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"Whatever U Like" is the first single of Nicole Scherzinger (of The Pussycat Dolls) from her debut solo album Her Name Is Nicole.... The song features rapper T.I. and was released in July 2007. The song uses the same composition, and has the same instrumental as Chilli's song "Straight Jack" featuring Missy Elliott, but it was scrapped by Chilli. Producer Polow Da Don then offered the instrumental to Scherzinger, she accepted. It also holds similarities to Kelis's "Blindfold Me".[1] Both of these songs were produced by Polow Da Don. his track, along with another from the album entitled "Super Villain" and "Baby Love" were leaked to the internet.
History
Many fans speculated that an early leaked Bryan Michael Cox-produced song entitled "Steam" would be the first single, but in an April 2007 interview Scherzinger stated that "Steam" wouldn't even be on the album. Later, "Whatever U Like" was confirmed as the first single [4]
The song was recently featured on Z103.5's "Pump It or Dump It" and was pumped by an amazing 70%.
The video was directed by Paul Hunter and was released on August20th. The video begins with spotlights hitting a wall, with Scherzinger running from an unidentified person, revealed to be four masked kidnappers. Polow Da Don peforms his opening sequence as Scherzinger is captured and concealed within a box, where she performs the first verse and chorus, before escaping the box. Scenes of Scherzinger floating through water are interspersed with her dancing before a spotlighted stage, and performing in front of a black background. Throughout the next chorus, Scherzinger is shown walking along a bench covered in steaming stones. During T.I.'s rap, the two are concealed in the box, with Scherzinger seductively crawling all over him. Next Scherzinger is shown covered in mud before standing beneath a shower washing it off. Different shots of the singer from the previous scenes are spliced together throughout the next chorus. Scherzinger is now shown in a black leather outfit during Polow Da Don's verse dancing before a backdrop, with spotlights shining on her, spliced with scenes of the producer rapping, her former assailants now dance in front of her. The video ends with Scherzinger leaving the backdrop.
