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This is the debut album by the London garage (or in this case, bedroom) band, which consists solely of 21-year-old Mike Skinner. Whether or not this style of music (very English rapping over garage/house beats) will translate well overseas remains to be seen, but garage (and especially Skinner) is the current flavor of the month with the UK music press.
| LABEL: | Locked On / Vice |
| RELEASE DATE: | 22 October 2002 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Rap, Garage, Electronic |
NOTES: UK release 25 March 2002.
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The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 153 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
James V gave it a0:
Music for those that know nothing about music.
Matt C gave it a9:
Mark G. I guess that American hiphop is much better? Much better to talk about pimps, 40's and hoes This is what is wrong about society, people complaining for the wrong reasons!
daniel w gave it a10:
Brilliant. the music i normally listen to is rock music, but this album is absolutely fantastic.
Bibiane N gave it a10:
WONDERFUL. Amazingly, surprisingly goog album!
Brian L gave it a0:
Some silly brit speaking childish rhymes off paper with garage beats. Critics confuse me. Along with everyone who gave this album above a 7.
Mark G gave it a2:
I'm mystified by people who call this 'music' timeless. I struggle to think of a record more explicitly grounded in time and place for its resonance. Hopefully when people have stopped injecting themselves with heroin, finding lyrics about chips and lager 'meaningful' and generally just labeling anything as 'genius' as long as it comes from a working class background, maybe we can all evolve...
Jay C gave it a9:
Got this album when it came out and have just dusted it off again. I've spent most of my life listening to rock and metal, tho spent my earlier years listenng to rap, hip hop, r 'n' b etc. As a musical purist (in the way that I prefer music to be played live with real instruments) I slated any unimaginative, mindless rap over repetitive "beats" but the streets' first two albums have a special place in my heart. Yes I am English. That has nothing to do with it. Mike delivers original tunes with funny, down-to-earth lyrics without the pretentious b*tches, hoes, and bling-mobiles that we all so much hate about the current black music scene. Both first two albums always did have and always wil have a special place in my heart
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