Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer know that the Lonely Island‘s rap Grammy nod for “I’m on a Boat” with T-Ache might need been a fluke.
On Monday, the trio mirrored on their nomination throughout an episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, sharing that they apologized to T-Ache for not connecting after the track’s nomination, and admitted that the nod might have occurred as a result of they’re white boys.
“I don’t know if anybody’s ever gone to the Grammys hoping to lose extra,” Schaffer stated. “We have been like, ‘If we win, we will’t get on stage.’ We have been solely assured sufficient to go as a result of we have been that certain that we have been going to lose.”
Samberg shared that they ran into T-Ache on the awards present however that they hadn’t seen one another since they bought nominated. The trio had debuted the track on Saturday Night time Stay with T-Ache a yr prior, on Feb. 7, 2009.
“He was like, ‘You understand how many fucking songs I did this yr? That is the one which bought nominated?’” Samberg stated T-Ache requested them. “We have been like, ‘We all know, we’re sorry. It’s as a result of we’re white!’ ”
“We by no means, for a second, thought we’d win, which was, once more, a reduction,” Schaffer added. That yr, the Grammy for Greatest Rap/Sung Collaboration went to Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Rihanna’s “Run This City.” Together with “I’m on a Boat,” Lonely Island and T-Ache’s track was nominated in opposition to Beyoncé and Kanye West’s “Ego,” West, Keri Hilson, and Ne-Yo’s “Knock You Down,” and T.I. and Justin Timberlake’s “Useless and Gone.”
T-Ache received his second Grammy for “Blame It” with Jamie Foxx that evening within the Greatest R&B Efficiency class. He additionally carried out the track with Doug E. Recent, Slash, and Foxx on the awards present that evening.
The trio of comedians not too long ago carried out the track — which made it to the Billboard Sizzling 100 after it was launched — throughout the SNL 50 live performance again in February. The track was initially featured on their album Incredibad, which dropped in February 2009.