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Exclusive Audio: Akon Gets Personal

4/5/07, 5:35 pm EST

akonAkon burst onto the music scene with his smash single “Locked Up” (about his experience in prison) in 2004 and never looked back. Now enjoying success with three different chart-topping singles and sharing a bill with Gwen Stefani, the rapper discusses Jacko, bling, and his affinity for R.E.M.

  • On how he’s planning to revive Michael Jackson’s career [listen]
  • On how success sometimes feels like prison [listen]
  • On his strategy for stealing the Biggest Bling record from Lil Jon [listen]
  • On the way rock — Creed, GN’R, R.E.M. — has influenced his music [listen]

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grace | 1/16/2008, 9:14 pm EST

i think it’s hard to compare michael jackson to prince because he is a completely different type of artist and does more dancing and creative music videos

i also think it would be great if he does come back but doesn’t have to he’s done it all ye it would be challenging coming back after all the media issues

grace | 1/16/2008, 9:12 pm EST

shame robert or watever
mj is the man admit it
no one can dance like that
and his music videos were way more entertaining then princes
there is nothing different about prince 2 alot of artists but looking like a retard from the 1600’s
and mj is the king he would kick princes ass any day the reason he’s not as popular is because he’s had the media troubles which prince hasn’t
michael jackson writes alot of his songs like billie jean black or white beat it smooth criminal ,bad ,heaps
and prince has producers shame every artist pretty much has to have some producers

and mj has the biggest selling album ever
so shame
get your facts right

grace | 1/16/2008, 9:04 pm EST

well in theory michael jackson is the man
no one can dance like that and michael jackson would kick justin timberlakes ass any day and u can’t compare mj to prince prince can play a guitar and sing which is wt so many ppl can do but every artist has producers that is normal who cares he’s not famous for being a producer he’s famous for performing singing and dancing and for his time he was phinominal!!!!!!!!!!
in my opinion it wud b awesome if he came back but he doesn’t need 2 he’s done it all.
But if he han’t gone through the media issues it would be alot easier to come back

Daniel F. | 4/9/2007, 9:35 pm EST

Um… didn’t Akon listen to the HIStory album?

banana hammock | 4/6/2007, 2:37 pm EST

woah, Akon is the guy who did that “locked up” song years ago with such brilliant lyrics as “the clothes are orange” and “the food is bad”

brilliant.

Robert | 4/6/2007, 4:10 am EST

Just the notion that somebody has to come and save your career is patethic, i wonder why Prince is the real king now, couse Michael Jackson wasn’t a pure artist, he need it producers, writers and real musicians to create the “magic”.
What’s the point of making an album if he have to hire some one else to sound fresh?

We don’t need more Pussy cat dolls, we need more Mozart’s, Hendrix or Bowies!

Joseph A | 4/5/2007, 10:54 pm EST

I don’t think it’s gonna be as hard as people think for Mike to revive his career. I think people have just, in the past decade or so, forgotten and disassociated him with what he’s creatively capable of. I mean, I don’t think he can pull off the 80’s again. But he can certainly spin a few hits, drop some great videos and in turn sell a great # of records.

steven | 4/5/2007, 7:09 pm EST

michael jackson’s career is going to fairly difficult to revive, even if Akon’s got the hotness. then again i just watched a bunch of mj videos on Obtusity and “you rock my world” was a pretty good cut from 2001, so he may still have it.

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