 "Because I Love It" is primarily an R&B album, also comprising funk, soul and hip hop.Tracks like "Some Like It" and "Crazy Wonderful" also contain elements from 1980s music.The album was executively produced by Amerie and her husband-manager Lenny Nicholson and produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, The Buchanans, Cee-Lo Green, Quran Goodman, Destro, One Up, Chris & Drop, Mike Caren, Curtis "C Note" Richardson, Bink!, and Kore & Bellek.