The World of Coke

Many tourist attractions are in Atlanta, but one that both locals and tourists enjoy a great deal is the World of Coke. The World of Coke is a very large museum of the history of Coke, dioramas of ancient Coke products, a sampling room with Coke products from around toe world, and the largest Coke brand store in the world. One of the things that Coke claims by having this world is that it has greatly influenced the world by its main product: Coca-Cola. This is supported by the true statements that Coke makes throughout the World of Coke, "We are everywhere." Coke has branched to every part of the world. Most people would agree that there is something special about opening that glass-bottled Coke on Christmas morning. Almost everyone, at least in the United States, has seen the Christmas Santa Coke and the Polar Bears Coke commercials. One thing about the World of Coke that I have noticed is that it has never gotten old. I have personally been five times to it and I find something new about it every time I go. There is always something that you missed last time, or some new artifact that they have found. Those artifacts are all over the building and most of them need no label, people know what it is and the recognition evokes that fun memory of the first time you saw it. One thing that most people should know about the World of Coke before going is that you should come thirsty. Because around every turn are free samples of all kinds of Coke and Coke products. There is even an entire room that was created just to sample Coke from around the world. Even for those of us who cannot drink any sort of carbonation, there are Coke product samples for us. My personal favorite would have to be the Nestle Iced Tea from China.

Music :: Akon

On my iPod, I have every single genre of music. It is all there from opera to country (very, VERY little country). My two favorite genres of music would definitely have to be theatrical score and rap/hip-hop. What do I listen to most though? Definitely rap. One of my favorite rap artists is Akon. He is a very popular artist on his own as well as featured artist on other rap artist's singles. One blog that I found on blogcritics.com says...

"At first glance, Konvicted [One of Akon's albums] appears as if its going to be more of a nod to his harder side, but tha is not always the case. "Smack That," the disc's first release, is more of an attempt to appeal to the club hoppers and the Top 40 followers and was a safe bet for a hit single. Not wanting to play it too mainstream, he also dabbles in some musical genre-hopping throughout Konvicted. "Mama Africa" contains more of a smooth reggae tone delivery and is more that just a bit akin to Kevin Lyttle's sound. Also, doing an R. Kelly-li[k]e take on the ballad "Never Took The Time," is not the way Akon wants to go if he wants to secape the "Lonely" stigma."  ---- to read more, go to: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/27/210726.php

I think that this is a pretty good description of Akon's work. The article goes on to say that even though Akon is in the rap genre, he does not actually rap. If he needs someone to spit a rhyme in one of his songs, he gets one of his many rapper friends to help him out. Akon represents the over-all rap/hip-hop genre with his vast resume of types of rap. 

This article is claiming that Akon may have released his hardest hitting song first, but that his whole album is is a very vast collection of rap types. This is all backed up by the author with his production of various songs from the album. I think that what held my attention most about the article was that it was exactly what I was searching for, which was a review of Akon. The author also supplied a very good photo of Akon for the blog post. Overall, I agree with this blog. I love Akon. I think that all his songs are awesome.