Shaboozey says Beyoncé‘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 Beyoncé’s country-inspired album. He went to Los Angeles to record his tracks.
“It’s all collaborative. Everyone’s working at the same time in different rooms and I came in a couple of days and recorded some parts. [Beyoncé] 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 told Billboard.
He also praised Beyoncé for including Linda Martell, the first Black female country artist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, with a spoken-word intro to “Spaghetti,” although he admitted he was unaware of her inclusion until the album was released.
“That’s how Beyoncé … 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 honored to be on a song with these two incredible individuals.” he said.
Shaboozey appears on two songs on Cowboy Carter; “Sweet Honey Buckin'” and “Spaghettii.”
