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About Me

The Streets has been going for 7 years, i think. I've made 3 albums (almost 4 now) and they are....
ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL
This was an album of rapping that was more like talking, about being young over kind of indie garage beats. It was different at the time because it was so normal and not glamorous in any way. It got me a lot of respect at the time and really allowed me to chase my dreams, which I'd dreamed of doing all my life, which is what Im still able to be doing, if that makes sense.
A GRAND DONT COME FOR FREE
This was a concept album about a young man trying to make it in the world, trying to find something or someone to depend on. It featured my biggest hit, Dry Your Eyes, and was quite down tempo and darker sounding than previous stuff
THE HARDEST WAY TO MAKE AN EASY LIVING
This is my most recent album and is kind of a story again, but it's the story of how I kind of lost it for a bit . It's very easy to do this after selling millions of records. It featured the song I am most proud of, and most likely to always be most proud of - Never Went To Church - even though Paul McCartney decided he wanted a share of the money.
THE 4TH ALBUM.
I am working on this at the moment but don't know what it will be called. The biggest song on it, so far, is called 'Everything Is Borrowed'. I know the title sounds like a Kaiser Chiefs song but I promise it will be better than that. This album started off life as parables but then I realised that it might get a bit cheesy so I got rid of the alien song and the devil song and replaced them with more straight up songs. I've pretty much kept my promise that I made to myself not to reference modern life on any of them though which is hard to do and keep things personal at the same time. I am working very very hard
THE BEATS AND BEAT STEVIE
I also ran a business called the Beats, which was a record label but it died. Before it died it had a daughter called Beat Stevie which was its internet tv show. I am hoping to expand the TV show until it is the biggest of its kind in the UK - I have to say, as far as I know, we are the only one of its kind in the UK which would mean we are already the biggest.
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Member Since: 7/6/2004
Band Website: the-streets.co.uk
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It's pretty much just me, Mike Skinner. But I have a little help.

Influences: Beat Stevie 28 - Sets, Sweats & Silhouettes Part 1

Mike and Ted learn about the art of pick up from one of London's top pick up artists. Ted takes to the streets to put his new found skills to the test while Mike fails to provide anything constructive...

Beat Stevie 28 - Sets, Sweats & Silhouettes Part 2

Beat Stevie 28 - Sets, Sweats & Silhouettes Part 3

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Record Label: 679 (UK) / VICE (US)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MayhemBlog 23.6.08 - Desperately seeking Dodi

As always, we're in a desperate rush trying to sort things out for tomorrow's evening with Beat Stevie and Blyk and we've just noticed there are some nasty things on the band's riders. How the fuck ar...
Posted by The Streets on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:59:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 22.6.08 - Im having a baby

The beach is calm. Yesterday wasn't. Yesterday was a varying strobe light of emotions. As I walked into the mastering facility with my USB key of songs I started to feel myself well up a bit. I really...
Posted by The Streets on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:49:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 16.6.08 - A lyric by Mike Skinner...

***A lyric by Mike Skinner about my week ahead***There's not a cloud in the skyMy nails are a messThe weather's not like meIt's tidy and niceI'm far from itThe car will be on its route to come get meI...
Posted by The Streets on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:16:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 14.6.08 - LA Confidential

I've been listening to my album over and over and over trying to decide which song should go where. There's this really fast one. I mean really fast. I'm rapping at about 200 miles an hour, like a hap...
Posted by The Streets on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:05:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 12.6.08 - Blinded by the cider

I've always wanted to swim with sharks. I also wanted to swim with dolphins, but as Bill Bailey said, that would be a bit like an Indonesian wanting to walk with cows.I just got an email today telling...
Posted by The Streets on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 11.6.08 - Beat Stevie going live

Instead of just hanging round other people's gigs filming stuff in their dressing rooms, we thought we'd be lazy and host our own in London on June 24th. This saves on the travelling and means we can ...
Posted by The Streets on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:47:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 7.6.08 - Rock-im-Park day 2

I was awoken by a banging at the tourbus window. No one else on the bus was awake, so I took it upon myself to go find out what was up. When I got outside there a large security type talking in German...
Posted by The Streets on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:37:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 6.6.08 - Rock-am-Ring day 1

Just after walking off stage, I was wandering back to the dressing room and I got forcibly moved out of the way by an absolute brick shithouse doing something which resembled what the FBI might do to ...
Posted by The Streets on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:56:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 5.6.08 - The road to Rouen

My deadline looms ever closer. Exactly two weeks to this day I will be mastering my new album. Spent the morning totally re-recording the rhythm section and vocals to 'Everything Is Borrowed'. I say m...
Posted by The Streets on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:15:00 PST

SkinnerBlog 2.6.08 - Festival by the lake, festival under the river

Just got back from Switzerland last night. Very mellow as usual. Apart from when I was at the onsite cash machine, where one man insisted that they are not as rich as I thought. I did some research an...
Posted by The Streets on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:20:00 PST