Imma Be: Song Facts

Imma Be is performed by the American group Black Eyed Peas. The song is part of  the Peas’ fifth studio album titled The E.N.D. Imma Be was first released as a promo single  on May 19, 2009. The Full release of  Imma Be as a single came on December 15, 2009 as  the fourth U.S. single (fifth overall single release) from The E.N.D. album.

Imma Be is the third single from The E.N.D. album to reach the top spot on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song title,  Imma Be is repeated roughly 105 times, depending on the version. The aggressive repetition of Imma Be gives the impression that the Black Eyed Peas are in fact rapping Imma Bee or even Imma Pea. There are quite a few Imma Be parody videos on the web such as Imma Pee. You can check them up in the Funny Imma Be Videos page. For those of you who are looking for free or paid Imma Be download, check out our Imma Be Download page.

Imma Be: Lyrics – What’s The Song About?

In “Imma Be” the band raps about being the Black Eyed Peas, their fly-ness and prowess for clubbing.  In a recent interview Black Eyed Peas’ singer Fergie sat down with a class of elementary school students to answer a few questions. The most interesting question that the class asked the Black Eyed Peas singer was “What is the Black Eyed Peas’ song “Imma Be” about?”

“It’s basically about, well, creative visualization” , Fergie said. “It’s about painting a picture about where you want to be and then making it happen. It’s about (realizing your) dreams. Even though sometimes our lyrics seem very shallow at first listen, it really is about planning your future and then making it happen, which is interesting. Because, now, any American child of any background, can have the dream and ambition of saying: ‘I’m going to be president one day,’ and that’s a wonderful thing.”

Is Fergie truthful about the lyrics’ meaning or it’s just bull? I don’t know but they’re definitely realizing their dreams. In the words of Will.I.Am:

Imma be brilliant with my millions
Loan out a billion and get back a trillion

Check out the song lyrics for yourself in our Imma Be Lyrics page and make up your own mind.

Imma Be: Critical Reception

Billboard.com critics say that “The group[BEP] sounds as unabashedly confident as ever here…..A brazen horn section and smooth keyboards cruise along until the song’s sudden transition, when the beat switches from a snap music-meets-Neptunes stomp to a funk-house glide, meshing with a seemingly endless vocal loop of “Imma be” to form a pounding, assertive club thumper. Given the success of its predecessors, “Imma Be”, while inherently gimmicky, should be sticking around for a long time”

PopMatters gave the song a positive review: “Highlights of the album include “Imma be”, which despite the lyrics’ repetition of the title for no less than 105 times (which makes it start to sound like “I’m a bee” after a while, hence the song cover), takes a really interesting path from hip-hop attitude to club hit to jazz romp that holds up well to repeated listens”.

For more song and video reviews check out the Reviews page.

Imma Be: Video Shoot

Imma Be Rocking That Body Music Video was directed by Rich Lee and was shot together with the video for the band’s other song  from ” The END”album, “Rock That Body” on a desert road in Lancaster, California. The outcome was  a video titled “Imma Be Rocking That Body”. The resulting medley contains roughly 8 minutes of music and the whole video is 10:21 minutes long. “Imma Be Rocking That Body” premiered on Tuesday, 16 February 2010. and has been described as a futuristic Wizard of Oz.

With “Imma Be” reaching number one, the Black Eyed Peas become the first duo or group to score three #1s from one album for 19 years.