Be Yourself marked Patti LaBelle's ninth solo album and her first since 1986's platinum hit, Winner in You, released in 1989 on the MCA label, her second album with the company. The album featured the popular singles, "If You Asked Me To" (a US R&B top 10 single by LaBelle, later covered by Celine Dion), which was also featured on the James Bond soundtrack to the movie, Licence to Kill and the top ten Prince-written hit, "Yo Mister". The album marked LaBelle's forays into new jack swing music with the tracks, "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force and the aforementioned "Yo Mister".