The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence , premiered in February 2006 and features a stylized "gang" confrontation in an underground parking lot.
: Producer will.i.am discovered the track while CD shopping in Brazil. He reportedly jump-started the production on a laptop during a train ride, tightened the beat on a plane to Tokyo, and recorded vocals in a Tokyo park. Black Eyed Peas – Pump It
The song's core identity is built around a heavy sample of , which gained global fame via the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence ,