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THE STREETS

EVERYTHING IS BORROWED

By JAN ROSENFELD

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THE STREETS | EVERYTHING IS BORROWED

GENRE | TALK-SING-RAP

VERDICT | BROKEN-DOWN CAR

RELEASE | 10.7.08

LABEL | VICE RECORDS

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Mike Skinner is reaching. Feel-good eponymous anthem "Everything is Borrowed" has a nice bounce to it, and the concept is pleasant enough, but Skinner has a sort of car-commercial flow that I just can't get behind. Too much wit, not enough grit. The music production is where the album really shines, each song more surprising than the last. If The Streets would stick to arranging tracks for more dexterous rappers, I bet The Neptunes or whatever would be out of a job.


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My Top 10 of 2008

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Every loopy music scribe this side of the sun makes a year-end list to ensure their consistent, low-paying listening didn't go to a complete waste. Here's mine, with some off-the-cuff comments to sound all snarky-like and videos to boot. These are in no particular order, fwiw:

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