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The Streets

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The Streets is the musical project of English musician Mike Skinner, known for UK garage-influenced beats and Cockney-inflected spoken-word lyrics about British working-class life.

Debut album Original Pirate Material (2002) earned widespread attention; A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004) is commonly discussed as a concept album and includes the single "Dry Your Eyes".

DeBaser hosts a small set of reviews on The Streets, showing divided opinions: some hail Mike Skinner's candid, Cockney-inflected storytelling while others find the production or originality lacking. Key albums discussed: Original Pirate Material, A Grand Don't Come For Free, The Hardest Way To Make an Easy Living. Overall opinion across reviews is mixed, with praise for songwriting and criticism of repetitiveness.

For:Listeners of UK garage, alternative hip hop and narrative songwriting; readers interested in British working-class stories in music.

 Skinner spits reality, the weight of facts.

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 Apparently for twenty-seven-year-old Mike Skinner, the sole proprietor of the 'The Streets' brand, “the hardest way to make an easy living” means still having something to say.

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 Dry Your Eyes still buzzes in my head, though, a classic tearjerker song.

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