The Streets
Biography
Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt to add a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step (and later grime) movement. Skinner, a Birmingham native who later ventured to the capital, was an outsider in the garage scene, though his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and, later, 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium. He spent time growing up in north London as well as Birmingham, and listened first to hip-hop, then house and jungle. Skinner made his first tracks at the age of 15, and during...Read more
Discography
- The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006)
- When You Wasn't Famous (2006)
- A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
- Original Pirate Material (2002)
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Pictures
Lyrics
- All Goes Out The Window
- Blinded By The Light
- Can't Con An Honest John
- Could Well Be In
- Don't Mug Yourself
- Dry Your Eyes
- Empty Cans
- Fake Streets Hats
- Fit But You Know It
- Geezers Need Excitement
Mp3's
- It Was Supposed To Be So Easy
- Could Well Be In
- Not Addicted
- Blinded By The Lights
- Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
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