 Ne-Yo cited the 1960s American group Rat Pack, particularly members Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. as influences, whose style inspired his clothes and music.Explaining the album's title, he said he was "trying to take it back to where you couldn't walk out of the house unless you looked your best".Commenting on the likes of the Rat Pack and Nat King Cole he commented that "they're suited and everything is right from top to bottom.