Musically, the album reaches into sounds and styles Haywood-Smith has continued to explore throughout his catalog. 'I think I made a really big deal to not pigeonhole myself', he explains. 'Whatever is inspiring me at one point will work it's way into whatever I'm creating'. 'Slingshot' is an amalgamation of Haywood-Smith's many musical sensibilities, achieved with help from a crew of talented peers. Haywood-Smith wrote and performed a bulk of the track's instrumentations, but the LP has notable appearances from Canadian contemporaries Ami Cheon (on 'Just Sayin'') and Mckinley Dixon (on 'Shine').