Album Review: Akon- Trouble

Akon, one of the most talented artist of the 21st century, he started off as one of the best, but then suddenly became one of the most overrated after releasing 'Freedom', a repetitive, materialistic, and overall disappointing album, but that's not what this review is about, this review is about Akon's debut album 'Trouble' which was easily one of the most unique and entertaining albums of 2004.

Trouble is Akon's first album, and it's his second best album after 'Konviced', it opens Akon's career in the most unique musical style, by fusing R'n'B, West Coast Hip-Hop, and Reggae and that may be considered as one of the album's major highlights, because when I see an artist start there career with something new and unique, and more importantly deliver, I know that artist will be remembered for a while.

Trouble had some of Akon's best tracks, for example, there was 'Locked Up', which has a strong beat, a great R'n'B feeling, and and a smooth west coast rhythm, another very strong track was 'Gangsta' a track that shows us some of Akon's best lyrical skills, 'Ghetto' and 'Lonely' are two perfect examples of Akon's most emotional tracks, 'When The Time's Right' had a very strong west coast feeling, and 'Journey' was a very powerful fusion between Reggae, Hip-Hop, and R'n'B.

Trouble has very few errors to talk about, the only error I can think of is that Akon sometimes tried too hard to fuse different genres, the only three examples of that error are 'Trouble Nobody', 'Pot of Gold', and 'Show Out' ,which were easily the worst tracks on the album.

Despite having one major error, Trouble was one of the best albums of 2004, and one of the best debut albums of all-time, it had a very different style, and an almost perfect balance between two to three genres, so overall, I think that Trouble is one of those debut albums that starts a career right, and that insures that this artist will be remembered in later generations.

Album Rating:-

-Lyrics(out of 8)= 6

-Content(out of 8)= 6

-Flow(out of 8)= 7

-Rhythm (out of 8)= 7

-Beats(out of 8)= 7

Total Rating(out of 40)= 33

4 Stars

*Rating System:

0- 7= 0 Stars
8- 14= 1 Star
15- 21= 2 Stars
22- 30= 3 Stars
31- 35= 4 Stars
36- 40= 5 Stars