I'M FOR REAL
I'M FOR REAL
Song Information
Artist: SLAKE feat. JP Miles
Composition/Arrangement: SLAKE
Lyrics/Vocals: JP Miles
BPM: 140
Length: 1:33
Genre: TWO STEP
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Look in To my eyes Look into my eyes And you will see Look deep into my eyes And you will see the real me Oh baby Reach deep into my soul And you will see real love I know Oh baby I'm for real About the way I feel I don't have no doubts Just want to shout out now I'm for real About the way I feel It's just a matter of time And you will be all mine na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na Look deep into my eyes And you will feel the real me Oh baby Search deep into my heart And you will see the fire burnin' from the start Oh baby I'm for real About the way I feel I don't have no doubts Just want to shout out now I'm for real About the way I feel It's just a matter of time And you will be all mine
Song Connections / Remixes
- Song selection music in beatmania CORE REMIX is a small and modified clip of I'M FOR REAL.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- According to VJ GYO, he wanted to create live-action videos for I'M FOR REAL and CHECKING YOU OUT, but eventually used CG for both of them.
- I'M FOR REAL received a BEGINNER chart in Dancing Stage Fever (PlayStation 2).
- I'M FOR REAL is a hidden revival in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED. It can be unlocked by playing ten rounds on an entry card.
- As of beat #2 (December 22nd, 2004), it is playable by default.
- Before DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA, the DanceDanceRevolution games credited I'M FOR REAL's artist to just SLAKE.
- I'M FOR REAL was still present in the location test of DanceDanceRevolution X, with its new foot ratings.
- I'M FOR REAL was one of the two only KONAMI original songs by Takehiko Fujii that was not revived in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS, the other being LOVE IS DROWING.
Song Production Information
SLAKE
An exciting new movement is currently happening in London, it's called 2STEP (UK Garage).
It's a hybrid of genres including HOUSE, DRUM'N'BASS, REGGAE, and TECHNO.
Please play this game if you're interested, as it's difficult to explain with words.
Perhaps it's unique that a 2STEP song is included in DX, as this track resembles a 4-beat breakbeat house song.
CS Information Data
DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution- / DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS (North America)
"I'M FOR REAL" by SLAKE. This song is based on "2-Step," a relatively new dance music genre that combines R&B/soul with drum'n'bass-styled breaks.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
If you visit the house section of a store selling imported CDs, there are 2 (TWO) STEP songs like this everywhere.
It's similar to when DRUM'N'BASS became popular, and I noticed that this 2STEP rhythm was incorporated in many J-POP songs.
I'm certain this genre will be prevalent in the future, but I hope "I'M FOR REAL" will be the first 2STEP rhythm you enjoy listening to... it'll be very nice if this song also piques your curiosity in the genre.
I intended for the song's image to be modern and stylish in the movie, and wanted to showcase the "newness" of the rhythm called 2STEP. I designed a basic still-frame as if a CD jacket of this song was created, unlike my previous production strategies.
Well, to divert from SLAKE's previous hard-styled image tracks, I emphasized on "softness" by moving the female character to synchronize with the song's opening lyrics.
I really wanted to make a live-action video, but various circumstances led to a CG character being used as usual...
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ in 5th and 6th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 134 | 264 | 310 | 363 | - | 293 | 344 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style→6th style | - | 3 | 4 | N/A | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 3 | 4 | N/A | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 91 / 0 | 153 / 0 | 202 / 47 | 238 / 40 | - / - / - | 121 / 0 | 183 / 11 | 204 / 16 | - / - / - |
| DDRMAX CS NA | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| DDRMAX2 CS JP | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Dancing Stage Fever (PS2) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS NA | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X location test | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | - |