Blackalicious live in concert.
ON TOUR

Blackalicious

20
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
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critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 20 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Blackalicious is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Blackalicious concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energized and grandiose.

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Latest Release

Freedom - Single (14 April 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Sacramento, United States (1992 - present)
Bio
Gift of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in early 1992.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

January 22, 2017
80
%
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa on January 21, 2017

Exclaim (Canada)

January 15, 2015
80
%
Although he was a solid opening MC all of his songs featured a recycled and tired grandiose statement about the world at large that proved tedious quickly.

Exclaim (Canada)

February 4, 2013
70
%
The Sacramento duo packed the Fortune Sound Club on a Sunday night an impressive feat considering they haven't released a new album in eight years.

Exclaim (Canada)

May 1, 2006
%
Opera House, Toronto, Canada

The West Australian (Australia)

February 13, 2017
70
%
Long before Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce brought Black Lives Matter to the public consciousness, Blackalicious were putting black politics front and centre.

Slug Mag (USA)

January 14, 2016
%
Swell Merchants open up the hip-hop show to get the crowd energized.

Grimy Goods (USA)

September 17, 2015
%
with bangin' performance Going into Tuesday night's Blackalicious show, I wasn't sure what to expect.

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Image Credit

Gohsuke Takama [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons