"[3] Colby O includes the Top 40 song "What You Got" featuring Akon and other singles "Don't Turn Back"[4] and "Let You Go".

In addition, the O'Donis plays guitar on the album, as well as bass, drums, percussion, synthesizer and keyboards.

AllMusic's David Jeffries felt that Akon and O'Donis "overstretched" on the "slick R&B" production, critiqued that the latter's vocal delivery over said "well executed but rarely memorable" beats didn't challenge him, and the track listing should've been cut to ten, highlighting "She Wanna Go" and "Under My Nose" as examples.

He concluded by gauging the tween audience's reaction to the record: "[T]hey'll find Colby's swagger, his slang dropping, and his smooth voice all very exciting and his hair gel perfectly applied.

"[8] DJBooth's Nathan Slavik felt that O'Donis' soft vocals worked better on tracks with more "muted production" like "Let You Go", "Under My Nose" and "Follow You" than on "Take You Away" and "The Difference" where they barely register emotion, concluding that "even after listening to Colby O we don't really know who Colby O'Donis is, other than the man filling out the pop/r&b position in Akon's roster.