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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act IShahid Khan, George Mpanga | Naughty Boy | Play | 00:24 | 0 MB | 2 MB |
| 2 | Welcome to CabanaShahid Khan, Patrick Okogwu | Naughty Boy | Play | 01:51 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 3 | WonderHarry Craze, Shahid Khan | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Think About ItLuke Juby, Shahid Khan, Andrea Martin, Mustafa Omer, Cameron Thomaz | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | HollywoodShahid Khan | Naughty Boy | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | La La LaJonny Coffer, Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy, Shahid Khan, Frobisher Mbabazi, Mustafa Omer, Sam Smith | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | One WayLuke Juby, Shahid Khan, Rachel Moulden, Rocky Takaloo | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | PlutoHarry Craze, Luke Juby, Shahid Khan, Jermaine Scott | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 9 | So StrongGrace Ackerman, Shahid Khan, Phil Plested | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | No One's Here to SleepShahid Khan, Dan Smith | Naughty Boy | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | LiftedJonny Coffer, Harry Craze, Shahid Khan, Mustafa Omer | Naughty Boy | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | EpilogueShahid Khan, George Mpanga | Naughty Boy | Play | 01:28 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 13 | Top Floor | Naughty Boy, Ed Sheeran | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 14 | Never Be Your Woman | Naughty Boy, Wiley, Emeli Sandé | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 15 | Daddy (Ifan Dafydd Remix) | Naughty Boy | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 16 | Get Lucky | Naughty Boy, Tanika | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 51 mins | 119 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 326 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Ackerman | Composer, Vocals |
| 2 | Glyn Aikins | A&R |
| 3 | Richard Antwi | Management |
| 4 | Shakil Ashraf | Drums |
| 5 | Kahilia Bakosi | Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Bastille | Featured Artist |
| 7 | Tim Blacksmith | Executive Producer, Management |
| 8 | Riki Bleau | Executive Producer, Management |
| 9 | Barry Burt | Management |
| 10 | Chasing Grace | Featured Artist |
| 11 | Wez Clarke | Ceramic Drums, Mix Down, Programming |
| 12 | Jonny Coffer | Composer, String Arrangements, Strings |
| 13 | Craze & Hoax | Additional Production, Engineer, Instrumentation, Programming |
| 14 | Harry Craze | Composer |
| 15 | Danny D. | Executive Producer, Management |
| 16 | Ella Eyre | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 17 | Gabrielle | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 18 | George the Poet | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 19 | Stuart Hawkes | Mastering |
| 20 | Luke Juby | Bass, Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Saxophone, Strings, Vocals (Background) |
| 21 | Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy | Composer |
| 22 | Shahid Khan | Composer |
| 23 | Komi | Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 24 | Jack Lambert | Management |
| 25 | Matt Lawrence | Mixing |
| 26 | Maiday | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 27 | Andrea Martin | Composer |
| 28 | Frobisher Mbabazi | Composer, Keyboards |
| 29 | Mic Righteous | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 30 | Thabo Mkwananzi | Composer |
| 31 | Mojam | Additional Production, Producer |
| 32 | Check Morris | Artwork |
| 33 | Rachel Moulden | Composer |
| 34 | George Mpanga | Composer |
| 35 | Wes Muoria-Chaves | Guitar |
| 36 | James Murray | Engineer, Instrumentation, Programming |
| 37 | Naughty Boy | Director, Engineer, Instrumentation, Primary Artist, Producer, Programming |
| 38 | Patrick Okogwu | Composer |
| 39 | Mustafa Omer | Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Programming |
| 40 | Tobi Oyerinde | Bass |
| 41 | Phil Plested | Composer, Vocals |
| 42 | Daniela Rivera | Assistant |
| 43 | RØMANS | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 44 | Gustave Rudman | Brass, Strings |
| 45 | Emeli Sandé | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 46 | Jermaine Scott | Composer |
| 47 | Shakavelli | Engineer, Producer |
| 48 | Ed Sheeran | Composer, Featured Artist, Guitar, Vocals |
| 49 | Dan Smith | Composer, Vocals |
| 50 | Sam Smith | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 51 | Ava Stokes | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 52 | Sunny | Engineer |
| 53 | Adrian Sykes | Management |
| 54 | Jasmin Tadjiky | Instrumentation, Programming |
| 55 | Rocky Takaloo | Composer |
| 56 | Phil Tan | Mixing |
| 57 | Tanika | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 58 | Thabo | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 59 | Cameron Thomaz | Composer |
| 60 | Tinie Tempah | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 61 | Wiz Khalifa | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 62 | Wretch 32 | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |