Anakonda
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{{Infobox album
| name = Anakonda
| type = album
| artist = Akinyele
| cover = Anakonda album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 10, 2001
| recorded = 2001
| venue =
| studio =
| length =
| label = Koch Records
| producer = Lord Finesse, Earl Thomas, Tom Brown
| prev_title = Aktapuss
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Live at the Barbecue: Unreleased Hits
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r540118}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=89}}
|rev3 = HipHopDX
|rev3score = 2.5/5{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.93/title.akinyele-anakonda|title=Akinyele - Anakonda|date=September 22, 2001|website=HipHopDX}}
|rev4 = RapReviews
}}
Anakonda is the final studio album by American rapper Akinyele.{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/08/10/charts-30/|title=THE CHARTS|website=EW.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1444342/bedroom-lyrics-business-sense-drive-akinyeles-success/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624215251/http://www.mtv.com/news/1444342/bedroom-lyrics-business-sense-drive-akinyeles-success/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2021|title=Bedroom Lyrics, Business Sense Drive Akinyele's Success|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|website=MTV News}} It was released in 2001 on Koch Records.{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/akinyele-anakonda_aka_benny_ill|title=Akinyele Anakonda a.k.a. Benny Ill | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}{{cite book |last1=Bynoe |first1=Yvonne |title=Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=6}} Anakonda proved to be the least successful of Akinyele's albums, not making it to any of the Billboard charts.
Critical reception
Exclaim! wrote that "undoubtedly the intention was to shock, but the mediocre skills and pedestrian beats instead induce rolling of the eyes." Entertainment Weekly thought that "the veteran Queens rapper again spits out the raunchiest raps north of Miami’s 2 Live Crew."
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."{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Steve |title=Critics spin through year's albums |work=USA Today |date=27 Dec 2001 |page=D6}}
Track listing
- "Gangsters" (Akinyele Adams, Earl Thomas) - 3:39
- "I Like" (Akinyele Adams, Sandra Clough, Thomas) - 4:09
- "Guns Bust" (Akinyele Adams, Chris Moore, William Young) - 3:53
- "Do You Wanna?" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 4:26
- "Love My Bitch" (Akinyele Adams, Lord Finesse) - 3:13
- "Eat Pussy" (Akinyele Adams, Christine McClean, Andre Venable) - 3:25
- "I'll Kill 4 You" (Akinyele Adams, Tom Hill) - 2:31
- "Pimps and Hoes" (Akinyele Adams, Armstead, Lou Brown, Thomas) - 5:05
- "Do You Even" (Akinyele Adams, Lou Brown, Mahoghony) - 2:21
- "Problems" (Akinyele Adams, Eric Brown, Mobutu "Boo" Evans) - 4:27
- "What" (Akinyele Adams, Moore) - 3:09
- "The Rhyme" (Akinyele Adams, McClean, Venable) - 4:13
Personnel
- Akinyele – vocals
- Louis Brown – vocals
- Tom Hill – producer
- Lord Finesse – producer
- Jessica Rosenblum – executive producer
- Earl Thomas – producer