The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Oak Felder, Bryan-Michael Cox and the Underdogs among others.

The album also features guest appearances by Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, Bow Wow, Jermaine Dupri and more.

At age 13, Brown was discovered in Virginia by Hitmission Records, a local production team that visited the gas station where his father worked, while searching for new talent.

[6] The negotiations with Def Jam continued for two months, and ended when Davis lost her job due to a corporate merger.

[9] Brown developed the concept for the album along with Mark Pitts and Tina Davis, and began recording it in Miami, Florida.

[14] Through the winter, Brown joined the Scream V Encore Tour, featuring Ciara, Bow Wow, Omarion and Marques Houston, as a supporting act.

[1][15] The album features Brown performing with a "sweet, soaring tenor" over productions that include both hip-hop influenced "gangsta-style rough beats" and traditional R&B instrumentals.

The song features guest vocals from an American rapper Juelz Santana, while the production that was handled by Scott Storch.

A remix featuring guest vocals from a fellow American rapper Lil Wayne was released as the album's third single on May 7, 2006, and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The album's fifth and final single, "Poppin'" was released on November 21, 2006, and became a top five hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Andy Kellman of AllMusic said that the album "almost always involves an even push-and-pull between what appeals to kids who don't consider street credibility and those who do," praising Brown's introduction in R&B music as "a refreshing presence, a high-schooler who's neither as family friendly as Will Smith nor as comically vulgar as Pretty Ricky.

"[17] Chris Elwell-Sutton from The Evening Standard found that "Brown's sweet, soaring tenor – like Usher's, but with more vigour – carries" tracks such as "Run It!".

"[20] Christian Hoard, writing for Rolling Stone, felt that Chris Brown was "innocuous enough for the Teen People set, which is part of the problem.

Brown's voice suggests both Usher and a young Jacko, but his charms are often lost in the album's plush, listless production and undercooked songs.

"[22] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian described the album as "promising stuff" but noted "a deft purveyor of mid-tempo, hip-hop-inspired pop whose lyrics never stray into naughty post-watershed territory.

[29] On December 18, 2006, the album was a certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over two million copies.