Carry Out

In the music video Carry Out performed by Timbaland and featuring Justin Timberlake there were many different aspects of social identity shown. One specific social identity shown was the one of a player. The way Timbaland acts in the video portrays him to be a player. In the video it shows Timbaland and Justin Timberlake going through a drive-thru with scantily dressed women taking their order. Then there are scenes of the women giving them their food while dancing.

Timbaland dresses like a player in Carry Out. He has a snapback on, chains around his neck, has a leather jacket on, and nice jeans. He wears it with as much style as possible and uses his clothes to try to impress the women around him. Since he is wearing nice clothes he gives the impression that he has a lot of money. At one point he has sunglasses on while he is in the car which gives the impression that he is trying to look as rich as possible. He wants to look as much as a player as possible because he wants to attract the attention of the women.

In the video Timbaland is portrayed as someone who gets a lot of attention. This is shown by all of the different women dancing around him in the video. When he is up on the stage there are many women who are background dancers. When the women are taking Timbaland and Justin Timberlake's order in the car a woman is really close to him and he looks like he is flirting with her. During the time that is happening the lyrics say, "Have it your, way, foreplay before I feed your appetite." What this implies is that he wants to have sex with her. Thus, Timbaland is trying to show his heteosexuality in the video by stating that he wants to have sex with a women.

Timbaland displays himself as someone who can get women. This is shown when he is sitting in a fancy chair in the video. He is flirting to the women that is taking his order. In the video when the woman is leaning over him he says, "What's your name? What's your number? I'm glad I came, Can you take my order?"  He is presenting himself like a player who gets a lot of women in this instance because he has flirted with many other women in the course of the video. He is trying to show that he can get a lot of women. 

Timbaland shows his wealth in numerous different ways. He shows it in once instance by sitting in a fancy chair. During the course of the video he is wearing a gold chain. He is wearing expensive clothes like a leather jacket and a nice button up shirt. This reveals that Timbaland is trying show off his wealth. In the video he uses his wealth to attract the women.

In the video Timbaland uses a phallic image to show off his masculinity. He uses a big red muscle car to do this. This attributes to his notion of being a player. This phallic image was placed in the video on purpose. It shows Timbaland's heterosexuality and it is used to attract women. He used a muscle car because those represent masculinity. If he used a Prius in the video instead it would have the exact opposite effect and women wouldn't go near it.