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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Akala is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers. Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Akala is rated as an amazing live performer, with many notable strengths. Akala concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thunderous.
This all-encompassing scrutiny is clear from the get-go of his sold-out show, with an introductory video in which he criticises western television for its propagation of negative images of black people over the course of history.
The EP ‘chapters’ form a basic skeleton for tonight’s setlist and the graphic novel art features heavily in the stage video projections, but otherwise tonight is a fairly conventional gig – though still a very good one.
It’s been ten years since Akala broke through with his acclaimed album ‘It’s Not A Rumour’, and five albums later he’s back in Brighton on a celebratory lap, supporting a carefully crafted ‘Ten Years Of Akala’ triple vinyl compilation. Suffice to say, the rapper bought a full repertoire to the sold out venue.
The rapper poet and journalist took to the stage in Bristol to support his new mixtape Knowledge is Power Vol 2 with his own brand of political rabble rousing.