"Just Whitney" is Houston's fifth studio album. It is mixed with soulful and R&B ballads to dance numbers. Houston said that she wanted to make a "very soul oriented" album, something she felt was missing on the radio. It was a departure in style from her previous album My Love Is Your Love, which was blended with Hip Hop and reggae jams. Regarding the album's recording sessions L.A. Reid, with whom Houston was working, said: "We really wanted to re-establish a core urban base for Whitney. [...]We made records that were black pop for years. And now, that same black pop doesn't work well".