Video: Timbaland: "Throw It on Me" [ft. the Hives]
Welcome to "Timb City." The latest video from megaproducer Timbaland's disappointing solo-with-guests outing Shock Value is directed by Justin Francis, who adopts the comic-book conceits and black, white, and red noir starkness of the 2005 film Sin City. Oh yeah, and it debuted the other night on "WWE Raw". Yup, the clip is destined to get some play in MTV's few remaining hours of videos, if only because it's almost as shameless as that Fratellis video. Here, "Throw It on Me" features some superfluous curves and in-the-ring catfights courtesy of pro-wrestling divas Ashley, Maryse, Torrie Wilson, Kelly Kelly, Layla, and Brooke. "From the look of that ass, you're probably a gold digger/ But I ain't Kanye," Tim raps, still the song's only remarkable line. Somewhere in this mess-- atop the skyscraper wrestling ring, say, or wandering the Gothic city sidewalks-- are Swedish rockers the Hives, still holding up the "rock" end of Timbaland's misguided electro-rock-rap hybrid.
[originally from Shock Value; on Blackground/Interscope]