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Akon
Artist Icon Freedom (2008)
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Sales Icon 1,439,000 copies

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Freedom est le troisième album studio d'Akon, sorti le 2 décembre 2008.

L'album devait à l'origine s'appeler Acquitted, toutefois Akon a voulu le modifier à cause de sa connotation négative. Freedom est le premier album d'Akon à ne pas porter l'avertissement parental, bien que l'artiste reste obscène dans l'album. L'album est entré directement à la septième place du Billboard 200, 110 000 copies ayant été écoulées dès la première semaine. Actuellement environ 600 000 copies ont été vendues aux États-Unis.

Enregistrement
La production de l'album a commencé vers la fin de l'année 2007 pour se terminer à la fin de l'été 2008. En juillet, une chanson, intitulée Hold My Hand, a filtré sur Internet avec un featuring de Michael Jackson. Apparemment la chanson aurait effectivement été sortie par le label d'Akon. C'était à l'origine une démo dont Akon était le seul interprète. Il y eut alors une rumeur selon laquelle Hold My Hand serait inclus dans les deux prochains albums des deux artistes. Dans une entrevue avec MTV, Akon, plein d'espoir était pour inclure la chanson sur son album. Cependant, le 17 octobre, le label d’Akon annonce que la chanson n'y figurera pas.

Une version single de Right Now (Na Na Na) qui avait filtré sur Internet incluait un vers de l'artiste RnB Danny Fernandes mais Akon a finalement décidé de l’interpréter en solo. Les chansons Against the Grain et We Don't Care se nommaient à l'origine Falling in Love et Could You Be the Reason. Troublemaker, quant à elle, semble être une suite de l'ancien tube d'Akon qui fut numéro 1 au Billboard, Don't Matter, avec des paroles suggérant qu'elle soit, comme il dit Similar to the word's Don't Matter, but this time they wanna see us together, look at us now.
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User Album Review
If we're talking Marmite popstars, Akon is probably at the top of the pile.

If we're talking Marmite popstars, Akon is probably at the top of the pile. If you can stand his slightly squawky voice then you're in luck. But if not, songs like Smack That probably have you reaching for the fast forward button. One thing's for certain, though: the absolute quality of his songwriting and production, with the 'Konvict' sound stamping hits like Darkchild did back in the 1990s.

Freedom is the 35-year-old Senegalese's third album and his most immediate, stealing dance sounds from across Europe and a vocoder auto tuner that would warm Kanye's humble little heart. Instead of focusing on his time in jail, it's much more centered on his lady loving abilities with typical lyrics like ''we're dancing together like we belong in our bedroom'' on the suggestive We Don't Care or T-Pain duet Holla Holla's slightly uncomfortable ''I know you're a sex machine and I want to do something new to you''. Despite not featuring a much-rumoured duet with Michael Jackson, Akon still manages to stack up the biggest names in hip hop as guests. Protegees Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall appear on summery hit Beautiful, Wyclef pops up on the wistful Sunny Day and his most successful signing, Lil' Wayne, appears on more hip hop I'm So Paid. Creating utterly catchy hooks is Akon's forte though, so if you're not singing the silly ''I wanna make love na na na'', the call and response chorus of the sunkissed Troublemaker will be hard to resist.

If you're anti-Akon, Freedom certainly isn't going to change your mind about him despite it featuring nothing as silly as the likes of Lonely. Yet, packed full of dancefloor shakers, it's yet another suggestion that Akon is a writer and producer who knows exactly how to make a hit.


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