Reviews (page 6 of 8)
The lyricism, the flow, the clever rhymes just are not there, but this is an interesting concept. This may be the most British thing I've ever heard.
I had a feeling the final album I reviewed on my 1001 journey was going to be something mediocre from the UK. Turns out I was wrong. It was a downright cringe worthy album from the UK. Alas, it was statistically inevitable. Not with a bang but a whimper...
Just not a lot to like here. Beats are off and the rapping leaves a lot to be desired.
Not my music. I liked one song and stoped the record after 2/3.
cool idea with a fairly mediocre execution. some of the lyrics were funny at least
I enjoyed listening to something so different but the music didn't click with me.
More spoken word than rap in my mind. Good story, good beats, but nothing I need to listen to again. Really didn't need to listen to it in the first place.
Não terminei de ouvir, não fez muito meu estilo…
Just an odd cadence, and the lyrics don't really resonate with me. Most of the beats on the album are lacking as well. Not a completely terrible album, but also just not very good. 2/5 Won't listen again
If Lin Manuel Miranda wrote a Skins musical
Only English rapper I like is Slick Rick. This……is not Slick Rick.
I should be the perfect demographic for this: white boy, into hip hop, taking pills, pulling girls, drinking beers, early 20s when this came out. So theoretically it should speak to me… And while it is a cool concept, and I did listen a few times… GOSH, the delivery is annoying.
Just ok
I really don’t think you could make a more stereotypically British LP (derogatory)
I just don't get The Streets...I try and try, but it just always falls really flat for me. 2/5
20/04 all skin
I really don't like The Streets. I don't like the rhymes, the vocal, the flow, the themes, the music, the fake amateurism, the sexism. It should be a 1 but I'll give it an extra point for the pure commitment to being consistently crap throughout.
Wtf is happening. The first song doesn't sound like it is supposed to be good. Probably british humour? It seems people like it. It really is not my cupa tea. 2/5
I'm not really a fan of spoken word I guess
A Grand Don't Come For Free sounds like exactly what the early 00s in England on the streets would have sounded like, think very much like Ali G. The concept is sound, and thematically fits in well to the genre of spoken word rap with heavy regional English accent. It's a nice change to the generic-ness of American rap, but can be a little jarring if you can't really decipher the accent. The huge hit of Fit but You Know It couldn't bump up the rating much further. Best: Fit but You Know It Worst: Empty Cans
Nope
I've found the concept story interesting but I don't like how the band executed it. Musically it is way too boring, simplistic as an album and I didn't care for the rapping either.
It's a weird album. I just didn't get into it. It's British hiphop but it doesn't really come across well. The beats seemed simplistic and the lyrics were meh. I have no desire to listen to it again or explore more music by this group.
det här var lite weird. jag fattar nånstans att det här kan vara bra och säkert nyskapande men för mig var det dåligt.
Very British. Wanted to give it 1 but it took balls to make this
I do actually feel bad for not being able to take this seriously
I feel like this is just a British wutang album. Meaning a different but similar style could've worked here. But after all said and done, too cringy
Ugh
bad everything. brutal 50 minutes. i can't wait to forget about this album. not bad enough for a 1 (which makes it worse in a way) and I never want to see or hear about this again. thanks, o'british guy.
Original Pirate Material should have been on this list instead, this was bloody rubbish innit. FS: Dry Your Eyes
This is the least-cool thing I have ever heard. I think that's supposed to be the point, but it still doesn't make me want to listen to this.
choto
This was the moment when I realised that I was no longer in touch with contemporary culture.
I had high hopes when I read the album description. The story was interesting but I really didn’t like this guys flow and rhymes. Just grating and weak
Great now I know what it would be like if Sleaford Mods was a sad boy band. Rubbish.
DNF
Hard to do a full album
Inspiring lyrics, but not.
I remember enjoying their debut but man did this suck. The production sounds so dated and the vocals are awful for almost every track - the two big singles are the only ones that actually sound decent
Mielenkiintoista genrekikkailua, mut ei mulle.
This first track is not good. This is almost too British for hip-hop. It feels like his flow and rhyme scheme are super rudimentary and like he started rapping about a year before this album at best. Some lines feel like they were written by a 40-year-old boardroom guy who only knows that you rhyme in rap and that is it. I really hate the way he does an asynchronous speaking voice over the beat that just seems like he is talking over the beat and not trying to follow. Sometimes the production is good, but other times it is just super generic. I'm trying to see hear what his influences are, but it's so hard to really pick one out. I guess E40 but that is only because he doesn't rap on beat a lot (and it sucks). He has the talent, but the sound he has on this album is just not hitting me. I feel like there isn't much energy behind this. I think this is just a high 2/5 Not a fan of this. And I like a lot of hip hop
Not my style, though there were a couple great songs
Wow. The fuck is this? White British garageband rap? Nah.
3/10. So, the sound of this is like a 1/10 for me, just felt like spoken word over beats that were usually pretty irritating to me. That said, I enjoyed the rambling, moralizing story of the lyrics, and I enjoyed the humorous tone. But goddamn I never want to hear this again.
https://youtu.be/EHUeUk9dJc0 3/10
Bri'ish
Gar nicht mal so gut gealtert, auch nicht das damals allgegenwärtige Fit But You Know It.
This sounds like an album Naboo and Bollo would make together
I imagine this is the equivalent to Rebecca Black learning to rap from Peppa Pig’s brother. Horrendous. The beats, which are not too bad with their piano focus, cannot make this easier to listen to.
Rather painful to get through, the rapping skills were essentially non-present
I've never heard of The Streets before or any of the tracks on a A Grand Don't Come For Free. I made it through the album. I was not a fan of the talking, talking, talking over slow beats. I quickly began to ignore the lyrics as much as I could - so many f-bombs and content that I couldn't relate to. I can't imagine deciding to listen to this again. ¿I didn't hate it?
Chav Macklemore without the benefit of good beats
I get the storytelling part, but the music itself is not my kind of taste.
2/11, 18%
This album is really difficult to rate. On one hand it's one of the worst things I've ever heard. The vocal melodies and lyrics sound like they were written and delivered by an absolute dimwit and the music is overall terrible. However, there is something somehow charming about this massive simpleton character trying to communicate his very basic thoughts and feelings by recording noises and sounds. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Dry Your Eyes Date listened: 21/03/23
Listened on NME 500. Not my fav.
There are a lot of different styles of music but I did not know there were rap concept albums. Half way through, I came up with a name for the genre: "art hop". Then I checked wiki and the genre listed is "rap opera". Yeah OK that's a good one too. Rap is spoken word and words spoken with an English accent always sound a bit more sophisticated. But only a bit. If I wanted to invest time understanding this my rating might be higher, but I just don't want to invest in this one. Now if the genre was called art hop, it would be a different story.
This is an interesting concept, and I hear the roots of dub step forming. Unfortunately I didn't have the time or patience to listen carefully to the story that he was weaving so I let it play in the background. As background music it got pretty boring fast though as there's not a lot of variety going on here.
People from England will defend this album until their last breath. Neither the music nor the story arc were interesting at all though. Favorite track: What Is He Thinking?
Some individual songs are great (Dry your eyes, fit but you know it) but overall its just too similar for me to enjoy more than 1 song at a time.
Eh, I don't rate this. In theory narrative-focused hip-hop with a regional UK accent should be right up my alley, but in practice it's just not done well enough. The rhyme schemes and rhythms are basic, and not because it's elegantly simple. (Also, the chap is from Wolverhampton but sings in mockney 😠 ) I have no enthusiasm for giving this a second listen. Fave track - "Blinded By The Lights" for the storytelling, I guess...
Not my thing. Just don't get the vocal style at all.
Kuuntelin tätä aikoinaan muutaman kerran ja totesin, et niitä kahta hittiä lukuunottamatta aika lame
First impression is dogshit. Has a bit of naive art charm but the beats are horrible. The last song is decent - maybe the terribleness of the beginning of the album is meant to show character growth? Not gonna give it the benefit of the doubt - 2 stars
Really weak. Very little to like
2.5 What? What is this? It sounds like a British AI attempting to rap. I think there’s supposed to be a narrative to this album, but the dude’s vocals are so distracting that I can’t even focus on that - though something tells me there isn’t a whole lot of substance in there anyway. There are a couple tracks with really solid beats that feel like they’re juuuuust on the verge of being good, and right when I’m about to be sucked in, the vocals pull me back out again. That’s the album at best though - there are also some really grating beats in there as well, like on Blinded by the Lights and Get Out of My House in particular. Really, most of this album is an awkward mesh of robotic vocals and beats that just don’t seem to pair well together at all. Anyway, those were my thoughts after my first listen, and I was prepared to give a fat 1. But after re-listening, I’ll admit there’s a certain charm that grew on me, and a couple of the tracks are actually kind of catchy despite their quirks. Yeah, it still has a lot of bad, so I’m not sure I could go higher than a 2.5, but I miiiiight give Could Well Be In and Fit But You Know It a re-listen. Maybe a little more if the mood strikes. Hell, this album may grow on me more to be honest. One of the more interesting ones I’ve heard thus far for sure.
I don't know if it was just me, but the beats and the lyrics just never fit in my head. There were moments where it did, and I think on "Dry Your Eyes", there was something my ears could kind of understand. Otherwise, I was often left confused regarding delivery vs. the beat. Rather than stop to listen to the goodness, this album made me stop and say, "what?". As someone who loves lyrics, I picked up on some lines that I thought held some merit. However, it was difficult to pay attention with the music the lyrics were set against. I was thinking of giving this a 1, but I'm going to go with a 2 because there were moments I didn't absolutely hate.
Had a few redeeming songs, so I wouldn’t mind listening to parts of it again, but overall pretty bad. I think I just do not like British accents and this form of a more spoken “rap”. Beats were not as bad though
64 albums generated and this is the first rap album we’ve done? Hmmm. Something seems off. Which editors put this list together anyway? Ah…I see now that 1001AYMHBYD is edited by one Robert Dimery, an *English* writer and editor. That explains some of the more obtuse English albums we’ve gotten. Not that A Grand Don’t Come For Free is necessarily one of those… BUT, the first edition of 1001AYMHBYD was published in *2005*, just one year after Mike Skinner’s sophomore LP as The Streets. Which explains why some selections from the early aughts/late 1990s—including Skinner’s—might retain honors despite not aging all that well. But I digress. This is not a bad album. I would have liked this if I knew about it in high school, I’m sure. A time when I was listening to a lot of Atmosphere, Eminem, and Australian rap for some reason. Now, it sounds dated. The half-singing sounds…kinda bad, but in a charmingly amateurish way I guess. I appreciate the simplicity of the production. Skinner’s inclination and knack for melody too. I half-heartedly appreciate Skinner’s flow. How focused on the storytelling he is. On rhythm, inflection, and simple patterns between words rather than braggadocio. His rapping would be nice at, like, an open mic poetry night where you have zero expectations and are just happily impressed with your fellow citizens. But here? Very mid. However, I am a sucker for storytelling in music. So my ears perk at the idea of a rap album with a “Plot” subsection on its Wikipedia page. My plan was to listen to this album twice: once to listen, once to read and follow the plot. Listening: By the time we get to track 7 I’m a little tired of this sound. And track 8’s called “Such a Twat…” oh, joy. I’m skipping a few songs now. I am not digging this angry stuff. “Dry Your Eyes” gets back to the stuff I like a bit more. Like the beginning stuff. The stuff I would have liked in high school but that sounds dated and amateur now. Definitely don’t care for the 8-minute closer. Despite some mid highs, not a lot here to keep me engaged. Mostly lows. 2/5 on this listen. Reading: Honestly, I couldn’t muster another listen. But reading the lyrical plot summary on the Wiki page, I don’t think I missed much. The storytelling seems incidental and slice-of-life. Which isn’t bad, just isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I read “rap opera” and “concept album.” Still 2/5.
Finally had a breather after a crazy week to review… a funny album. The Streets’ “A Grand Don’t Come For Free.” An album I’m already a little endeared to. Perhaps unreasonably attached. I kept thinking “I’ve heard this before!” But I just couldn’t remember where. I think it was midway though a heavy alt hip hop phase I had. Here’s what I’ll say. It’s an ambitious concept. Some blending of musical theater, lyrical storytelling, multiple characters, etc. And all about such a mundane life and characters, with mundane problems, that it’s pretty funny. I actually like the cheap 2000’s production… you get the sense that the main character is so strapped for cash that he could only afford the absolute cheapest sampler and a Casio keyboard. A few of the songs sound basically unmixed. Something about it kind of works. It’s a pretty unique album because you get the sense this could have almost been cleaned up to be a… musical? Maybe it just wasn’t the right time. With a good editor, maybe broadening the other characters out, I could see it. But I mean, some of the lines are just grating to hear… after a while, are you sympathetic to the main character, or just annoyed at his stupidity? I guess that’s kind of the point. But it doesn’t make you want to return to the album a ton. But yeah, this kind of storytelling is kind of normal for hip hop, you hear some version of this everywhere. Mundane problems, gossip, axes to grind. Which is all really fun if the music grooves. This music is intentionally not tight and almost low effort, which again, fits with the story, but makes it less of a fun listen. I’ll still feel vaguely affectionate to it if it were to come on randomly, but I don’t think I’ll be returning by choice. 2/5
Fine
Not for me. "I'm English, I rap, and my phone sucks". That's what I got from this album. The rhymes here are decent, but the lyrics itself are confusing. At some points, this album makes me think this is a satire album. But he seems to take himself pretty seriously.
Def not my style
Britischer Rap geht mir nicht rein. Davon werde ich wsl. kein Fan.
I really don’t like the streets, but can appreciate this was an important 00’s album so it gets more than 1 star
Pitäisi kuunnella useammin, että pääsisi sisään - selkeesti listauksen arvoinen albumi. Tosin joka biisi on tavallaan toisensa kaltainen, saa miettimään, mikä on se Streetsin biisi jonka tiedän jos se ei ole tämäkään. Fit but you know it on kunnon bilebiisi
A really experimental album, boring sometimes. The lyrics are great and the albums seems more like an excuse to have an audiobook with poems and a beat to "rap". Only two songs can be saved from the album, but even those are strange
Not for me
british rap.
found the worst accent
Nope
didn’t hate it, but probably wouldn’t listen again.
Spoken word from a person I cant relate to. The beats are amateur. I will pass
Overall the album wasn't terrible but it wasn't my cup of tea. The lead track from the beat to the lyrics seemed very basic. This definitely wasn't my style of rap. To be fair however, after listening to the album I read the album description on Apple Music and it seems that this is a concept album with one theme running throughout. I may or may not go back and listen more closely keeping that in mind.
Pretty annoying yet there were some elements that made me wish that I actually enjoyed this. Somewhere between bad and mediocre. Another album for the "I dont get why this is here" pile.
Sounds a bit dated now. A couple of tracks were fresh and ok at the time. Just sounds a bit juvenile these days.
Not sure where I stand with this album. On one hand, I admire the documentary of a certain type of familiar lifestyle. Skinner manages to explore romantically, but critically the position of a man in his 20s, stuck in a teenage drug phase, comfortable in his uselessness, but clearly with an itch to scratch, knowing there is probably more, but not quite getting it. His petty dramas, are never more than that. That all said, at points the album feels badly constructed, both musically and lyrically. While the narrative is always entertaining, he often sounds like he's reading his words over beats that don't quite match.beats that are simple in an obvious way. On occasions this works, the warmth of the story and his delivery keeping us engaged, on others it sounds flat and awkward. I found it frustrating, wanting to like it more than I did. I found myself less critical the further I got, but not sure if that was because the content got better, or because the story had pulled me in.
I can’t believe we turned out backs on Diggable Planets, De La Soul and Arrested Development to listen to this. It’s not bad per se, but not as cool or innovative or musical or intriguing as any of that stuff. This hasn’t aged nearly as well as Massive Attack or Tricky, which I’m sure nobody worried about when it was new. Oh welll.
Sounds like a bored Stephen Merchant doing a shitty hour-long SNL sketch. BUT it also has a strange earworm quality to it. I can see this growing on me over repeat listens, but I don't want it to.
Well this was kinda weird. Not a big fan, the rhythms were weird and I found myself tuning them out more often than not.
Rap-opera, alternativt, elektronisk, snakkende, dramaturgisk
Best Song: Blinded by the Lights. Interesting and introspective description of a drug trip, helped massively by someone else taking over the vocal hook. Worst Song: It Was Supposed to Be so Easy. The chorus sounds like a failing student in an adult education centre trying to read aloud to the class. Lyrically, the song is just on the line of self-awareness so I can't actually tell if it's satire. Even if it is, that doesn't redeem the song. Just explains it. Overall: The stream-of-consciousness, intensely sincere, story-telling lyrical approach is (at times) really interesting here. Sadly, literally everything else isn't. The lead singer would have been better off writing dialogue for movies and TV than trying to cut it as a rapper.
ol’ shakespeare if thy haddeth backing tracks
Tja, toch de 2 mini-hitjes die ik leuk vind..
Interessant en best grappige teksten, maar verder kon het me niet zo bekoren.
Ik heb dit nooit helemaal begrepen. Een gast met een sterk Engels accent die verhaaltjes vertelt, op wel geinige beetje weirde electro.
"A Grand Don't Come for Free" has a interesting structure as a rap opera, mixing alternative hip hop with electronica to tell a mundane story of a british young middle class man. But the structure is the only good thing here, as the songs struggle to be anything more than a white man's hip hop experiment.
Couple of catchy tunes but mostly pretty dull stuff.
El disco chido es el anterior. Tiene como cuatro rolas buenas.
The bright spots in this one are extra bright, because the dim parts are soooo shit
Real close to a 1, tbh....
Apart. Mensen die praten als robots. Verder beetje raar kletsverhaal met wat geinige beats. Ik vind de spraak best slecht eigenlijk. Sommige beats weten me wel te boeien. **
Nunca había oído hablar de este músico ni de este proyecto. Y eso que creía que conocía bastante música British! Sinceramente me ha parecido un peñazo. Supongo que la gracia está en las letras y mi inglés no llega para entenderlas completamente. Así que como ni la música ni el ritmo me interesan no creo que le de más de 1 estrella. Se salva por "Fit but you know it" y un poco por "Dry your eyes".
It's a big ("grand") attempt at a rap opera and I respect the effort, I really do, but it's just not enjoyable to listen to.
In good faith, this album is pretty poor. As a hip hop fan, it was awfully cringey to my ears, the rapping was terrible and the beats were very cheesy. That's just my opinion, though.
It is certainly entertaining enough to listen to once (just like his debut, which sounds exactly the same) - same kind of vibes as an arbitrary Arab Strap record, with these daily-life stories. But unlike Arab Strap, the music is a bit too straightforward to give anything more than two stars - you listen to it once and then that's it.
I could see why people like this album, but the combination of time and the fact that The Streets is not a very strong rapper makes this not work for me. The idea is cool, and I think this album could have been a classic in the hands of a better artist. The music is cool most of the time, though the spare style of the beats and the spare style of the rapping are not a good combination together. His rhyme schemes are pretty simple and outdated, even for 2004 2/5
Kolejny z niecodziennych pickow, bo wyspiarski rap z wczesnych lat 2000, wiec czuc frytki i smazona rybe wylewajaca sie z flow pana Mike Skinnera ktory jest glownym rapowym wokalem projektu the streets, ktory troche czlonkow musial miec, co slychac glownie na hookach czy skitach, tak samo na bitach, ktore brzmia bardziej jak elektroniczne downtempo czy garage jukejowe niz instrumentale do ktorych murzyny sie uciekaja, bo album jest zdecydowanie jednym z bardziej bialych rapowych albumow jakie ostatnio slyszalem, z pewnoscia nie jestem wystarczajaco biegly w wyspiarskim slangu zeby docenic kwieciste liryki pana majka, ale z pewnoscia moge stwierdzic, ze to najbardziej drewniane flow jakie slyszalem w tym roku, miejscami jest to bardziej liryczna recytacja tekstu, ktory niezle jest stakowany w barach, a w innych nieudolne zawodzenie pseudo spiewaka, wiec co stoi za pojawieniem sie takiej plyty na liscie, najprawdopodobniej koncept wokol ktorego kreci sie cale nagranie, ktory zawarty jest juz w samym tytule A Grand Don't Come For Free, plyta jest opowiescia o przygodach pana majka, w ktorych glowna role odgrwa tytulowy grand funciakow i dziewczyna zwana Simone, wiec jest tracenie piniedzy, odzyskiwanie, to samo z baba, ale jednak wieksza drama, bo wlasnie plyta stara sie budowac dramatyczne napiecie, wiec taki storyteling pozwala to osignac, bo ma to rece i nogi jesli chodzi o zwiazki przyczynowo skutkowe, wiec ten bogato rozwiniety epos jest powodem dla ktorego warto dac szanse temu nagraniu, na plejaka dodam fit but you know it, czyli songa o wyrywaniu lasek na nocnych pijatykach w barach szybkiej obslugi i what is he thinking opisujacy paranoje pana majka na temat tego kto mogl zajebac piniadze za las i babe jego ruchac, kawalek zawiera takze najlepsze rapowe zwrotki featurujace pana Wayney G
Different but ok
First listen. Interesting sound. 2/5
I didn't get the sound
They sound like Jamie Oliver... OK but not worth writing home about
There were a couple times during the album i noticed that i was able to enjoy it, but the spoken lyrics with an almost artificial sing-songy pacing were too distracting too much of the time. Layered frequently over minimal music, but the lyrics/stories seemed to be a strength.
I like The Streets but this album didn’t do it for me, too abrupt
2/5 something was off with this. hiphopish but also something else.
Can you even call this hiphop? Its not really traditional. Its just some british guy talking over some rock anthems. There are just some annoying and stop themes in the songs here, like "Get Out Of My House" or "Fit but You Know it" It's just... annoying. I found it hard to sit through most songs without getting bored. 4/10 (As of July 9th, 2021) Best Tracks: It Was Supposed to be So Easy, Blinded By Thr Lights Worst Track: Get Out Of My House
Boring, woozy, thoroughly detestable pop/hip-hop, saved somewhat by a catchy couple of tracks.
Difficult to listen to - brit accent and rap style is an uncommon mix that didn't work for me.
Not really feeling this. Can't give it the listen it probably deserves.
I use to love this album in high school and I still find it super cheeky and funny. Musically sounds amateur at certain times.
British talking rap and rock. This stripped down album, does little to show the creativity despite speaking about the young adult experiences that would seem relatable.
Wow, I really don't think I've ever heard british rap before. It sounds different, I'll give it that. But I really just don't like rap with very few exceptions, so there's that. I'll also give it that the concept is something different and that the symphonic touches are nice. However, the bare bones, minimalist production offsets that again. This one simply isn't for me.
Odd entry, Dry Your Eyes built on Original Pirate Material, the rest is a bit choppy for my taste
4.5
Was a labor to listen to this whole record. I just can't get into super-"English" hip hop or whatever this is. I do remember hearing a couple of the tracks and the biggest single was fun enough, but this record was a lot to get through.
It's an interesting concept, definitely unique, but I don't love it. Just not much musically to really get into. 2 stars.
Not for me. Focus on vocals for poetry
false
Concept album. Rap in the suburbs. Cheeky.
Not for me, though I do love "Fit but You Know It" and "Dry Your Eyes Mate"
Love his accent and the background music... Don't love the rap.
So, this album is not that good, but "Fit But You Know It" is a fucking banger.
Not really my style, it's not so bad, but it's like a mix of rap and fif music....
Not my thing really
Nothing special, I can understand the lyrics so there is that.
Interesting but unusual.. not sure, probably because not the type of things I'd listen to usually
The story is kind of interesting, but the beats are very quiet and the rapping is very stilted. I could tell it was self-produced before looking it up. Overall very eh. Favorite track: "Fit But You Know It"
Unnerving stuff, very British. He raps largely without flow or rhyme, it feels like he's telling a story unaware of the background music. The story isn't very interesting or funny and the music is very monotonous. The hooks are repeated over and over and over and really get on my nerves. This is pretty original, I have to give him that, but I can't stand it at all.
was lauft do gad. narrativ hiphop? ok im zweite song flirtet er und verliebt sich aber wiso fühlt sichs ah als wär afoch en engländer mir am sache verzelle? und nöd sooo guet? es isch wie e parodie irgendwie. hä nöd addicted isch insano nervig? instead of betting to win the football ill bet to lose the cricket???? was? blinded by the lights isch no guet. innere monolog vomne dude im klub wo sin kolleg und sini fründin suecht woner glaubt dass öpis hend und denn chli z viel ecstasy nimmt und z viel suuft. guet beschriebe. es isch mir alles zu dr seuss und z wenig musig? aso zu narrativ z wenig hip hop? s flowt chli weird? ich bin nöd happy. bin am das lose anstatt wm luege. nai. ich bin miiiinimal invested id story aber finds for real nöd guet. ES ISCH EWIG LANG. eis vode erste woni mer überlegg nöd fertig lose. fick. nööööööd guet. oook bin bitz unsicher gsi e ziit lang aber sorry das isch es 1. jo es verzellt e gschicht und jo d produktion isch zum teil no cool. aber aaaalte ischs nöd guet grappt und afoch au langwilig über langi strecke.
It Was Supposed to Be So Easy. - 1/5 Could Well Be In - 1/5 ***Not Addicted*** - 1/5 Blinded by the Lights - 2/5 Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - 1/5 Get Out of My House - 1/5 Fit but You Know It. - 2/5 Such a Twat - 1/5 What Is He Thinking? - 1/5 Dry Your Eyes - 1/5 Empty Cans - 1/5 Average score: 1.2/5 ⭐️ i wanna cry. i managed to listen to all 11 tracks (at least halfway through), but at what cost? i think i owe some of the other artists i gave a poor rating to a fat fucking apology cuz this was ASS. i'm convinced the author intended to torture us when he compiled this album list, because there's no fucking way anyone would listen to this and place it alongside David Bowie and Michael Jackson?? this is definitely a contender of the worst "hip hop" i've ever heard in my life, and possibly the worst albums i've heard from this list so far. from the horrible flow to the instrumentals, it was all dreadful. the least this limey could do was stay on beat?? even the background singers couldn't redeem this trash fire of an album, bless their hearts
This guy played the best trick on a record label ever. Well done getting them to publish the musical equivalent of a flaming bag of dog shit.
trash
An album so bad the ad breaks were a relief for me. Everything about this album is bad, the flow of the rapper is bad, the features sound like they were rapped by a five year old, the beats are garbage truck noises, there are literally zero redeemable qualities to this album. And the lyrics, oh the lyrics. Like I could freestyle better than this guy can rap, and I don't even know what to say about the actual content, it's like he tries to make a concept album but he has no concept other than being a broke British boy. Never pass the English the aux if this is what they put out. And the accent, while I know he can't control it, becomes grating after listening to it for an hour. How did this get on the list, how do critics actually like this. I genuinely can't comprehend how somebody can think this is good when it's just a bunch of nonsense. If this is underground music then we should keep it there
WTF
1/10. I could hardly keep a straight face while listening to this album. The accent makes it even more hilarious. Too bad I didn't like the music.
Like what are we doing here
Complete and utter crap from beginning to end. There's no way this is an album I have to listen to before I die. If anything I feel like death is closer and I've gained nothing.
I love the ambition, I just wish they landed it better. I'm not a fan of this smooth R&B voice chorus they got into. I guess it feels very of its time. Sometimes this narrative thread feels a bit heavy handed too - really hammering home the story in parts and I think the ending(s) are even trying to be moralistic. Like the streets generally and there are a couple of good songs here, but altogether I don't enjoy listening through it
My mum often plays Fit but You Know It and has done throughout my childhood, so I feel a sense of nostalgia for that song. It's probably the reason why I think it is slightly less shit than everything else on the album. Guy can't rap. Beats suck too. Horrendous album.
Holy cow this was terrible. White British rap should be shot into the sun. Well at least this album.
It’s funny with albums that I have saved to my library but have no idea about before I hit play… And then it all came flooding back. Hit me like a Mack truck, actually. And you know to die by your side, well the pleasure, the privilege is mine… oh sorry wrong kitchen sink realism steeped Brit band. The thing is, the Smiths have lyricism, musical competence, and wit. The Streets want those things, and seemingly have them here and there, but rarely together all at once. I remember the first time I heard this album, probably a full decade after it came out. I really wanted to like it at the time. But as it went on, and dragged me with it, I began to have a serious sinking feeling. The weight has not lifted after another decade. I’m not sure I can even go 2. 1 Boolean: false, nope, really didn’t need to hear before I die. Not the first time, not the second.
This was so bad. He sounds white and I mean that in the worst possible way. I will NEVER listen again
”White guys can also do hiphop” especially if they are from the north? Or maybe not. I think not.
Man what the hell 1.2/5
Ugh fuck I hate this sub genre of hiphop
Dizzee Rascal and Slick Rick are proof that the Brits can into Hip Hop and make worthwile stuff, The Streets are proof that they can't. Goddamn what an insufferable and mopey sounding album. Monotone British voice with boring ass beats. The Britishness and Hip Hop of it all mix like oil and water. 52 minutes I'm not getting back, at least I now know better what I don't enjoy.
I had completely forgotten about the time that my nephew and niece decided to play piano and sing for the family. He couldn't play a note and she couldn't sing to save her life. The I listened to this crap-fest and that cringe memory came back like ptsd. Time to call my therapist. Zero stars
Dude has no sense of pitch or rhythm, the backing tracks sound like cheap keyboard presets, and the writing is like a bad student film about nothing The features are even worse The rhymes are simultaneously obvious and forced They constantly put the emPHAsis on the wrong syLLABle to fit the awkward meter Dictionary Corner-ass flow At its absolute best this album hits an occasional 2.5 but it's endearing in a weird B-movie sorta way
This is the worst album on the list. It's actively insulting to place this alongside To Pimp A Butterfly or Me Against The World. It's a meandering, sing-songy waste of an hour from a guy with no flow, no pitch, and no way with words. I have grown to love it the same way you love a bad movie. This was a fun experience and I am oddly glad to be exposed to this but if I could rate this lower than one I would.
absolutely not
i really wasn't a fan of his flow...
1.5 - very bad but there is some charm to it
i feel like i was pranked
This is my 844th album on this list, and I think it is the worst so far. Indeed, if a score of 0 was possible, that's what it would get.
Very creative, pretty heartfelt. That being said, it's more like a spoken word story than a real album. As a storytelling exercise? 2/5, as an album, 0/5. I'll meet in the middle at 1.
que porra é essa filho kkkkkkk caralho que ódio desse site
se esse mano não fosse britânico (e branco) esse álbum entraria na lista? ruim demais. dizem que a narrativa salva, mas é difícil quando tudo nele ficou datado bem rápido.
UK garage and hip-hop built from shuffling beats, cheap keyboard textures, muted samples, and half-spoken vocals unfolds like overhearing someone narrate a minor personal crisis while stumbling between pubs at closing time—mundane and awkward. And while I am used to hearing stuff like that as a psychotherapist, my thoughts for this album are: your whining is putting me to sleep.
This was easy to rate
Good God, this is awful.
Thickest accent that has ever accented, and cant sing for shit
album #57 me when my year 3 short story project gets turned into an album. this is a crime LOL. mans is dodging rhythm and tempo like his life depends on it. ꩜ average track rating: 1/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): fit but you know it ꩜ least favourite track(s): everything else LMAO ꩜ album rating: ★☆☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,032 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 31 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 12 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 45
The whole package: out of tempo, out of tune, out of rime, annoying repetitive samples, flat lyrics. 1/10
“Wow this sucks” - Me during every single track.
Not sure what this guy is. I think it may have worked better as poetry.
1/5
1.5/5
Das übliche HipHop-Rap-Gestottere! Nein!
From previous reviews it is obvious that I'm not a hiphop enthousiast, so given the very boring musical parts, it is an easy one star album. But this album just sucks on another level. It is amateuristic and even I can hear this man sucks in his rap and singing skills. Not sure what the reason was to add this to the book, but I think somehow the grand from the TV ended up at the author of the book somehow...
This is….trash
Worst british rapping ever.
1 out of 5. Genre aside this album just doesn't do it for me. The rapping felt out of time with the beats.
Damn, that was horrible. I'm so disappointed because I watched a record pick with my favorite Twitch streamer and she recommended this. Oh god, my opinion on her has definitely changed after this. I hate, hate, HATE 'Get Out of My House.' I can't stand it. 'What Is He Thinking' is also a shit song. I can't tell if I hate the instrumental, the vocals, the lyrics, the Britishness of it all, the enunciation, or all of the above. 'Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way' was fine. I actually enjoyed that one, but I could barely get through the rest. 'Dry Your Eyes' borders on listenable, but I don't know if I'm mentally there to actually say that. 'Blinded by the Lights' is another okay song, but that's the most I can compliment this album. I hope I never hear this again. My opinion ranges from 'this is shit' to 'horrible' to 'okish' to 'utter crap' to 'bullshit' again.
My God, what are we doing here? What is the genre The Streets represents for this book? Is this supposed to be such a crucial album that everyone must hear it? If so, why? The flow isn't great, the beats are not that great, and this is a concept album about falling in love and losing $1000. This has to be an album that was huge in Britain and that's the reason it was included in the book. I can't think of another reason. This album is like a parody of white boy rap music. It's Malibu's Most Wanted: London Edition. It's like an entire album of the song Parklife by Blur. I felt like he was going to start rapping about pigeons in the park. It's not even rapping! It's talking over a beat. This was not great.
Whatever humor there might have been did not translate for the simple fact that the music and especially the rapping was like nails on chalkboard. My least favorite of this project so far.
Bollocks, innit?
Wishes they were eminem
This is a hip hop hate crime.
The rap sounds like ramblings most of the time. The instrumentation is decent on a few songs, but then it's still really simple and repetitive. Even the singing is awkward some of the time.
I enjoyed Original Pirate Material when it came out. It was fun and had a certain mockney charm. This however is dog shit. It feels like a parody of Mike Skinner.
Ten seconds into the first track and I already take back all the other 1 star ratings I’ve ever given. I don’t know if I can listen to this whole thing. Halfway thru Fit but You Know It and I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t the rap version of Bad News (the lads from Young Ones doing a Spinal Tap version of the worst rock band in the world). Like, it’s gotta be taking the piss, right? It can’t honestly be this bad accidentally. Can it? Yeah. No. This is pure garbage. Holy shit.
Stayed for “Fit but You Know It” but that’s it. Not my fave.
Did not like any part of the music, voice, lyrics, mixing. I didn't make it through a single song
I’ve still yet to listen to a British male rapper that’s actually good. These lyrics are just so eye roll-able. What is his obsession with being off beat? It gets annoying when he raps off beat the whole album.
Honestly I was contemplating giving it a 2 for the better half of the album but the story ended up going nowhere in my opinion- and it’s not nearly as good as dizzee rascal!! This is like boy in the corner with LESS flow and LESS cool
I'm hungover and wish that this album would "Get out of My Ears". Yes, you see what I did there. Blinded by The Lights is the only saving grace about The Streets' sophomore album, but it's not enough to reward it with two stars.
This is hands down one of of the worst albums I have heard in my entire life... I cannot begin to fathom how this got added onto this list. It sounds like a shitpost, or like a garageband demo track your friend made in an hour. Every song is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow, they are usually only around 4 minutes long, but they are so boring they all feel like they are 8+ minutes. Blinded by the lights has some of the most annoying synths and no song structure, progression, or climax. It is just verse -> verse -> verse -> verse -> end. In fact every song has this structure. OHHH MYYYY GOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!! I CANNOT STAND THIS MONOTONE DUDE DRONE ON FOR ANOTHER SECOND!!!!!!!!!!! HE CANNOT RAP, HE HAS ONE FLOW, AND HE STILL FUMBLES HIS WAY THROUGH IT!!!!! HE IS BASICALLY JUST RHYTHMICALLY TALKING!!!!!!!!! IS THERE A SINGLE SONG ON THIS ALBUM THAT HAS A CHORUS?!?!?!?! IT JUST FEEL LIKE THE DUDE TALKS FOR TWO LINES AND THEN A GUEST VOCALIST WILL SING TWO LINES AND THEN IT REPEATS FOR AN ETERNITY!!!!!! WHERE IS THE STRUCTURE???? WHERE IS PROGRESSION?????? WHERE ARE THE DYNAMICS???????? Get Out of My House is baby's first arpeggiator. I can't believe this got onto this list, basically just because he is British, but there is no Death Grips, Tyler the Creator, or Mos Def. THE LOWEST 1 IMAGINABLE!!!!!!
It’s pretty mind blowing how horrible this is.
Hmmm, Brit rap/hip hop just ain't for me.
The best part of this album was when they weren't singing. I feel like this is either a parody album, or people are really into English people who can't really sing. The whole album was just all over the place - the instrumental was not too bad, and whenever they were talking, it was decent, but whenever people tried singing, it was not the most pleasant experience. I think that you would maybe get used to listening to it after tens of listens, but that's the same as saying that you'll get used to being underwater for longer if you just keep forcing it. Overall, very meh, and I can maybe imagine people back in 2004 appreciating this but they didn't really have a lot of proper entertainment back then.
An album made by a man who hates women. Also one Direction ripped off fit but you know it. Why do men only like women with poor self esteem? Oh wait…. This man also has no talent, genuinely difficult to listen to. The mix feels like a first attempt of a high schooler making music in his basement
1.5 - Bad
Not somgs
Pathetic- supposed to be hip hop but the guy has absolutely zero flow.
this was rather rough to listen to. didn't particularly enjoy it as a whole. lyrics were kind of funny, but everything else was grating.
This dudes flow is sus. He has no riz. Anti-aura. This album is more cringe than this review. No cap.
Meh!
If I sat down and tried to imagine the most annoying hang possible, he would probably end up being pretty similar to the narrator of these songs
not for me
I don't get why this is on the list and generally popular. Any arsehole can talk over basic backing tracks pretending to be a scum bag. Sure, you can make some statement about how pop songs focus on celebrity and fail to connect with the daily lives of their audience, but you can make that statement in a talented way (see large swaths of country, rock, blues, etc.) Fit but you know it and Dry Your Eyes are decent, but like once in a blue moon. Britain should sink into the ocean.
Nope, not for me
Rap, 2004 -> 1
British people should not be allowed to rap
My wife said there was a good song on this one, but I didn't really want to go back and check again
I made it to the end...torturous. 1 "was actually fewer" stars. Just horrid, banal, should not be on this list. (I am now listening to the Mountain Goats "Beautiful Rat Sunset" to wash out the aftertaste of The(se) Streets.)
Terrible flow, terrible hooks, terrible album
Huhhuh, tää oli ehkä paskin tähän asti, eihän tätä pysty edes kuuntelemaan. Jotenki aksentti oli vitutuksen kirsikka kakun päällä. Yyyhghh
Onpa kyllä melkosta kuraa, ei saatana.
That was foul, mate.
Definitely not my alley
More painful than listening to a voice text
Dreck. Gibt einen guten Grund, warum ich in meiner Jugend 40 Jahre alte Musik gehört habe.
Why do the British rap? Leave it to the professionals
The layered vocals that are hilariously terrible, the rapping that at times doesn’t know what rhythm is, the lyrics which are pathetically bad; it all adds up to an album that should be added to 1001 albums you must hear before you die🙄 Do you know how elderly people have been known to pass away after waiting for their family to assemble near their bedside when sick, or right after their spouse dies? The question is how does someone seem to will themselves to die. Well now I know. When I listen to this, I actively want to die as quickly as possible. I’m younger and still have a will to live, but repeated listenings to this would solve the will to live part.
Holy shit, this is awful...
"Must Hear Album" my ass... This was the most painfully British shit I've ever had the displeasure of listening to. I want my 50 minutes back. Awful bars, awful flow, such a nothingburger of a "story", mostly boring instrumentals but some of the strings were nice. Standouts: N/A. 0/5
I've heard one song of theirs before and I thought it was nice. This isn't music. This is something you end up recording as a gag after a night of drinking.
Madness inducing. I could only laugh through the pain.
British people are NOT real and you cannot convince me otherwise.
This is the worst album we ve gotten yet
Just sounds like a guy in a pub ranting
Never understood the hype, personally.
One of the few times I've been lost for words while writing a review. That first song, It Was Supposed to Be so Easy... what the heck? Who thought recording this was a good idea? Especially those dastardly vocals? The brass section is okay but feels bizarre when paired with the lyrics, which consist of some upper-middle-class kid complaining about losing a thousand pounds. Could Well Be In is better, though at this point I had begun to tune out Skinner's vocal part, which could definitely be a factor. Also, the chosen piano line is pretty satisfying and smooth. Same with Blinded by the Lights (The Weeknd did it better): the synths are a cool little nod to space-crazed 70s/80s rock, and the female vocal hook is pretty strong too. (In contrast, Get Out Of My House has terrible secondary vocals.) Fit but You Know It is great – very punky – It's perhaps a stretch to call this Skinner guy a rapper. During the melody-less sections (generally, the verses), it becomes clear that he has zero understanding of stress patterns, enunciating every syllable like the two of them have a personal grudge. Skinner's accent is also pretty heavy here, which I think reflects a bigger problem with rap in general: when you speak without singing, most (or all) of your accent-upbringing comes through. And when it's thickly south-British, it gets kind of distracting. What about the singing parts, the sections that have some melodic contribution? My judgement: incredibly messy. Like, as messy as you can get. I'm pretty sure he chose to use multi-track recording against his own voice to create the impression that he has friends who are singing/rapping along in agreement. But with all due respect, Skinny Boy, I don't think that's the case. 1/5 Key tracks: Could Well Be In, Fit but You Know It, Dry Your Eyes
's a bit rubbish, innit?
I couldn't quite pin this album down. At times it felt like parody and sounded like something I'd hear in an early 2000s flash animation. At other times there were moments where I could tell it was genuine and wasn't too bad. If it is a parody it isn't a very good one. Overall I think the bad greatly outweighs the good this is another album for the "Why is this on this list?" folder and a 1.5/5 rounded down to a 1
Oh hell nah…why on gods green earth would anyone want or need to hear this?? Complete dogshit. British people shouldn’t be allowed to rap.
After 911 albums, I’ve finally felt compelled to write a review. It’s to write the following: There is not a single redeeming sliver in this album. It’s like listening to an annoying co-worker who won’t leave you alone. With every passing second, you feel your blood pressure rising with aggravation. It is an unmitigated steaming pile of crap.
Can’t get past the corny flows and voice
I was excited to hear that it was hip hop at first, and then it got to the chorus of the first song. It’s like someone’s little brother got hold of their sound mixing equipment.
Ugh this was awful. I hated every second. It feels like a joke. I couldn't get past the 5th song. 1/10
This was one of the worst things I’ve ever subjected my ears to. During the first track, I thought “Okay, this is pretty bad but the whole album can’t be like this.” Boy, was I wrong. I don’t even know what was happening, but I know I hated it. I think there were maybe three tracks where we hear the ‘protagonist’ going on and on about his TV not working? That is some riveting source material. Maybe it was satire, but it still didn’t need to suck that bad.
What a load of crap. I really don't feel like writing another comment about this. 1/5
Nope. Nope. Nope. Not for me. Can't rap, can't sing, didn't even have any damn clever lines or impressive music to redeem this. I'm a fan of some seriously sloppy music, so I'm not saying people with less than amazing skills shouldn't make music, but this felt like deliberately half-assed mediocrity from start to finish.
The emperor has no clothes. Anyone claiming to enjoy this needs serious help. Total toilet.
Abysmal
Oh no no no. Who told this bloke we want this?
I won’t ding it for the heavy accent but I will for the lack of rhythm, the unimaginative beats and the lame lyrics. This album had one song I didn’t detest.
Wtf was that?
Ali G bars. Each track was funnier than the last. I'd give it a six if I could.
Oof
Holy shit dude what is genuinely wrong with british people? I have realized through reading reviews that a lot of people who use this site are british, and the critics who made the list are british and like are y'all for real? To Pimp a Butterfly, good kid m.A.A.d city, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and The College Dropout are all controversial, but here this is. If this wasn't made by a white british person this would be hated so hard. This is so awful please british people listen to good rap music like at some point you gotta get with the times.
This was bad. It sounded like a whiny, drunk guy poorly rapping about all his troubles over a random drum track setting and constantly a step behind the beat. 1/5
Sounds like British blokes poking fun at rap 1/5
Didn't finish. The spoken word hip hop is not for me. Quite possibly the most British thing ive ever encountered.
The music is good enough, the concept is alright. But the success of a concept album telling a story needs a charismatic character, and this album just doesn't have that.
Almost 150 in, and this is the worst album I've heard on here so far. I saw "early UK Rap" and was interested, but this was horrible. I legitimately had to look up and verify whether or not this was satire. His delivery is awkward and the flow is nonexistent. The music sounds like he randomly picked a pre made tune that came with his keyboard.
strong dislike
I’m gonna start with something good to say - this album tells a story, and I appreciate the consistent through line in the album. I appreciate their commitment to this unorthodox music style. And, it did make me think critically about the importance of metronomes. Now, for the rest of my review. This album has all of the flow of a 5th grader’s poetry who need to make sure every line rhymes. The lyrics are laughably bad and painfully British. There is NO musical excitement - once a beat is established, it does not change or grow throughout the song. There is nothing cool about this album. Nothing even close. It’s kind of like they recorded the lyrics first and then found a backing track and used it without seeing if it fit with the tempo or rhythm of the rapper. This album is actually a ringing endorsement of bullying - someone really should’ve bullied these guys out of releasing this album. The only thing that would redeem this would be if they came out and said “guys this whole album was a joke”.
absolutely RUBBISH
very british, day in the life raps. kinda reminds me of atmosphere life gives you lemons but more British and less good
I’d heard a few songs by The Streets before and thought I didn’t mind them, but I can’t do a whole album. In fairness, this isn’t a style of music I listen to much anyway and I know people who love this. It’s just not for me.
Fy faen det her låter kjipt. Noe av den dårligste produksjonen jeg noensinne har vært borti. De fleste av låtene er også jævlig slitsomme. De små faklene som signaliserer gode låter brenner for svakt og for spredt til å utgjøre noen forskjell. Focken' shait, innit.
I might have to pay a grand for the amount of therapy I need after listening to this… album. I genuinely cannot fathom how this got on the list. If the beats are sampled, I feel sympathy to the original artists for their track being run into the mud for this. If they made these beats, I’d have to imagine their producer is a 5 year old making beats on GarageBand for the first time with how uninspiring and yucky the beats are. Bro can’t flow bro can’t rap the lyricism almost gets the album to comedic funny because of how bloody horseshit they are. I felt like IShowSpeed on that one iconic Fortnite gif the entire time, tryna not to laugh at it BECAUSE I LISTENED TO THIS AT WORK HELPPPPPPP. How tf 1.6 million people listening to this guy every month
What the hell is this crap? This guy is just rambling about his boring British problems. There's no flow throughout the whole album. At times, you can only laugh at this because it is that preposterous.
Shite.
1/5
The album has a funny storytelling and it is interesting at times but how this album could deserve inclusion in a list such as this one is beyond me. 5/10 [DROP]
DNF.
sounds like a teenager's journal read over a beat from a 1990's era drum machine. Shite!
what
I've heard Fit But You Know It somewhere, but I have no idea where. Dry Your Eyes wasn't too bad, but christ, my initial thought was that this was a parody of rap albums. Maybe I'm not cool enough to "get" this album...and that's okay.
לא אהבתי זה היה ממש מעצבן
I thought I might be in trouble when all Wikipedia had to say about this was "it is on the 1001 albums list." How so many people thought this was a 5 (the best possible rating) is really puzzling.
HOT, HOT, HOT Garbage
I was really hoping I would enjoy this, but boy did I not
This album is comically bad. My jaw was hanging open throughout the majority of the first track because how shit it was. The flow sucks, the beats are goofy as hell, and the lyrics are basic and repetitive. Every song repeats the chorus like 5 times and its infuriating. This is why this is my first ever 1-rated album.
Shit
Garbage
Worse than dinosaur jr., but slightly less aggravating to listen to than slint. 1.25 rounded up.
Loš album skroz. 1/5, 1/10
I didn’t really care for this album, I guess the concept was interesting but I just found the songs dull.
Not my thing at all
Highlights: Fit but You Know It Lowlights: Literally everything else Shit beats. Shit lyrics. Shit flow. Is this guy a nepo baby or something? This makes 3Pac sound like Kendrick.
It certainly sounds more interesting when somebody raps with a british accent. But it does not make it any better. And oh, hmmm ... wasn't it to be a list of albums you needed to hear? What, one of the albums you need to hear before you die? Really? Why? I can't think of one reason why this album is here on this list. Maybe because you should wander whether to have burger or chips? Or to teach you to first decide what to order and then stand in the queue? Or because you should be standing more often at the bar waving a ten pound note around? It is a joke, that this album is on this list.
I came into this thinking, I wont like it but I'll give it a go The it gets to Get Out of My House and its 50× worse than I could have imagined People must be pretending to like this absolutely shite shit shitness. Its embarrassing to listen to
yeah 10 sec was enough
wow this suuuuuccckks
Cool this is the worst rap album i have ever heard. I love rap, and this is a mockery
Really not my thing. I've never enjoyed his rapping style and a whole album of this felt like a chore.
Favorite track(s): an album that left me truly flabbergasted as to its widespread critical and commercial success. I can't say I wasn't entertained, I was laughing damn near the whole way through. "Are you smoking crack or something? We cannot have that behavior in this establishment."
Pretty boring. The beats were generic and the flow was terrible. Most of the time he was just talking.
I truly do not mean to be hyperbolic - this might be the single worst album I've ever heard. Not only is it bad, it also fails at even qualifying as "music". The vocals aren't lined up with the melodies, and the melodies aren't even in line with the percussion hits, failing at basic time keeping. And that's before even addressing the laughably amateurish lyrics and "plot" of this "opera". Just fails spectacularly at literally every part of being an "album" and I'm amazed this was even produced, let alone included in this project
caramba mudou minha definição de horrivel
Truly terrible.
The Streets – A Grand Don't Come For Free On Day 42, the streak has been violently broken by an album that felt completely "ass" from start to finish. Despite the "narrative" promise, A Grand Don't Come For Free lacked any energy or "triumphant" momentum, making the storytelling feel slow and "unidimensional." For someone who doesn't connect with the UK Grime/Garage aesthetic, the "everyday" delivery lacked the "vocal triumph" or "immaculate" production needed to keep me engaged. It was a "soulless" experience that failed to hit the brain just fine, serving as a reminder that a good story means nothing if the music has zero energy. A definitive 1/5.
2/10 - Favorite song: Fit but you know it
I really did not like this. More like spoken word than rapping. I don’t care about the concept album and couldn’t really follow the story. Maybe the worst one
Really hated this. The sound of the vocals and delivery is so irritating. I cant understand the positive reviews for this record.
Atrocious (bro's British, that's all that u need to know)
What else can I say but...wow, no thank you.