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british white boy rap is just not for me
mf british white boy rap... seriously???????
The vocalists tone is unbearable. Maybe it’s because I’m a “shtewpid” American, but it sounds like they are mumbling about nonsense.
1/5 Bloody hell.
no me gusta para nada este rap blanco uk cuando cantan, lo hacen desafinado y fuera de tiempo como si quedara bien malardo
aggravating english man weaponizes his ugly ass voice to create an incredibly annoying concept album telling the dullest story in the world. come for his jerky line delivery that could possibly be described as anti-flow, stay for the canned music that alternates between obnoxious casio beats and mismatched, overly bombastic pseudo-orchestral music. the big question this one leaves you with is: what's worse, his rapping or his singing? the answer of course is both
Absolute shit
I don't like R A P ...
No me gustó
Ugh, Ugh Ugh and WHY?????
Como um fã de rap, devo dizer que isso foi a pior merda que eu ja ouvi na vida. 0/10
Vocals: 0/10 Lyrics: 0/10 Instruments: 1/10 Likely to Listen Again: 0/10 Overall: 0/10 Horrible song I never want to hear it again, he sounds like a robot and there is no style its like listening to someone talk in one tone forever hes singing like hes talking and just stretchin his words and his accent makes it ten times worse I HATE IT
I'm just not a fan of spoken poetry when its trying to be passed off as music.
Sounds like British middle school kids experimenting with slam poetry
Not good at all. Terrible rap!
Okay, when I said in a recent review for Q-Tip that I wanted to discover more good hip-hop...this is not what I meant. Am I being pranked?
I would give this -10 stars if I could. This is utter sh*te and the fact it’s in this list is mind-boggling
This sounds like a demo tape some kids made when they were 13. The rapping is all end rhymes and extremely basic. He literally rhymes money with funny. And the hooks asker laughably bad. Is this supposed to be like the shags where it’s so bad it’s good or this is what passes for good hip hop in the UK?
Absolut nichts für mich 1/5
Glad this album is over.
this is so terrible i fear. the rhythm is just nonexistent. i cant fathom someone enjoying this.
Furchtbares Album. Ein Flow aus den Abgründen des menschlichen Geistes mit mehr Ecken und Kanten als ein Labyrinth. Rap Texte die mich an die Songs von Abschlussklassen irgendwelcher deutschen Berufsschulen erinnern, die in den 2000ern online gingen und wo die Anzahl der Aufrufe heute immer noch auf 'nem niedrigen dreistelligen Wert liegt. Manchen arroganten selbstverliebten Arschlöchern sollte man die Stimmbänder amputieren.
Dnf, horrible
What a joke, I can’t believe someone paid this group to make this album.
Udder shite. English rap always sounds this bad to me.
Ok wow, more British rap. And this one is a "rap opera". I actually find the idea of a rap opera interesting, but this is pretty bad. It's very amateur-ish, like someone just made this in their bedroom. Which there is nothing wrong with making music in your bedroom, but is this really a "must hear" album? My other issue is that the rapping doesn't really have any emotion. It all just sounds the same the whole time.
Just awful. The chart hits are just about listenable, but otherwise in the bin!
Shite
Not sure what this is…. Rap, rock. I’m not sure. Not crazy about music
Laughably bad. Blur's Parklife but rap and shite. Why on earth is this on the list? Really makes you question the guy picking these albums.
*an album totally RAP and with foul language.
Cool, another obscure British rap album from the 2000’s that took up a slot that could have been filled by Madvillany.
I was really feeling a 2 on this but haven't given many 1's. And this isn't really undeserving of it....
There are so many great records that were left off this list. No Chuck Berry, Tupac, or Jim Croce. No RAM from Paul McCartney or Damn the Torpedoes by Tom Petty. I have no clue how this made it over any of them. This is bad, and not in a cool or interesting way. Definitely one that has me scratching my head.
This album is embarrassing and I gave up at "Such a Twat." From external reading, this is an album that grows on you but Mike Skinner fails as an engaging MC with lackluster production tying it all together.
Someone find this man his box of money >:(
This is awful.
Technically hip hop, but imagine the narrator of Parklife doing a hip hop record about his daily life. That is this insanely bad record. A man with a thick British accent raps poorly about his boring life over some truly boring beats. I’m not sure if it's intended to be comedy or performance art or they’re just taking the piss. It doesn't work on any of those levels for me, and I'm clearly missing what makes this such a must hear record. I can only surmise that the Brits who wrote the book felt bad that their hip hop is such shit and they included this to irritate Americans. I didn't think anything could be worse than Slipknot but there I go tempting fate again. I'm sure there is something worse than this on the list. I just hope I don't have to hear it. 0/5
Absolutely not
#27 As soon as I heard the voice, I scrubbed through the rest of the album. ROUGH.
White British men are simply not made for hip hop.
Is… is it bad on purpose?
cool beats, and a nice flow. I just can’t rlly do the British accent
Politely, not my thing.
Not a fan. I liked the beats on a couple but that’s about it. His vocal style reminds me of Yard Act. The concept and music itself is just meh Rating: 1.4
This is #day484 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… maybe I'm just not a fan of British rap. Most of my childhood rap heroes were American, after all. This one, though? A genuinely steaming pile of crap. The flow is atrocious, the music is hollow. I didn't feel like finishing it. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day485.
Shite!
Horrendous
You’re fucking with me right??? Lmao
Discordant and poor vocal performance over basic hip hop backing tracks. This is my first album and I enjoy a ton of varied music but this is a poor showing for albums you need to listen to before you die. The story being "sung" is somewhat interesting but completely distracted by the artists vocals.
Crap, disjoined British rap. How on earth did this rubbish make this list? It's like old mate just wanted to ramble over stock beats. The mix is abysmal, and is quite possibly the worst album on this list so far. There's plenty of better ways to spend 50 minutes than listening to this crap: do a workout, go for a walk, watch a TV episode, even have a snooze: all are more interesting than subjecting yourself to this lazy rubbish. Best songs: There's no songs here, just rambles about being in British suburbia.
The stages of listening to this album: 1) good beat, this could be good 2) vocals come in. is this a comedy album? 3) wait, this is serious? 4) oh, FFS. WHAT DID I EVER DO TO DESERVE THIS. This is my 1,073rd album on this list so I've heard some 'interesting' music. But this is not only the worst album I've been subjected to while doing this list, it is the absolute worst album I've ever listened to in my entire 53 years on this planet. This is the first time I've ever wished for a 0 option on the rating scale - and I've found something positive to say about Steeley Dan. .5/5
Jazz rap is something I don't want to listen to ever again. 1/5
Can anyone explain to me why British males can sing - well - in a perfect American accent, but when they rap, they trip over their own accent and word vomit all over themselves? And yes, it's the men. There have been a couple really good British women on here that do interesting things (to my American ears) with the British accent. This is objectively bad.
British rap, I guess? It's a lot of talking off beat over rap instrumentals, it's very odd and not enjoyable.
I agreed with my colleague on this one...utter garbage. Neither of us can stand it!
Genuinely terrible. I have never listened to anything so unlike my own music taste.
Absolute shit
Started laughing after a minute or so in the first song. Thought it might be a parody album. Found out it was not.
Fuck. English rap again. I'm a firm believer in the value of diversity but that doesn't extend to letting Brits try to rap. (Review posted 45 seconds into the first track.)
i dont think this aged all too well. sounds somewhere in between soundcloud and flight of the conchords.
not good mate.
I might be too American to enjoy this. He raps so conversationally that it sounded more like spoken word much of the time. Concept albums are cool and I like a good story but man, this did not work for me. I acknowledge its ambition but will not revisit. The critical rapture around this album is actually baffling to me. I guess some of the hooks are fine. But boy howdy are the raps rough and beats inert.
This is more or less unbelievably bad. If it was a satire, I wouldn't be surprised. The beats are derivative, and the rapping is terrible. I will give it two stars because they clearly put some effort into it, but this is bad bad bad. I save one stars for things... well, actually, I'm giving this one star.
I love hip hop, but that's not what this is. This has no flow and the storytelling on this "concept album" is sad and ridiculous. Do yourself a favor and listen to Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves if you want to hear a “day in the life” hip hop concept album executed and performed 1000 times better. And that came out in 1999. Any chance The Streets heard it and was “inspired”…? For the life of me, I can't see why this is on the list... 1⭐️
I thought I had a video playing in the background while this started but nope. just completely off beat 😐
It’s a concept album
I kept thinking that this album was a joke they were playing on us. This was terrible
Only enjoyable if you imagine Roy Kent rapping this. Awful. Whiny. Terrible flow. One of the worst things I’ve heard.
This British fuck! Couldn’t do it.
Not opposed to comedy/parody, but this did not get a lot of laughs from me. Maybe this is some super cultural humor for the brits
It’s kind of crazy this has a 9 on Pitchfork. What is going on over there?
Had a rough time getting through this one.
whose idea was it to put british rap on this list
this person is not very good at rapping.
0.4 I think I said out loud, "this is fucking dogshit" at least three times and skipped at some point in every song. If that doesnt make it a 1 star, I dont know what will
"A Grand Doesn't Come For Free" by The Streets is a rap opera. If you now expect a comprehensive story line or at least songs that build upon each other you will be badly disappointed. Basically, all the songs are about a guy that's mostly either drunk or stoned and thus is not sure whether the girl he's dating is into his buddy. Oh, and his savings fell behind the TV, damaging it. That's about it. Mike Skinner calls this shallow story a concept and even manages to sell an album around this. Another admirable achievement from a commercial point of view.
Boy the beat was kicking his ass. He was chasing that damn best for the entire project smh. The flow is choppy, the background vocals are doing their best to carry, the content is regular but is terrible rapping is taking me out if it. Yea this is just not good.
This is commercially inaccessible "music" that critics see as "art" and want to be successful, regardless of how much people ACTUALLY like it. Cause, let's face it... no one really likes this shit. This is niche art-rock that's totally focused on a "vision" rather than making a good record.
k this ones gotta be joke. How british do you have to be to think this is at all good. Is this enjoyed ironically? Will I listen to again: 0%
Must be the 1001st album on this list. Woof
maybe its because I'm not british, but just not digging it at all
What is this? God awful hip hop. I’m not one to think that anyone should be discouraged to participate in any style of art, but maybe The Brits should stay out of hip hop.
1.
Bad rap with basic beats
# 569 : A Grand Don't Come For Free A Grand Don’t Come for Free - If this is what a grand sounds like, I’d rather keep the change. A two-line bio, an opaque album cover, and a wave of lukewarm reviews should’ve been the warning signs. Alas, I pressed play anyway. What followed was a masterclass in disappointment. This album doesn’t just fail to live up to its hype—it makes you question whether there are even 1,001 albums worth hearing before you die. The concept? Supposedly clever. The execution? Flat. The production? Barely there. The vocals? More diary entry than performance. It’s like someone tried to rap their way through a mundane Tuesday and called it art. When your only claim to fame is that you're on this list, then congratulations. One star—because I can’t give it zero. Verdict: When hype meets reality—and reality is a letdown. Best Track (if you must): [None worth mentioning.] Listened: 16/09/2025
I'm sorry, but this one is not at all for me. Both the main rapper's flow and the amateurish-sounding beats, especially combined, are like nails being driven into my brain, to the point I genuinely couldn't focus on any narrative beats. I had to keep my volume low just to not get a headache, which is REALLY rare for me.
This was awful, actually almost painful. I didn't like it at all
Laughably bad. The Streets has absolutely zero flow. Uninteresting lyrics The song with the most potential is Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way. The singing has potential but The beat has this sound throughout the whole song that is 100% a chicken pecking corn kernels off of a metal trash can lid. 0.4 outta 5
Day612 - everything about this is bad
Definitely a case of the wrong album being included. Original Pirate Material was far superior in every way to this album. A few good tracks but plenty that are embarrassing to listen to (the opener It Was Supposed To Be So Easy and Fit And You Know It which has aged very badly).
Bad
Wish we could leave 0s or half stars at least for garbage like this. Dude’s rapping sounds like a parody of hip hop, and not in a haha funny type of way, but in an absolutely insulting way. This has taken this 1001 album list to a whole new level of Brit bias, because there is no other way this album would have been included without that bias. Skip this excrement.
The bops bopped but the rest...meh.
Just bad, not even deserving of another listen. What significance could this album possibly have? None I say.
There was no flow at all and was hard to listen to. I may not like rap, but putting my feelings about the genre aside, this was still objectively terrible. 0/5
It is remarkable how bad this given the amount of coverage it got at the time. Perfectly possible to produce songs about mundane aspects of life but this is not the way 1.5*
Never mind the mysterious loss of £1,000, I'm more concerned about the mysterious loss of quality control following The Streets' promising debut. Sample lyric: "She pulls away my arms that tightly clamp around her waist Gently pushes me back as she looks at me straight Turns around so she's now got her back to my face Takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away" Jesus - where to begin? There's an anecdote in Hunter Davis' Beatles biography where he sits in on a songwriting session and, long story short, Lennon and McCartney are stuck on a particular lyric, trying to make the phrase fit the melody they have written. Davis (I believe) suggests just padding out the line with the word "just" to give it an extra syllable, but the pair explain how they avoid words like "just" in this context because it is a redundant word, it adds nothing to the lyric. Well, every Streets lyric sounds like Skinner did the exact opposite, taking a load of redundant phrases and connective words to pad out simple ideas. And the lines often still don't marry up with the meter and rhythm of the music anyway. The results are cringe-worthy. One star.
I try to be conscious of the fact that not all music is for me, nor will I get it every time. With that in mind I found this a painful listening experience. I found it difficult to either identify with the content, or be curious to know more. It just sounded dumb, but not in a fun way.
That one fucking guy from your high school who tried to sell you his demo CD for $10. Before eventually dropping out. And then 6 years later you look him up on Facebook to see what the fuck happened to him. He's opening for someone else at a pop-up dive bar cabaret in Fort Collins. He also works a day job as an assistant manager at Buc-ee's. Fave songs:
firstly, the delivery is so flaccid. even if it's an artistic decision, it sounds so unenergetic. secondly, the lyrics are dogshit on so many levels. i know the 1001 list overrepresents british music by a lot but how did THIS make the cut?
This was… dumb. The whole “concept album soap opera” thing ended up feeling more childish than the children's movie soundtracks I was actually listening to back in 2004. Instead of clever storytelling, it just came across as flat, whiny, and juvenile. Not every journey is a hero’s journey—and certainly not every journey is interesting to others.
Nah
This must have made the list to remind the world that white British rappers are awful.
I was too weak to not listen to the whole thing hoping for something, but I'm strong enough to give this my first 1 star
OMG. Absolute trash. Why on earth is this on here. This may be the worst album I’ve listened to. 0 stars.
Not good at all, maybe "for the time" but not now
Not a fan.
My opinion of English rap is well known. Having come off a few really solid rap albums (eg., Public Enemy, Ghostface Killah, Beastie Boys, Common, Missy Elliot, et al), I don’t know what to say about this album but simply: No, thank you.
Well, I swear I try to be open-minded but... This was horrible! And I knew it even before listening to the album. At least it's not the worst thing I've heard of the list, but, why is it supposed to be an album I should listen before dying? I get there are many different genres on the list (and that one of the main goals of listening to those albums is to enlarge our musical tastes and discover new stuff), but, is it really that good for people who like rap and hip-hop? Because this sounded really really bad. Maybe it's that I don't get what people find interesting on those things, but I'm fine with what I like, and, no thanks, I can say I tried those genres, but that's not for me. I'm not going to pretend I like it, this album is boring, tasteless and sometimes (if not many times - just look at some lyrics!) stupid.
Oh my god what the hell os this holy brother monotone disgust
Make-A-Wish album of the year. I've given a fair number of 1s over the past 4 years but this one resets the definition. May be the least talent-driven entry on the entire list. 0/10 come tf on.
the british accent threw me off at the start, it’s definitely not my music. I liked that the last song was empty cans because of the symbolism but generally I am not intrigued enough to get into the lyrics
C’est l’instru de show me your genitals de Jon Lajoie sans l’humour pendant 50min
Voix terribles, beats terribles, shit stinks. Je peux pas croire que les gens écoutent ça.
Crickey mate, turn up that gas bruv. Jen peux plus de la musique anglaise holy shit c’est tellement ass comme album hahahah
Dur à écouter. Je comprend comme ca peut résonner avec des working class brits mais c'est pas pour moi du tout.
Not my type
Art, I guess, is subjective.
Rating: 1/10 This album is a disgrace to hip-hop. Absolutely dreadful flow, delivery, choruses, and lyrics. The production saves this from being a 0/10 but not even the production was that good either. Why is this shit on the list?
What a painfully mid album... No groove, no flow, just a disjointed mess from start to finish. The beats are either basic and boring or pointless because there's not a single other thing happening in the song that connects to the beat. Some of the songs give "sad boy" vibes but the lyrics are completely juvenile and (I hate to repeat myself) have no flow and don't connect to the backing track at all. All said, I'll concede the track "Fit but You Know It" is comical and fun and probably the most well executed track on the record, but that doesn't save the rest of this dismal record. Skip this one.
Lmao british!! But on some real shit this is hard to listen to, might be worse than m.i.a. but at least that one had a good song
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. This is not something I’d choose to listen to again. The one song Fit has been featured on radio and playlists and is the only song that’s someone on beat. The rest of the tracks are like an English guy pretending to be Bukowski but with repetitive and bad lyrics.
holy fuck that was bad
Well, I dont understand why this album is here when Otiginal Pirate Material is already in the list. I appreciate Mike Skinner is telling a story but, man, the execution sucks so bad. The way he raps, the half rhymes and most of the instrumental is so flat, boring and horrible to listen to that the narrative cannot be saved. . Not even the fact the song "Fit but you know it" is an inspiration for Arctic Monkeys song in their first album . . 1 out of 5
Listening to A Grand Don’t Come For Free felt like being trapped in a lift with a man who’s just discovered he can rhyme “television” with “decision” and isn’t planning to stop. It’s not even that it’s bad in an entertaining way it’s just utterly charmless, painfully self-satisfied, and delivered with the emotional range of someone angrily narrating their trip to the post office. The beats are limp, the storytelling is mundane, and the smug, monotonous delivery grated on me like sandpaper on sunburn. I get that it was trying to be a clever, down to earth, kitchen sink drama for the PlayStation generation, but it honestly made me long for the sweet release of static. If this is meant to be a modern working class epic, I’ll take silence and a blank wall any day.
Fuck I hated this. It was a real challenge to finish the whole album. If I were to try and make a satirical British rap album, it would most likely come out as bad as this one. Some stuff I liked: the concept was interesting, and the storytelling wasn't that bad; he did get his point across. Some beats were nice, a couple of them had pretty strings. a strong 1/5
I'm sorry, but why is this album on here?
What a horrible British rap
Wow this was even shitter than I remember. 50 mins of a guy just talking shit. One of the most embarrassing things to ever come out of England.
Absolutely worthless.
Herregud for noe drit Skjønner hvorfor alle hata britisk rap før grime-æraen
If this came out now I would say it was a bad AI song. Does that make it innovative for making music so bad that the only possible explanation is that it must have been created completely by a computer program?
Yeah, no thanks. I never liked his voice, or his style. The lyrics are dull, embarrassing even. Maybe the character he is embodying is an accurate depiction of an element of society at the time, but it was never one I could relate to. I remember when "Dry your eyes" was all over the radio and the music channels 20 years ago. I thought then that it was dreary and mawkish, and time has not softened my opinion.
album made me wonder who selected this list
Is this a joke? If so I’m not in on it. I had to double check that this is what I’m actually supposed to be listening to.
This might be the worst album I've ever heard. Seriously. How did this end up on the 1001 albums list?? The rapping is arrhythmic and the rhyme scheme is awkward. The beats are rudimentary. The story line is childish. What am I missing? What does anyone see in this?
Pésimo
1. Would give a 0. Is this a joke?
What is worse than all British rock bands on this list? A white British guy rapping
Why? Why do I have to listen to this? I DON'T LIKE THIS ALBUM! I really don't! This album pisses me off! Okay. I can't keep yelling through text like this. I should probably explain why A Grand Don't Come For Free annoys me so much. To put it as bluntly as possible, this album is so aggressively British that it physically hurts to listen to. I'm serious. Now, don't get me wrong. I don't hate British people nor do I hate their music. Some of the greatest bands and artists of all time are from the UK. The Beatles, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Elton John. You get the idea. Hell, there are even albums that are distinctly British that I actually really love! Blur's Parklife is a great example of this. However, I still feel like those albums put music first in regards to what they want to be. This album? It's basically just some British lad speaking in rhymes about how he lost money or something. Mike Skinner's voice annoys me. He's barely even rapping. I wouldn't even call it that! This is basically just speaking in an over-the-top British accent. I hate it. There's no flow here at all! To be fair though, if there was an album as aggressively American as this one is aggressively British, I'd probably hate that album too, so it's not a bias against one culture or country. Let's talk about the writing. This is a concept album, which is something that I can usually get behind. Usually. Admittedly, I can see the vision with this story. I feel like it could work decently well as a story in some other medium. Perhaps a short film of some kind. But an album? An album like this? Doesn't work for me. Once again, the writing has no flow to it. As far as vocals are concerned, this barely even feels like music to me. It's just some guy talking about his story in loose rhymes. But what about the other aspects? Well, I'll admit. The production does feel musical. That doesn't mean I like it though. There are some parts that kind of work for me, but other times just don't sound good to my ears. There was one song in particular that just felt a bit too "loud." I think it might have even been the album's biggest hit, "Fit But You Know It." Not a fan. So, what do I like about the album? Well, I don't know! There are a few moments that work, particularly near the very end of the album. However, I don't think the experience was worth slogging through. Why is this album even on the list?! The Streets did apparently have some level of cultural impact in Britain when they started, but there are so many problems that I have with this album's inclusion that I need to acknowledge, with two in particular that really grind my gears. Firstly, this isn't even the most acclaimed album these guys have! This is another case where they chose the wrong album! Apparently, the Streets' debut album, Original Pirate Material, is considerably better! Why didn't they choose that one?! I wouldn't really want to listen to anything from these guys myself, but I'd at least be more understanding of that album's inclusion! But there's this one comment I found from a magazine mentioned on this album's Wikipedia article that just makes no goddamn sense to me. Apparently, an article from The Austin Chronicle called this "the first hip-hop classic of the new millennium." WHAT (and I can not stress this enough) THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN?? HELLO?? Stankonia? The Marshall Mathers LP? The Blueprint? Hell, even if we JUST include 2004, this album's release year. Maybe someone could reasonably call this the first great hip-hop album of 2004. This album released in May, which is pretty early in the year. Problem is: The College Dropout released in February and Madvillainy (WHICH ISN'T EVEN ON THIS SHITTY-ASS LIST FOR SOME FUCKING REASON) released in March! There's no reason to make that claim! I'm upset that I had to listen to this. You know what that means? 1/5. I hope I never have to listen to anything from The Streets ever again.
Drivel.
So bad it makes you angry
Brit hip hop. Not sure how this made the list. As they say in England : Total rubbish.
Can I do lower than 1
The Dunning-Kruger Crew.
I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. I liked the track Dry Your Eyes, but that was about it. I hate the vocals. Had to skip this to get through it. Would not listen again.
its.. okay? not for me though
I was optimistic at first. But man... I hated it. I don't have anything against UK rap. Grime has to be one of my favorite genres and I have huge respect for its uniqueness. The vocals sound as if they were recorded through a pair of dirty buds. I can't rap by any measure. But I've listened to enough hip hop by now to understand that the lyrics are not good. The beats that sound as if it was made by someone on their 1st day of using FL Studio didn't help. The story is pretty interesting if you're able to follow the not so great music.
Honestly hated it, I tried flipping through some of the songs to try and see if there’s something redeemable about any of the track, I didn’t find anything. I found the voice to be annoying, didn’t care for the story too much, overall unlistenable for me.
These beats feel oddly out of time and I do NOT like the rapper's voice. I liked the girl's voice until "Get Out of My House" tho. These beats and lyrics feel like ones you would make in middle school in like garage band. Like... "why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that? I'm such a twat" lolol SMH. "Fit but You Know It" was kinda great tho. "Dry Your Eyes" had some moments for sure. Actual rating...a 1.5. Liked Songs: "Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" , "Fit but You Know It" , "Dry Your Eyes"
liked songs: none. They all blow. What the actual fuck is this. It's completely devoid of musicality. It's the dumbest fucking plot for a "concept" album I've ever heard. If this was a satirical album, it might be a little funny. But this sucks so bad. I'll never get these 50 minutes back. How could anyone willingly listen to this? 0
This is trash. Albums like this make me not want to deal with this list.
As a comedy album, it’s not bad. Kinda like a Brit Weird Al… loads of albums with tracks trying to parody American black rap. Worth a giggly. Sadly, I think these lads want to be gangsters. Such rubbish.
i dont want to be mean but this shit is execrable. genuinely abominable shit. making me listen to this shit is inicuos behaviour. this that contemptible shit
Whenever somebody said "white people don't have a sense of rhythm," I always felt defensive. Now I'm not so sure.
Meh
Jesus christ.
No where near as good as the first album. This geezer needs excitement.
This was really... really... not worth listening to.
This album is a tough one to sit through. The spoken-word delivery might be seen as inventive by some, but to my ears, it just sounds flat and grating. The vocal style often feels more like a monotone diary entry than a musical performance. Even Dry Your Eyes, the big single that got radio play, comes off as painfully awkward and melodramatic. The album feels more like a rough experiment than something fully realized. It may have cultural relevance, but musically, it's just bad. Making an album like this on purpose should be held against them for life, and never allowed to record music again.
This is so seriously shit. The entire album relies on the story being told since the flow and production seem almost intentionally terrible...and the story could not be less interesting or even coherent
British ass (genuine), there’s absolutely no way this is a top 1001 album of all time
Didn't really enjoy this style of music. There were only two song I could get into.
A school project sounding album, my goodness I can’t believe I had to listen to this
Horrible.
Ridiculous bullshit of an album.
The first track was a "crock of shit" and I didn't want to listen to any more of it.
so british....i dont usually listen to music for lyrics, so the rap opera concept album is lost on me. i feel like twenty one pilots loves this.
Fav: Fit But You Know It Least Fav: Get Out Of My House Always liked Fit But You Know It, shame that the album is just kinda terrible with a lack of flow
This dude has no rhythm, he doesn't rap to the tempo of his music? Why tf is this on here? This is offensive to opera.
Yeah, this was not great. Unsure how it even got on this list.
absolutely not lol pitchfork put this higher on their year-end list than Madvillainy lmaooooooo
Should have been an audio book. Really not great for me.
Terrible.
and i was thinking i was being too generous with my ratings given the fact that i haven't had a 1 star rating yet amongst the 90 something albums... but hey here you go buddy you deserve this
Not really understanding why this is on the list
Not really for me, the music was a bit disjointed from the words which were mostly just spoken. Nothing wrong with the style at all, just not for me.
Irrelevant, banal lyrics under the guise of a "concept album" delivered with the rapping skill of a drunken chav trying to teach his bastard child to talk, and the charisma of a soggy biscuit.
I could’ve gone the rest of my life without listening to this album and I wouldn’t be missing out on anything. No idea why this is on the list, it’s shit.
I have no fucking idea what that was. It felt like an hour of snaredrums paired with a drunk karaoke impression of a Brit. Definitely not my cup of tea.
I’ve heard this praised as a concept album masterpiece. More like a rambling diary set to mediocre beats, with a delivery that teeters between spoken word and uninspired rap.
Nah. 1
Uhhh, is this a joke? With alllll the other albums out there this one made the list?
I did enjoy this some just for how laughable it was, but this may take the cake for the least musical album on the list, in terms of that it felt made by some random British guy. Not a random musician, just some guy.
DNF
Look. I get that grimes important or whatever in the UK. But I’m pretty sure Dizzie Rascal is already on the fucking list and he raps extremely British and helped invent grime but he’s actually good. Fucking bollocks innit?
Mary Poppins Rap
I didn't like this style of rapping. The songs themselves were boring and about boring people.
I didn't connect with this at all. I'm not sure if it's because I just didn't like it, or if it's because it's truly terrible
This album is fucking awful. Like it's laughably bad. I cried when this was generated because I knew it was fucking dogshit, and I laugh cried at how terrible the lyrics are and how STUPID the delivery is all over this album. Any decent beat is ruined by the vocals, and the decent beats are like 5 second loops with barely any change or addition at all. I hate this fucking album. I hate this fucking album. I hate this fucking album. I hate the stupid ass "oh the cash I needed was in the T.V. the whole time!" cop out shite ending this shit had "Dry Your Eyes" is aight tho
Their accents make everything funnier, can’t take it seriously. A lot of it is just talking. Too much repetition. I don’t like this album. Not much more to say haha.
ROIGHT! ISS A WEE BITT-A CHEWSDAY IDN'T IT? FINK OLL GO DOWNDATHA PUB N GRAB A POINT N SUM CHIPPS N WOLCH VA MATCH HEH? I'm not sure if the bars, lyricism, or production on this album are meant to be taken seriously. Maybe they're not, and I'm the idiot here. Either way, it's not fun or interesting. It's an unfortunate symptom of the Eminem era and a shitty record not worth anyone's time.
Very bad
I was so close to giving this a 1 AND calling it my least favourite album so far. Honestly, just listening to a chav be irritated about things, getting into arguments and fights, it is highly awful. Honestly I would rather have the "rare parrot" in the Stephen Fry clip shag me in the ear than listen to this again. I am only giving it 2 because the ending song makes it come full circle and at least gives a point to the journey, but what a shit journey that was. Edit: Actually, not many albums since have been as bad as this. It's a 1.
i could not. i would like to have missed this one. could i write poetry to this? n
Näää, tristaste sortens hiphop. Pinglade inte någonstans.
This is ridiculous lol
This sounds like it was recorded in some dudes basement and he put it together on garageband. I really couldn’t take it seriously, and I don’t think I NEEDED to hear this album and it kinda sucked.
This shit was so bad I could not get through it lmao. Also I accidentally hit “did not listen” for let it bleed so I want to say I meant to give that a 4/5, with my favorite song being “Gimme Shelter”
Nah this was actually atrocious
This was comically bad. It was so hard to listen to lmao. I just... I have no words
Nope! Next!
I hope I never have to hear this album again. (:
This album gave me a new perspective on how bad music can be. Nevertheless, the first track is so bad that the rest of the album doesn't feel quite so terrible. Still even just giving out one star feels too generous.
this may be one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. i genuinely can’t tell if it’s a parody or an earnest attempt at making music. if it’s a parody, then whatever he was mocking was rightfully lost to time, and he succeeded in turning it into songs so absurd they made me laugh out loud. if it’s serious, then this is another Robbie Williams situation—where the Brits somehow think this flavorless, beans-on-toast-esque music will appeal to a wider audience. between the monotone rambling, lifeless beats, and lyrics that sound like they were written on the back of a nandos napkin, i can confidently say that anyone who unironically enjoys this needs their head examined. a grand don’t come for free, but somehow, this garbage did
is this a joke
this is definitely the worst album i’ve heard in this project so far and quite possibly the worst album i’ve heard in my entire life. when i saw that it was described as a “rap opera concept album” i was like oh that’s interesting and unique! and foolishly trusted that its inclusion on this list meant that it at least had some baseline of musical standards and quality. i was wrong. if i wasn’t committed to listening to the full album for this project i would have turned it off halfway through the first song. the beats are terrible, ranging from pathetically thin to downright annoying to actively dissonant with the vocals, and this guy has the worst flow of rapper i’ve ever heard- there is absolutely no rhythm and it is so syllabic and repetitive that it is actively grating to listen to. and his singing is even worse! my guy, if you wanted to practice your shitty spoken word poetry over the worst beats ever recorded in human history go do that at a basement open mic night instead of terrorizing the general public with it. the guy doing the spoken verse on blur’s “parklife” is a better rapper than this!! finally, the album’s story itself has no direction or structure and just plods from one boring scenario to the next, and the conclusion of him finding the lost 1000 pounds on the back of his broken TV feels very much like a “and it was all a dream” cop-out. the whole idea of a rap opera concept album is interesting in theory but with this execution feels self-indulgent at best and delusionally pretentious and downright masturbatory at worst. if this is what british rap is like i think we just need to throw the whole island away and start over. i am truly baffled by the amount of 5 star ratings on the website because i have to assume that those people have never heard a good rap album or a good concept album in their lives- the only thing saving my sanity rn is the large percentage of people also giving 1 star ratings. i definitely didn’t need to hear this album before i died and actually i think my life is worse now that i have.
This must be the band that gave UK hip-hop its bad name. Ugh! Thank goodness that they've stepped up as of late.
What one earth is this, some british guy is yelling at me in the most british way possible, ignoring whatever music is going on behind him. Almost so bad that it's good, I was laughing a bit at how absurd it was but at the end of the day it was just so bad
Wow. Can’t fathom how something this bad got made.
The music is basic AF. The vocal flow is the worst Ive ever heard in professional rap. Only one track is redeemable, Fit But You Know It. Terrible album.
Fuck this album sucks. Even the Circle Jerks have more sense of rhythm and musicality than this guy. The beats sound amateur, everything sounds badly mixed and he's out of tune almost every time he's not "rapping" and attempts to sing. And when he's rapping he's annoyingly behind the beat. But it doesn't sound like he has a certain groove behind the beat. It just sounds like he can't keep the correct timing. How the hell is this shit part of the book????. The whole lack of musicality makes me not even want to care about the whole "rap opera" OR whatever the fuck he's talking about. I would give this album a negative ranking if I could. It doesn't even deserve 1 star. UPDATE: I gave this album a 2nd try while reading the lyrics... Nope. It still sucks. Couldn't make it past the 2nd "song". Sounds like the story of an asshole kid. Damn this sucks. I wish I haven't gotten this album.
If there was going to be a Hip-hop opera/concept record included on this list, why on Earth would anyone choose this over Deltron 3030? Ambitious record, but ultimately uninteresting. Production goes nowhere and I couldn't muster a fuck about the narrative. It's bad.
THIS IS SHITE
284/1001 La peor basura que me ha salido hasta ahora... The worst piece of junk I've gotten so far.... 🌘🌑🌑🌑🌑
I think you have to be british to fully enjoy this one.
It’s no wonder they lost the war. This was painful to get through.
Is this Lilly Allen's little brother making fun of her? If so, needs more cuss words. That would be more fit!😜🤣👍🏻 Almost felt like a bad Saturday night skit that the Dick in the Box guys did an entire album and were selling on the Ronco label! Lastly seemed like a cheesy movie where they have a rapper doing an album and it's like TV movie grade compared to a theatrical release. I was cracking up most of the time then got annoyed.
Possibly the most asinine addition to the list. Everyone associated with this mess should be embarrassed.
Didn't like it in any way.
Definitely not feeling this, not for me and I'm getting nothing from it. I actually can't stand the vocalist and the beats aren't enough to hold my attention
hyi hyi hyi ole hiljaa ole hiljaa ole vittu hiljaa turpa kiinni pliis pliis pliis pliis ole vittu hiljaa hiljaa hiljaa hiljaa ääääää lopeta lopeta lopeta lopeta lopeta lopeta britti paskiainen.. ei kuulu tämmösten avata suuta,, mene vittu pellolle kuokkimaan saatana. mahdotonta kuunnella tätä paskaa . miten vitussa britit päästää tämmöstä kuraa mitenkään kuuluisuuteen.. mikä vittu teissä on vikana? joo yksi tähti mitä vittua, tämä kuulostaa joltain vanhalta youtube räpiltä jota katotaan nykyään pelkästään myötähäpeällä. miten on mahdollista että tämä on professionaali produktio.. paskin albumi tähän mennessä gg ei vittu mikään
This blows hard.
Why would anyone listen to this on purpose? Aside from this project, of course. But then, I couldn’t slog all the way through the 50 minutes (50 minutes?!?!?) of this, so the question still stands. This had to have the worst flow of any rap I’ve ever heard, and that includes when I’ve heard grade school kids “rap.” I’m a 51 year old white guy from the suburbs and I can flow better than that. This is so bad that I don’t even want to meet someone who does like it. I wish any of that was hyperbole.
Holy shit this is bad. I’m not British so maybe that’s why I hate this. It sounds like an American trying to make fun of a British accent while rapping over extremely repetitive beats and melodies. Top 10 least favorite albums I’ve ever heard. Was a struggle to get through and thank god I’m done with it. I would give it 0/5 if I could, but I can't so a very very LOW 1 star.
Why do people keep asking ne to listen to this? No thanks
sounds like michael rosen rapping
Is this music?
If I ever hear someone pronounce the words "think" or "thing" as "fink" or "fing", I am physically unable to respect them in any way whatsoever ever again. They are forever a clown to me and I can't take them serious. I don't know how I made it almost all the way through this album. It's bad and I hate it
1.5 I both see why this is on the list and at the same time think it's absolute dogshite. I remember when this guy came out and was absolutely massive, even as a 13yr old it felt completely dumbed down, juvenile almost. Room temperature IQ stuff. Overegged cockney accent, to the point it honestly sounds fake, simplistic lyrics that sounds like he wrote the continuous stream of thoughts that came into his head, like an 11-year old trying to get over the word limit on a school report. The mind boggles how this guy sold millions, but conversely I think that's also why it needs to be on this list. A fascinating (but shite) inclusion. I normally round up but teenage me is telling me to vote this guy into oblivion.
i am not a rap or a hip hop hater. i respect game regardless of genre. but is this a joke? this album sounds like a mixtape that some kid in middle school recorded thinking he was the next big name in rap. the beats are really lame, dull, and flat. the rapping on here is dismal. i would love for someone to change my mind but every british rapper i have ever heard has dogshit flow and sounds like the american stereotype of a british person. 'oi i'm right chuffed' type beat. come the fuck on. he's sing rapping and can't even hold a tune. it sounds like when white youtubers did a rap song in the advent of youtube. once again, is this a joke? i can't believe this album was even considered to be held in the same esteem as 99% of the rap on this list. it's an insult to actual rappers. i think this is what rap sounds like to people who hate rap. god this is awful.
Dear god, what horrible noise. I couldn't finish the album. How is this guy an influential British rapper?
Awful. Less than one star.
Chaotic, Not really hearable.
I’ll review this album like The Streets would: Dis album is bad It made me quite….. Sad! It’s ova ….. and I’m ….. glad Do ya fink he Eva kneew ‘is dad?
1.5
Rubbish
Não gostei de nenhuma música
This is baaaaaad. Loops, while decent, are still loops, and these ones don't change or develop at all. So throw it all in the trash, imo. The rapping/singing is awful. Like, I've heard greater rappers in rural high school talent shows. The content feels like something a high schooler would rap about to seem like he's older, too. This is bad. The best parts of it were where I got to pause it because someone started talking to me at work. My favorite song was the one that just sucked the least. Favorite Song(s): Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
Julefreden varede ikke så længe, the streets ødelagde den. Jeg kan godt huske, at det her album var en relativt stor deal i 2004, men den er satme ældet som mælk. Repetitive beats og en af de mest anstrengende rapstemmer og flows, jeg har hørt. Iggy Azalea-level "den accent må være falsk"-vibes
It's just not good
Just terrible.
I would probably enjoy watching this movie but I hated listening to this album.
So bad it was almost good. I’m really not sure how this one made the list, but I guess this was the best that UK rap had to offer at the time. While this one was blatantly bad to me, I did enjoy listening to it because I had more than a few laughs along the way.
good kid, m.A.A.d city if it kind of sucked ass
Leave it out there. Insufferable.
I can't stand his flow, if that's even a flow. It sounds more like talking around a beat than rapping on it. The tracks come off a cheesy, obnoxious and sometime downright annoying. And most of the singing just grated on my nerves. There are a lot of stuff I don't like that I can see the appeal. I had a hard time with this one. Even the two songs I can almost get, "Fit but You Know It" and "Dry Your Eyes", there still enough that annoys me to truly appreciate them. The rest of the album, I don't get the appeal at all. (2.8) ★
I did enjoy the album, not my thing.
Was ist schlimmer als ein Zigarette, wenn man keinen Zigaretten verträgt? Ein Raum voller Raucher. So ist es mit einer Rap Oper - für jemanden der nicht sehr begeistert von diesem Genre ist.
Shit Sandwich
British people “rapping” 😒. https://youtu.be/8bsxppX7BZc?si=Qd9bVCprd9n0fQ3_
I'm so surprised that Fit but You Know It is listed as the favorite track by several reviewers here. The lyrics were such a massive turnoff. Like maybe our protagonist is not supposed to be the most likeable bloke, and yeah he does get the girl (for a while), but what a creepy incel. That aside, I found most of the hooks massively annoying, wasn't invested in the story whatsoever, and never thought the lines that get repeated as the refrain were really worth repeating. Dry Your Eyes was the one song I thought was alright.
I think grime is just not for me
I’ve probably only heard one song by The Streets before which was “Fit but You Know It”. I wasn’t sure what to expect overall. There are moments I enjoy in the delivery and musicality but I don’t think this is for me. The song I liked the most was the only I’d heard before- I won’t re listen to this album.
Oof, the front half of this one is not great. Jerky delivery, weak lyrics, generic beats. Later on, ‘Get out of my house’ is fun only because the female rapper is superior. This album peaks with ‘Fit But You Know It’, which is actually pretty solid, relative to the rest of the album. Huge drop off after that again. This album doesn’t belong on the 1001 list - I’m not even sure it’s one of the top 20 hip hop albums of 2004.
Pro: It certainly isn't bland or boring. Con: Everything else, really. I truly did want to appreciate this album and its "unique" approach to hiphop, but I just can't help but to be baffled by how poorly everything feels executed: the production, the melodies, the lyrics, the storytelling, the awkward mix between spoken word and the worst flow imaginable, etc. But hey, like I said, at least it didn't commit the cardinal sin of music, which is to be boring.
I like the beats. The rest is decidedly not for me.
Someone had to do it--a rap opera. That doesn't mean I'm going to listen to it.
No
Didn't even need to enter it into the search box on Spotify. Inexplicably popular with "ladz" that like to "banter" when it came out, and probably still very popular with those self same estate-agent, BMW driving, golf playing, "I could have been a professional footballer but I did my knee at age 15" fucknuts now. Extra kudos to the "Pam Ayres" reference a few reviews down. Cap. Doffed.
I don't like rap music!
Wack
Feels like a British version of Weird Al, but I can't get behind it. Benny Hill rapping? Actually he'd been fine.
This is, indeed a crock of shit.
Not a rap fan
uncool britannia
Tried several songs, but ended up skipping
No thanks. Was this a prank?
The concept of this album could have been really interesting in the right hands, but this is just bad. Small scale odyssey depicting the adventures of an idiot.
This was really bad. I wanted to like it at first, but then I really wanted to turn it off after the first song or two. Ultimately I decided that if I could get through Massive Attack that I could get through this. Wouldn't recommend.
I think I hate this. Maybe I don't understand the English idea of flow in hip-hop because this just doesn't sound right. Like every line is out of synch with the rhythm. The production sounds super amateurish. The layered vocal is off-putting as hell. I really can't find a single good thing to say about this. Honestly I feel like I deserve some kind of prize for making it all the way through because this is unlistenable.
I am not a fan of Rap. I knew within 30 seconds that "miserable British rap" would be even worse. I tried skipping tracks to see if it got any better, it didn't.
I was part of a group project in 5th grade where we had to make a song about an organ, so me and a few friends did a rap about the heart. This album reminded me a lot of that experience, and make no mistake, we were terrible. Their flow is very disjointed and poor, the beats are by and large forgettable, and even the production sounds like it was recorded from the microphone that comes with Rock Band for the PS2. At a certain point I was wondering if this was a Lonely Island-esque kind of album that is a parody of rap, but even if it is, it's not funny. I really grasped at straws to like anything about this record, and came up empty. 2/10
Het eerste nummer klinkt als een Brits jochie die vanaf een YouTube beat op telefoonspeaker voor z’n matties rapt en in 140p op youtube is gezet. Rest van het album is ook niet voor mij weggelegd.
what the fuckkkkkkkk is this Whoever decided this album belonged on the list of 1001 albums you should listen to before you die is DELUSIONAL.
Cool idea. Terrible execution. Could not get through this.
??????
Immediately no. 1/5
makes a really good case against british rap
Probably the worst one yet.
Is this a joke?
Ne, mag ich nicht.
pfff... wat was dat... nog nooit zo rap door alle nummers geskipt...
Lol wtf is this first song. It sounds like a song you'd fine on YouTube in 2008. The vocal mixing is awful. The beat goes pretty hard though. The rappers lack any flow or emotion. It's like if an Elmer's gluestick could rap. Maybe if the guy didn't bet so irresponsibly on the footy, we wouldn't be in this spot. These beats are also so repetitive. It's like they took one or two sets of 4 measures for each song and spliced them together. What Is He Thinking might have been the best song? Maybe Empty Cans?
A rap opera... interesting. I don't like this halfway through the first song. Not my jam. This is interesting that it's a whole ass story with it, but I still don't really fuck with it. At some points I'm feeling like a 1, but it's honestly kinda interesting to me even if I don't really like it. Just for the story telling aspect of the whole album it may deserve a 2 but a low 2 at that. Just finished and fuck that wanker he's getting a 1 for being a little bitch and having terrible flow. The cheesy chorus's just confirm my 1 I tried hard to give it a 2 and just can't.
Tipo un 'rap fraseado' inglés. Malardo, poco que rescatar.
This first song is awful I must say. The chorus... I don't think I'm very fond of 'the concept' of this one and I don't even know if I can appreciate the 'art' of it. Is it spoken word? Is it just bad flow? It's too young to be this lame.
Olkoonkin rap-opera, mutta mulle tää ei iske musiikillisesti. Ei kyl siis yhtään. Tää on jopa aika ärsyttävä. 1/5
British white rap. Terrible. His voice is grating, the beats are infantile. 1
Процитирую классика: "А когда тебя прихватит понос, знаешь, что знать гаже всего? Что все твои походы в туалет связаны – у тебя концептуальное даже дерьмо"
This should not have been on the list. That is all. Ugh. Awful.
dude this fucking sucks
The story arc was sort of an interesting idea, and I’m happy he found his money while learning a little bit about himself and his relationship. But he’s not a very good rapper and the beats were awful.
Comically bad album.
No I am not feeling this at all
Horrible. Could not listen to a full song. 1/5
i cannot take this accent seriously and i can't tell if the weird phrasing/flow is purposely bad or just regular bad. and all the lyrics suck!
yeah, not for me. the rhymes seem weird, like they've been written by a kid. half the time he seems to be running after the beat.
Crappy Londoner rap.