I'm on a Boat

"I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short. The song features R&B singer T-Pain. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap video clichés, especially the music video for the Jay-Z song "Big Pimpin'." The music video reached number one on YouTube in February 2009 and was number one on the U.S. iTunes music video chart. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards. The Lonely Island has also performed the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with Black Thought filling in for T-Pain. The song went platinum.

Music and lyrics

The song features an aggressive delivery of the lyrics which are peppered with strong profanity throughout while making simple proclamations, ranging from the mundane ("The boat engine make noise") to the insane ("I'm gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow"). Schaffer at one time claims to be riding a wild dolphin, and doing flips, and at another time to be climbing buoys. Samberg sings that he's "king of the world, on a boat like Leo" referring to Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Titanic, and mentions Kevin Garnett's 2008 NBA championship finals victory quote "anything is possible".

I'm On

"I'm On" is a song by American rapper Trae tha Truth. The song features rappers Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, Wale, and MDMA. The song was released as digital download on December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06). "I'm On" originally appeared on Trae's album Street King, only featuring Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, Wale and MDMA. The song was later released as a single adding Wiz Khalifa on December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06). On February 3, 2012, a remix entitled "I'm On 2.0" was released, featuring British singer Mark Morrison replacing MDMA in the chorus, as well as verses by rappers Big K.R.I.T., Jadakiss, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, and Bun B.

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Music video

A music video of the song was shot by Philly Fly Boy in Houston, Texas. It premiered on YouTube on January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09).

I'm On 2.0

A remix of the song leaked on the internet on February 3, 2012. The song features an updated but similar instrumentals. It features artists Big K.R.I.T., Mark Morrison, Jadakiss, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Tyga, Gudda Gudda and Bun B. The remix samples the song "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison. A video was released in May 2012 for the remix. It featured cameos from many rappers including T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Juelz Santana, Ludacris, Meek Mill, Future, Ace Hood, DJ Drama, Gucci Mane, Shawty Lo, Wale, Paul Wall, Z-Ro, Styles P, Cee-Lo Green, Iggy Azalea, 2 Chainz and many others. The record was cited by media as one of the biggest collaborations ever, and the biggest rap video of 2012. MTV's RapFix announced that the video was MTV’s Jam of the Week on the week it was released.

The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone at Berkeley, California in 2001. The trio first met the previous decade while attending high school. After graduating from college, they regrouped and moved to Los Angeles, California, where they struggled to find work and began making short films, combining absurdist comedy and occasionally music. Among the first performers to post their material on the Internet, they involved themselves with Channel 101, a non-profit monthly short film festival. Their popularity at the screenings led to unsuccessful pilot deals with Fox and Comedy Central, but also a writing job for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. The show's host, Jimmy Fallon, recommended them to Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live.

The group was hired for Saturday Night Live in 2005, with all three as writers and Samberg as a featured player. Bypassing the traditional process of pitching, they recorded their own material independently and submitted it to the program. Their second sketch to air, "Lazy Sunday", became an online sensation, the first of many viral videos they produced while at SNL. They led their own division at the program — SNL Digital Shorts — which led to numerous viral videos, including "Dick in a Box", "Jizz in My Pants", "I'm on a Boat", "Like a Boss", "I Just Had Sex", "Jack Sparrow", and "YOLO". Their musical comedic work has comprised three full studio albums: Incredibad (2009), Turtleneck & Chain (2011), and The Wack Album (2013). The three retired from SNL in the early 2010s, but occasionally make guest appearances.

The Lonely

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