Original Pirate Material - The Streets
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90 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: 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.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Uncut
    100
    The first record in a long while I've wanted to play again immediately after it's finished. [Album Of The Month, April 2002, p.92]
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  2. Playlouder
    100
    2002's first REAL classic.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    By adding grit and gutter-savvy humor, Skinner also takes U.K. garage to a new level, making for the year's most striking debut.
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    By turns dark, funny and heartbreaking, the songs on 'Original Pirate Material' are snapshots of ordinary life as a young midlands resident, set to innovative two-step production.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 126 out of 136
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 136
  3. Negative: 10 out of 136
  1. danielw
    10
    Brilliant. the music i normally listen to is rock music, but this album is absolutely fantastic.
  2. LordSolor
    8
    Very inventive and unique sound mixed with some very British vocals make this an interesting listen for Americans such as myself. Worth listening to!
  3. andrewj
    6
    well i found this on alta vista contrary to the lyrics in one of the songs.not an incredible album,but this guy clearly has something to say i just hope he can keep to his convictions and not bow to what he is clearly pissed off at… Expand
  4. StephenC
    1
    Ooof, Now you might think that, that was a good ooof but it aint. This is an abysmal album. They call him a poet...What? Mr Skinner is a chav with no musical intuition whatsoever.… Expand

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