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The Streets

The Streets

The Streets has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 81 episodes and was first played on 27 August 2014.

There are two artists with this name:

A British rapper

A Finnish rock band

Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. He was born in Barnet in North London and that's where his accent, sometimes called 'Mockney' by the press, comes from. You can hear his actual accent on the start of 'Fake Streets Hats' from his album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living recorded in 2006. He moved to Birmingham shortly after he was born and is a Birmingham City fan. He has suffered from epilepsy since he was five.

He signed a five album record deal in 2002, and has fulfilled his contract by releasing five albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), All Got Our Runnin's (2003), A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004), The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008) and Computers and Blues (2011).

When playing live, Skinner is joined by Kevin Mark Trail on backing vocals, Johnny Drum Machine on drums, Wayne Fibes on guitar and bass, Chris Brown on keyboards and Magic Mike on samplers.

In January 2011, Skinner's management announced that Skinner will no longer perform as The Streets.

The Streets was a band originated from Turku, Finland in the early 1980's. Their most known song is Kestääkö siivet from the album Kestääkö siivet (1980), which is also featured on the soundtrack of Mika Kaurismäki's film Arvottomat (The Worhless) 1982.

The Streets were:

Asmo Kärkkäinen, guitar Jouni Hemberg, lead vocals Kari Laihonen, keyboard Tapio Vesa, bass guitar Eero Valkonen, drums

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The Streets

The Streets has been played on NTS over 80 times, featured on 81 episodes and was first played on 27 August 2014.

There are two artists with this name:

A British rapper

A Finnish rock band

Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. He was born in Barnet in North London and that's where his accent, sometimes called 'Mockney' by the press, comes from. You can hear his actual accent on the start of 'Fake Streets Hats' from his album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living recorded in 2006. He moved to Birmingham shortly after he was born and is a Birmingham City fan. He has suffered from epilepsy since he was five.

He signed a five album record deal in 2002, and has fulfilled his contract by releasing five albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), All Got Our Runnin's (2003), A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004), The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008) and Computers and Blues (2011).

When playing live, Skinner is joined by Kevin Mark Trail on backing vocals, Johnny Drum Machine on drums, Wayne Fibes on guitar and bass, Chris Brown on keyboards and Magic Mike on samplers.

In January 2011, Skinner's management announced that Skinner will no longer perform as The Streets.

The Streets was a band originated from Turku, Finland in the early 1980's. Their most known song is Kestääkö siivet from the album Kestääkö siivet (1980), which is also featured on the soundtrack of Mika Kaurismäki's film Arvottomat (The Worhless) 1982.

The Streets were:

Asmo Kärkkäinen, guitar Jouni Hemberg, lead vocals Kari Laihonen, keyboard Tapio Vesa, bass guitar Eero Valkonen, drums

Original source Last.fm

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Has It Come To This?
The Streets
Warner Music International, Rhino Records2008
Weak Become Heroes
The Streets
679 Recordings2002
Blinded By The Lights
The Streets
679 Recordings, Warner Music UK Ltd.2004
Has It Come To This? (Zed Bias Dub Mix)
The Streets (Zed Bias mix)
679 Recordings2001
Weak Become Heroes (Ashley Beedle's Love Bug Vocal)
The Streets (Ashley Beedle mix)
679 Recordings, Locked On2002
Who Got The Funk?
The Streets
679 Recordings2002
Has It Come To This?
The Streets
679 Recordings2002
It's Too Late
The Streets
679 Recordings2002
Let's Push Things Forward
The Streets
679 Recordings2002
Has It Come To This (Jameson Mix)
The Streets
Warner2018