The Streets

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Mike Skinner

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The Streets at Reading Festival 2011 - Highlights

Mike Skinner and The Streets take to the festival stage for the final time at Reading Festival 2011.

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Biography

The Streets were an English hip hop and UK Garage project from Birmingham, England, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included several other contributors, most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.

The project has released five studio albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004), The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008), Computers and Blues (2011), an internet-only album Cyberspace and Reds (2011) and a string of successful singles in the mid-2000s, including "Has It Come to This?", "Dry Your Eyes", "When You Wasn't Famous" and "Prangin' Out".

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BBC Reviews

  1. Computers and Blues 2011

    Review of Computers and Blues

    Reviewed by Lou Thomas

    Mike Skinner’s final album might just be his very best.

  2. Everything Is Borrowed 2008

    Review of Everything Is Borrowed

    Reviewed by Chris Long

    He may yet turn out to be 21st century Britain's very own Gil Scott-Heron.

  3. The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living 2006

    Review of The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    ...honesty is still the best policy in the fight against mediocrity.

  4. A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004

    Review of A Grand Don't Come For Free

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    ...two albums in, genre freaks still won't be able to decide where to file him.

  5. Original Pirate Material

    Review of Original Pirate Material

    Reviewed by Christian Hopwood

    Stunning debut from The Streets aka Mike Skinner. Hip hop, drum and bass garage, house...

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