So why is The Streets’ Everything Is Borrowed on this best 1,000 albums ever thing?
This is an optimistic Streets album, with Mike Skinner using his fascinatingly unique British talk-y hip hop flow to turn in a more sun-shiny direction compared to the bitter edge of The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living and the young-dudes-on-the-British-pub-circuit hustle of the (insanely great) Original Pirate Material (#39 of best 1,000 albums ever).
Songs like “Heaven for the Weather” and “I Love You More (Than You Like Me)” were a little jarring for me at first, to be honest, for the reasons mentioned above (the latter one being an honest-to-god love song, even?). But once I let them wash over me I was really taken with Everything Is Borrowed’s vibe.
“The Way of the Dodo,” while intriguingly oddball, was more immediately familiar-sounding to me as a fan of The Streets. Most importantly, it’s really catchy and features some of Skinner’s best rap vocals on the album. I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out the deal with that truly strange sound effect or instrument that’s used throughout the song.
“The Sherry End” has a fun, weirdly funky vibe to it replete with a bouncing bass line and horn section.
Some stats & info about The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed
- What kind of musical stylings does this album represent? Electronic Music, Hip Hop, Rap, British Rap
- Rolling Stone’s greatest 500 albums ranking – not ranked!
- All Music’s rating – 4 out of 5 stars
- When was Everything Is Borrowed released? 2008
- My ranking, the one you’re reading right now – #840 out of 1,000
The Streets’ Everything Is Borrowed on Spotify
A lyrical snippet from The Streets’ Everything Is Borrowed that’s evocative of the album in some way, maybe
It’s not Earth that’s in trouble, it’s the people that live on it.
What does the “best 1,000 albums ever” mean and why are you doing this?
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