Production was handled by Beanz & Kornbread, Travis Barker, X-Fyle, Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson, Gennessee Lewis, Happy Perez, I.N.F.O.

It features guest appearances from Z-Ro, Baby Bash, Gorilla Zoe, Kobe, Krizz Kaliko, Lil' Keke, Marty James, Mouse, Tech N9ne, The Federation, Too Short, Trae tha Truth, Webbie, Young Chill, Yung Joc and Yung Redd, as well as Paul Wall's short-lived hip hop supergroup Expensive Taste.

Rapper Paul Wall spoke about the album Fast Life, about taking something stronger than his previous albums, with both his lyrics and its production; as well as cover several more topics: I really stepped it up a lot lyrically because I wanted this record to show real strength and emotion because y'all know Rap is so deep at times and I took that opportunity to just write lyrics that told my story and showed people that I mean something deep which y'all never really realised but now realise, also on the production side we really stepped it up a lot.

[5]"You're going to hear in-depth topics," he says, adding that he's been recording nonstop for the album for the last two years, a feat that has given him more than 50 songs to choose from.

[7] The album's second single "Lemon Drop" featuring Baby Bash, was released on the same day as the music video on July 13, 2009.