![]() “Now we’re bringing the whole Euro-club sound.” ![]() “Everyone knows the Konvict sound already, so we had to switch it up - a lot,” he says. It’s a new phase for Konvict Music, and I couldn’t have done it without all of you,” he tells the 30 staff members in the room.Īkon’s trying to move on from his somewhat tarnished past - and on “Freedom” he proclaims he’s adopted a new sound, setting the album apart from his debut, 2004’s “Trouble,” and 2006’s “Konvicted.” The 34-year-old musician just completed his third album, “Freedom,” slated for release Tuesday (December 2) on Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Records. There’s a reason Akon, born Aliaune Thiam in Senegal, is wound up. ![]() The hip-hop and R&B singer/songwriter/producer is clad in a crisp, white button-up shirt, a black tie, vest and jeans, and sports perfectly rippled waves in his hair - “Your hair looks good, baby,” Universal Records vice president Sylvia Rhone would later compliment him. Singer Akon arrives at the 2008 American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 23, 2008. ![]()
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