"Hotel" is a song by American rapper Kid Ink. The song was released as an instant-grat on January 9, 2015 by Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic and

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, later becoming the second single from his third

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'' Full Speed'' (2015). It was sent to US

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radio on January 27, 2015.

Background

After the commercial success of their previous single " Show Me", Kid Ink linked up with American singer

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to work on a song with songwriting and production team

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. At first the song was displayed as "track 5" (while the rest of the tracks were titled) on the

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album pre-order before it was released commercially as a single.

Music video

An animated music video was uploaded to

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on June 9, 2015.

Charts

Certifications

References

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