

Some parties may rather refer to this song as “Belly Dancer (Bananza)” as opposed to “Bananza (Belly Dancer)”.

Shortly after “Bananza” was released, Akon came out with a remix of the song featuring Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall. the three musicians who made up the short-lived Fun Boy Three. Fun Boy Three’s 1982’s “The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum”Īnd more specifically that latter song was written by the aforementioned co-writers of “Bananza” besides Akon, i.e.Buffalo Springfield’s 1966’s “For What It’s Worth” (1966).He also acted as one of its co-writers, accomplishing this task alongside the following:Īctually there are three tracks sampled into “Bananza”. It came out as the fourth single from Akon’s classic debut album, “Trouble”.Īkon produced “Bananza” himself. UMG, UpFront Records and SRC Records released this track on 21 June 2005. Then the bridge further buttresses the idea that this is a dance-sex song. Indeed readers familiar with Akon’s career know that at times he has displayed, shall we say an unbridled sexuality. Or put more bluntly, Akon likes sex and isn’t afraid to let the world know it.Īnd “Bananza” is one of those songs that helped him establish such a persona, as the bridge illustrates that he’s not interested solely in watching booties shake but also ‘grabbing a hottie after the party’, if you know what he means. And once again, the vocalist finds himself completely enamored with a lady’s body, with said lady evidently being a stripper. And she puts on such an effective show for Akon and his homeys that he ‘blesses’ her with cash accordingly. Meanwhile, the second verse is set in what appears to be a dance club or obviously more to the point a strip club. And the passage concludes with the two of them ‘meeting at the hutter house’, which we will presume is perhaps Akon’s crib, while he basically sits back and watches her “shake that ass”. Lonely kickin’ it to a lady who is so hot in his eyes, that he gets aroused just by looking at her. Apparently she has a boyfriend, but that doesn’t seem to stop the vocalist from successfully seducing her. The first verse however is primarily based on Mr.
