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Akala - It's Not A Rumour / The Edge

The streets gave birth to hip hop, and the streets are where it lives. But the corporate world stole rap. Now Akala's stealing it back, having released his single, The Edge and debut album, It's Not A Rumour in April.

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'Garbage' is how Kingslee 'Akala' Daley, 22, describes 'what was once, not that long ago, the most charismatic, enigmatic, energetic, lyrically creative music on the planet', because it has turned into a reflex idiolect for plastic players with false values and arid imaginations, who know the price of bling but the value of nothing.

With his debut album, 'It's Not A Rumour', released April 24 on Illa State Records, Akala attacks a lazy, retrograde rap scene from all sides, intent on moving it both forward and back into what it was in the first place - a generational voice for change, empowerment and salvation, for himself, his people and for the streets.

'It's Not A Rumour' is an album that crystallises everything that's gone before it and smashes through current rap conventions. It draws on a spectrum of influences from balladry and soul to trance, punk and far beyond. You'll hear echoes of Jay-Z, Curtis Mayfield, Sil Austin, Naughty By Nature and cult NY folk band The Honey Brothers. You'll also hear Akala shift into a territory unfamiliar to rap: elemental guitar rock built on distorted chords and thundering drums. Check the adrenalised new single 'The Edge' (out March 27) to hear rap break through the wall and bear-hug the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Music hasn't been this gregarious since Aerosmith & Run-DMC, or Public Enemy & Anthrax.
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