Ken.-Trouble
Under the banner of the big record company Universal, Akon released the single "Bananza Belly Dance" in April 2003, and did not release his first album "Trouble" until June 29th, 2004. In the album selection, most of them prefer songs that can arouse people's hearts, and there are some emotional hip-hop in the singing part skillfully. Akon will attack you with his unique personal style and very dynamic representative works, and let you see what kind of man he is. Akon's life is full of struggles, struggles and opportunities, and the name of his first album Trouble reflects his situation. Akon accepted many different musical elements, including hip-hop music and his African style. This album reflects the obsession with black soul songs. The first song in the album, Locked Up, was sung by Akon and Styles P. This song has a smooth melody and a rap style, which is very suitable for Akon's charming high-pitched voice with a slight African accent. Won the eighth single on the American bulletin board.
1. Lock the feat. Style p
2. Don't bother anyone
3. Bananza (belly dancer)
4. Gangs
5. Slums
6. A large reward beyond reach
Step 7 send out
8. Lonely
9. When the time is right.
10. Travel
1 1. Don't relax.
12. Easy road
Konvicted release date: 2006+05438+0.438+04.
Aken-Conwitt
In 2003, the album "Worry Love Worry" sold 4 million copies worldwide, and moved the world with the song "Mr. Lonely". Aken from Senegal proved that good music will never be lonely. Not only did she cooperate with gwen stefani gwen stefani, Elton John Elton John and other first-line superstars, but the latest album also found rapper Eminem, Snoopy Dog Snoopy Dog, stiles P and so on.
Akon admits that his favorite is soul music, but he prefers to mix and match various genres. This new album is the best proof. The first single "Smack That", in the remake of hip-hop, with the help of rapper Eminem's horizontal knife, soared to the top of the billboard pop singles list, setting a new record of climbing 88 places in a single week and going straight to TOP 2; In addition, Styles P, who once wrote Locked konvictedUp, sang Blowaway this time, and Snoopy's I Want to Love You won the American championship for two weeks in a row, and presented a trilogy of King Unity at the beginning of the album.
The melodious "Running Tired" Akon confided in spiritual songs that he didn't want to continue to escape, which was the last confession of street life. In "I can't wait" with fellow villager T-Pain, Akon successfully blended lyric jazz and hip-hop remake, bringing the two styles of music, which are also from soul music, together again. In the lyric masterpiece "Never Spend Time", the piano and violin rarely seen in hip-hop are boldly used, bringing a smooth melody with an accent; In mama africa, Akon joined a lot of West African drum music, devoted himself to African culture and expressed his homesickness for his people.
The songwriting and production of the whole album were completed by Akon, which not only vividly demonstrated Akon's extraordinary songwriting talent and unique and elegant voice, but also proved that Akon was a skilled music producer and attracted many superstars to cooperate. In addition to setting up his own music production company and hoping to run for the presidency of Senegal in the future, Akon recently made a guest appearance at the CSI crime scene across Hollywood, and began to shoot autobiographical films, determined to become an all-round artist. Before that, we might as well learn about his wonderful life from his music.
1. Blackmail
2. The feat of being blown away. Style p
3. Shoot that feat. Eminem
4. I want to love you. Snoop Dogg
5. It's raining
6. Never spend time
7. mama africa
8. I can't wait for the pain
9. gangster Bop
10. Tired of running away
1 1. Occasionally
12. It doesn't matter
13. Sorry, it's all my fault.
14. Rush feat. Caldinao Fischer
15. gringo
Release date: 2008. 12.2
Akon-Freedom
"Freedom" is the name of Akon's latest solo album, which stems from his "repentance" for his behavior at the Fishkill open-air concert in new york. From his "repentance" for the behavior of Trinidad Zen Club; From the reverence for the blood of the martyrs who fought for independence and freedom on the national flag of the motherland; It also stems from his own dream: to wash away original sin and original sin and really get rid of the brand of "sin".
For this "freedom trip", Akon started the propaganda work very early. Before releasing the album, he performed in the city of 12, and held a competition on the internet to let fans express their opinions and explain the meaning of "freedom" to them. Akon's attention to this album is obvious.
In the album, Akon still maintains his unique voice and sweet melody as expected, but in music production, it is different from his previous two R &；; B, Hip-hop and reggae mixed albums are very different, and more European party music elements are introduced into the album. Judging from many mainstream hip-hop albums in 2008, this change will also become the general trend of the development of the whole hip-hop music circle, and the new genre of rave is slowly paying off. The synthesizer sound effect in the first single "Na Na Na" clearly verified Akon's idea of moving closer to European electronic dance music. This experimental single also reached 18 on the Billboard Top 100 list in the first week after its release. Besides Right Now (Na Na Na), there are many similar dance music in the album, such as Keep You Much Longer, T-Pain's Holla Holla, Troublemaker and Beautiful. Ken completely changed his previous style for the crowd on the dance floor.
Of course, Akon will not forget to satisfy the tastes of Hiphop fans. The second hit song with Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy, "I am such a good match", is a typical street style single, showing his rich pocket. Akon once again "dresses up" as a pimp here, announcing that he is a big boss in the music industry, and even the old man himself can't move: "God only needs a phone call to make an artist rise or fall. I don't have to worry, I have plenty of money, and I control him with money! " Compared with the previous two albums full of crime stories and street legendary songs, Freedom is more like a "free journey" for a sinner to find a quiet life, with many warm and sincere feelings. Sunny days tell the perfect feeling when the clouds clear, and in the song "With You", Akon continues the topic in the best-selling single "Never mind" in 2007. Under the strong beat of electronic reggae created by producer Hakim, he made a real confession to his lover and vowed that nothing could separate them. Other songs worth listening to are "Over the Edge", which tells the story of "Stand up bravely when you fall down", and "Birthmark", a love song that makes a fuss about a woman's birthmark.
Aside from those temporary troubles, whether it is the troubles encountered by his family in the process of immigrating to the United States or the troubles of his own growth, Akon relies on freedom to continue to reap the fruits of his previous success. He hopes that all these unfortunate stories will end in this album. Between continuing to be depressed and forgetting everything and fully enjoying life, Akon chose the latter. After being imprisoned and pleading guilty, Akon decided to bid farewell to his gray past completely through this album.
Through freedom, Akon began to reach the second peak of his career, and the direction he chose also ensured that this "trip" would not be another parabola.
1. Now (Na Na Na)
2. Beautiful feat. Kolby Odonis & Caldinao Fischer
3. Let you stay longer
4. The feat of troublemaker. Sweet haste
5. We don't care
6. I'm honored. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy.
7. Hora Hora feat. T- pain
8. Fight against bumper harvests. Ray Lavender
9. Being with you
10. A feat on a sunny day. Wyclef Jean
1 1. birthmark
12. Over the edge
13. Freedom
14. Applause again (extra points)