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J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy
After a cancelled arena tour, expectations are high for J Hus’s return – but for all his swagger and melody, he ends up falling short due to sound issues and a lack of vision
J Hus’s one-night-only show at the Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the five-year anniversary of his album Big Conspiracy, begins with the British rapper’s sister and collaborator iceè tgm reciting a poem in front of a black curtain. For 15 minutes, throwback hits Common Sense, Bouff Daddy, Dem Boy Paigon and Friendly play through speakers with minimal accompaniment, and energy ebbs exponentially – dangerously – from the audience. For Big Conspiracy’s title track, strings swell as fog fills the lower stage and Hus performs seated on a stool next to iceè tgm; during One and Only, he stands at the end of a platform, illuminated by a single spotlight.
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