Yamin recorded 35 songs from which to choose the final track list and worked with various producers including Jermaine Dupri, Dave Tozer, Eman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Steve Russell and Stargate.

The song was released to online music services, including iTunes, and for adds at Top 40 and Rhythmic radio on March 10, 2009.

He found that "the problem for Yamin is that his husky voice bristles against the cold, sequenced rhythms that comprise Fight for Love, creating not tension but dissonance.

Yamin remains an ingratiating presence, possessed with a natural, almost accidental charm that's so endearing that it's hard not to wish that he was in warmer surroundings than these, or at least had a better collection of songs to sing.

"[11] People remarked that the "likable Yamin largely eschews the old-school soul of 2007's self-titled debut for a more contemporary sound.