What’s up everybody? I just got back from an overseas trip with Akon to play his new album, Acquitted, to the heads of Universal in Europe. Akon sold 3 million copies of his last album in the US but something that even surprised me was he sold 500,000 copies in the UK. To put that in perspective Jay-Z’s last album sold 70,000 copies in the UK. Akon is the highest selling urban artist over the past two years in the UK. It’s amazing to see what a broad fan base he has.

That being said the new album is shaping up to be another monster. Akon produces all his own music so it’s not the type of project we hear a song here or a song there. My first listen is always to a completed album. The two records that really jumped out to me are “Hold On” featuring Michael Jackson and “Holla Holla” featuring T Pain. I don’t know what the first single is going to be yet, but the album is coming in October.

On another note, I just got a Nokia N95 from Kyte. If you arent’ familiar with Kyte you can check out a video from Shontelle’s Kyte channel. I will be live blogging from all over with my new phone so make sure to look out for it.