Product Description

Senegalese-born R&B singer Akon returns with the follow-up to his highly acclaimed debut TROUBLE. The talented vocalistshows he's able to juggle a few different R&B styles from seductive love songs ("I Wanna Love You") to deeper dirges ofself-reflection ("The Rain") to heartfelt tributes to his homeland ("Mama Africa"). KONVICTED also has its share of hardcore hip-hop, with guest appearances from Styles-P and Snoop Dogg; Eminem even checks in on the official club hit, "Smack That."

Track Listing

1. Shake Down
2. Blown Away - Akon & Styles P
3. Smack That - Akon & Eminem
4. I Wanna Love You - Akon & Snoop Dogg
5. Rain
6. Never Took The Time
7. Mama Africa
8. I Can't Wait
9. Gangsta Bop
10. Tired Of Runnin'
11. Once In A While
12. Don't Matter
13. Gringo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46513 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Customer Reviews

Good follow up
Akon's first album was an R&B classic, but this is a tone down, less hip hop and a lot more soul influenced. Akon's voice is still as chilling and down right amazing and he manages to sound great over the beats. Another song with Styles P is featured on here, and again the two work really well together, and i'm sure there is more fantastic duets from those two to come. Smack That is a classic single, catchy and it has Eminem on it, an instant hit. But i think that Akon's part in the song is often over looked, he does a kind of harmonized rap in the song, and i think that it works really well. Gangsta Bop is a great song and possibly my favourite on the album, features great lyrics and a terrific chorus. The new single, I wanna love you, is growing on me, but it is not a song that i would choose as a single, buy as a single or in fact listen to, it is one of the few songs i would skip, but Snoop's rap is good on here and i do like Akon's vocals, but i just don't like the beat. Overall a very good follow up, just not as good as his debut. One of the better hip hop albums of 2006. Like this? Try Chris Brown or Tyrese

A follow-up that shows
This second album from Akon is a genre-bending collection of R&B and Hip Hop tracks and lots of ballads. Singing with passion and "konviction", he returns with that unmistakable accent and international musical flavor that propelled his debut album to multi-platinum status.

The first single "Smack That" is an infectiously catchy dance track, and having a re-energized Eminem as a guest artiste won't hurt it's chances at all. The second single "I Wanna Love You" (or the version with the more explicit title) features Snoop Dogg, where Snoop is ready for a little action, and Akon is looking for a relationship, just like his pal T-Pain.

However, if R&B ballads are more your thing, there are some excellent ones on this album, such as "The Rain", "Never Took the Time" (one of the best tracks on the album), the reggae-beat "Mama Africa", "I Can't Wait", and the retro-soul track "Tired of Runnin'"

For mid-tempo fans there's the down to earth "Gangsta Bop", "Blown Away" (featuring Styles P.) and the bonus track "Gringo". If its dance tracks you're after, you'll also like "Shake Down", but this being a more introspective album there's not much room for dancing.

This album contains explicit lyrics, and the unfortunate thing is that the profanity doesn't complement an otherwise very good album.