David Banner - Play
**1/2 (of four)
Speaking of goofy-assed rapper names, here's a guy named after the Incredible Hulk's nice alter-ego. Yep, David Banner's posse includes other rhyme-smiths like Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent and rapid-fire spider-bitten rapper Peter Parker.
I'm kind of on the fence about "Play," which steals the "Whisper"-style beat of the Yin Yang Twins and the premise of Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan." Despite its unoriginal pedigree, though, the hook "Work them hips / Run girl" is far catchier than you'd imagine, and the percussion track sounds like it was put together from samples of the guy in Weird Al's band who makes the hand-fart noises.
"Play" is also the first video I can think of since the early '80s antics of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" and "Muscles" from Diana Ross (written by Michael Jackson - now there's a disturbing trivia tidbit) to feature nonstop workout footage. Instead of steroid-buff Reagan-era beefcakes, though, we get a cabal of hot-ass hip-hop honeys who are far better to look at than the saggy-breast grannies I see at my local health club. As the critic on the Talkin' Videos website points out, it's the first video to feature a hottie in sunglasses doing situps.
Aside from the eye candy factor, some of the images are damn funny. There's Banner spar-boxing with one of the models, there's the trio of ladies on '80s step machines, there's Banner sitting and reading a newspaper for some reason, and it all takes place on a bright, multi-colored soundstage. Novelty through and through, but it's kinda fun.
Speaking of goofy-assed rapper names, here's a guy named after the Incredible Hulk's nice alter-ego. Yep, David Banner's posse includes other rhyme-smiths like Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent and rapid-fire spider-bitten rapper Peter Parker.
I'm kind of on the fence about "Play," which steals the "Whisper"-style beat of the Yin Yang Twins and the premise of Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan." Despite its unoriginal pedigree, though, the hook "Work them hips / Run girl" is far catchier than you'd imagine, and the percussion track sounds like it was put together from samples of the guy in Weird Al's band who makes the hand-fart noises.
"Play" is also the first video I can think of since the early '80s antics of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" and "Muscles" from Diana Ross (written by Michael Jackson - now there's a disturbing trivia tidbit) to feature nonstop workout footage. Instead of steroid-buff Reagan-era beefcakes, though, we get a cabal of hot-ass hip-hop honeys who are far better to look at than the saggy-breast grannies I see at my local health club. As the critic on the Talkin' Videos website points out, it's the first video to feature a hottie in sunglasses doing situps.
Aside from the eye candy factor, some of the images are damn funny. There's Banner spar-boxing with one of the models, there's the trio of ladies on '80s step machines, there's Banner sitting and reading a newspaper for some reason, and it all takes place on a bright, multi-colored soundstage. Novelty through and through, but it's kinda fun.
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