Artist: Akon: mp3 download Genre(s): Dance Other R&B: Soul Rap: Hip-Hop Discography: Sorry, Blame It On Me Year: 2007 Tracks: 2 Mama Africa Year: 2007 Tracks: 4 Konvicted Year: 2006 Tracks: 19 A Star Is Born Year: 2006 Tracks: 25 In Your Eyes Year: 2005 Tracks: 12 Trouble Year: 2003 Tracks: 13 Although he was natural in St. Louis, Aliaune Thiam -- aka Akon -- grew up in Senegal ahead he and his class (including his father, dead words percussionist Mor Thiam) returned to the United States and settled in New Jersey when he was 7. There he discovered rap music for the first time, as well as crime. He was eventually jailed, simply he exploited the time to work on his melodious ideas. Upon firing, Akon began penning and recording tracks in a menage studio. The tapes plant their way to SRC/Universal, which eventually released Difficulty, Akon's debut LP, in June 2004. The record album was an interesting crossbreed of Akon's raps and sleek, West African-styled vocals with East Coast- and Southern-styled beatniks. The success of the song "Locked Up" embossed Akon's profile, and he followed up in the descend of 2006 with Konvicted. Soon sufficiency, deuce of the album's singles, "I Wanna Love You" and "Smooch That," had made their way to the amphetamine regions of the Billboard charts. |