porn star Skin Diamond, who dreams of being an actress and will do anything to make it to the top in the "City of Angels," only to find herself getting involved with the wrong type of crowd, slowly succumbs to the seedy underbelly of the big city, compromising herself just to get by and a life filled with drugs, sex and alcohol.
When you finally break through after years on the hustle, it's tough not to overindulge in the pleasures that success has suddenly placed at your disposal. Take B.o.B; though he started out doing it for the love, his ascent to stardom kindled a powerful lust for liquor, drugs and promiscuous sex. On new single "John Doe," the A-Town hitmaker takes a long, hard look in the mirror and he isn't sure he likes what he sees. Unlike some of the previous singles from the album, this one takes a more introspective turn and looks at the concepts of handling addiction and the pressures of fame and the limelight.
"John Doe" is a more somber, 'meaningful' song on the album, but at the same time it definitely catchy. Producer Geoffro Cause provides a crossover-friendly backdrop for Bobby Ray's introspective bars, and saccharine vocals from Priscilla with her more edgy look, might we add. The song's topic is drug abuse on the first verse and he flips it to dealing with getting caught cheating, and spending time as an "underground artist," on the second. "John Doe" fits the Pop record meets rapper aesthetic Atlantic Records has a knack for creating. Lush chords, sweeping instrumentation and power vocals will not have you thinking Bobby Ray is back on his rappity rap grind, though.
The 25-year-old shows that sometimes big plans can have shallow endings in the K. Asher Levin-directed powerful visual, which takes a look at the false narrative of moving to Hollywood to become a star, we see a small-town young aspiring actress, starring porn star Skin Diamond, who dreams of being an actress and will do anything to make it to the top in the "City of Angels," only to find herself getting involved with the wrong type of crowd, slowly succumbs to the seedy underbelly of the big city, compromising herself just to get by and a life filled with drugs, sex and alcohol.
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