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It Was Supposed to Be so Easy.

2008 Isle of Wight College Final Major Project: Music by The Streets

Tracklist: 1. It Was Supposed To Be So Easy, 2. Could Well Be In, 3. Not Addicted, 4. Blinded By The Lights, 5. Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way, 6. Get Out Of My House, 7. Fit But You Know It, 8. Such A Twat, 9. What Is He Thinking?, 10. Dry Your Eyes.

A Grand Don't Come for Free is the second studio album from British garage and hip hop act The Streets. It was released on 17 May 2004 and is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It is a rap opera which follows the story of its protagonist's relationship with a girl named Simone, alongside the mysterious loss of £1,000 from his home (the eponymous "grand").

15 years on, A Grand Don't Come For Free is still one of a kind. The album was nominated for the Mercury, went platinum in the UK and boasted four back-to-back top 40 singles – something an English rapper hadn't achieved at that level up to that point in time. One can look at this as a major turning point in the history of Britain's relationship with hip-hop – which, up to that point, had mostly produced hits in the genre that were mocking of it (see Morris Minor & The Majors' regrettable Stutter Rap). On May 17, 2004, Mike Skinner released A Grand Don't Come for Free. While Original Pirate Material took in generalities of the everyday – or, as Skinner put it, a day in the life of a geezer – Grand was a record that was defined by conceptuality and storytelling.

Like Damien Rice’s honest and pretty O, A Grand Don’t Come for Free allows Skinner to live-and relive-the minutiae of a failed relationship. But this is a less monotonous, more open-minded record; Skinner is every bit as self-involved as Rice, but his ruminations go beyond speaking to broken hearts. Skinner’s mad rhymes are positively, excitingly anthropological; they study and illuminate the culture that surrounds the broken heart. But don’t think that Skinner carries on or bemoans the social underdevelopment of a Blair-forsaken environment. But anyone who’s been clamoring for Titus Andronicus to make a uniformly hard and fast punk album like this one hasn’t been paying attention to what the band is about. One of Titus Andronicus’s greatest strengths has always been the dichotomies in their music-those juxtapositions of the quiet and loud, the portentous and the irreverent.

The exact opposite of background music, A Grand Don’t Come for Free demands the same attention as a movie, and that’s why some people will hate it while others will find it uniquely riveting. this album is truly original and uniqe i give it 10 out of ten because i am totally in love with this album. 0 of 0 users found this helpful. 10. the whole album story is greatly depicted, very nice tracks and awesome beats, esp "blinded by the light" and "dry your eyes". 9. It took guts to make a concept album in the genre, great stuff. Americans don't get this record.

Uke tabs from A Grand Don't Come For Free. chr8 Blinded By The Lights. More albums from Streets. The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006). 1 tab. Artist : Streets Released date : 2004 Label : 679 Recordings UK. Ltd. Top A Grand Don't Come For Free songs. Blinded By The Lights.

A Grand Don't Come for Free Альбом. A Grand Don't Come for Free. Дата выпуска May 18, 2004.