The album includes collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Lalah Hathaway, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Robin Thicke and Pitbull.

Wilson continues to offer traditional, uplifting R&B that sounds modern and mature without pandering to younger or older audiences.

He simply stocks the album with affectionate, gracious love songs and breaks them up with the occasional upbeat funk track or contemporary gospel number – nothing fancy.

"[2] Melody Charles, writing for SoulTracks wrote: "Gap-Band-recalling up-tempos, rapper cameos, and inspirational bits of testimony in-between: if life were a religion, this In It to Win It chapter from The Book of Charlie is proof that faith and works, paired with God's grace, will make beautiful music out of the madness of life.

"[3] In It to Win It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, of which 47,000 were pure album sales.