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- Freedom
- - 8,648,991 plays
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Akon
Released 2008

Troublemaker (Feat. Sweet Rush)
03:59
528,124 plays

Keep You Much Longer
04:21
500,886 plays

Holla Holla (Feat. T-Pain)
03:00
457,366 plays

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- 1
- Right Now (Na Na Na)
- 04:04
- 1,492,025 plays

- 2
- Beautiful (Feat. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)
- 05:13
- 1,774,914 plays

- 3
- Keep You Much Longer
- 04:21
- 500,886 plays

- 4
- Troublemaker (Feat. Sweet Rush)
- 03:59
- 528,124 plays

- 5
- We Don't Care
- 04:18
- 352,581 plays

- 6
- I'm So Paid (Feat. Lil Wayne & Young Jeezy)
- 04:23
- 1,559,319 plays

- 7
- Holla Holla (Feat. T-Pain)
- 03:00
- 457,366 plays

- 8
- Against The Grain (Feat. Ray Lavender)
- 04:04
- 425,849 plays

- 9
- Be With You
- 03:52
- 424,398 plays

- 10
- Sunny Day (Feat. Wyclef Jean)
- 05:12
- 302,403 plays

- 11
- Birthmark
- 04:24
- 270,322 plays

- 12
- Over The Edge
- 04:29
- 237,930 plays

- 13
- Freedom
- 04:13
- 322,930 plays

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album review

Akon spun off two number one pop hits and one number two from Konvicted, so he couldn't 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. Hip-hop and R&B are all but scrapped entirely. The set instead is rooted in the gleaming synthesizers and spring-loaded dance beats of Euro-pop. (That slamming jail-cell door trademark, deployed as much as ever, doesn't quite have the same alarming effect.) Akon sounds more comfortable than expected, and he reduces the lechery in favor of longing ("I wanna make up right now") and awe ("When I see you, I run out of words to say"). At times, the tensionless backdrops don't inspire Akon to do much with his pen; the chorus of "Beautiful" is basically "You're so beautiful, so damn beautiful," while falling for a stripper in "Against the Grain" is conveyed with "The way she drop down won't allow me to close my drawers." Even so, there's much more charm here than expected. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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- - Konvicted (Parental Advisory)
  - Released 2006

- - Trouble
  - Released 2004

- - Konvicted (Deluxe Edition)(Parental Advisory)
  - Released 2007

- - Konvicted (Edited)
  - Released 2006

listener reviews

- - *clap yo' hands*
  - - By clari09
    - 9/5/2009 19:26:08
  - I think this is Akons best. Love the lyrics, love the rhythm,love the songs!
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  - - By Ahkowsi
    - 5/18/2009 20:40:19
  - Akon is jes so bone thrillin good muzik to jam out to!!!!!! Good to them ears.
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- - kes
  - - By VoodooKes
    - 4/5/2009 23:33:17
  - I like the album. Good songs these are what you call ever green. classics
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- - gods
  - - By Darkhart665
    - 2/26/2009 20:13:07
  - Akon has gotten soooooooo much betta with his music and his very way of life ! Rock on Akon !
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- - he comming up
  - - By MaloIsh
    - 2/16/2009 06:58:40
  - he is doing so good this album
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- - chillin bren2
  - - By ChillingBren2
    - 1/11/2009 23:02:28
  - This album is excellent and worth buying. Akon is very talented
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