Akon’s Breakout Debut Album ‘Trouble’ Celebrated With Special 20th Anniversary Of Digital Deluxe Edition & Limited Edition Vinyl – Out August 16

Five-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum Senegalese icon Akon celebrates the 20^th anniversary of his platinum-certified full-length debut album, Trouble, with a special Digital Deluxe Edition and Limited Edition 2LP Vinyl out August 16. The Digital Deluxe Edition consists of 27 songs, comprising the original LP in addition to 15 bonus tracks and remixes and the Limited Edition Vinyl will be pressed on white vinyl.

Akon set the stage for its arrival by sharing the previously unreleased “Lonely (Remix)”. 

It adds another dimension to the double-platinum anthem while preserving the track’s distinct style, spirit, and soul.

Among the unreleased material, the Digital Deluxe features a myriad of remixes. Akon collaborates with everyone from Styles P and Taz to Booba and Azad on remixes of “Locked Up.” He also joins forces with P Money (“Keep on Callin’”), Baby Bash (“Baby, I’m Back), The Beatnuts (“Find Us (In the Back of the Club)”), and more for other bonus tracks, speaking to his versatility and delivering the definitive version of Trouble.

Akon originally unveiled Trouble on June 29, 2004. The record amplified his inimitable voice on the global stage and cemented him as an international star with a signature brew of R&B and hip-hop spiked with African flavor. Anchored by “Lonely,” “Locked Up,” and “Bananza (Belly Dancer),” it cracked the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and soared to #1 on the UK Album Chart. It eventually sold 2 million copies worldwide and picked up a platinum plaque in the United States. Not to mention, it has tallied billions of streams. The world got to hear, see, and feel Akon for the first time on Trouble.

Tracklisting:

Limited Edition White Vinyl, 2 LP Tracklist:

Side A

1. Locked Up
2. Trouble Nobody
3. Bananza (Belly Dancer)
4. Gangsta

Side B

1. Ghetto
2. Pot Of Gold
3. Show Out
4. Lonely

Side C

1. When The Time’s Right
2. Journey
3. Don’t Let Up
4. I Won’t

Side D

1. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Styles P]
2. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Booba]
3. Senegal
4. Gunshot
5. Kill the Dance

Digital Deluxe Tracklist:

1. Locked Up
2. Trouble Nobody
3. Bananza (Belly Dancer)
4. Gangsta
5. Ghetto
6. Pot Of Gold
7. Show Out
8. Lonely
9. When The Time’s Right
10. Journey
11. Don’t Let Up
12. I Won’t
13. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Styles P]
14. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Styles P & Taz]
15. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Azad]
16. Locked Up (Remix) [feat. Booba]*
17. Gunshot*
18. Kill the Dance*
19. Ghetto (Remix)*
20. Bananza (Belly Dancer) [Remix]*
21. Senegal*
22. Keep on Callin’ (P Money featuring Akon)*
23. Miss Melody (Miri Ben-Ari featuring Akon)*
24. Never Gonna Get It (Sean Biggs featuring Akon)*
25. Find Us (In the Back of the Club) [The Beatnuts featuring Akon]*
26. Baby, I’m Back (Baby Bash featuring Akon)*
27. Yey (Grady Babyz featuring Akon)*

*  = Bonus Track