The track was produced by Buckwild for L's debut studio album, Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous (1995).

The song was written by Big L, Roy Ayers and Anthony Best.

The song was released on November 13, 1994 as the first single from the album through Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment.

In an interview with HipHopDX, Lord Finesse described "Put It On": [Columbia Records] wanted something with a hook that would be kinda catchy, and something they could get radio play with.

[1]It was also sampled in dubstep artist Datsik's song "Firepower".