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- Summary: Mike Skinner returns with the inenviable job of following up his genre-smashing debut 'Original Pirate Material,' which was an enormous critical and commercial hit in the UK and paved the way for the success of later acts such as Dizzee Rascal.
- Record Label: Vice / 679
- Genre(s): Electronic, Rap
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Positive: 30 out of 30
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Mixed: 0 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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Skinner has often been declared the Eminem of British rap. But on A Grand..., he proves that if anything, he's British hip-hop's answer to master storyteller Ray Davies, or maybe idiot savant Brian Wilson.
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Q MagazineThe best album of 2004 so far, and by some distance. [Jun 2004, p.92]
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UncutAn essential listen for anyone interested in where music might take them. [Jun 2004, p.86]
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Skinner seems both edgier and more contemplative.
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This makes engrossing listening if the effort suits you, but it's useless as background music.
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The exact opposite of background music, A Grand Don’t Come for Free demands the same attention as a movie, and that’s why some people will hate it while others will find it uniquely riveting.
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Rolling StoneIs both simpler--in sound and scope--than Pirate and much more ambitious. [27 May 2004, p.80]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 101 out of 128
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Mixed: 10 out of 128
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Negative: 17 out of 128
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bryonfOct 29, 2004A Grand... ...the answer to hip hop with meaning
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ThomasMJun 19, 20051 of the best albums ever skinners jus wicked and it was the best concert ive bin 2 an its great music 2 get lost in
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LaviniaHJan 19, 2007loved it
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PelicaineOct 28, 2006
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Apr 18, 2016
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DDMay 14, 2004
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stevemSep 7, 2004
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