''Anakonda'' is the final studio album by American rapper Akinyele. It was released in 2001 on

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. ''Anakonda'' proved to be the least successful of Akinyele's albums, not making it to any of the ''

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "undoubtedly the intention was to shock, but the mediocre skills and pedestrian beats instead induce rolling of the eyes." ''

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'' thought that "the veteran Queens rapper again spits out the raunchiest raps north of Miami’s 2 Live Crew." ''

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'' 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."

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 Robert A. Hall Jr. (born February 19, 1970), known by his stage name Lord Finesse, is an American rapper and hip-hop producer from The Bronx, New York, best known as the leader of the D.I.T.C. crew. About.com ranked him number 29 on its list of ...

) - 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 *

– producer *Jessica Rosenblum – executive producer *Earl Thomas – producer

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Akinyele (rapper) albums Albums produced by Lord Finesse