Akon just dropped his thirda labum, "FREEDOM", BUT IT IS NOT DOING AS GOOD AS THE OTHER TWO.
I got this interview from a website where he talks on his album release, and the future.
CHECK IT OUT.
HipHopDX: Let’s start with Freedom. Before we get into the album itself, let’s discuss the technology first. It’s released in two versions, a CD version and a microSD card version which will be available through slotMusic. How did the SD card idea come about?Akon: Well actually, we were looking for new ways to release records and have it available for consumers, because right now, there’s really a small amount of record stores available [from which] you can actually go and buy the album instead of just downloading on iTunes. So I wanted my consumers to have accessibility: to be able to buy and get this album however they can so the SD card came about because I wanted something that can be very compatible to digital because that’s where the new wave is going now.
DX: Excellent idea; whose proposal was that?Akon: It was my idea. We teamed up with SanDisk who actually put a thing together called slotMusic, which will actually put the whole album together now. So it’s been incredible, man.
DX: How will the slotMusic Freedom card differ from the CD version?Akon: You get more for your dollar. You get the whole album, you get two videos on it, you get a 30 minute documentary on it on Akon behind the scenes. And it’s all this on one disk that you can put on your cell phone, and view all the videos on your cell phone, and listen to the album
DX: Excellent idea; whose proposal was that?Akon: It was my idea. We teamed up with SanDisk who actually put a thing together called slotMusic, which will actually put the whole album together now. So it’s been incredible, man.
DX: How will the slotMusic Freedom card differ from the CD version?Akon: You get more for your dollar. You get the whole album, you get two videos on it, you get a 30 minute documentary on it on Akon behind the scenes. And it’s all this on one disk that you can put on your cell phone, and view all the videos on your cell phone, and listen to the album
DX: So I imagine it’ll be sold in CD stores as well as online?Akon: Oh absolutely. It’s gonna be sold all through Wal-Marts, CD stores, phone stores, there’s another store too – I can’t remember the name of it right now [laughing], but there’s gonna be a lot of places where you can be able to receive it.
DX: How has the partnership with slotMusic help further your brand?Akon: It helps in a lot of different ways. What it does, it allows people to have different access to you; it gives them so many different choices on how to actually grab the music. It benefits in a big, big, way.
DX: You stated that Freedom tells a story from the first track to the last. What is the concept of that story? Akon: Pretty much, it’s almost re-facing the stages of my life as it happened, the stages of my music as it happened, from Trouble to Konvicted [click to read] all the way up to Freedom [click to read]. Of course, more defines me as the person itself, the opportunities that I have now, free to do what I want to do creatively because of all the grind I put in from day one, know what I mean?
DX: Okay. What did you want to do with this album?Akon: I really wanted to expand it to a whole international market. Of course, I’ve learned the power of doing global music for all audiences. With this one, I really wanted to focus on every single audience; it’s a brand new album, all clean with no “Parental Advisory” sticker. It’s a way to merge my domestic audience with my European audience all in one.
DX: What are some of the ways in which you merged audience?Akon: Well, the music style has changed a little bit. I got some European-flavored records on here that can be exposed to all my domestic fans and of course, I got more records that are related to what I normally do that keeps the existing fans available. So it pretty much gives you the best of both worlds
DX: How has the partnership with slotMusic help further your brand?Akon: It helps in a lot of different ways. What it does, it allows people to have different access to you; it gives them so many different choices on how to actually grab the music. It benefits in a big, big, way.
DX: You stated that Freedom tells a story from the first track to the last. What is the concept of that story? Akon: Pretty much, it’s almost re-facing the stages of my life as it happened, the stages of my music as it happened, from Trouble to Konvicted [click to read] all the way up to Freedom [click to read]. Of course, more defines me as the person itself, the opportunities that I have now, free to do what I want to do creatively because of all the grind I put in from day one, know what I mean?
DX: Okay. What did you want to do with this album?Akon: I really wanted to expand it to a whole international market. Of course, I’ve learned the power of doing global music for all audiences. With this one, I really wanted to focus on every single audience; it’s a brand new album, all clean with no “Parental Advisory” sticker. It’s a way to merge my domestic audience with my European audience all in one.
DX: What are some of the ways in which you merged audience?Akon: Well, the music style has changed a little bit. I got some European-flavored records on here that can be exposed to all my domestic fans and of course, I got more records that are related to what I normally do that keeps the existing fans available. So it pretty much gives you the best of both worlds
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