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Rap Game Awful Tour
Tour by Clavish
Associated album	Rap Game Awful
Start date	March 13, 2023
End date	March 29, 2023
No. of shows	9

Rap Game Awful
Rap Game Awful
Mixtape by Clavish
Released	13 January 2023
Length	89:32
Label	Polydor; Universal Music UK;
Producer	Aifo; AyeTM; Chek Beatz; Disco; Elyas; Eugene Tsai; The FaNaTiX; GO Beatz; Hal; HARGO; Harry Beech; Hazey Just Landed; HD Beats; Hoskins; ID Crysis; JJ Beatz; Joe Reeves; Kazza; Kieran Nash; Kyle Evans; Lia Liza; M1OnTheBeat; Mack Jamieson; Madz Thomas; Makenobeats; Nick French; ODZZ; Off & Out; Omar Guetfa; Prince Galalie; R14 Beats; Simon Crisp; SK the Plug; svdominik; TN 490; Two Inch Punch;
Clavish chronology
Singles from Rap Game Awful
	"Greece"; Released: 19 May 2022; "Public Figure"; Released: 22 September 2022; "NRF Freestyle"; Released: 16 October 2022; "Rocket Science"; Released: 17 November 2022; "Traumatised"; Released: 5 January 2023; "No Difference"; Released: 12 January 2023;

Rap Game Awful is the debut mixtape by British rapper Clavish. It was released through Polydor Records and Universal Music UK on 13 January 2023. The mixtape features guest appearances from D-Block Europe, Fredo, Frosty, Rimzee, Tiny Boost, Youngs Teflon, Tiggs da Author, MoStack, Teeway, Kirky, Jordan, and Kaash Paige.^[1]

Rap Game Awful was supported by six singles: "Greece", "Public Figure", "NRF Freestyle", "Rocket Science" featuring D-Block Europe, "Traumatised", and "No Difference".

Release and promotion

On 19 May 2022, Clavish released the mixtape's lead single, "Greece."^[2] The song proceeded to peak at number 70 on the UK Singles Chart. The mixtape's second single "Public Figure" was released on 22 September 2022.^[3] It proceeded to peak at #66 on the Official UK Charts. The mixtape's third single "NRF Freestyle" was released on 16 October 2022.^[4]

On 15 November 2022, through Instagram, Clavish announced the release of the mixtape alongside him previewing the tracklist with features such as Frosty, D-Block Europe, Fredo, Rimzee, Tiny Boost, Youngs Teflon, Tiggs da Author, MoStack, Teeway, Kirky, Jordan, and Kaash Paige.^[5]

The D-Block Europe-assisted "Rocket Science" was released on 17 November 2022, as the mixtape's fourth single; the success of the song marked Clavish's highest charting single at #9 on the Official UK Charts.^[6]^[7]

On 3 December 2022, Clavish announced a UK tour which would see him in vastly populated cities such as Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, London, and Manchester.^[8] A week later, another London date was added due to the tour's high demand.^[9]

The mixtape's fifth single "Traumatised" was released on 5 January 2023, just over a week prior to its release.^[10] A day before the release, on 12 January 2023, the mixtape's sixth and final single "No Difference" was released.

Tour

On December 3, 2022, Clavish announced the Rap Game Awful Tour, a 4-date United Kingdom concert tour, in support of the album, beginning March 20, 2023, at Dublin Green Room in Dublin, and concluding March 28, 2023, at O2 Academy Islington in London.^[8] Due to popular demand, five more shows were added. After being edited, the tour would start on March 13, 2023, at the Trinity Centre in Bristol and would conclude on March 28, 2023, at O2 Academy Islington in London.^[9]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act
Date	City	Country	Venue
United Kingdom
March 13, 2023	Bristol	England	Trinity Centre
March 15, 2023	Leicester		O2 Academy 2
March 18, 2023	Newcastle		Newcastle University
March 20, 2023	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	Academy Main Room
March 22, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	SWG3 Studio Warehouse
March 23, 2023	Manchester	England	Academy 2
March 27, 2023	Birmingham		O2 Academy 3
March 28, 2023	London		O2 Academy Islington
March 29, 2023	London		O2 Academy Islington

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	^[11]
NME	^[12]
The Observer	^[13]
Pitchfork	6.6/10^[14]

Rap Game Awful received positive reviews from music critics. Fred Garratt-Stanley from NME notes that "Clavish peppers an eclectic range of beats with clear, cutting, confessional verses." He follows up on this by stating "the tape is a lingering sense of darkness; his stories of prison, gang crime, and betrayal are given an extra bite by ominous, yet stripped-back instrumentals that offer Clavish space to bar and echo the murkiness of early drill heavyweights like 67 and Harlem Spartans." Concluding his review, Garratt-Stanley notes that "the powerful sense of emotion echoed across Rap Game Awful is what makes the mixtape so memorable" and that "If he learns to refine his output a little, there’s no reason Clavish can’t achieve the levels of stardom he’s been tipped to reach."^[12] Damien Morris from The Observer noted that "the north London rapper has been carefully nurtured for success over the past two years." He concluded his review as he wrote "the chill, sparse productions foreground Clavish’s economical delivery beautifully, as he flirts with imploring vulnerability and vicious querulousness without ever committing to either."^[13] Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis states that "his worldview is strikingly drawn and bleak, devoid of politicking, expressions of anger at societal injustice or indeed optimism." This is followed by Petridis noting that "all this is rendered in a genuinely skilled and original voice, the subtle idiosyncrasies of his flow pointed up by the guest appearances." He concluded his review as he wrote, "he’s abundantly talented, a singular and austerely powerful voice."^[11]

Commercial performance

Rap Game Awful debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 5,070 album-equivalent units in the first week, becoming Clavish's first top-ten album.^[15] The sales consisted of 4,356 from streams, 585 from physical copies and 129 from downloads.^[15] Singles "Greece", "Public Figure" and three other songs from the albums charted on the UK Singles Chart: "Greece" (77), "Public Figure" (66), "Rocket Science" (9), "Traumatised" (63), and "No Difference" (57).

Track listing

*Rap Game Awful* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rap Game Intro"	Cian Wright	Elyas Eugene Tsai Hoskins Nick French	5:34
2.	"NRF Freestyle"	Wright	GO Beatz HD Beats	3:15
3.	"No Difference"	Wright	Off & Out R14 Beats	3:32
4.	"Monday to Sunday" (featuring Fredo)	Wright Marvin William Bailey	Disco R14 Beats	3:46
5.	"Rap Game Awful"	Wright	Hazey Just Landed	2:55
6.	"Public Figure"	Wright	Makenobeats	2:55
7.	"She Wanna" (featuring Frosty)	Wright Theo Beckford	Kyle Evans	3:33
8.	"B22 Money"	Wright	HD Beats	3:11
9.	"Rocket Science" (featuring D-Block Europe)	Wright Adam Nathaniel Williams Ricky Earl Banton	Kazza Madz Thomas	3:21
10.	"Rap Game Honest"	Wright	Hazey Just Landed	2:48
11.	"4 of Us" (featuring Rimzee, Tiny Boost and Young Teflon)	Wright Ricardo Miles Daniel Collins Jimi Aseru	HD Beats	4:53
12.	"Greece"	Wright	HARGO Kyle Evans	2:40
13.	"1 More Than 6"	Wright	Aifo^[b] HD Beats	2:50
14.	"Roll with a G" (featuring Tiggs Da Author)	Wright Adam Muhabwa	Mack Jamieson TN 490^[a] Two Inch Punch	2:51
15.	"Can't Style Me" (featuring MoStack)	Wright Montell Samuel Daley	M1OnTheBeat	3:27
16.	"Told You So"	Wright	ID Crysis^[a] Prince Galalie	2:19
17.	"That's Silly"	Wright	Hazey Just Landed	3:16
18.	"Mariah Carey" (featuring Teeway)	Wright Tom Wayne	Joe Reeves^[a] Kyle Evans	4:07
19.	"Ages Ago"	Wright	The FaNaTiX	2:08
20.	"Traumatised"	Wright Bob Robinson John Charles Barrett Joseph Longo Mark Althavan Andrews Marquis Collins Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez Tim Kelly	Chek Beatz	2:57
21.	"Enemies" (featuring Kirky)	Wright Kirky Thomas	AyeTM Omar Guetfa svdominik	3:07
22.	"No Interview"	Wright	Simon Crisp	2:50
23.	"FR"	Wright	Hal^[a] JJ Beatz^[a]	3:01
24.	"Ideal World" (featuring Jordan)	Wright Jordan Mccan	SK the Plug	2:43
25.	"Selling Dreams"	Wright	Harry Beech Kieran Nash R14 Beats	2:39
26.	"Trying" (featuring Kaash Paige)	Wright D'Kyla Paige Woolen	ODZZ	3:18
27.	"22 Missed Calls"	Wright	Hoskins Nick French	1:53
28.	"Rap Game Outro"	Wright	Eugene Tsai Hoskins Lia Liza Nick French	3:37
Total length:				89:32