he releases arguably one of his best singles (Angel) and despite decent promotion it fails to make any impact at all

then he does a duet with a dead Micheal Jackson the biggest music star of all time and it barely makes the top 30

its over...

good riddance!

He had a few good songs, hold my hand being the best, bye bye bye!

he sounds just the same as all them other glee kids with the speak and spell voices. that wheelchair dude did it much better a long time ago, even glee has a guy copying him on the show

Well, finally! I have no idea how he lasted as long as he did.

You all seem to forget that he is still involved with, Lady Ga Ga's career, in some way,(he produced some of her records and is one of her advisors.) He once said that because of her, he really does not have to work again, unless he wants to. So, I think he will be all right, even if IT IS pretty much over...

shorttrini said:

You all seem to forget that he is still involved with, Lady Ga Ga's career, in some way,(he produced some of her records and is one of her advisors.) He once said that because of her, he really does not have to work again, unless he wants to. So, I think he will be all right, even if IT IS pretty much over...

One of the smartiest moves by an "RnB" music artist in a long while, I really was not a great fan of Akon, he's a nice bloke, but his music did little for me, I like most "artist" of today a few tracks he's done...but can take or leave them, i.e. i would not spend my money buying a CD!

But I must say his signing of GaGa ... was a cool business move8-)

Dreamer2 said:

shorttrini said:

You all seem to forget that he is still involved with, Lady Ga Ga's career, in some way,(he produced some of her records and is one of her advisors.) He once said that because of her, he really does not have to work again, unless he wants to. So, I think he will be all right, even if IT IS pretty much over...

One of the smartiest moves by an "RnB" music artist in a long while, I really was not a great fan of Akon, he's a nice bloke, but his music did little for me, I like most "artist" of today a few tracks he's done...but can take or leave them, i.e. i would not spend my money buying a CD!

But I must say his signing of GaGa ... was a cool business move8-)

Yes, indeed it was....

He'll never be broke. Isn't he responsible for some of Lady Gaga's success?

shorttrini said:

You all seem to forget that he is still involved with, Lady Ga Ga's career, in some way,(he produced some of her records and is one of her advisors.) He once said that because of her, he really does not have to work again, unless he wants to. So, I think he will be all right, even if IT IS pretty much over...

I didn't see this until after I posted.

Lady Gaga is signed to a few different things, a big chunk goes to Akon's label Konlive. He was the one who got Interscope excited after L.A. Reid dropped her.

Cinnie said:

Lady Gaga is signed to a few different things, a big chunk goes to Akon's label Konlive. He was the one who got Interscope excited after L.A. Reid dropped her.

I bet, L.A. is kicking himself, in the ass, as we speak...

shorttrini said:

Cinnie said:

Lady Gaga is signed to a few different things, a big chunk goes to Akon's label Konlive. He was the one who got Interscope excited after L.A. Reid dropped her.

I bet, L.A. is kicking himself, in the ass, as we speak...

Doesn't L.A Reid have pink on his record label ? , if he does i can see the reason why he did not sign her Pink would feel upstaged i guess..

Dreamer2 said:

shorttrini said:

I bet, L.A. is kicking himself, in the ass, as we speak...

Doesn't L.A Reid have pink on his record label ? , if he does i can see the reason why he did not sign her Pink would feel upstaged i guess..

L.A., has been known for making, "Ass-hole" decisions. For instance, he did not want Pink to release, "Missundaztood", for fear that it would alienate Pink's fans. Not to mention the dumb shyte he did while at Mowtown. I am surprised that he has not managed to burn down, his current label.

shorttrini said:

Cinnie said:

Lady Gaga is signed to a few different things, a big chunk goes to Akon's label Konlive. He was the one who got Interscope excited after L.A. Reid dropped her.

I bet, L.A. is kicking himself, in the ass, as we speak...

It was for the best. She walked out of there with half of The Fame recorded and mastered, and found a company that actually knew how to market her.

I was reading an article about this and they said had Gaga stayed with L.A. Reid, she would be La Roux.

[Edited 1/16/11 9:20am]

Yup Lady Gaga is Akon's meal ticket. I wonder how Born This Way will do...

PurpleReign30 said:

Yup Lady Gaga is Akon's meal ticket. I wonder how Born This Way will do...

She can't lose. She signed to a 360 deal which means everyone is more invested in her too. She also spends her own money.

Cinnie said:

PurpleReign30 said:

Yup Lady Gaga is Akon's meal ticket. I wonder how Born This Way will do...

She can't lose. She signed to a 360 deal which means everyone is more invested in her too. She also spends her own money.

Yeah, for her first tour (The Fame Ball Tour)...she paid out of her own pocket and was in debt. Even The Monster Ball Tour (the first leg) she put so much $ into her show that she didn't make a profit. I read on Forbes that Gaga is estimated to make up to $100 million this year alone w/ her latest tour, merch., the upcoming album, her Polaroid deal, etc...

PurpleReign30 said:

Cinnie said:

She can't lose. She signed to a 360 deal which means everyone is more invested in her too. She also spends her own money.

Yeah, for her first tour (The Fame Ball Tour)...she paid out of her own pocket and was in debt. Even The Monster Ball Tour (the first leg) she put so much $ into her show that she didn't make a profit. I read on Forbes that Gaga is estimated to make up to $100 million this year alone w/ her latest tour, merch., the upcoming album, her Polaroid deal, etc...

I think that figure is gross income/sales though, not after everything is paid for.

Either way, Akon is pretty much livin' lavish.

Cinnie said:

PurpleReign30 said:

Yeah, for her first tour (The Fame Ball Tour)...she paid out of her own pocket and was in debt. Even The Monster Ball Tour (the first leg) she put so much $ into her show that she didn't make a profit. I read on Forbes that Gaga is estimated to make up to $100 million this year alone w/ her latest tour, merch., the upcoming album, her Polaroid deal, etc...

I think that figure is gross income/sales though, not after everything is paid for.

Either way, Akon is pretty much livin' lavish.

Yup. I saw his house on MTV's cribs and he's looks like he's living pretty well. All white furniture, his own gas station.

shorttrini said:

You all seem to forget that he is still involved with, Lady Ga Ga's career, in some way,(he produced some of her records and is one of her advisors.) He once said that because of her, he really does not have to work again, unless he wants to. So, I think he will be all right, even if IT IS pretty much over...

Exactly. Gaga outsold Akon on his own record label lightyears ago. And he still gets paid whenever she does.

Thank Gawd Now waiting for GaGa to Go away

Wham2011 said:

he releases arguably one of his best singles (Angel) and despite decent promotion it fails to make any impact at all

then he does a duet with a dead Micheal Jackson the biggest music star of all time and it barely makes the top 30

its over...

What a shame. Over, before I had any interest in listening to him in the first place, lol. I was done with Akon by the time I saw the footage of him throwing some guy off the stage .

His vocals make me wanna throw up. If he never came out with a song or sang another note again I'd be BEYOND happy.

I'm sure the gay porn industry will welcome him with open arms.

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I'm sure the gay porn industry will welcome him with open arms.

He can appear in those "This Is Gonna Hurt" porn tapes where his dick rips the mouth out of an "innocent" twink lol

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I'm sure the gay porn industry will welcome him with open arms.

Okay, okay, okay... someone please explain to me: What's REALLY goin' on here?

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I'm sure the gay porn industry will welcome him with open arms.

Umm...

PDogz said:

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

I'm sure the gay porn industry will welcome him with open arms.

Okay, okay, okay... someone please explain to me: What's REALLY goin' on here?

From the way the picture looked, it look like he was holding his meat or something. I don't know what they were even doing...

Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:

Okay, okay, okay... someone please explain to me: What's REALLY goin' on here?

From the way the picture looked, it look like he was holding his meat or something. I don't know what they were even doing...

that's a damn mic-no way n hell that's all him

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

From the way the picture looked, it look like he was holding his meat or something. I don't know what they were even doing...

that's a damn mic-no way n hell that's all him

Could be but why did he even put the mic in there?