Anakonda is the final studio album by American rapper Akinyele.[5][6] It was released in 2001 on Koch Records.[7][8] Anakonda proved to be the least successful of Akinyele's albums, not making it to any of the Billboard charts.
| Anakonda | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip-Hop, dirty rap | |||
| Label | Koch Records | |||
| Producer | Lord Finesse, Earl Thomas, Tom Brown | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| HipHopDX | 2.5/5[3] |
| RapReviews | 5/10[4] |
Critical reception
editExclaim! wrote that "undoubtedly the intention was to shock, but the mediocre skills and pedestrian beats instead induce rolling of the eyes."[7] Entertainment Weekly thought that "the veteran Queens rapper again spits out the raunchiest raps north of Miami’s 2 Live Crew."[5]
USA Today listed Anakonda as the fifth worst R&B album of 2001, writing: "The explicit rapper's raunchy antics used to make you laugh or cringe. But at this point, there are no surprises left."[9]
Track listing
edit- "Gangsters" (Akinyele Adams, Earl Thomas) - 3:39
- "I Like" (Akinyele Adams, Sandra Clough, Thomas) - 4:09
- "Guns Bust" (Akinyele Adams, Chris Moore, William Young) - 3:53
- "Do You Wanna?" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 4:26
- "Love My Bitch" (Akinyele Adams, Lord Finesse) - 3:13
- "Eat Pussy" (Akinyele Adams, Christine McClean, Andre Venable) - 3:25
- "I'll Kill 4 You" (Akinyele Adams, Tom Hill) - 2:31
- "Pimps and Hoes" (Akinyele Adams, Armstead, Lou Brown, Thomas) - 5:05
- "Do You Even" (Akinyele Adams, Lou Brown, Mahoghony) - 2:21
- "Problems" (Akinyele Adams, Eric Brown, Mobutu "Boo" Evans) - 4:27
- "What" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 3:09
- "The Rhyme" (Akinyele Adams, McClean, Venable) - 4:13
Personnel
edit- Akinyele – vocals
- Louis Brown – vocals
- Tom Hill – producer
- Lord Finesse – producer
- Jessica Rosenblum – executive producer
- Earl Thomas – producer
References
edit- ^ Anakonda at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 89.
- ^ "Akinyele - Anakonda". HipHopDX. September 22, 2001.
- ^ "Akinyele :: Anakonda :: Aktapuss/Stress/KOCH Entertainment". www.rapreviews.com.
- ^ a b "THE CHARTS". EW.com.
- ^ Reid, Shaheem. "Bedroom Lyrics, Business Sense Drive Akinyele's Success". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Akinyele Anakonda a.k.a. Benny Ill | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
- ^ Bynoe, Yvonne (2006). Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 6.
- ^ Jones, Steve (27 Dec 2001). "Critics spin through year's albums". USA Today. p. D6.