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Birmingham, United Kingdom (2002 – present)

Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. He was born in Barnet in North London and that’s where his accent, sometimes called ‘Mockney’ by the press, comes from. You can hear his actual accent on the start of ‘Fake Streets Hats’ from his album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living recorded in 2006. He moved to Birmingham shortly after he was born and is a Birmingham City fan. He has suffered from epilepsy since he was five.

He signed a five album record deal and has released four albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004), The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006) and Everything Is Borrowed (2008).

The fourth album is said to be an uplifting album reflecting on life and the world, unlike his other three.

The album’s title track, ‘Everything Is Borrowed’ is a euphoric meditation on how to make the best of life’s infinite possibilities, containing the lyric, “I entered this world with nothing, and I left with nothing but love, everything else is just borrowed”. From this track we get to the album’s almost mystical finale, “The Escapist”, in which Mike Skinner is ‘Happily ponders the insignificance of little, fleeting, momentary me, under the dappled light of his favourite tree’.

The Streets’ fifth and final album is going to be called ‘Computers And Blues’ and Mike said “The final Streets album … will be dark and futuristic. I feel inspired by the synthesizer exhibition we visited in Graz.”

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andypops20 wrote:
5 hours ago

Someone change the last.fm info on this band please its ridiculous. one of the best of many good things to come out of england. they are misunderstood and often overlooked due to their being unique.

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bbcradio1 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

On the 1st Dec between 7-9pm Zane Lowe will present The Streets- ‘Original Pirate Material’ on Masterpieces. Let us know what you think. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/masterpieces/2009/

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nottheminder wrote:
last week

Unless something bloody spectacular comes out in the next 2 months, I think it's safe to say Original Pirate Material is the album of decade. [2]

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surround_me wrote:
last week

O, you englishmen and your odd style of hip hop

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pilchardz wrote:
last week

could he be considered grime?

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silverpsycho13 wrote:
13 days ago

the last.fm bio is so silly. someone rewrite it plzkthx

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SteQ wrote:
14 days ago

growing to an adult is just learning the language of explaining with words what you were as a baby

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Chadipoo wrote:
16 days ago

best rapper alive

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deathbystarship wrote:
22 days ago

am i paranoid? YES YOU'RE PARANOID

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hendy_2309 wrote:
23 days ago

Unless something bloody spectacular comes out in the next 2 months, I think it's safe to say Original Pirate Material is the album of decade.

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gjepe wrote:
24 days ago

when i hear his accent in his song i feel like im in UK ;] between all these crazy(but in positive meaning) likeable voices :)

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jakeironmaiden wrote:
last month

Amazing. I wish he would release instrumental versions of his albums, not that I don't LOVE the vocals, but the backing music is just fantastic.

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flamie_flame wrote:
last month

love his music

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Chezca wrote:
last month

pretty much the best thing in the music industry.

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Goemans wrote:
last month

What a bloody slang xD

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satin666 wrote:
last month

original pirate material youre listenin to the streets lock down your aerial

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*RoRo* wrote:
last month

How is it hard to be gay and sxe?

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ktovalerio wrote:
last month

this songs take me miles away

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Shabranigdo wrote:
last month

@Barteck : Yep, he is. And straight edge. Must be hard lol.

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ActIChasingSuns wrote:
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ur fit but ur fit but ur fit but you knooooow it

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