Der Name is Programm: Saadiq is wirklich good, man.

Raphael Saadiq’s ‘Good Man’ is the latest single from the artist’s forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘Stone Rollin’,’ set to be released on May 10. Starring Chad Coleman from ‘The Wire’ and the stunning ‘America’s Next Top Model’ season three runner-up and ‘The Kids Are All Right’ actress Yaya DaCosta, the video, which debuted on Spinner this morning, features Saadiq as the narrative voice of the limo driving protagonist, Good Man.

Directed by Isaiah Seret, who prefers that the piece be received as a film, ‘Good Man’ is set in the early 1970s and exposes the story of two lovers who fall apart, struggling with lust and longing, while exploring the dichotomies of social climbing and humility. In Saadiq’s own words, “Good Man’ tells the story I’ve seen many times in my own life. Everything around that man can be bad — his occupation, lifestyle, friends — but underneath all of it, he is … a good man.”

RAPHAEL SAADIQ “GOOD MAN”
STARRING: Chad Coleman & Yaya DaCosta

DIRECTOR Isaiah Seret
EXEC. PRODUCER Danielle Hinde
PRODUCER Ross Levine
CINEMATOGRAPHER Matthew lloyd
STYLIST Diana Contreras
MAKE UP Shannon Pezzetta
HAIR Julie Rea
PROD. DESIGNER. Emmy Eves
EDITOR Luke Lynch
SOUND DESIGN Peter Fineberg
VFX Benjamin Kutsko
ADDITIONAL FX by Bemo
TITLE by OSK Studio
PRODUCTION CO Doomsday Ent.

FULL CAST
Raphael Saadiq, Chad Coleman , Yaya DaCosta , Jay Alan Jimerson, Dugan O’Neal, Morris Seawright, Rachel Kolar, Michael Polk, Spencer Scott, Jon Beasley

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