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==Release and reception==
"I'm In It" was released on June 18, 2013, as the sixth track on West's sixth studio album ''[[Yeezus]]''.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/yeezus-mw0002554883|title=''Yeezus'' – Kanye West|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621043546/http://www.allmusic.com/album/yeezus-mw0002554883|archive-date=June 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Since release, the song has received generally mixed reviews from critics, with much criticism regarding its sexually explicit lyrics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mic.com/articles/49321/kanye-west-yeezus-review-song-i-m-in-it-unsurprisingly-vulgar-video | title=Kanye West 'Yeezus' Review: Song 'I'm In It' Unsurprisingly Vulgar (Video) | website=[[Mic (media company)|Mic]] | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=September 20, 2018 | author=Brounstein, Sam | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515091315/http://mic.com/articles/49321/kanye-west-yeezus-review-song-i-m-in-it-unsurprisingly-vulgar-video | archive-date=May 15, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] described "I'm In It" as where West "mangles his voice and flips to beast mode".<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1567053/kanye-west-yeezus-track-by-track-review | title=Kanye West, 'Yeezus': Track-by-Track review | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=June 14, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624122000/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1567053/kanye-west-yeezus-track-by-track-review | archive-date=June 24, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> Jon Dolan of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that the song "sounds something like the soundtrack to a [[snuff film]] for Cylons," and commented upon the "civil rights sign" lyrics, in which West is described as sounding at once "righteous and evil."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |title=Kanye West, 'Yeezus' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/yeezus-94536/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=June 16, 2019 |date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202622/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/yeezus-94536/ |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ryan Dombal of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described the song as a "XXX creeper" and sounds like "a dancehall orgasm mired in quicksand," effectively making his similar songs, such as "[[Slow Jamz]]", come off like a [[Disney]] theme song.<ref>{{cite web | first=Dombal | last=Ryan | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18172-kanye-west-yeezus/ | title=Kanye West: Yeezus Album Review | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=June 18, 2013 | access-date=September 20, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195431/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18172-kanye-west-yeezus/ | archive-date=September 20, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> Ian Kan of [[Heavy.com]] found the track one of the weakest on the album, writing "There are some moments when the song feels like it'll pick up, but it doesn't really get there."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kar |first1=Ian |title=Kanye West 'Yeezus' Track-by-Track Review: The Only Review You Need to Read |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2013/06/yeezus-review-kanye-west-leak-download-release-date-stream/ |website=[[Heavy.com]] |access-date=June 19, 2019 |date=June 14, 2013}}</ref> [[Sputnikmusic]] called the track "sexually charged and completely insane" and called its lyrics "completely ridiculous."<ref>{{cite web |title=Kanye West – Yeezus (album review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/78109/Kanye-West-Yeezus/ |website=[[Sputnikmusic]] |access-date=June 19, 2019 |date=October 7, 2018}}</ref> Of the criticism, West said in a 2013 interview with [[Jimmy Kimmel]]: "I'm totally inappropriate sometimes".<ref>{{cite web | first=Josh | last=Duboff | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/10/kanye-kimmel-totally-weird-totally-honest | title=Kanye on Kimmel: "I'm totally weird and I'm totally honest | website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | date=October 10, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413080602/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/10/kanye-kimmel-totally-weird-totally-honest | archive-date=April 13, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, [[Lou Reed]], formerly of [[the Velvet Underground]], described it as West "just having fun" and criticized the negative reaction to its lyrics.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/03/lou-reed-kanye-west-yeezus | title=Lou Reed on Kanye West's Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes' | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=July 3, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2018 | author=Reed, Lou | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802123148/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/03/lou-reed-kanye-west-yeezus | archive-date=August 2, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Commercial performance==