• KONVICT WORLD •: 2006

AKON APOLOGIZES ON NEW TRACK & SETS RECORD STRAIGHT

Akon – Sorry, Blame It On Me 2007

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INTRO
As life goes on, im starting to learn more & more about responsibility
And I realize that everything i do is effecting the people around me,
So i wanted to take this time out to apologize for things that ive done,
and things that haven’t occurred yet & things that they don’t wanna take responsibility for

VERSE 1
Im sorry for the times that i left you home
I was on the road and you were alone
Im sorry for the times that i had to go
Im sorry for the fact that i did not know
that you were sittin home just wishin we
could go back to when it was just you & me.
Im sorry for the times i would neglect
Im sorry for the times id disrespect
Im sorry for the wrong things that ive done
Im sorry im not always there for my sons
Im sorry for the fact that im not aware
that you can't sleep at night when i am not there
because im in the streets like everyday
Im sorry for the things that i did not say
like how you are the best thing in my world
and how im so proud to call you my girl

CHORUS
I understand that theres some problems
and im not too blind to know
all the pain you kept inside you
even though you might not show
if i cant apologize for being wrong
then it’s just a shame on me
id be the reason for your pain
and you can put the blame on me

you could put the blame on me (x4)
said you could put the blame on me (x3)
you could put the blame on me

VERSE 2
Im sorry for the things Daddy put you through
and all the times you didn’t know what to do
Im sorry that you had to go & sell those bags
just tryin to stay busy til you heard from Dad
when you would rather be home with all your kids
as one big family with love & bliss
and even though pops treated us like Kings
he got a second wife & you didn’t agree
he got up & left you there all alone
im sorry that you had to do it on your own
im sorry that i went & added to your grief
im sorry that your son was once a thief
im sorry that i grew up way too fast
i wish i would’ve listened and not be so bad
im sorry that your life turned out this way
im sorry that the feds came & took me away

CHORUS
I understand that theres some problems
and im not too blind to know
all the pain you kept inside you
even though you might not show
if i cant apologize for being wrong
then it’s just a shame on me
id be the reason for your pain
and you can put the blame on me

you could put the blame on me (x4)
said you could put the blame on me (x3)
you could put the blame on me

VERSE 3
im sorry that it took so long to see
but they were dead wrong tryna put it on me
im sorry that it took so long to speak
but i was on tour with Gwen Stefani
im sorry for the hand that she was dealt
and for the embarrassment that she felt
just a little young girl tryna have fun
her daddy should’ve never let her out that young
im sorry for Club Zen getting shut down
i hope they manage better next time around
how was i to know she was underage
in a 21 & older club they say
why doesn’t anybody wanna take blame
Verizon backed out disgracing my name
im just a singer tryna entertain
because i love my fans ill take that blame

OUTRO
even though the blames on you (x3)
ill take that blame from you
and you could put that blame on me (x4)

and you could put that blame on me

and you could put that blame on me

WHAT YOU THINK?

ALL ABOUT KONVICTION

29 June 2007

The music industry has a new name to learn these days, but at least it's a short one: "Akon." The Senegalese-American R&B artist/writer/producer, born Aliaune Thiam in St. Louis, has been on a tear since the November release of his second album, Konvicted.

It has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and launched a trio of hits: the chart-toppers I Wanna Love You and Don't Matter, plus the Grammy-nominated Eminem collaboration Smack That, which hit No. 2 and set a Billboard record with an 85-place jump on the Hot 100.

But that's only part of the story.

These days you'll find Akon all over the pop charts, on such hits as Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape, Young Jeezy's Soul Survivor, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's I Tried and DJ Khaled's We Takin' Over. He's also featured on upcoming albums by Daddy Yankee, Fabolous, 50 Cent, T.I. Mario, T-Pain and Three 6 Mafia, among others. Akon is working on tracks for Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Elton John, and is talking about a collaborative album with Young Jeezy.

He's also launched a label, Konvict Muzik, as well as a fashion line, Konvict Clothing. And he's working on an autobiographical film, Illegal Alien, with Mekhi Phifer in the starring role.

As Bones Thugs-n-Harmony's Layzie Bone puts it: "He's killing it, man. Akon is the man. He's got the touch of gold. That's really a blessing, for real."

A Success Story

The 34-year-old Akon claims to not pay much attention to his success.

"I normally don't keep track," he says. "I keep working. I deal with the numbers later. I don't look back to see how I'm doing each week. I just keep working as hard as I can, man - and then I'm surprised by (the success)."

As for juggling all his endeavors, which might seem daunting, Akon says it's "really simple."

"The thing you've got to realise," he says, "is that you can't do it all yourself. You've got to hire. You make sure to get it done and get qualified people to run your business. That way you can focus on being an artist and a creative guy." That drive comes from a life that's seen its share of turmoil. The son of jazz percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon moved from St. Louis to Senegal and then to New Jersey, where he discovered hip-hop culture and, at 15, recorded his first song, Operations of Nature. He continued to develop his skills in jail, where he's spent a total of about five years after convictions for armed robbery, drug dealing and auto theft.

Incarceration inspired many of the songs on his 3-million-selling debut album Trouble (2003), including the breakthrough hit Locked Up. It also charged Akon, who now lives in Atlanta, with a desire to help other former convicts, mostly by providing jobs in his burgeoning Konvict empire.

"When I first came out I couldn't get a job to save my life," Akon says. "Society won't accept you when you're a convict. So I'm pretty much giving these people a second shot to prove to the rest of the world that you can make mistakes and you can overcome them and do positive things with it.

"That has a lot to do with the success I have too," he adds. "A lot of these people never had a shot like this, so everybody has something to prove. My success is theirs too."

Akon hasn't entirely managed to stay out of trouble, of course. In May he issued a public apology for performing a sexually explicit dance on stage with a 14-year-old audience member in Trinidad - which caused Verizon Wireless to drop its tour sponsorship - saying that he hadn't realized how young she was. In June Akon threw a young fan from the stage during a show in Fishkill, N.Y., after the 15-year-old allegedly threw something at him.

Despite the legendary "sophomore jinx," Akon says that Konvicted came easily to him, since he'd already proven himself with Trouble.

"When you have a sophomore album," he says, "it normally gets easier because you've already accumulated a fan base. It's a lot harder on the first album. Nobody really knows you, and you don't know what will work or what won't work. But on your second time out you pretty much have a better sense of what will work, what kind of records to release for what audience. It's definitely a lot easier."

It didn't hurt, of course, to have Eminem on hand for Smack That.

"We felt that we could do a record that fit both our personalities and was a fun club record," says Akon, who met the Detroit-based rap superstar when he recorded another song, Snitch, with Obie Trice, who's part of Eminem's Shady Records stable. "It was no different than working with any of the other artists, really."

Working with Whitney

As for the future, all eyes are on his work with Whitney Houston, the troubled superstar who's attempting a comeback. What Houston needs now, Akon says, is simple: "great songs."

"I think the music will overcome all the things she's been through," he says. "The voice is there - I don't think anyone could ever take that from her. As long as we apply that voice to hit records, she'll be right back where she left off."

As for his own next album, Akon says that he's "about 85 per cent done," with much of the recording being done with studio gear aboard a tour bus.

"If you love the 'Konvicted' album, this one's going to knock your socks off," he predicts, although he hastens to add that he feels no pressure to one-up himself. "Every album seems like it's getting easier and easier, because I'm growing more and more - learning about music, learning about the business, more about my fans, more about the market itself. I'm soaking it all in as I go.

"So it's easier to create songs," Akon says, "because I get a better feel for what people want to hear from me, and I can give them what they want. That's how you keep it going, man."

Copyright © 2007 Khaleej Times All Rights Reserved.

AKON AT THE BET AWARDS PERFORMING WITH BONE THUGS

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AKON LEAVING THE CLUB IN A BLACK FERRARI F430

AKON - ILLEGAL ALIEN VOL. 1 2005

TRACKLIST
01. Kill Di Dance (feat Kardinall Offishall)
02. DJ Vlad
03. You Don't Want It
04. Soldier
05. Gunshot [Fiesta Riddim]
06. Don't Tease Me
07. Look At Me Now
08. Get Away
09. Journey
10. No Sunshine
11. Senegal

you should all have this one by now...

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T-PAIN - BACK AT IT 2006

TRACKLIST
01. Nappy Boy News
02. Rappa Ternt Sanga
03. Dat's Real
04. Ain't Nothin'
05. Ass Half
06. Nappy Boy News
07. Fireman
08. And Then I'm
09. Hit Da Streets
10. Testicals
11. One Night
12. 850
13. Da Bloody Truth
14. Freaky Shyt
15. Chris Brown In Concert
16. Jim Bobs Hip Hop Shop
17. Diamond Off My Neck
18. Hush Yo Mouf
19. Da Realest
20. Who
21. Back Den
22. A Little Hit
23. Foreva
24. Teddy P
25. It Ain't A Thing
26. Big Brotha
27. Best Rappa Alive
28. Fan Call

Hot mixtape for those who aint got it.

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AKON & DJ NOODLES PRESENT: IT'S A SHAKE DOWN

TRACKLISTING
01. It's A Shakedown - Akon & Red Cafe
02. Man Up! - Kardinal Offishall
03. Akon Speaks
04. The Best Of Both Worlds (Noodles Mix) - Akon & Biggie
05. Murderer - Red Cafe
06. Can I Get An Amen - Kardinal Offishall
07. It's Alright (Noodles Mix) - Red Cafe
08. When Kardinal Come - Kardinal Offishall
09. Get U Some - Red Cafe
10. Ice Cold - Red Cafe
11. Clinton Sparks Speaks
12. Salute - Kardinal Offishall ft. Busta Rhymes (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
13. I Wanna Fuck U (Noodles Mix) - Akon ft. Kardinal Offishall, Biggie
14. Akon Speaks
15. Buy U A Drank (Remix) - T-Pain ft. Kardinal Offishall
16. Let's Talk Money (Noodles Mix) - T-Pain ft. Slim Thug, Young Jeezy
17. Wildstyle - Red Cafe
18. Never Never (Remix) - Brick N Lace ft. Cham
19. Children Of The Ghetto - Red Cafe ft. Mr. Easy
20. By My Side - Trazz ft. Akon (Produced by DJ Noodles)
21. Don't Matter (Remix) - Akon ft. Red Cafe
22. (BONUS) On The Block All Day (Noodles Mix) - Serius Jones ft. Akon

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AKON RECIEVES 4 NONIMATIONS FROM MMVA

May 30th, 2007

Akon received nominations for the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards in four categories:

Best International Artist – “Smack That” w/ Eminem

Best International Artist – “The Sweet Escape” Gwen Stefani w/ Akon

People’s Choice: Favourite International Artist – “Smack That” w/ Eminem

People’s Choice: Favourite International Artist – “The Sweet Escape” Gwen Stefani w/ Akon

For more information on the MuchMusic Video Awards, click here .

AKON & SNOOP HOST TO PRESIDENTIAL WEEKEND

Senegalese striker El Hadji Diouf has invited former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha to a musical concert and an exhibition match proposed for Dakar with the popular rap artist Akon as the rallying theme.

Okocha, who is now based in Qatar, was a team mate of the immensely endowed but erratic Diouf at Bolton.

Also listed for the occasion is the freshly re-elected Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who is gathered is in support of the project and has graciously accepted to be the ceremonial match referee.

THISDAYSports learnt yesterday that list of high profile players on the invitation include the three-time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto' O, Nicolas Anelka, Abedi Pele and Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce.

The football match and concert, scheduled for Dakar on June 29 and June 30 respectively, is aimed to raise funds for hospitals as well as handicap and indigent children.

A source close to Okocha revealed last night that the former Eagles star has accepted to grace the occasion because he sees it as a worthy cause.

Okocha will feature in Friends of Diouf side to comprise Anelka, Eto' O, Pele, and Senegalese internationals Khalilou Fadiga and Alassane Ndour among a host of players.

Football crazy Akon, who is now an American citizen but who was physically present in Egypt to root for Senegal at last year's Nations Cup finals, is also billed to name his side that will battle against the Diouf selection.

American rap artist Snoop Dogg, who performed in Nigeria last year at the THISDAY Musical Show, is also listed to perform at the concert.

That's KONVICT!!!!!!!!