 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ti a kọ nipasẹ Lewis pẹlu Novel ati Tony Reyes, Ohunkohun Ti O Gba ni a gba silẹ ni DARP Studios ati Doppler Studios, mejeeji ti o wa ni Atlanta, Georgia ati ni Battery Studios ni Ilu New York, nipasẹ Carlton Lynn. Lynn ni iranlọwọ ninu ilana igbasilẹ nipasẹ Lloyd Cooper ni Doppler Studios ati Tim Sturges ni Battery Studios. O tun ṣe idapọ nipasẹ Lynn ni DARP Studios; Josh Houghkirk ṣiṣẹ bi oluranlọwọ idapọ. Novel àti Dallas Austin ló ṣe orin náà. Oríṣiríṣi àwọn olórin ni wọn gba fún iṣẹ ìkọrin Whatever It Takes: Eddie Horst ni olùṣètò ìkọrin, nígbà tí Kenn Wagner, Olga Shiptko, Amy Chang àti William Pu ṣe àwọn violin, Karen Freer àti Daniel Laufer pèsè cello àti olùkọrin Reyes kọkọ kọkọ kọ guitar. Stephen Lowman ati Stephen Ferrera ṣe awọn drums, nigba ti Novel ṣe awọn keyboard. Whatever It Takes lo akọrin, ti o ni Tawatha Agee, Vanesse Thomas, Cindy Mizelle, Michelle Cobbs, Robin Clark, Bibi Straughn, Tammy Lucas, Billy Porter, Bennie Diggs ati Fonzi Thornton; Thornton ni a gba gẹgẹbi alagbaṣe olorin. Lewis pese awọn ohun orin ti o wa lori orin naa, ati ilana iṣelọpọ ni Kimberly L. Smith ṣe abojuto. Bi o ti ṣafihan orin naa ṣaaju ṣiṣe rẹ ni irin-ajo orin akọkọ rẹ : The Labyrinth 2010, Lewis fi han pe Whatever It Takes ni orin akọkọ ti a kọ fun Ẹmi. 