The Streets, “Everything is Borrowed” and techno chavs with lyrics
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When The Streets first came out i really got into it. though i was listenin to nearly nuthin but straight us-rap stuff and couldt imagine ever to think that english-english could sound good. thing is, dude sounded hella good, even though hes on a trip of his own and being english as luke warm beer with strange aromatics and free newspapers. the streets was not only step one on my way to recognizin that england is a dope place its also music, that might be a remote relative to the stuff i do today.
the only time i questioned likin Skinners music was when i heard stuents at university talkin bout how this genius was doin all his music alone and at home and with nuthin but a laptop. ended up decidin that it wasnt mikes fault to be liked by the intellectual elite. dude is proll (just learned they call a proll chav in england. aha).
other thing is, i’m thinkin about if there is an audience for my aggressive, lyrics-loaded, personal hardcore tracks or if the chav (yea, i just learned that) club tracks with lesser lyrics are the only stuff to reach people with. mike skinner might be an example (like grime or even lützenkirchens “3 tage wach”) that techrap doesnt have to be reduced to two lines of lyrics to be workin. whatever, we gon do what we feel like doin and see where it takes us, right?
- September 3, 2008, 2:24 pm
- More: listen, schakkerhart, the streets, whatch







