Lobão: Vida Bandida

Coming out of his six-month prison stint for drug possession, which was a very mediatic case where his name was dragged to the mud for a while, the always controversial Lobão released the album "Vida Bandida" ("Thug Life"), recorded behind bars and the title track was one of the main singles to come out of there. And this video pokes some visual criticism about his whole conviction as the song describes a person facing many dangers in society, a criminal lifestyle where one has to find ways to strive and survive.

Lobão is presented as a criminal who gets stopped to get interviewed by a mob of reporters and his replies to them comes with the song lyrics, of which he performs, and at the same time there are some moments involving street kids and criminal acts. Along with those images there are countless news clips of protests, wars, and other speed-up elements.

Just because he didn't took himself so seriously and managed to poke some fun to his situation this one makes it as one of his finest videos, with many visual qualities as well. It's not awfully dated as "Revanche" or strange as "Me Chama", here he truly sells and tells a story with great precision. The violently charged lyrics and the energetic rock n'roll track is another defining moment in his career and one that always get my attention. 8/10.