A Grand Don't Come for Free

by The Streets

A Grand Don't Come for Free cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: 679, Locked On
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:36
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: breakup, conceptual, drugs, repetitive, rhythmic, rap, storytelling, minimal, street, electronic

Tracklist

  1. It Was Supposed to Be so Easy (03:55)
  2. Could Well Be In (04:23)
  3. Not Addicted (03:40)
  4. Blinded by the Lights (04:44)
  5. Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way (04:36)
  6. Get Out of My House (03:52)
  7. Fit but You Know It (04:14)
  8. Such a Twat (03:47)
  9. What Is He Thinking? (04:40)
  10. Dry Your Eyes (04:31)
  11. Empty Cans (08:14)

Credits

  • Alex Jenkins - design
  • Green Project - photography by [back cover & mobile phone]
  • Ewen Spencer - photography by [cover & booklet]
  • Mike Skinner - written-by, producer

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