You don’t have to worry.”Īlthough a release date for his fourth studio LP has yet to be announced, Akon says he just finished mastering the album and a single should be dropping soon. When I come with new music, it come’s big. It’s a matter of what month we want to release it.
“I know a lot of people want to know when the next album is coming. Ultimately, for the last five years, I’ve been more focused on my energy projects in Africa by bringing renewable and solar technologies there,” Akon told listdaily in an exclusive interview. “I see music and entertainment as a marketing tool for doing things that you really want to do, and have a passion for. “Stadium” is going to be a collective of 40 songs and will be released through a special app. Nine years have passed since Akon released his last album in “Freedom”-and that’s about to change.Īfter teasing it for the last two years, he soon will be releasing “Stadium,” a four-part concept album that’s each rooted in a different musical genre-hip-hop, reggae, deep house and pop. In the midst of his newfound mission to provide access to clean and affordable electricity, the itch to sing as a star soloist still stayed. Over the last few years, the 43-year-old artist and man of the future suddenly shifted his motivation from mingling with music royalty to a commendable one toward philanthropy and working with world leaders and drastically changing the state of solar energy and climate change in his home continent.īy the end of this year, Akon Lighting Africa estimates that it will provide electricity to roughly 80 million impoverished Africans in rural areas with its solar energy program.Īlthough Akon has been away from the spotlight while the likes of Drake, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd have commandeered the radio waves, he’s still lent his name to numerous hits as a writer and producer while working on his benevolent solar energy program. Robinson” when they wonder about Joe DiMaggio whereabouts.īut this time, it’s Akon who’s turned his lonely eyes to not only a nation, but an entire continent. So much so that his narrative should might as well be remixed into Simon & Garfunkel’s famous line in “Mrs. It’s been a question asked by so many ever since the five-time Grammy nominee silently slipped from the spotlight of the mainstream music sphere. Whether it be as a rapper, songwriter or a producer, the American-Senegalese singer is responsible for some of the biggest beats and dance floor bangers of the mid-2000s.īut then the synths suddenly stopped, and his name disappeared from the Top 40. Akon’s accolades and ubiquitous vocals are unmistakable.
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