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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 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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rivmixx wrote:
6 hours ago

Streets Final Album News 'Original Pirate (Movie) Material?' Mike Skinner says debuting his new songs online has given him more confidence. The Streets frontman is currently working on his fifth - and final - album, 'Computer and Blues', and says it has been much easier than previous efforts because of the response he has received when sharing the tracks through his Twitter page......... Read the rest here. http://www.rivmixx.com/

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rivmixx wrote:
yesterday afternoon

The Streets Update Mike Skinner's Been A Busy Lad Of Late Mike Skinner is set to play a gig in his home town of Birmingham in order to draw crowds to the town's newly opened O2 academy. The gig is set to take place September 12 and will follow a show by fellow Brummie's the Editors, who will be playing the venue's opening gig on September 10.......... Read the rest here. http://www.rivmixx.com/

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meikaelaeinen wrote:
yesterday afternoon

oi!

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RaymondM1988 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

http://themusicalchairs.com/2009/07/09/the-streets-prep-one-final-album/

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den24pop wrote:
Wednesday morning

he has already made 2 of the best 100 albums of the 2000's

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thirdprofile wrote:
Tuesday morning

"football fan style"

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RedigaRehder wrote:
Sunday evening

His accent is so premier league.

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Wickedo wrote:
Saturday morning

oy oy oy fockin' xD

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alko-g wrote:
last week

balls !

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Tom_7 wrote:
last week

anyone got 'he's behind you, he's got swine flu' that they could send me? :)

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traqua89 wrote:
last week

Meg wird ihn auf Splash sehen!

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rebetchka wrote:
last week

mike skinner should be a practiced religion. <---- (y) !!!

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RaymondM1988 wrote:
last month

http://themusicalchairs.com/2009/06/25/the-2009-glastonbury-tv-guide-maybes/

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PatrickAviv wrote:
last month

love his music

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zbdua wrote:
last month

I love dry your eyes... :D

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nickcarr69 wrote:
last month

was fuckin messy last nite cnt wait till next year!!! fanks 4 the i phone!!!!

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anton130790 wrote:
last month

new song Slow Songs with Giggs is really good

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oprimus wrote:
last month

for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Boardmasters just go here! http://thefourohfive.com/articles/1575

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picek_ wrote:
last month

has it come to this?

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zickzackzuck wrote:
last month

really good new album!

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