Akon Konvict

LOL - I've never seen anything so ridiculous! Handcuff shaped bottles? What were they thinking?

No doubt an amazing fragrance

He's not actually a rapper, more of a singer. You have to be aware of his backstory to understand the direction they're going with the bottle. It was in various alleged stays in prison that he developed his love and talent for music. Many of his early hits dealt with being in jail, and his record label is called Konvict, playing on the whole jail theme yet again. I used to be a fan of his music when he first came out, and I still find him to add catchy hooks to others music, but just as with most pop artists, catchy can only get you so far. When he first came out, he had a slightly less mainstream feel, and I even own his first album. He's of Senegalese descent, and his father was a percussionist so his musical influence is quite diverse.

Imaginative. isn't Akon the same guy with the track "I wanna ***k you" ?

I couldn't stop myself from laughing at "Each handcuff contains..."

Personally, I wouldn't want to have so many prison references mixed in with my "special night" for which this fragrance is allegedly perfect.

He is pretty genius for signing Lady Gaga and T-Pain. Two of the biggest artists to have come out in the past 4 years as well as launching the careers of Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Official (now THIS Toronto-based rapper needed a push for a decade). At least he made this an eau de parfum.

Lol. Yes. Like I said, I liked him before everyone found out about him...

Don't forget that being in prison is really cool, kids!!

I think you guys are missing something. I've never seen (at least I can't think of one) a rapper/singer glorify prison. If that's the message that people are getting then that's their fault. No one talks about the great times they had in prison, so how are they glorifying it?

Akon is one of the best RnB all the time.

I think the simple act of releasing a song about prison glorifies it, if that's intentional or not is another question. Why would one release a fragrance bottle in the shape of handcuffs if they're not proud of having been to prison?

indeed

Beanie Siegel is a rapper that always glorifies prison. Thugs in NYC brag about prison time because it adds to their street cred, especially if they are known to have murdered in prison.

His record label is called:

i dunno why but im about to order this.

One post after the first discussed the fragrance, for one sentence. We do this every time a rapper releases a fragrance. Guys, I'm sure you have opinions but this is ridiculous, bash the man on his extraordinarily generic-sounding fragrance, not over his person/music/whatever.

You like the bottle.

No rapper has released something as distasteful as this. This one needs to get bashed. A convict named Akon of Konvict Muzik releases a bottle shaped liked handcuffs named Konvict. Blacks have the highest incarceration rates in the USA, and this ex-convict celebrates it.

This is exactly the kind of BS I'm talking about. Calling someone a drug dealer, to say nothing of a rapist, with nothing to substantiate the claims isn't just extremely poor taste but is borderline illegal defamation. If you think that little of this site to put it in that kind of jeopardy, my estimation of you just went down a notch.

Somebody lock this.

Akon has bragged about selling drugs (ecstasy). You are right about this being locked, though. I didn't mean to offend you or anyone else here. This tasteless release angered me and I HAD to voice my opinion.

GASFACE.

This thread shouldn't be locked, it should be hand-cuffed. Thats right, I went there.

This is exactly how I feel. Unfortunately, this is such a hot topic that it's hard for me to keep my cool. I could write a paper on this disgusting release.

Oh pfft, that's cuz Akon's from New Jersey. LOL.

That's a gross oversimplification and mass generilzation. Fact is that is how the media portrays it to non-fans, and like most things the media says, is almost completely off-base and entirely biased. I have these debates with my father too, who gets his info from political news pundits, point is it's simply not true.

Plus. those that do, are clearly smart enough to recognize an opportunity to benefit from the image they portray, AND the even smaller percentage of those that actually lived through that stuff, have every right to rap or sing about it. Don't listen to it, fine, but I'm tired of people picking hip-hop as a whipping boy for the downfall of modern society, the same things happen with video games. All generations have popular culture that is criticized by older generations, this isn't anything new.

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With that said. Quentin Tarantino is a total prick for glorifying violence in his movies and add absolutely nothing to the cinematic scenario and to society. :P

PS: Some of his movies are still awesome. I was just kidding, but you get the point I'm trying to make. Now let's all get along and pop in a Michael Bublé CD since some of us are enough of grown-ass men to look deeper into things than what we see on the surface instead of sh*tting on things we have little experience with.

Someone let me know how it smells like when they get it
thanks!

I saw this for $6 bucks at a local discount store. Should I buy it? I smelled it from the cuff, lol and it just smells like a typical lemony light blue PH type of smell. but 6 bucks.... LOL! I'll look like an idiot though.

This is just what the world needs. Everyday I've been asking myself, "when is Akon going to come out with a fragrance?" Finally...

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As a hip hop fan who understands the fundamentals of the art, a person who has studied the origins and knows REAL hip hop from what everyone else thinks hip hop is, I wholeheartedly agree with this. "Gangsta" rap to the true hip hop fan is the rotten branch in the tree. Besides, most of what you hear on the actual albums is generally not how the actual artist wants to put out. Creative control is generally directed by the music label. Many a artist have discouraged fans from buying an album after realising what they had been directed into doing...

I myself am not a fan of heavy metal/death metal or even rock music for that matter. I listen to a few songs but I can live without it as I simply don't care for it. You won't see me going out of my way to bash this musical form. I simply acknowledge the fact that it's not for me and move on. And don't try to tell me that there isn't a rock artist that speaks on negative issues.

It just bothers me when I see people whose opinions have obviously been doctored by the media come out and attack the art and its people. If you dislike the art, fine, leave it be.. but making grossly unsubstantiated comments fuelled by erroneous viewpoints and hidden prejudices while declaring everything associated with it as BAD brings your level of judgement into question.

As for the fragrance itself, the marketing is obviously what it is. It's trying to associate cool with the idea of prison. Even I a hip hop afficionado can see this rather clearly. Yes Akon is a fool for letting this happen under his name. Yes its a stupid idea. Yes, yes, yes... but it's no worse than the over sexualised ads for every other fragrance advertisement out there and its just as harmful to the children. Nobody seems to mind that though..

I am just waiting for the rapper Ludicrous to launch a scent - I am sure it will be "Ludicrous!"

The thing I hate is, surely these celebrities wear some expensive stuff, and surely (I hope) they have good taste. Then why release such crap with your name attached to it?