The Streets - Everything is Borrowed

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I like the two songs from this he's posted on his myspace. The last album has grown on me in the past few months.

He's got about seven songs on MySpace, none of them much cop really. It's sounding better than Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, but not by much. I hate happy-clappy choirs on pop songs.

this has leaked, not really interested though.

Think I heard this yesterday and it grabbed me .

Contrived - but pretty- 'strings'

I like the first album alright, love the second, haven't listened to the third more than once. And I'm looking forward to this a lot. Seems like 2008 has been a very weak year for hip-hop.

well you won't find any of that on here

I hate albumtitles that try to make a headstart at the press.

Is this the album with the Muse collab on it? Or is that the next Muse one? Really wanna hear that in a kinda nu-"Radio Song" way.

I like the first album alright, love the second, haven't listened to the third more than once. And I'm looking forward to this a lot. Seems like 2008 has been a very weak year for hip-hop.

― ilxor, Sunday, September 14, 2008 5:03 AM (5 hours ago)

worst post ever

Worst reply ever. Kiss my ass, lex.

Can't muster the slightest bit of enthusiasm for this.

i wasn't that excited for it but this thread has got me totally stoked!

Out of curiosity, what is it about this short, insubstantial thread that has you totally stoked?

the energy

how do u think this will compare to Nas' "Untitled"?

both will bring hip hop to a higher level this year.

That shouldn't be too difficult a task. There are maybe three hip-hop albums out this year that are passable, and nothing has blown me away. Compare this to 2007 and it's ridiculous. There was a lot of great hip-hop last year. In 2008... not so much.

fascinating. what rap albums have u heard this year?

how do u think this will compare to Nas' "Untitled"?

― Patrick Leahy, (D)-VT (deej), Sunday, 14 September 2008 20:44 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

I hear Skinner was originally gonna call this album "Limey" until the censors got to him.

I like the songs on his myspace page esp. "the escapist." None of them sound like the annoying tracks on the last album. However i kind of wish this was his "dark Berlin-influenced" (lou reed or minimal techno?)album that is supposed to be next.

Previews sound good to me, but I'm horribly biased when it comes to Mike Skinner, and thus will be buying this the second it becomes available in Canuckistan.

Mike Skinner is a cranky buttmeister but I love that cheeky monkey (remember cheeky monkey from Robin's House on BBC3?ROFL!!!)

fascinating. what rap albums have u heard this year?

I can think of about half a dozen that I expected to be way better than they actually are. But I won't name names here. Except for Lil Wayne, who is far too overrated and needs to be called out on it.

someone really needs to sit that guy down and tell him to stop being so highly rated.

this is kind of lovely.

someone really needs to sit that guy down and tell him to stop being so highly rated.

Perhaps. I do like the "Lollipop" single a ton, though.

That South Bank Show last night was pretty useless in trying to sell the new album.

Lots of Rough Guide to Prague camerawork, Petridish windbaggism, pointless gospel choirs and camera as medallion tracking shots, virtually nothing about what the album was like.

Is the cover taken somewhere in Iceland? Because that's got to be a plus.

Beattock turnoff on the A74 morelike

he had a good run there

The samples on iTunes make this sound pretty wretched.

I thought the last one was pretty wretched too, this at least as a song or two worth hearing again. Still, it is a shame to realize that it wasn't just a mis-step the last time around.

Some golden moments in here, but his patchiest album by far, and I even liked "The Hardest Way..." all the way through.

This might genuinely be the most indifferent thread ever for a former ILM favourite.

how do u think this will compare to Nas' "Untitled"?

― Patrick Leahy, (D)-VT (deej), Sunday, 14 September 2008 20:44 (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^this is a 10/10 post though

Skinner has said that the fifth record would be similar to Lou Reed's Berlin.

"The final Streets album (the fifth one) will be dark and futuristic. This could not be further from the album you're about to hear, but it's what is on my mind at the moment. I feel inspired by the synthesizer exhibition we just visited in Graz after the gig we just did."

"The final Streets album (the fifth one) will be dark and futuristic."

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images_music/cyberpunk_idol1.jpg

Is anyone prepared to offer a revised takeon this? FWIW I haven't heard it, but I found myself missing the first two records and wanting some more.

I really like The Escapist. That plucked string motif is so pretty.