Anakonda

This article is about the Akinyele album. For the animal, see Anaconda.
Anakonda
Studio album by
Akinyele
ReleasedJuly 10, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreHip-Hop, dirty rap
LabelKoch Records
ProducerLord Finesse, Earl Thomas, Tom Brown
Akinyele chronology
Aktapuss
(1999) 		Anakonda
(2001) 		Live at the Barbecue: Unreleased Hits
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
HipHopDX2.5/5[3]
RapReviews5/10[4]

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.

Critical reception

Exclaim! 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

  1. "Gangsters" (Akinyele Adams, Earl Thomas) - 3:39
  2. "I Like" (Akinyele Adams, Sandra Clough, Thomas) - 4:09
  3. "Guns Bust" (Akinyele Adams, Chris Moore, William Young) - 3:53
  4. "Do You Wanna?" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 4:26
  5. "Love My Bitch" (Akinyele Adams, Lord Finesse) - 3:13
  6. "Eat Pussy" (Akinyele Adams, Christine McClean, Andre Venable) - 3:25
  7. "I'll Kill 4 You" (Akinyele Adams, Tom Hill) - 2:31
  8. "Pimps and Hoes" (Akinyele Adams, Armstead, Lou Brown, Thomas) - 5:05
  9. "Do You Even" (Akinyele Adams, Lou Brown, Mahoghony) - 2:21
  10. "Problems" (Akinyele Adams, Eric Brown, Mobutu "Boo" Evans) - 4:27
  11. "What" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 3:09
  12. "The Rhyme" (Akinyele Adams, McClean, Venable) - 4:13

Personnel

  • Akinyele – vocals
  • Louis Brown – vocals
  • Tom Hill – producer
  • Lord Finesse – producer
  • Jessica Rosenblum – executive producer
  • Earl Thomas – producer

References

  1. ^ Anakonda at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 89.
  3. ^ "Akinyele - Anakonda". HipHopDX. September 22, 2001.
  4. ^ "Akinyele :: Anakonda :: Aktapuss/Stress/KOCH Entertainment". www.rapreviews.com.
  5. ^ a b "THE CHARTS". EW.com.
  6. ^ Reid, Shaheem. "Bedroom Lyrics, Business Sense Drive Akinyele's Success". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Akinyele Anakonda a.k.a. Benny Ill | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  8. ^ Bynoe, Yvonne (2006). Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 6.
  9. ^ Jones, Steve (27 Dec 2001). "Critics spin through year's albums". USA Today. p. D6.