On Monday July 24, London-based MC Kingsley 'Akala ' Daley was keeping up the younger end of On The Up's talent
July 2006
At 22 years of age, Akala has set himself the task of single-handedly 'stealing' hip hop back
from the corporate world, where braindead blinging rappers are happy
taking a lot of credit for bringing very little imagination into the
art. His debut album 'It's Not a Rumour' has been preceeded by a lot of
airplay of the song 'Shakespeare', in which Akala compares his lyrical
ability to that of a modern-day Shakey. Is he overdoing it a bit there?
Here's one way to find out.
Newly signed to Mike Skinner’s personal label, The Beats, Example trades in dirty beats and downright filthy rhymes, all set to the most blatantly stolen samples this side of Winona Ryder’s wardrobe. Whether he’s excoriating drunk girlfriends to a mashed-up version of Britney’s ‘Toxic’ or brutally reworking Lily Allen’s ‘Smile’, Example is one of the UK’s smartest, wittiest and sharpest new MCs.
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