Singer-songwriter Imani Coppola and programmer Adam Pallin, who make up the duo, recorded the album separately.

"[4] Adam Pallin reflected that the song "28 Butts", about a woman wasting her life, was pivotal to the album with respect to its vibe, which helped set the tone for the rest.

[6][7][8] However, NPR's Marc Hirsh commented that "the issue isn't that New York is so much flyer than London, so much as that Winehouse's trainwreckery has squandered whatever goodwill she once claimed in the colonies.

The New York Times praised the songwriting as "modern and quick-tongued" with "insouciant, articulate takes on relationships in various stages of disaster".

[18] Billboard called the album an excellent debut and said Imani Coppola's fans would be pleased by the "bubbly blend of swinging hip-hop rhythms, bright R&B horns and sassy soul-siren vocals.

A review by Jude Rogers for The Guardian felt that while "In terms of pop's major aims, 'The Stoop' is practically a perfect record," the songwriting was often too harsh and that "Coppola trips over" the "fine line between songs about sassy, female independence and old-fashioned arrogance" regularly.

[23][24] All tracks are written by Imani Coppola, Michael Mangini and Adam Pallin, except where notedAdapted credits from the liner notes of The Stoop.