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Akon is a big fan of collaboration, his late 2006 No. 1 smash 'Smack That' featured his good friend Eminem... So far in 2007 he has collaborated Snoop Dogg on 'I Wanna Love You' and Gwen Stefani on her hit single 'Sweet Escape'.Yes, for quite a while back there Akon was a major star, racking up an impressive tally of hits. And then he seemed to fall off the radar: his last Now appearance was as a guest on a flop Flo Rida single. He hasn't just stopped having hits he seems to have stopped making music entirely. Perhaps he's having acting lessons - you'd hope so after seeing the start of this video. Mind you, his disappearance isn't that much more surprising than the fact that he was a pop star in the first place, with his odd pinched voice and simplistic production.
It's also a little curious that Eminem, who was one of the biggest stars in the first decade of the new century (he also had two Top 5 hits in 1999 and the biggest-selling single of 2010), has only two Now appearances, plus one as a member of D-12. The obvious explanation would be that his music is too controversial for a mass audience, which would be understandable but I can't be the only one who finds the casual sexism of this song far more offensive than the cartoon shock value of Eminem's own major hits. Akon charming offers that if we ask nicely (or even if we don't, in fact) he might consider bending us over and "smacking that" until we get sore. He does mention his car, because that clearly proves him to be attractive. It's hard to know which is sadder really, the fact that he thinks girls will be impressed by him or the fact that some of them apparently were.
Akon also appears on: Now 60, 61, 62, 67 [with Snoop Dogg], 68, 72, 73 [with Kardinal Offishall and Colby O'Donis], 74 [with David Guetta], 78 [with Flo Rida],
Eminem also appears on: Now 53
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