Rick Ross wanted to get a little exotic for his next video and decided a trip to South America was in order.
"Come with the boss. Medellin, Colombia — we got friends over there," Ross said about the backdrop of his latest video, "All I Really Want." "I feel like me doing my island hopping ... all the other little islands — to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico — they beautiful spots. The Colombian women are beautiful women — that most definitely is what I wanted to capture. I wanted to capture a foreign setting, beautiful women ... just really break down some of the more simple things. I want to capture some of the simple beautiful things in the setting in the country. It's not about malls and the cars — I want to be more intimate about that person or that individual."
Ross also wanted the exotic clip to live up to Snoop Dogg's "Beautiful" video, which was shot in Brazil.
"Most definitely — when I saw that video, I sat back like, 'Wow, this is art!' " Rick marveled. "We finnin' to do that times five. Shout-out to Snoop Dogg and Pharrell for the inspiration."
"All I Really Want" features The-Dream and was produced by Tricky Stewart. Other producers on Ross' album include DJ Toomp and the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, and the LP also contains contributions from Nas, Lil Wayne (who recently teamed up with Ross for a 50 Cent dis track), Gunplay, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke and Kanye West.
Deeper Than Rap is in stores April 21.
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