Mixtape Review:- Akala 'Knowledge Is Power Vol. 1'

Akala – Knowledge is power Vol. 1
 by
KIC FM's Shaun Baxter
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After hearing Akala for the first time in 2007 with the song “Shakespeare” he has been quite quiet but he is back no in 2012 he is back with the mixtape 'Knowledge is power'.

The mix tape kicks off with “Fire in the booth” which is a strong hip hop song which kicks off the mixtape this gives it a strong warmth of kick fire!
It leads into 'Educated Tug S**t' which has got a classic element fusion with dirty grimey hip hop beat, after that we have 'Absolute Power' one of my favorites a laid back chilled song which speaks about the power in the government and history of how power is taken over! 

'Who's the Gangsta' is a real stand out on the album and a grower if you listen to it.
Two of the strongest songs on the album are back to back in the form of “I'm so cool” & “ The message
The message is one of those song you can listen to on a nice day hip-hop volume and to blast out its message.
Im so cool like the title is so cool, so it speaks for itself.


The mixtape boast features from artists such as Lowkey, Selah & Jaja Soze all which have a big presence, good influence and speak  there mind about modern politics.

This is definitely a mixtape that you should listen to and endure the lyrical art and the wordplay.

So I will  give this an 7/10

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Be sure to check back for our upcoming interview with Akala as well as another exclusive video review from out Liverpool chapter, in the mean time we will be in attendance of Akala's Next Birmingham Show date where you can find the details below.


Fri 8 Jun, 8.30pm
£12 (£10) £15 on the door
WME Entertainment presents
Akala live in concert with full backing band
Support by Sic’Nis, HLI and Miss C Brown

Akala’s rappng reflects his personal struggles against ignorance, against racism’s divide-and-conquer imprimatur, and against the dumbing-down of the musical form that helped provide him with the answers he needed. "I remember when Wu-Tang Forever came out," he says, casting his mind back to 1998, and the second LP from the Staten Island collective. "And I remember going to buy books because of references I heard on there. I literally studied that album and went away and learned because of it. They weren't some obscure, underground rap group - that was the first rap album to go to Number One in the UK. What made hip hop powerful was its education, its culture, its musicality and its intelligence.”
Don’t miss this sure-fire sell-out performance from a rising star of British hip hop.

Age restriction: 18+

http://the-drum.org.uk/event/akala-live-in-concert-with-full-backing-band