Akon says he plans to go back to Detroit to finish two unreleased songs with Eminem

Akon has recently sat down on Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul where he talked about how he met Eminem and how they ended up making the “Smack That” hit song.

“Eminem would definitely do an interview with you. Have you guys reached out to him? Em would definitely do that show. I’mma reach out to him. This is the type of s–t, Em would love this s–t. I honestly believe Em will do this show. Without a doubt.” said Akon.

Then he continued: “Working with Eminem was amazing. I got to Em through Obie Trice actually. Real name, no gimmicks. I reached out Paul Rosenberg first, his manager. And Rosenberg was like ‘no problem, we make it happen.’ Everybody knows Rosenberg, he’s like bulletproof vest, you gotta go through him to get to Eminem. I said ‘yo, I need this s–t fast.’ So I called Obie and said Obie where you at? He said I’m in Detroit. I said where is Em. He said, he’s probably in the studio. I said I need to make an introduction for me. He said ‘yeah, when you coming down?’ I said I’m gonna book my flight right now.”

“So I get there. Obie picks me up at the airport and takes me to this strip club. We had an amazing time. The morning before he takes to to studio. I said what time we have to get there. He said be ready at 08:30. I’m like that’s early as f–k. He said bro trust me, if you ain’t there at 08:30…Just be there. So we get into the studio around 09:00. Em is in the studio. I’m ready to walk in and Obie is like ‘wait, he’s working on something.’ So I wait. Then Em comes out. Yo yo what’s up what’s up. Obie says ‘peace, I’m out’ and he goes.”

“I played Em some records. Then I said to play me some stuff. He said, I produce. He said I got beats. So he played me beats and I’m sitting here listening to his beats and I’m like all this s–t sound like Eminem beats. If he rapped any one of these beats, the s–t would be a hit without a doubt. Then he played Smack That beat. And I’m like ‘THIS IS IT!’ In my mind I’m like, this would be even doper if he produced the record, so I’m like this gotta be Eminem record, I just want to be a feature on this motherf–cka.”

“He goes to lunch. By the time he comes back, the song was done. He heard it and he’s like ‘oh f–k, this is a hit.’ I said, it would be bigger if you jumped on it. He said you are right. Alright cool, I see you tomorrow.”

“He leaves. He comes back next day. He has a verse on it. That motherf–cka. And I’m thinking, whose record this gonna be, is it gonna be mine or his? So he plays me the verse and I’m like this is the best s–t you ever do. I said we should put it on your album. He said, nah, I thought it was for your album. This is your s–t. I said, cool, and in my mind I’m celebrating.”

“We did three records that day. That was the record that he ended up jumping on. The other two, to this day, I still got them. I still got those two records I have not released them yet. Eminem is not on them yet. It’s Eminem-produced beats. And in my mind I’m like ‘okay, I wait to further down the line maybe album number four or five and then I come back to him and replay this records for him so he not gonna forget about it. I gotta go back to Detroit and remind him those records. Those three records was out of here!” Akon added.

Watch the interview with Akon below:

Akon says he has 4 other songs with Eminem in vault, talks working with Dr. Dre on “DETOX” album

Akon has recently sat down with Bootleg Kev on his podcast.

The two talked about many topics, including working with Eminem on one of the biggest hits of ’00s, “Smack That,” and Dr. Dre‘s mysterious DETOX album.

“It’s interesting because every record that I put out, I actually produced, expect ‘Smack That.’ Eminem produced that record. Isn’t that crazy? He always have this small little sounds in the beat.” said Akon.

Then he continues: “When I went to visit Em in Detroit, he was like ‘which you wanna do?,’ I said ‘Em, I wanna do whatever you wanna do. I want to come into your world.’ He said ‘alright, I got some beats.’ I said ‘play me some tracks.’ He gave me phot of 30 tracks on it. And out of 30, I picked 5. And I recorded all 5 and the one that stood out was ‘Smack That.’ When he heard my concept t it, he said ‘yo, I’m jumping on this one.’ And I was like ‘if he jumps on this one this will be a single.’ I literally have all those other records. All those records are gonna drop in future.”

“I’ve done two records for Detox and they both came out. One was ‘Kush.’ And the other one was Dre and Snoop and I was in the chorus as well. Dre is such a perfectionist. I think he’s too perfect for himself. There was lots of fear to not being number one. I’m not speaking for him and I could be completely wrong but from outside looking in it felt like he put too much on himself to succeed and be successful. I personally believe he don’t need it. He has nothing to prove anybody. To me he’s the greatest producer out of the west coast and influencer when it comes to hip-hop and gangster music. No matter what he would have dropped. Everybody would have thirsted it up.” said Akon.

DJ Whoo Kid shares Dr. Dre’s “Detox” song “Back Again,” featuring Akon

Back in April, 2020, DJ Whoo Kid went live on Instagram with Akon and played one of Dr. Dre’s remixed songs from vaulted Detox album.

The track is titled “Back Again” and features Akon. The original version of the song was recorded and unofficially released in 2005 and it features rapper Kai. This would have marked second collaboration between Dre and Akon since dropping “Kush,” back in 2010, which also features Snoop Dogg.

“That song was when we were all waiting for that Detox album” says Akon at the end of the video.

The beat of the song is definitely produced by Dr. Dre himself. You can bump it below!

Akon celebrates 14 years of “Konvicted” album by releasing music videos in HD

To celebrate the 14 years anniversary of his Grammy-nominated album Konvicted, Akon has released high definition, remastered music videos of every singles from the record.

“Celebrating the Anniversaries of Konvicted and Freedom, HD Remasters Of my Hit Videos are Available For the First Time! Much love to everyone around the world who supported me throughout the years. I ain’t done yet, still got some gems to drop on you- more on that next month. #1” writes Akon on Instagram.

 

Konvicted, which is now certified 3x platinum in the United States, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 when it was released and produced three Top 10 Hot 100 hits that have received HD upgrades. “Don’t Matter” reached No.1 on Billboard Hot 100, while “Smack That” featuring and produced by Eminem reached No. 2 and “Sorry, Blame It On Me” peaked at No. 7.

Even though “I Wanna Love You,” didn’t debut inside Top 10, the song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the Grammys in 2008, as well as “Smack That” getting nominated in 2006.

Akon is gearing up for another release. Can we expect Eminem feature on new record? Meanwhile, enjoy “Smack That” in HD below:

 

 

 

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