A Grand Don't Come for Free

by The Streets

A Grand Don't Come for Free cover art

Mike Skinner's second album as The Streets is a brilliantly constructed rap opera detailing a day in the life of a young man in Birmingham. Lyrically, it covers a missing thousand pounds, a new romance, and a crushing breakup. It is a masterpiece of observational storytelling set to UK garage beats.

Genres

  • Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. It Was Supposed to Be so Easy
  2. Could Well Be In
  3. Not Addicted
  4. Blinded by the Lights
  5. Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
  6. Get Out of My House
  7. Fit but You Know It
  8. Such a Twat
  9. What Is He Thinking?
  10. Dry Your Eyes
  11. Empty Cans