2024 and I’ve just had the biggest nostalgia hit that it nearly bought a tear to my eye. 16 years ago. Akala thank you.

@chloebolton2729

5 ай бұрын

Same😢

@justlikeittv

5 ай бұрын

Ayeee 04:40am 🙌 90s kid

@3RBALIST7

5 ай бұрын

🌌🧬

@sashabianchini

4 ай бұрын

I hear that 😢

@lukebailey853

4 ай бұрын

Same bro. Heard the instrumental on talkSPORT. Took me a while to remember the track. Then boom. Here I am

The tiny amount of views and comments on this video, proves my point again, that there's too many kids on the Internet recommending the same stuff. This is a classic *Akala* track from his *Channel U* days, and probably one of his best. Yet just like all the other legends of early *Grime,* people only recommend his new stuff, and his *Fire in the Booth's.*

@Russtick92

4 жыл бұрын

Idk man as far as outright bangers go I recommend this all the time. An absolute classic from secondary school days, gathering around listening on some kids Nokia N95

@CHRISBOGGETT

3 жыл бұрын

Literally 10x this on another video AND its 720p so sounds better :

@danielgardecki1046

3 жыл бұрын

@@CHRISBOGGETT This video and that video put together only have 2 million views total. Again I repeat, there's too many people recommending nonsense, and ignoring the quality.

@CHRISBOGGETT

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielgardecki1046 I have a feelign there was another one back in day with a fw more hits, but your point stands to a degree, I feel he is knwon and respected more than this implies :)

@suzieclarke6744

3 жыл бұрын

I request this one all the time as hardly anyone knows this classic but I totally get what you mean...the man has loads of hidden gems..so we keep grinding to make sure they get heard

Year 8 or 9 pleating this on the bus ride to school. 13 years later my evolution has been unreal looking back, nearly at the end of my MSc Biomed degree and this was a nice reminder of where it began. So has yours Akala. Bless. You are an inspiration and a proven polymath! Thank god i found this banger too, 4.45 and I’ve been binging Oxford lectures... glad the last one was Akala’s. 👊🏽

Smart as King Arthur, Darker, harder, faster, raasclaart

Who’s listening June 2020

@SimuliumDamnosum

4 жыл бұрын

July 2020!

@BayCyst

4 жыл бұрын

fuck ye boi

@debzel1837

Жыл бұрын

July 2023!

@greggmcevilly

Жыл бұрын

July 22 2023

@Geegeegemini

Жыл бұрын

Every year since it appeared on KZread. I’m old 😅

If he dropped it again in 2020 everyone be like have you heard this guy, these bars don't age

Bumpin' this in 2019! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@LatestSierraLeoneMusic

5 жыл бұрын

My tune

@lucassundman4316

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still bumping it in 2021 haha

Amazing tune who’s still listening and appreciating this is in 2023?!

@fboa4969

4 ай бұрын

2024

A british raper that sound natural. So under rated.

Akala!!!!! If you ever see this comment I think you should do a 2021 remix of this legendary track...This is beyond brilliant and would still bang today given the rightful exposure you deserve..thank god for reaction channels these days where us fans can push for your music to be spread around the world..where it belongs for everyone to hear..LOVE YOU 😍😍😍

12 years later but can we get his music more recognition

@svrgardensuk420

2 жыл бұрын

2 years later and still moving it

This is something that defo needs remastering

"brother listen" yeah yeah, I heard the original! Quality tune.

@MS-ot7db

8 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂true say

@dannygarcia3863

8 жыл бұрын

loooool uno

@KaizerMan

6 жыл бұрын

stepitup89 Umm what? 😂 he only didn’t that because it’s the music video. Music video channels won’t play a track if it’s got swearing You’re acting like this is a new video..he made this when the track first came out mate

@padders_indevth

6 жыл бұрын

He’s actually completely changed it, he explains why on a TEDs Talk.

I swear this man is so underrated in the US, i only know one other person who likes him and its my dad

2023 still better than most of not all grime out today

This was an absolute banger, the amount of views is disappointing for how big this song was in my youth lol

Even in 2017 one of the best grime tracks ever

I can't belive that this got only 100k views atm... It should be in millions ;3

@shayshaycoolay9413

4 жыл бұрын

*trained to rate fakeness

sick lyrics. sick beat. sick albums. akala is the best.

This is the first comment on this vid for five years, this is still sick man massive fan, akala!

@mammooshere

7 жыл бұрын

and 3 years on its still a banger

@clunkyx

4 жыл бұрын

nadeem Asghar 5 years on is still a banger

@TheRagingOmen

3 жыл бұрын

7 years and it's still a banger

Akala, skinnyman, klash. Damn i miss those years

16 years later and never gets old, remember the first day i listened to this tune!!

Class work here. Take some notes here UK rappers.

2018 still a classic! GOAT!

Rip DJ Tomcraft. The sample used was from his track Loneliness.

Best uk rapper and most intelligent fact

Bumpin' this in 2020! Best MC ALIVE!!!!!

14 years on and still some of the best rap ever.

This went off at Glastonbury '15! Classic tune and Akala has only grown since it came out

Scary how little people have witnessed this 👆🐐... A lyrical monster, street poet, a fucking mean one. Yet an articulate intelligent man. Wow. Wake up people😴💤

This was 11 years ago and still a bop

Akala is too intelligent.

Brooooo how have I not seen or listened to this BANGER coincided myself a grime head 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I stumbled upon this today at Spotify. Illest tune I've heard for years. Legend

Still a banger TO THIS DAY

Still bangin' in 2019!

Bumpin’ dis n 2020 & probs 2021

Sick !

‘It’s a matrix, I try to explain it’ - you saw through this shiz ages ago ❤️

Love the deep base that gets me every time.

"Ama whole ole different kettle of fish thou I shall not fuck with this" love it!!!!

Akala? This is a name of a certain surbaban market town in Kenya where natives exchange indegenous goods. This include fruits vegetables, roadrunner chicken rams cattle and shoes made out of stranded tyers that are used for any far and rough walk in the village and are called: AKALA..... Love all the historical & philosophical insights l have have gatthered from listening to him.👏👏

16 years. Wow. Gooose bumps!! 🎉

too good

why is black shakespear under rated? is it cos he ain't gasin on a mic about drugs?

@moodini99

7 жыл бұрын

Too true, mate. Decent lyrics don't sell. Kids like shit lyrics, and adults don't like rap. That's the way of it, unfortunately. Akala is one of a tiny handful of rappers with the decency to write proper bars

@shiftinggears9896

6 жыл бұрын

TheMickeyBlu just because he can be political basically.. Man is a university scholar.. Very educated. I rate him as one if the uk's best! In the top 3 for sure

@WeAreFckd

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think he is one for being fucked in the arse which is the price for airtime. No anal no label

@KaizerMan

6 жыл бұрын

Actually it’s because he’s an independent artist & chooses to invest his time & money into ventures other than just music. If he wanted to blow up overseas he could, I mean his sister had been to award shows out in the states alongside big superstars like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, etc. He just prefers to be appreciated for his music but still be able to live a normal life without being crowded like a celebrity

Feeling so nostalgic... man I used to listen to this in school

May 2023 still killing it

Love dis brother ,2024 only one akala

We adore you and your work Akala.

Classic song.

Too real man.....too real...

This songs going to be in GTA 6 lol

big shout out from Chinese fan

2024 and it still stands. Ahead of his time is this man.

Too sick!

Akala, always and always - still rockin' him in 2018

The flow is timeless🔥🔥

That flow... Lyrical genius.. And that beat... Still a total banging tune...

Classic

I love the music. The Wm S shout out got me.

Gold era of grime top tier tune and guy aswell

Still bangs in 2021

If your listening to this in 2021 your a legend

Akala...woop wooop! i saw im at jay-z last year effin briliant and cutte :D

Ole Akala got bars!!💣💯

Wow

If you've seen 'Saltburn' this will be familiar...

Just found this track and soooooo happy Akala killin it big ups from Bulgaria bruvva thats true stuff I hear you

@anonanon7497

11 ай бұрын

Lol. Bro, Bulgaria doesn't need this influence, it'll ruin your country. Stay Bulgarian.

Very intelligent and talented guy, I love how he put Tommy Robinson in his place

@lewisdowsett8390

5 ай бұрын

He didn't The whole country's on Tommy's side now so these people look like twats now haha

Coming back after that GRM daily duppy

Loneliness

This song was my introduction to Akala ❤️ I heard ❤️

i saw akala live

love this lyracism rrrra! peace x hiphop onelove"

Str8 from the top expert timing 💥

2021 anyone????

@rossmcatasney8209

3 жыл бұрын

Yup.. See you again next year?

@kamizlatan

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely

How I've missed this guy all these years I don't fuckin no! He's fuckin brilliant n should be HUGE 🤯

Real rapper old skool

love your music. i stumbled across your interviews on youtube today and have been mesmerized ever since! and obviously came to your channel and music straight away. i wish i was intelligent enough to read your book natives, but i dont have your vocabulary....think im going to buy it for my sons much love. Te Cero mucho!

@etotheipi42

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHqsrJKRd8Lem7Q.html

@MadeInPoland182

6 ай бұрын

Don't worry about your vocabulary! This book is accessible to anyone who speaks English fluently, even as a second language, so take a dictionary for the occasional slang and enjoy your read!

2023 big tune in 2006 for me 😮

Words like poetry

Jheeeze blast from the past

still sounding sweet

Classic music from a legend.

ahhhhhhh!!!!! hyped man! not heard this in time!

Classic banger

Akala disambiguation Bhudist. Therefore none violent.

wtf this is big this should have over 1million views

Coming from Saturday night live

Akala is the bob marley of his generation.

Omg forgot about this one 💜

2021?

sick rhyming man! was like noddin ma head n stuff

Fri 13th oct❤

Still fresh

im crying why is my english teacher making me watch this

@etotheipi42

4 жыл бұрын

Your English teacher is dope. I imagine they are hoping you will research a little more on your own and find tracks they might get in trouble for sharing with you. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXmDrcmjn9vVpNI.html is my favorite Akala joint. This is immortal Technique the greatest of the political MCs but way to controversial for a teacher to recommend kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWacsqOmZ9atZps.html

@clunkyx

4 жыл бұрын

goat english teacher holyyy

...yes man

🔥🔥

2023 august this song is so good I lied I have so many this song mid

I have a child who wants to memorize the poems of Shakespeare, do you guide me to those who cast or sing his poems.