My artist Candice Pillay, my other writers, Dem Jointz, they wrote the song. I was in LA, and I had just pulled it out, chopped it up, made it a beat. Bangladesh continued to describe 'Cockiness (Love It) ''s development and song-writing process, saying: The producer continued to say that the song had undergone 'many different guises' before the final version including on Talk That Talk (2011), saying ''Cockiness', it's layers of things I had sampled for a long time, never really messed with it too much.' Mr. Bangladesh revealed that Rihanna was the principal artist who he wanted to record 'Cockiness (Love It)'. Abernathy, Shondrae Crawford and Rihanna, with production helmed by Crawford under his stage name Mr. 'Cockiness (Love It)' was written by Candice Pillay, D. Upon the release of Talk That Talk, the song charted in lower regions on the singles charts in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Whilst some praised the song's memorability and compositional structure, others criticized its overtly sexual lyrical content. 'Cockiness (Love It)' received mixed reviews from music critics. The lyrics of the song revolve around declaring the singer's desire for sex.

Instrumentation is provided by vocal whoops, drums and horns.

'Cockiness (Love It)' is a dubstep and dancehall track. He stated that while he was writing and developing the song, Rihanna was the principal artist whom he wanted to record it. Bangladesh, the producer revealed in an interview with MTV that the song had undergone many different versions before the final cut was included on the album. Abernathy and Shondrae Crawford, with production helmed by Mr. The song was written by Rihanna, Candice Pillay, D. ' Cockiness (Love It)' is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna, from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011).

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