It was released on August 8, 2006, on Jive Records and features new music from Mario, Drew Sidora, Ciara, Chamillionaire, Kelis, Chris Brown, Jamie Scott, Yung Joc and 3LW.

Other tracks include Kelis' "80's Joint", Anthony Hamilton's "Dear Life", Youngbloodz's "I'mma Shine", and Petey Pablo's "Show Me the Money"and Dolla's"Feelin 'Myself".

The title track is performed by newcomer Samantha Jade and produced by Wyclef Jean.

[22] The song was written by Diane Warren and was produced by Wyclef Jean.

[24] In the United States, "Step Up" peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart in 2006.