Beyonce's 'collaborative' Cowboy Carter album
Shaboozey says Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' was extremely "collaborative" and he praised her for including Linda Martell, who was the first Black female country artist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, on the album.
Shaboozey says Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' was extremely "collaborative".
Shaboozey is one of a number of Black country artists, including Willie Jones, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Tiera Kennedy, featured on the Beyonce's country-inspired album and he went to Los Angeles to record his tracks.
He told Billboard: "It’s all collaborative. Everyone’s working at the same time and different rooms and I came in a couple of days and recorded some parts. [Beyonce] heard them later and liked them. It’s cool how you don’t know until the last moment if your part made it or not. We were waiting up until 9 p.m. PT [on album release day] to know if we made the cut."
He also praised Beyonce for including Linda Martell, who was the first Black female country artist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, with a spoken-word intro to 'Spaghettii', although he admitted he was unaware of her inclusion until the album was released.
He said: "That’s how Beyonce, she likes to put things together, taking different parts of different things and different bridges, always experimenting with the sound, so very free-form over there.
"I’m also a huge Linda Martell supporter and I admire her story. It’s cool how everything came together and I’m really honoured to be on a song with these two incredible individuals.”
Shaboozey appears on two songs on Cowboy Carter: 'Sweet Honey Buckiin' and 'Spaghettii'.
