Aktapuss

{{Infobox album

| name = Aktapuss

| type = album

| artist = Akinyele

| cover = Aktapuss.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 23, 1999

| recorded = 1999

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = * Hip hop

• dirty rap

| length = 75:08

| label = {{hlist|Volcano|Jive|BMG
61422-31153}}

| producer = {{hlist|Dr. Butcher|Large Professor|Key Tec|Buckwild|Lord Finesse}}

| prev_title = Put It in Your Mouth

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Anakonda

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1= AllMusic

|rev1score= {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/aktapuss-the-soundtrack-mw0000244957|title=Aktapuss: The Soundtrack - Akinyele | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=89}}

|rev3 = The Source

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Morales|first=Rigo "Riggs"|author-link=Rigo Morales|date=December 1999|issue=123|title=Akinyele – Aktapuss|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|pages=246, 248|location=New York}}

}}

Aktapuss is the second studio album by American rapper Akinyele.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/akinyele-mn0000932367/biography|title=Akinyele | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was released in 1999 on Volcano/Jive Records.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dlklcgKjUIC&pg=PA26|title=Beat Box|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=December 20, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} The album served as the soundtrack to the film of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Welcome to the Home-Video Zone|work=Vibe|date=July 1, 2000|publisher=Vibe Media Group|via=Google Books}}

It was modest success, peaking at No. 64 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.{{cite magazine |last1=Faison |first1=Datu |title=Rhythm section |magazine=Billboard |date=Dec 11, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=50 |page=47}} It made No. 33 on the Top Heatseekers; its single, "Take a Lick", made it to No. 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and No. 9 on the Hot Rap Singles.