Biography
The uprising star of the mainstream music, Akon, was born in Senegal to a family of a famous jazz musician Mor Thiam. There are several opinions on his real name, but according to the most popular version, it is Aliaune Thiam. In such circumstances, the boy could not but love music, especially drums and percussion. When he was seven, he moved to the States. He studied poorly and always found troubles with law. Aged fifteen he wrote his first composition, Operations of Nature. It was never released as Akon was not deeply interested in music at that time. As a teenager, Akon decided to launch an illegal business selling stolen cars. He offered his vehicles to celebrities, sportsmen, actors and musicians. This occupation brought him to prison where Akon spent three years. The sentence time was enough to reconsider life values and directions to go. Locked in jail, Akon wrote some of the songs that would be featured on his albums. Three years in confinement persuaded the young man to never break the law again.
After leaving the prison, Akon equipped his own room with the necessary facilities and built up a small studio to work on his own material. He sent his demos to numerous companies until SRC, a Universal subdivision, signed him up. In 2004, the singer released his first long player, Trouble. It was loaded with his experience and impressions from the past life, mostly dark emotions and memories. Indisputably talented, Akon presented a unique type of music decorated with his gentle voice sounding intimate and profound. As only author and producer of his own songs, Akon was free to look for unusual sounds, patterns and solutions. One of the first successful experiments was the composition Show Out featuring him uttering fragments of poems from school text books. First fame and recognition came with the single Locked Up, written by Akon during his sentence. Another song conceived behind the bars was the hit Ghetto. One of the untypical joyful songs on the album was the dance smash Bananza (Belly Dance), a favorite of most leading dance floors. The album did not reach the first place in the charts, but it managed to remain there long enough to become platinum.
Watch the video for Never Took The Time from Akon's Konvicted for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. A new version of Last.fm is available. A moment ago it seemed it was yesterday You were here with me and everything seems to be the same. I'm a hustler and don't need them One of y'all, you see, I'm so paid I see police on that crooked, I Doin' 100 on Interstate 95 My shorty leanin', blastin' that 'Do Or Die' Wishin' that a motherfucker would, 'cause we certified Got a system that'll beat and knock your wall off Got a pump under my seat, sawed-off Got a bunch of goons, hope they.
The subsequent release by Akon, Konvicted (2006) was considered one of the best releases of the year. The singer wrote all but one tracks from the album. He got some of his friends involved in the session for this record. One of the compositions, Smack That, was made in cooperation with Eminem. This song made one of the most incredible jumps in the charts soaring from position 95 to 7 in Top 100. Snoop Dog also helped the young artist create this album as he participated in making the ballads I Wanna Love You, and Don’t Metter. It took Konvicted only seven weeks to become platinum. The two high selling albums made it possible for Akon to launch his own label, Konvikt Muzik. Famous and prosperous, Akon announced his plans to broaden his activity with starting his own TV show and shooting a movie based in the facts from his life. He has already founded his clothing line, Konvict Clothing. In December 2008, Akon released his third album, Freedom.
Studio Albums
Freedom
The greater part of Freedom consists of sad and happy stories of love, breaking up, fighting and making up, reminiscences and dreams. Fortunately for the genre fans Akon has left some space for reflecting over his past
Konvicted
This album features a whole list of guest appearances. With the mixture of their rapping skills and Akon's smooth R&B style Konvicted suggests another direction for a pop music scene which is nowadays overfilled with dozens of twin like performers
Trouble
If there's one thing you could say about Akon, it's that he tries harder than other male R&B artist out there. He's not a king like Usher, or even slightly famous like Ciara. He's still new to the R&B world, and a little fish in a big pond.
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Snoop Dogg Konvict Music, Akon and David Banner If niggaz wanna ride
aahhh aahhahAH ahh..4X So soft and slow Never knew a girl could
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when
Los Lideres! Akon! Aventura! W! Yandel!(Akon) It’s all up to you (Hey)
See I met him on the beach In the summer
[Intro: Busta Rhymes] Ayo somebody tell steven speilberg & george lucas Thank
[Flo Rida] Its the time, its the right time Its the time,
[Intro - Akon & Baby Bash] Hoooo Yeah Said everything
[Intro - T-Pain] Yeah... Uh-Huh... Yeah... Yeah... [Verse 1 - T-Pain] Br
eh eh eh eh eh Ohhhhhh I know they wanna come and
[Akon] When I see you I run out of words to say
[Akon] When I see you I run out of words to say
Hey ladies drop it down Just want to see you touch
Yeeaaa yeaaaa Ohh ohh Yeeaaa yeaaaa Ohh ohh Yeeaaa [Verse 1] I made the
[Peter Buffett] When I go to sleep at night I wonder why
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