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Locked Up
Akon
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- Album
- Trouble Deluxe Edition
- Released
- 2005
- Genres
- R&B
- Length
- 3:55
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Label
- SRC Records
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About this song
The Smoking Gun criticized Akon, calling him "Fakon", because of the quasi-fictional ex-convict persona he built around the song, his first hit. The song is said to have given many prisoners a sense of peace, solace and kinship while they were serving time.
What it's about
The song is built around the persona of an ex-convict. It is presented as a story told from that prison-life perspective.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 13 other songs, like “First Day Out by Bali Baby”.
- Written and produced by Akon.