Locked Up

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"Locked Up" is a 2004 breakthrough single by Akon, known for its melodic blend of R&B and hip hop and its narrative about incarceration and street life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Trouble
artist Akon
breakthroughWorkFor Akon
chartingStatus international hit
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era early 2000s contemporary R&B
featuredArtist Styles P
followsInDiscography Operations of Nature
format CD single
digital download
genre R&B
hip hop
hip hop soul
hasBside Trouble Nobody
hasCleanVersion Locked Up self-linksurface differs
surface form: Locked Up (clean edit)
hasCoverArt Locked Up single cover
hasExplicitVersion Locked Up (explicit version)
hasMusicVideo Locked Up music video
hasRemix Locked Up self-linksurface differs
surface form: Locked Up (Remix featuring Styles P)
includedIn Akon discography
isDebutSingleOf Akon
language English
narrativeTheme consequences of actions
crime
incarceration
regret
street life
notableFor melodic blend of R&B and hip hop
storytelling about incarceration
partOf Trouble
surface form: Trouble (album)
performer Akon
precedesInDiscography Lonely
producer Akon
Giorgio Tuinfort
recordLabel SRC Records
Universal Records
releaseDecade 2000s
releaseYear 2004
subjectMatter criminal justice system
life in prison
street hustling
tempo mid-tempo
vocalist Akon
vocalStyle melodic
writer Akon

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Akon notableWork Locked Up
TattleTales hasTrack Locked Up
this entity surface form: LOCKED UP PT. 2
Locked Up hasRemix Locked Up self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Locked Up (Remix featuring Styles P)
Locked Up hasCleanVersion Locked Up self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Locked Up (clean edit)
Lonely chronologyInAkonSingles Locked Up
this entity surface form: follows Locked Up
Smack That precededBySingle Locked Up
Soul Survivor followsSingle Locked Up
Trouble hasPart Locked Up
Trouble hasPart Locked Up
this entity surface form: Locked Up (Remix)
Trouble singleFromAlbum Locked Up