The album was originally scheduled to be released in the summer of 2007 under the name The Next Thing, but was then pushed back to November 2008.Sean Paul told MTV that he wants to be less focused on party songs such as Get Busy, We Be Burnin’, and Temperature. He said he wants his songs to focus on youth violence in Jamaica.

The album’s title means “Kings Fire”. Sean Paul commented on the title saying, “I’m not the king. I’m the fire, I’m the flame, I’m the energy.”

In an interview with DJ Swerve, Sean Paul confirmed that he did 60 tracks for the album, with 19 tracks making the final cut. He also revealed some of the song titles that will be on the album: “Don’t Tease Me”, “Press It Up”, “Lift It”, “She Want Me”, “Lately”, “Hold My Hand”, “Pepperpot”, “Now That I Got You”, “Birthday Suit” and “She Wanna Be Down”.