The Streets (aka Mike Skinner)=skinny, white, British rapper who can't sing...at all. Why is it, then, that I can't stop listening to the new album A Grand Don't Come for Free?
Here's why I love the bloke (I don't know what bloke means exactly, but it's fun to use British talk):
1. He makes all the music. He puts down all of the beats, writes and and records it all himself at his mom's house. We're not talking Neptunes-style catchy beats, but somehow the off-tune singing is oddly appealing.
2. It doesn't sound like anything else. It is not a British guy trying to be a tough, American rapper. It's a British rapper talking about drinking tea with his mum and text messaging his friends. Nothing tough about that.
3. When Skinner attempts singing he kind of sounds like a robot. I love robots.
A Grand is a concept album. The entire LP tells the story of Mike losing a thousand pounds and his girlfriend, and suspecting that his friends are responsible for both. It is refreshing to hear a rapper talking about being extremely worried about losing money, and not just about rollin' in it.
The album's got humor, some slow stuff and some rough stuff. It's probably an acquired taste, but I would recommend checking it out.
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