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==Background==
West's and the artists on his label [[GOOD Music]] repeatedly listened to English record producer [[Evian Christ]]'s ''Kings and Them'' during the recording sessions for their [[compilation album]] ''[[Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album)|Cruel Summer]]'' (2012), which led to him recruiting the producer for ''Yeezus''. The producer recalled that he was given two days to record material for West and crafted nine tracks in January 2013, one of which was selected for "I'm in It". The track started with "breathy sex sounds" over the [[Snare drum|snares]] for its sexual nature, going into overdrive with the emphasis after West contributed rapping.<ref name="sessions"/> Evian Christ did a double-take on a couple of West's lines at first, although felt that the rapper to "go all the way" about sexual topics.<ref name="sessions"/> According to engineer [[Anthony Kilhoffer]], the song originated with a different sample and melody that West abandoned for a six-minute arrangement, until producer [[Rick Rubin]] edited it to flow suitably as a three-minute composition.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web| url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/| title=The ''Yeezus'' Sessions| website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]| publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.| date=June 24, 2013| access-date=June 26, 2013| author=Dombal, Ryan| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626203159/http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9157-the-yeezus-sessions/| archive-date=June 26, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Within the same week of the album's release, a remix of the song was released by DMNDZ.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/06/kanye-west-yeezus-remixes/ | title=The "Yeezus" Remixes Are Here | website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] | date=June 16, 2013 | access-date=November 3, 2018 | author=Khal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415220659/https://www.complex.com/music/2013/06/kanye-west-yeezus-remixes/ | archive-date=April 15, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The song was part of West's setlist during the first concert of [[The Yeezus Tour]], performing at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/review-kanye-west-startles-appalls-barclays-article-1.1523009 | title=Concert review: Kanye West startles, appalls during 'Yeezus' show at Barclays | website=[[New York Daily News]] | date=November 20, 2013 | access-date=November 3, 2018 | author=Farber, Jim | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102054813/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/review-kanye-west-startles-appalls-barclays-article-1.1523009 | archive-date=November 2, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the song had multiple demo versions leak online, all of which under the original name "Talk To Me". The longest demo version, dated April 5th, 2013, features an extended version of the first verse, vastly different production, and clocks in at over 7 minutes long.
==Composition==
The song contains very sexually explicit lyrics, in which West describes a sexual night with his wife [[Kim Kardashian]] and reflects on living a life of constant [[sexual arousal]].<ref name="outline">{{cite web | url=https://theoutline.com/post/6160/kanye-west-i-love-it-too-horny?zd=1&zi=2daxmlpq | title=Kanye West is too horny for his own good | website=[[The Outline (website)|The Outline]] | date=September 10, 2018 | access-date=December 16, 2018 | author=Gordon, Jeremy | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163500/https://theoutline.com/post/6160/kanye-west-i-love-it-too-horny?zd=1&zi=2daxmlpq | archive-date=December 16, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> He discusses using [[sweet and sour]] sauce when he's with an Asian woman, putting his fist in a black woman "like a civil rights sign," and referencing [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s speech "thank God almighty, we are free at last" speech while referring to unclothing a pair of [[breast]]s.<ref name="outline" /> The track includes a chopped and screwed sample of "Lately" by [[Kenny Lattimore]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@alexggreen/some-facts-about-yeezus-by-kanye-west-7c50fa3b02e3 | title=How Kanye West Made the Most Polarizing Album of His Career | website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] | date=May 13, 2016 | access-date=January 12, 2019 | author=Green, Alexander | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223323/https://medium.com/@alexggreen/some-facts-about-yeezus-by-kanye-west-7c50fa3b02e3 | archive-date=March 29, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The song includes additional vocals from [[Justin Vernon]] of [[Bon Iver]] and Jamaican DJ [[Assassin (deejay)|Assassin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.popdust.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-reviewed-im-in-it-1889716125.html | title=Kanye West's "Yeezus" Reviewed: "I'm In It" | website=Popdust | date=June 17, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113246/https://www.popdust.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-reviewed-im-in-it-1889716125.html | archive-date=June 23, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> The type of lyrical absurdity shown by West in "I'm In It" was later displayed by him in the 2018 singles "[[XTCY]]" and "[[I Love It (Kanye West and Lil Pump song)|I Love It]]" (with [[Lil Pump]]).<ref name="outline" />
It has been noticed by people that the dog barks in the song are similar to a [[Chain Chomp]] from [[Super Mario]].
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