Although he was initially confused about the premise, T-Pain said that after learning that it was a digital short he agreed 'They wrote the whole thing, I went and put my voice on it, and sent it back.' Music and lyrics T-Pain said that The Lonely Island contacted him with the song and asked if he was interested in collaborating. He stated that as of June 2019, the track is 'still doing well'. Wyshmaster also claimed that T-Pain asked for and received 10% of the revenue from the track, and that he received 'around 35%', but only after prolonged negotiations a contract was not formalized until after the short aired.

He recalled that he found out that his track was on Saturday Night Live and featured T-Pain only after a relative contacted him. Wyshmaster sent a collection of 'throwaway' tracks to the label, hearing back from them several months later asking to use a track for The Lonely Island, a group he did not at the time recognize. Wyshmaster claimed in an interview that a record label contacted him asking for beats to use in a mixtape featuring a ' St. The trio also performed an altered clean version for a 'Classroom Instruments' segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 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 was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap video clichГ©s, 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 US iTunes music video chart. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short. ' I'm on a Boat' is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.

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