Latest Release
- MAY 30, 2024
- 1 Song
- No Better Than Chance - Single · 2024
- A Grand Don't Come for Free · 2002
- Turn the Page - Single · 2024
- A Grand Don't Come for Free · 2004
- Mike (desert island duvet) - Single · 2023
- Original Pirate Material · 2002
- Take Me as I Am - Single · 2019
- Original Pirate Material · 2002
- Original Pirate Material · 2002
- A Grand Don't Come for Free · 2004
Essential Albums
- British rapper Mike Skinner's debut album is a snapshot of UK lad culture during the early '00s. Over innovative, grimy electronic beats, Skinner's spoken-word misadventures see him hopping public transportation, swaggering around the pub, and ending his nights with a mix of impending violence and greasy 3 a.m. takeout grub. Check his cheeky Brummie brogue coming to the fore on the skanking "Let's Push Things Forward," while the squelch-funk of "Too Much Brandy" provides the perfect backdrop for his tipsy witticisms.
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Artist Playlists
- Mike Skinner is cheeky—but he knows it.
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- Mike Skinner details The Streets' comeback.
About The Streets
Recording as The Streets, British producer and rapper Mike Skinner creates an eclectic combo of grime and UK garage that’s made complete by his astute observational lyrics. • Skinner’s acclaimed 2002 debut album, Original Pirate Material, was nominated for the Mercury Prize and four BRIT Awards. • With its wry and self-effacing descriptions of humdrum British life, his follow-up, 2004’s A Grand Don’t Come for Free, was even more successful. The single “Fit But You Know It” went Top 5 in the UK, followed by “Dry Your Eyes,” which reached No. 1. The album also topped the UK charts and went quadruple platinum. • Skinner would put out three more albums under The Streets banner, including 2011’s futuristic Computers and Blues, before temporarily retiring the name and laying low, with only a few scarce tracks surfacing in the years to follow. • The 2017 songs “Burn Bridges” and “Sometimes I Hate My Friends More Than My Enemies” announced the return of The Streets, and the mixtape None of Us Are Getting Out of This Alive arrived in 2020. The single “Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better” features the psych-rock act Tame Impala.
- HOMETOWN
- Birmingham, England
- BORN
- November 27, 1978
- GENRE
- Pop