Michael Geoffrey "Mike" Skinner (born 27 November 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a British rapper, musician and record producer from Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2004-2005 A Grand Don't Come for Free
In May 2004, he released a new single, "Fit But You Know It" which became his highest debuting and highest selling single to that point, reaching number four in the UK.
"Fit But You Know It" is from his second album, A Grand Don't Come for Free which is a concept album about a short period in the protagonist's life. The events depicted include losing a thousand pounds, the start of a new relationship, going on holiday, breaking up, and eventually finding the grand again. The MC's remix of "Fit But You Know It" features formerly underground MCs such as Kano, Tinchy Stryder, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Devilman.
The album debuted at number two in the UK album charts, but later reached the number one position. Soon after the album was released, his success grew even larger in July 2004, with the second single "Dry Your Eyes" debuting at the top of the chart in the UK. The success of this album and its singles led to a re-kindling of interest in the first album Original Pirate Material, which re-entered the UK album charts and beat its original chart peak of two years earlier. "Blinded By the Lights", the third single from A Grand Don't Come for Free, hit the Top 10 in September 2004, and a fourth and final single, "Could Well Be In", was released in late 2004.
track listing
1 It Was Supposed to Be So Easy 3:56
2 Could Well Be In 4:24
3 Not Addicted 3:40
4 Blinded by the Lights 4:45
5 Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way 4:36
6 Get Out of My House (feat. MC C-Mone) 3:52
7 Fit But You Know It 4:14
8 Such a Twat 3:48
9 What Is He Thinking? 4:41
10 Dry Your Eyes 4:31
11 Empty Cans 8:15
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Album : A Grand Don't Come For Free
Track name : It Was Supposed To Be So Easy
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Streets, The
Accompaniment : The Streets
Composer : Mike Skinner
Publisher : 679
Genre : Electronica
Recorded date : 2004
Audio
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Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 3mn 55s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 8.99 MiB (100%)
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