{"id":510923,"date":"2022-11-16T20:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/akon-wishes-he-never-gave-jeezy-soul-survivor\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T20:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:57:48","slug":"akon-wishes-he-never-gave-jeezy-soul-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-wishes-he-never-gave-jeezy-soul-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Akon Wishes He Never Gave Jeezy \u2018Soul Survivor\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3f1c20444\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3f1c20444\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-wishes-he-never-gave-jeezy-soul-survivor\/#%E2%80%9CAkon_Wishes_He_Never_Gave_Jeezy_%E2%80%98Soul_Survivor%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Akon Wishes He Never Gave Jeezy \u2018Soul Survivor\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAkon_Wishes_He_Never_Gave_Jeezy_%E2%80%98Soul_Survivor%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Akon Wishes He Never Gave Jeezy \u2018Soul Survivor\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/akon-wishes-he-never-gave-jeezy-soul-survivor-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Akon Wishes He Never Gave Jeezy \u2018Soul Survivor\u2019\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span>Johnny Nunez\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Akon has expressed regret at giving Jeezy \u201cSoul Survivor,\u201d saying the song could have been his own hit record.<\/p>\n<p>The 2005 single off Jeezy\u2019s <em>Let\u2019s Get It: Thug Motivation 101<\/em> album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would go on to become one of The Snowman\u2019s biggest hits. In a recent interview on Shannon Sharpe\u2019s <em>Club Shay Shay<\/em> podcast, Akon admitted he wishes he never gave the song away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne record that I gave away that I felt. \u2018Damn. I shoulda kept\u2019 was \u2018Soul Survivor,&#8217;\u201d he said around the one-hour mark. \u201cI gave it and I said, \u2018Man, I shoulda kept this record, God!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akon on Kanye West, Young Thug, Gunna, Big Meech, Michael Jackson &amp; more | Ep. 60 | CLUB SHAY SHAY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JJFO8NHNp4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Akon spoke fondly about \u201cSoul Survivor\u201d and said Jeezy requested the song within an hour of listening to it because he knew it was a hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of my favorite records as well, too,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the time, BMF was a group out of Atlanta that was just killing it, in every aspect. [Big Meech] was a really, really good friend of mine, and he said: \u2018Listen Kon, I got this artist man, I need your help on it. I promise man, I\u2019m gonna look out for you however you need me, I got you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI said, \u2018Man, whatever just bring him.\u2019 He brought him by the studio, and Jeezy at the time was so raw. I was like, \u2018Bro, this kid, I don\u2019t know where you found him but he\u2019s out of here. Like, he\u2019s out of here.\u2019 So Jeezy played me his mixtape at that time and I said, \u2018Okay, cool.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I reached the studio, I reached back to Meech and I said, \u2018I got him, trust me.\u2019 I did the record \u2026 sent it to Jeezy. Soon as he heard it, he\u2019s like, \u2018Oh bro, this is it!\u2019 He knew, like he knew. The hour didn\u2019t pass; he sent me back the song with his lyrics already on it. I was like, \u2018Oh yeah, this is a monster record.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeezy - Soul Survivor ft. Akon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gczBgNB-p1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Akon previously spoke about his Jeezy collaboration in a 2019 interview with <em>HipHopDX<\/em>, where he elaborated further and said he found \u201cSoul Survivor\u201d \u201cnecessary\u201d for Jeezy\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had just signed Young Jeezy and I was like, \u2018This record is necessary for him right now because he\u2019s actually in a position where he can say that,\u201d Akon said. \u201cIt will be not only believable, but he was going through it with the BMF [Black Mafia Family] movement and all stuff that was going on around us. It was like the perfect, perfect record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cThen I was kind of diversifying more into the pop world and slowly moving away from the street records, so I felt like it was the perfect segue in through him but also out at the same time, you know what I\u2019m saying?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that record was very strategic as how we put it out. At the same time, I could continue to get the street cred from the record but still be disassociated on my pop side to where it doesn\u2019t effect the record I was about to put out with Gwen Stefani [laughs].\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other Jeezy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, the Atlanta icon is fresh off the release of his\u00a0new <em>Gangsta Grillz<\/em> mixtape <em>Snofall<\/em> with DJ Drama, which dropped on October 21.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Mackenzie Cummings-Grady\">by Mackenzie Cummings-Grady<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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