Production on the album began in late 2007 and ended in the late summer of this year. Originally the album was to be called Acquitted, but was later confirmed to be Freedom by Akon’s label, Universal Music. Here’s the tracklist:

1. “Right Now (Na Na Na)” - 4:06
2. “Beautiful” (featuring Colby O’Donis & Kardinal Offishall) - 5:13
3. “Keep You Much Longer” - 4:18
4. “Troublemaker” (featuring Sweet Rush) - 3:57
5. “We Don’t Care” - 3:34
6. “I’m So Paid” (featuring Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne) - 3:26
7. “Holla Holla” (featuring T-Pain) - 2:58
8. “Against The Grain” (featuring Ray Lavender) - 3:46
9. “Be With You” - 3:49
10. “Sunny Day” (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 3:15
11. “Birthmark” - 3:59
12. “Over the Edge” - 4:20
13. “Freedom” - 4:12

Akon says his new album is called Acquitted and he is aiming to have it out the first week of May. The R&B singer/producer is hoping that Michael Jackson can cameo on the lead single, and MTV News reports that while MJ has recorded his part, legal barriers are holding up his official involvement with the song. Akon even says he is already thinking about his next album. “My fourth album is called Double Jeopardy,” he told MTV. “I’m already on it. It’s all set up. If they want all the records now, it would take me 30 days to put it together.”