![]() ![]() ”Think About It” is one of the best tracks on the album, featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ella Eyre. Sandé may be dominant, but she’s not the only female vocalist who stands out in Hotel Cabana. It does drag on a little bit with Sandé repeating the same chorus six times throughout the song. With such a strong voice one can forget that she’s equally as talented stripped back, also evident in the funky, grimey tune ”Never Be Your Woman” also featuring Wiley. Her opening notes of the first main track ”Welcome to Cabana” are hauntingly beautiful. They clearly have a strong connection and it comes across in their music. Naughty Boy then went on to produce half of Emeli Sandé’s hit album, Our Version of Events. Her and Naughty Boy had their first musical breaks on the same track, ”Diamond Rings”, by British grime artist Chipmunk. It’s easy to see why she’s being used so much though. There’s definitely a case to say that she’s overused and, with such a powerful, distinctive voice, she starts to lose her impact towards the end. Emeli Sandé is by far the most prominently featured artist, appearing in seven out of 18 songs in the deluxe edition. The only thing that remotely keeps it together are the short interlude tracks featuring the fantastic George the Poet.Įven though it’s Naughty Boy’s album, it’s effectively a feature compilation. From there on the entire concept starts to crumble. Naughty Boy confessed that he wanted the album to feel like a film, and even released a trailer for it on YouTube but unfortunately it’s a film which collapses at the middle mark, specifically with the track ”Pluto”. ![]() As the title suggests, it’s an album built on the concept of a stay in a hotel, where fame and love are the main guests. Hotel Cabana is the debut album from British producer Naughty Boy. ![]()
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