The Streets

A natural storyteller of significant wit and pathos with a distinctive delivery and production approach, the Streets' producer, songwriter, and rapper Mike Skinner is a a truly original voice in British hip-hop. The Streets arrived in the early days of the millennium with a captivating sound that helped influence the direction of Britain's garage and grime scenes. 2002's Original Pirate Material was Mercury Music Prize-nominated; it was followed by the chart-topping 2004 tour de force A Grand Don't Come for Free. Skinner kept the Streets both creatively vital and popular for t...