[1] American rapper Jay-Z recommended Minaj to be a featured artist on Thicke's song on which she eagerly accepted, "[I] cannot put into words how I felt when he told me that.

'"[2] In an interview with MTV News, Thicke also explained how the collaboration happened, "We were in the studio and I played him [Jay-Z] the whole album.

[11] "Shakin' It 4 Daddy" is a club song with a duration of three minutes and fifty-two seconds.

[5][12] A reviewer of MuchMusic described the song as "R. Kelly-meets-Usher party record that is Thicke's Southern-style hip-hop homage to the strip club and nightclub generation.

[14] Writing for PopMatters, Tyler Lewis declared that "Shakin' It 4 Daddy" contains "pretty standard Polow da Don production", but that it succeeds in "rendering all the lyrics meaningless".

[17] August Brown of the Los Angeles Times declared "Shakin' It 4 Daddy" to be déclassé by Thicke's standards.

[12] Thicke and Minaj performed the song numerous times, including on BET's 106 & Park in December 2009 and on the Late Show with David Letterman in February 2010.