ARTIST: Akon TITLE: Konvicted LABEL: Universal GENRE: R&B BITRATE: 181kbps avg PLAYTIME: 0h 52min total RELEASE DATE: 2006-11-14 RIP DATE: 2006-10-31 Track List ---------- 01. Shake Down 3:52 02. Blown Away (Feat. Styles P) 3:29 03. Smack That (Feat. Eminem) 3:32 04. I Wanna Love You (Feat. Snoop 4:07 Dogg) 05. The Rain 3:27 06. Never Took The Time 3:57 07. Mama Africa 4:26 08. I Can't Wait 3:46 09. Gangsta Bop 4:06 10. Tired Of Runnin' 4:33 11. Once In A While 3:57 12. Don't Matter 4:52 13. Gringo (Bonus Track) 4:32 Release Notes: Upfront Konvict/SRC/Universal Motown multi-platinum recording star and much sought after producer and songwriter, Akon, makes history with his new single ôSmack Thatö featuring Eminem jumping 88 spots, from #95 to #7 on BillboardÆs Hot 100 chart this week. ôSmack Thatö is also one of the top 10 fastest growing songs at Top 40 radio. The monstrous leap is fueled by the singleÆs #6 debut on BillboardÆs ôHot Digital Songsö chart with 67,000 downloads sold in its first week. ôSmack Thatö is one of two lead singles from AkonÆs forthcoming sophomore disc, Konvicted, due out November 14, 2006. The single has already been the #1 most added song at rhythmic and crossover radio and has been listened to more than three million times in one month on AkonÆs MySpace page (www.myspace.com/akon). AkonÆs other lead single, ôI Wanna Love Youö features Snoop Dogg is seeing a considerable amount of attention as well. Akon scored unprecedented success, both here and abroad, with his multi-format smash hit singles ôLocked Upö and ôLonelyö from his multi-platinum debut release, Trouble. HeÆs produced hit songs for hot rapper Young Jeezy and his own top-selling R&B artist T- Pain. He has recently worked in the studio with Elton John and Gwen Stefani and will be debuting several breakout artists on his newly developed label, Konlive.