Today (February 11th) Ozzy Osbourne premiered a new animated video for It’s A Raid from his number one and acclaimed album 2020’s Ordinary Man with Ozzy and collaborator Post Malone set to host a watch party beginning at 7:00 PM (ET)/4:00 PM (PT) on Ozzy’s official YouTube channel. You can also watch it below.
At a SiriusXM listening party last year to celebrate the release of Ordinary Man (Epic Records) Ozzy recounted the song’s inspiration. While recording Black Sabbath’s Vol.4 n Bel Air, California, Osbourne triggered the home’s security alarm and police surrounded the home, which he says had “piles of marijuana and cocaine.” Osbourne adds, “I’m shouting, ‘IT’S A F–kin’ Raiiiid,” before hiding the drugs and ingesting cocaine while hiding in one of the home’s bathrooms.”
In the video, directed by Tomas Lenert, Ozzy and Post Malone team up for a truly wild ride. The clip begins with Osbourne and Malone at the infamous Bel Air, CA house (which served as the inspiration for the song) before they lead police through the streets of the city and passing iconic Los Angeles landmarks on their journey.
“A couple of years ago I didn’t even know who Post Malone was,” Ozzy says. “Since then we’ve worked together on two studio tracks and have performed together twice. Understandably Covid-19 made it difficult to get together to shoot a music video for It’s a Raid so we opted for this wildly imagined animated video for the final single from the Ordinary Man album.” Ozzy, who’s been in the studio working on a new album with producer Andrew Watt, adds that he “can’t wait to for everyone to hear my new music.”
This marks the second duet with Malone. The two previously teamed on Take What You Want from his Hollywood Bleeding
In its first week of release, the critically acclaimed Ordinary Man, Osbourne’s first new solo album in ten years–was the number one rock album in the world, topping multiple charts in its triumphant first week of release. Worldwide Ordinary Man entered the charts in the Top Ten in seven countries (including America and the U.K.) making it the highest charting album of Ozzy’s career.
Ordinary Man marks Osbourne’s first new solo music in almost 10 years. Recorded in Los Angeles, the album features producer Andrew Watt on guitars, Duff McKagan (Guns N’Roses) on bass and Chad Smith (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) on drums. Beyond the core band, the album also features a who’s who of Ozzy’s friends and collaborators including Elton John, Slash, Post Malone and Tom Morello.
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At 30 years old, Andrew Watt has amassed quite a resume. I assume that’s him singing lead at the 1:30 min mark.