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Shahid Khan, aka Naughty Boy, became a fixed presence in the U.K. pop chart in 2009, when his first major production -- the ska-flavored "Diamond Rings" for rapper Chipmunk -- peaked at number six. He continued to work closely with that song's featured vocalist, Emeli Sandé, and produced material for Devlin, Professor Green, and Tinie Tempah prior to releasing a debut single of his own, a Top Ten update of White Town's "Your Woman" titled "Never Be Your Woman," featuring Wiley and Sandé. Khan gained additional notice when the latter's Our Version of Events, an album with nine songs he helped make, became one of 2012's biggest releases. He continued to roll with additional solo hits: the thunderous stadium pop of "Wonder," led by Sandé, also went Top Ten and was succeeded by the number one "La La La," an Indian-flavored breakbeat garage-soul hybrid fronted by Sam Smith. Those two hits set up Hotel Cabana, an immense-sounding, loosely conceptual set "directed by" Naughty Boy. Even when only its principal 40-minute serving is digested, it's weighty, with introductions to both "acts" and an epilogue all featuring vague nuggets of scene-setting wisdom from George the Poet (the concierge?). The place is heaving with guests, not just Sandé and Smith, but the likes of Tinie Tempah, Wiz Khalifa, Gabrielle, Wretch 32, and Bastille. There's also Ed Sheeran, who arrives during the final scene for a melodramatic ballad in which he wonders if an unrequited love will know if he jumps from the hotel's top floor. Even with such studious effort toward making this akin to a movie of indivisible scenes, it's more like a singles compilation with smartly sequenced B-sides and interludes. The two preceding hits and the additional A-sides "Think About It," boasting a heavy throwback soul backdrop, and "Lifted," another redemptive anthem featuring Sandé, stand out most. They offer unapologetically ostentatious, skillfully constructed pop.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - George The Poet, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Mpanga, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Okogwu, ComposerLyricist - Tinie Tempah, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Craze, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hoax, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Craze, ComposerLyricist - Hugo Chegwin, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Jasmin Tadjiky, Programmer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Kahlia Bakosi, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Craze, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hoax, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Craze, ComposerLyricist - Hugo Chegwin, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Daniela Rivera, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Luke Juby, Piano, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrea Martin, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Programmer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mustafa Omer, Programmer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wiz Khalifa, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Jibril Thomaz, ComposerLyricist - Mojam, Producer, Co-Producer - Ella Eyre, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Steve Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hanson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Bonds, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Laurence, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Tombling, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Schaefer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Naughty Boy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lorraine McAslan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emil Chakalov, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Woollard, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Thabo, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thabo Mkwananzi, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Coffer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Shakil Ashraf, ComposerLyricist - Tobi Oyerinde, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shakaveli, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mustafa Omer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gabrielle, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Mojam, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - George The Poet, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Mpanga, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Naughty Boy, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Murray, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mustafa Omer, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Smith, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Napes, ComposerLyricist - Frobisher Mbabazi, ComposerLyricist - Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, ComposerLyricist - Mojam, Producer, Co-Producer - Komi, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Coffer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frobisher 'Froby' Mbabazi, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Gustave Rudman, Horn, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Uzoechi Emenike, ComposerLyricist - Tanika, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shakil Ashraf, ComposerLyricist - Ava Stokes, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shakaveli, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Luke Juby, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Strings, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mic Righteous, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Moulden, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Maiday, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rocky Takaloo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Juby, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Craze, Producer, Additional Producer - Hoax, Producer, Additional Producer - Wretch 32, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Craze, ComposerLyricist - Hugo Chegwin, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Jermaine Sinclaire Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sunny, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Chasing Grace, FeaturedArtist - Grace Ackerman, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Philip Plested, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Smith, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sunny, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Bastille, FeaturedArtist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mustafa Omer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Craze, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hoax, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Craze, ComposerLyricist - Hugo Chegwin, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Mojam, Producer, Additional Producer - Jonny Coffer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Luke Juby, Bass Guitar, Piano, Strings, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Sheeran, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Steve Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hanson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Bonds, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Laurence, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Lawrence, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Tombling, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Schaefer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslaw Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Naughty Boy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lorraine McAslan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emil Chakalov, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Romans, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Woollard, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Coffer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Shakil Ashraf, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wes Muoria-Chaves, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - George The Poet, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Mpanga, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Wiley, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Cowie, ComposerLyricist - Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mustafa Omer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Khan, ComposerLyricist - B. Crosby, ComposerLyricist - J. Mishra, ComposerLyricist - I. Wallman, ComposerLyricist - M. Wartell, ComposerLyricist - Mojam, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Ustad Sultan Khan, ComposerLyricist - Emeli Sande, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Musician, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - J. Murray, ComposerLyricist - M. Omer, ComposerLyricist - Mojam Music, Producer, Co-Producer - Mustafa Omer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - G. Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Ifan Dafydd, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - NILE RODGERS, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Bangalter, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Tanika, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Rocha, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MckNasty, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Wez, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Emeli Sande, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Murray, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Manderson, ComposerLyricist - Mustafa Omer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Professor Green, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craze, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Hoax, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Harry Craze, ComposerLyricist - Hugo Chegwin, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Wez Clarke, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Mojam, Producer, Additional Producer - Jonny Coffer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited, under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Shahid Khan, aka Naughty Boy, became a fixed presence in the U.K. pop chart in 2009, when his first major production -- the ska-flavored "Diamond Rings" for rapper Chipmunk -- peaked at number six. He continued to work closely with that song's featured vocalist, Emeli Sandé, and produced material for Devlin, Professor Green, and Tinie Tempah prior to releasing a debut single of his own, a Top Ten update of White Town's "Your Woman" titled "Never Be Your Woman," featuring Wiley and Sandé. Khan gained additional notice when the latter's Our Version of Events, an album with nine songs he helped make, became one of 2012's biggest releases. He continued to roll with additional solo hits: the thunderous stadium pop of "Wonder," led by Sandé, also went Top Ten and was succeeded by the number one "La La La," an Indian-flavored breakbeat garage-soul hybrid fronted by Sam Smith. Those two hits set up Hotel Cabana, an immense-sounding, loosely conceptual set "directed by" Naughty Boy. Even when only its principal 40-minute serving is digested, it's weighty, with introductions to both "acts" and an epilogue all featuring vague nuggets of scene-setting wisdom from George the Poet (the concierge?). The place is heaving with guests, not just Sandé and Smith, but the likes of Tinie Tempah, Wiz Khalifa, Gabrielle, Wretch 32, and Bastille. There's also Ed Sheeran, who arrives during the final scene for a melodramatic ballad in which he wonders if an unrequited love will know if he jumps from the hotel's top floor. Even with such studious effort toward making this akin to a movie of indivisible scenes, it's more like a singles compilation with smartly sequenced B-sides and interludes. The two preceding hits and the additional A-sides "Think About It," boasting a heavy throwback soul backdrop, and "Lifted," another redemptive anthem featuring Sandé, stand out most. They offer unapologetically ostentatious, skillfully constructed pop.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:06
- Main artists: Naughty Boy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited ℗ 2014 Naughty Boy Recordings Limited
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