Akon: Stand-up comedian or singer?
Jackie Cole
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Entertainment
04/29/08 - I remember the first day that I logged onto the University of Rhode Island homepage and I saw it right there in front of me.
I could not contain myself, for this had to be one of the most hilarious acts to ever set foot at our middle-of-nowhere, set-among-cornfields filled-with-cows-and-chickens university.
Nothing against the cows and chickens, because I find them adorable, but in an environment like that, it just seemed purely humorous that the Student Entertainment Committee would pull off something like this. I rubbed my eyes and took another glance at my computer screen to make sure I had read it correctly. Sure enough, it loomed in front of me on the screen, and this time I could not hold back my laughter.
Akon, the same "artist" who "sings" the "song" "Smack That" (if you've never heard it, the title explains everything) and features harmonizing chipmunks in his work, was making an appearance at URI. I could not help but LOL.
I realized I absolutely had to get tickets to this show. If nothing else, it would be worth a few more laughs. Little did Akon know that there was one white girl out there who was buying tickets to his show assuming he'd be a stand-up comedian rather than a rapper.
Finally, after weeks of anticipation and the repetitive playing of "Don't Matter" on my iPod, the night of the concert arrived. As we pulled on our Baby Phat hoodies and matching pink Timberlands, my best friend and I went over our idea of how we thought the night might go.
"I mean, the show can't last for more than an hour, could it? He can't have more than three or four songs, right?" she said, sarcastically, "although, he does have that one tear-jerker, that song 'Smack That,' so poignant."
After a few sprays of Ciara's latest eau de toilet, we dashed to the Ryan center with our best senses of humor intact. As the man of the night strolled out onto the stage, decked out in his white T-shirt, classy white leather belt and dark-wash blue jeans, the crowd (filled primarily with skinny white girls) went wild.
I could not contain myself, for this had to be one of the most hilarious acts to ever set foot at our middle-of-nowhere, set-among-cornfields filled-with-cows-and-chickens university.
Nothing against the cows and chickens, because I find them adorable, but in an environment like that, it just seemed purely humorous that the Student Entertainment Committee would pull off something like this. I rubbed my eyes and took another glance at my computer screen to make sure I had read it correctly. Sure enough, it loomed in front of me on the screen, and this time I could not hold back my laughter.
Akon, the same "artist" who "sings" the "song" "Smack That" (if you've never heard it, the title explains everything) and features harmonizing chipmunks in his work, was making an appearance at URI. I could not help but LOL.
I realized I absolutely had to get tickets to this show. If nothing else, it would be worth a few more laughs. Little did Akon know that there was one white girl out there who was buying tickets to his show assuming he'd be a stand-up comedian rather than a rapper.
Finally, after weeks of anticipation and the repetitive playing of "Don't Matter" on my iPod, the night of the concert arrived. As we pulled on our Baby Phat hoodies and matching pink Timberlands, my best friend and I went over our idea of how we thought the night might go.
"I mean, the show can't last for more than an hour, could it? He can't have more than three or four songs, right?" she said, sarcastically, "although, he does have that one tear-jerker, that song 'Smack That,' so poignant."
After a few sprays of Ciara's latest eau de toilet, we dashed to the Ryan center with our best senses of humor intact. As the man of the night strolled out onto the stage, decked out in his white T-shirt, classy white leather belt and dark-wash blue jeans, the crowd (filled primarily with skinny white girls) went wild.
