![]() ![]() 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. In 2019, ten years after its release, Wyshmaster said 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 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 US iTunes music video chart. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short. Shaddock said he “did a lot of fishing” and ate “a lot of tuna sushi” to sustain himself and Bella, but he said his health took a bad turn after encountering the storm." I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad. But his small catamaran “Aloha Toa” was damaged by a storm several weeks later, leaving Shaddock and Bella drifting in a harsh and unpredictable ocean with little hope of rescue. Their ultimate destination was French Polynesia – a voyage of 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles). Shaddock, who described himself as a quiet person who loves being alone on the ocean, said his odyssey began in early May when he and Bella, a stray he picked up while traveling through Mexico, set sail on a lengthy fishing expedition from the Sea of Cortes, also known as the Gulf of California. I’m alive and I didn’t really think I’d make it,” he said. “To the captain and fishing company that saved my life, I’m just so grateful. I’m feeling a lot better than I was, I tell you,” a heavily bearded Shaddock told a news conference after reaching land in the port of Manzanillo, about 790 kilometers (491 miles) west of Mexico City. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, and his canine companion Bella were rescued after three months at sea by a Mexican tuna trawler that happened to spot their stricken vessel in the vast expanse of the world’s largest ocean. An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his beloved dog has recounted his remarkable tale of surviving on raw fish and rainwater after finally making it safely back to dry land. ![]()
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