Released: September 22, 1992

[Announcer]
500 hertz at reference fluxivity
Set gain for asthmath, phase, and frequency response calibration

[Announcer (synthesized)]
Good evening, y'all
(Hello, where' s the music?)
Today's lesson funk shall begin in just a few
(Immature)
We're gonna drop some signs on you about two...
No, three... no, yeah, three "Funketeers"
Yeah, let's see on the scale from one to ten on your funk meter
How do you rate your funk?
What these three dope brothers gonna be dropping some new jack funk for you
Coming at you in the nine-two, straight taking over things
Yeah, with the crazy hype ghetto beats
Smooth ballad, kicking it R&B, with a hip-hop cut
Or should I say hip-pop
Yeah, psychological is definitely the concept
Bringing you that "excitertainment"
Immature and the disciples of the new funk era
The new jack funk thing
Marq, Romeo, and Don
Yeah
Well, I see right now I'm gonna have to jet out of here
We're gonna be jamming this frequency
So y'all ain't gonna be hearing me for a while
We gonna bring you back in with this interview
I just wanna say peace (Immature)
And I'm outty like sour-ey

[Interviewer]
So, Immature, I see here that your music, is psychological? Please explain

[Batman]
Psychological is, you know, like, crazy, dope weird stuff, you know?

[Half Pint]
Like a crazy dome

[Interviewer]
Oh I get it, okay. Wh-what is new jack funk?

[Batman]
New jack funk is just, like, crazy, dope, hype beats, you know?

[Interviewer]
Yeah?

[Batman & (Half Pint)]
To keep the crowd jumping (Hip-hop music)

[Interviewer]
So, you guys are, like, into rhythm and blues?

[Half Pint]
Not rhythm and blues

[Half Pint & Romeo]
Rhythm and beats

[Interviewer]
Ah, I see that you don't have any price tags on your clothes

[Batman]
Been there

[Immature]
Done it

[Interviewer]
And your clothes, they're not on backwards or anything

[Batman]
Been there

[Immature]
Done it

[Batman]
Hey, yo, man, this interview is nervous, man

[Romeo]
Yo, lend us that honey dip out there

[Batman]
Oh, dang

[Half Pint]
Check out her onions

[Batman]
Oh, dang, she got a ghetto booty

Immature

Immature, also known as IMx, is an R&B group from Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 1992 by Marques Houston (Batman), Jerome Jones (Romeo, also known as Young Rome), and Don Santos (Half-Pint). The trio decided to enter a talent show together at the school they were attending. After performing, they were discovered and signed to Virgin Records, and began recording their debut album.

Their debut album, On Our Worst Behavior, was released on September 22, 1992. The album produced three singles: “Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior” featuring Jermaine Dupri, “Da Munchies”, and “I Wanna Know U That Way”. Though the album and two of its singles failed to chart, “Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior)” managed to peak at #29 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, largely due to its inclusion on the soundtrack to the animated film Bébé’s Kids.

In 1994, Half-Pint’s parents pulled him from the group because they wanted him to focus on his studies more instead of being in the group. Half-Pint was replaced by Kelton Reese (LDB, or Little Drummer Boy), who was already the drummer for the group. Now signed to MCA Records, their sophomore effort Playtyme Is Over was released on August 10, 1994. Unlike their previous effort, the album managed to peak at #26 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #88 on the Billboard 200. The accompanying three singles for the album were: “Never Lie” (the album’s most successful single, peaking at #5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, “Constantly”, and “I Don’t Mind”.