![]() Hip-hop and R&B are all but scrapped entirely. Whenever the yearning and heartache is allowed through, he's not persuasive, and he sounds like he still has the club on his mind. Akon spun off two number one pop hits and one number two from Konvicted, so he couldnt be blamed for working the same tricks on his third album, yet Freedom is a major change of pace - the kind of drastic switch-up that normally happens after reaching a creative and commercial dead-end. ![]() 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. The guest spots come from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Styles P, leaving no room for female hooks or verses. 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. His second album, Konvicted, isn't much different from the debut (patchiness included), even though it comes from a different perspective. Kelly, Gwen Stefani, and even Elton John. 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. "Locked Up"'s success provided Akon with instant heavyweight clout.
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