Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: The Verge

'Incredibad' is the brainchild of SNL actor Andy Samberg, along with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, The Lonely Island is famous for it's hilarious YouTube videos, including "I'm on a Boat."

The Lonely Island debut album 'Incredibad' is anything but bad.

Some would say that Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone landed dream jobs working for Saturday Night Live.

However, according to their Web site, their dream was to record a CD.

On The Lonely Island MySpace Comedy page, the trio call themselves filmmakers/fake music-makers.

Although Samberg is the actor in the bunch, Schaffer and Taccone write for SNL and are featured in some SNL digital shorts.

"The Lonely Island" is infamous on YouTube for the SNL skit that kick started their careers.

The video features Samberg and Justin Timberlake singing about the charming gift of a "D- in a Box."

After the phenomenal response, "J- in my Pants" came soon after, which has more than 26 million views on YouTube.

Avid followers are now blessed with the release of Samberg, Schaffer and Taccone's debut album, "Incredibad," which features the trio along with a handful of celebrities contributing their voices.

Some celebrities on the album include Natalie Portman, T-Pain, Jack Black and Norah Jones.

The songs on the album resemble Weird Al Yankovic's dorky personality, Eminem's pattern of using somewhat vulgar profanities and the immaturity of teenage boys, which, together, makes a great combination.

On the title track "Incredibad," the trio were granted their wish "to be the greatest fake MCs on earth" after having an orgy with an alien to help save its planet.

Thus, the alien christened "Incredibad."

You would think the album would not get much more ridiculous than that, but it does.

However, it is hard to mention anything more without ruining it.

A downside to purchasing the album is missing out on the videos that were made for some of the songs.

Although listening to "I'm on a Boat" is still hilarious, the song loses some of its personality when you can no longer watch them ride blow-up dolphins with T-Pain.

The album is not meant to be taken as though by serious rappers, which makes it easy to appreciate what the trio has accomplished.

The foundation of the group is really just three best friends who are taking pleasure in making fun of themselves and others; it is contagious.

The album also includes the trio's famous skits from SNL such as "D-in a Box," "J- in my Pants" and "Lazy Sunday" along with other popular parodies.

When looking at those featured on the CD, one might raise an eyebrow to see names like Portman and Jones, but do not be too quick to judge because it is all a pleasant surprise.

The entire CD lasts only 45 minutes long, but the entire span of it is a facial exercise consisting of uncontrollable smiling and raised eyebrows questioning, "Did they really just say that?"

In a nutshell, The Lonely Island are three dorky white guys rapping who truly make it hilariously amazing.

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