Music Review Evaluation

This time, I would like to evaluate the music review about Akon's album, Konvicted.

In this review, the reviewer, Thomas Steenhagen, claims that Akon should not be classified as the typical R&B act; he is more than that. Akon dabbles some musical genre through Konvicted. "Mama Africa" contains more of a smooth reggae tone, ballad in "Never Took the Time." Since Akon apparently does not rap by himself, he does has a great test in choosing the guests to collaborate in his song. For example is Snoop Dog in "I Wanna Love You" and Eminem in "Smack That." Other music that is worth hearing is "Don't Matter" and "Gangsta Bop."

The reviewer also provides numerical information like the total of sold album by Akon and the highest chart for the song. Akon's first album, Trouble, has been sold 3 million worldwide and received Platinum award while his second album, Konvicted, has been sold 4 million in the world. It also receives 3 times Platinum award. He also has 23 Billboard Hot Songs so far in his career. With this, we know that the reviewer's standard of greatness is by the Billboard Hot Songs and the RIAA album certification.

Unfortunately, the reviewer didn't include any embedded songs of Akon. There is only a small picture of Konvicted's album art in the top of the page, similar to this blog. I agree with the reviewer that Akon has talent and credibility. But we still have to see in the future if Akon can keep up with his good work so far. Below is the music video of "Don't Matter" which get into the first spot in Billboard Hot Songs.