Freedom CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Right Now (Na Na Na) ~ Akon

2. Beautiful - (featuring Kardinal Offishall) ~ Akon

3. Keep You Much Longer ~ Akon

4. Troublemaker - (featuring Sweet Rush) ~ Akon

5. We Don't Care ~ Akon

6. I'm So Paid - (featuring Lil Wayne/Young Jeezy) ~ Akon

7. Holla Holla ~ Akon

8. Against The Grain - (featuring Ray Lavender) ~ Akon

9. Be With You ~ Akon

10. Sunny Day - (featuring Wyclef Jean) ~ Akon

11. Birthmark ~ Akon

12. Over The Edge ~ Akon

13. Freedom ~ Akon

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	The Senegal-born vocalist (and reigning king of cameo appearances) takes a sensitive turn on his third LP, FREEDOM. From the outset, Akon seems to have spurned his earlier hip-hop tendencies in favor of an electric Euro-pop production. The bouncy, synth-driven opening cut, "Right Now (Na Na Na)," produced by Giorgio Tuinfort, seems aimed at European dance floors while the soft techno beat of "Beautiful" sounds like an interpolation of Alice Deejay's hit "Better Off Alone." Similarly, the oversexed subject matter of past hits like "Smack That" and "I Wanna Love You" takes a back seat to apologetic lost-love yearning and reverent pleas for reconciliation on tracks like "Keep You Much Longer," in which Akon declares "Wish I could stop by and maybe say hi/Wish I could stop by and lay by your side." Still, there's room for pseudo-gangster posturing and good-life boasting as Akon croons "Gorillas want war but they ain't got money" beside Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne on "I'm so Paid."
Musical Guests
	Colby O'Donis
	Kardinal Offishall
	Sweet Rush
	Lil Wayne
	Young Jeezy
	T-Pain
	Ray Lavender
	Wyclef Jean

Compilation Appearances

	Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Explicit Version)
	Let's Get It:thug Motivation 101
	Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
	Pain Time & Glory (Explicit Version)
	Port Of Miami (Explicit Version)
	Eminem Presents The Re-up(Explicit Version)
	Blue Carpet Treatment (Explicit Version)
	From Nothin To Somethin(Explicit Version)
	Sweat Hotel Live
	Time Is Money
	Curtis (Explicit Version)
	Brass Knuckles
	Brass Knucles
	Declaration
	Epiphany(Explicit Version)
	Gutta
	Gutta(Explicit Version)
	Now That's What I Call Music 29
	Thr33 Ringz(Explicit Version)
	Roots (Explicit Version)
	Not 4 Sale (Explicit Version)
	Rebelution(Explicit Version)
	Rebelution
	Intoxication
	5
	Step Up 2: The Streets
	We The Best Forever(Explicit Version)
	We The Best Forever
	Beach Cruiser(Explicit Version)
	Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)(w/ Bonus DVD)
	King Of The Westside
	This Time(Explicit Version)
	Trouble Man:heavy Is The Head(Explicit Version)
	Trouble Man:heavy Is The Head
	Reincarnated
	Now 32
	Last
	Go Pop Bang
	Ruff Ryders:past Present Future(Explicit Version)
	Onifc(Explicit Version)
	Onifc
	Global Warming(Explicit Version)
	Global Warming
	Reincarnated

Associated Artists and Works

	DeLuna, Kat
	Guetta, David
	Jean, Wyclef
	Muzik, Konvict
	Plies
	Rida, Flo
	T-Pain

Technical Info

	Release Date : 12/02/2008
	Original Release Date : 2008
	Catalog ID : B-001233002
	Label : Motown (Record Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602517901414

Professional Reviews

Billboard (p.41)
- "[W]hile 'Troublemaker' and 'Holla Holla' each sound a lot like prior Akon songs, ultimately they're highlights for that very reason."

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