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. The 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
14. I Wanna Love You - Akon, Snoop Dogg

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14159 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 57 minutes

Customer Reviews

Brill album
Bought this for my son, I thought I would listen the it and I have not stopped playing it. Brilliant!!!. I am going to buy his other album troubled hope that is just as good.

AKON'S KONVICTED!!
"Locked Up"'s success provided Akon with instant heavyweight clout. Upgraded from writing songs and doing the occasional hook for B-, C-, and D-level artists, he tallied a multi-platinum album, was granted his own boutique label (which was used to spawn T-Pain), and became in-demand as an A-list collaborator -- he worked with Young Jeezy, R. Kelly, Gwen Stefani, and even Elton John. His second album, Konvicted, isn't much different from the debut (patchiness included), even though it comes from a different perspective. He even addresses his newfound fame, along with the expectations and other forms of grief that come with it, in a vague but very saddened way throughout "The Rain." For the most part, though, Konvicted offers more ultra-macho R&B. The guest spots come from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Styles P, leaving no room for female hooks or verses. Akon hits on strippers (but does not fall in love with them), smacks behinds, and tends to go with what suits him best: bragging and seducing while delivering like-sounding hooks in his unique voice. Whenever the yearning and heartache is allowed through, he's not persuasive, and he sounds like he still has the club on his mind.