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
Studio album by
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]

Critical reception

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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

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  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

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

References

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  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.