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The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuate until the early 2000s.
The Streets released six studio albums, three mixtapes, one EP and thirty-five singles. The first studio album, Original Pirate Material , was released in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2002, and reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart , managing to be certified as platinum in March 2003. [ 1 ]
Streets made its debut performance at Charlie Daniels' annual Volunteer Jam in January, 1983. The band played on another band's equipment and only played four songs. The debut LP was released later that year on Atlantic Records. [1] "We got out there and proved that we could play," said Walsh. "We go out there and we did damn good.
Michael Geoffrey Skinner (born 27 November 1978) [1] is an English rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Best known for the music project the Streets, [2] Skinner has also released music as a solo artist, as part of the D.O.T. with frequent collaborator Rob Harvey, [3] and under the pseudonym The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light.
The song is the Streets' most successful single, reaching number one in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2004, six days after its release. "Dry Your Eyes" also went straight to number one in Ireland staying there for three weeks in a row.
Original Pirate Material is the debut studio album by English hip hop project the Streets, released on 25 March 2002.Recorded mostly in a room in a south London house rented at the time by principal member Mike Skinner, the album is musically influenced by UK garage and American hip hop, while its lyrics tell stories of British working-class life.
It should only contain pages that are The Streets albums or lists of The Streets albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about The Streets albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Considered a "classic Streets album", it is set to feature contributions by Kevin Mark Trail, Robert Harvey and Teef. [2] A film of the same name will be released alongside the album, dubbed a "tripped out noir murder mystery based in Londons' clubland". [3] He will embark on a tour through the United Kingdom in fall 2023. [4]