In this case the subject matter is something like: interpersonal relationships in a culture of computer saturation. It is just okay. His lyrics, once his greatest strength, have become his Achilles Heel. Offering a jazzy guitar loop, with a touch of bassy synth and overlapped with Skinners distinct tone. But one painfully close to the truth. But with mainstream adulation and attention gathering storm, Skinner had effectively constructed his own gallows.
But they were done with such intelligence, charm and guile (and a certain Midas touch to make things work that really shouldn’t have), that it was difficult not to be enamoured by them. Computers and Blues (Hype Machine Exclusive) by The Streets published on 2011-01-27T20:39:45Z. The fifth and final album from The Streets … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
It’s a sadly underwhelming end to the album, in many ways a microcosm of his career. Hear the Streets' Computers and Blues – Album Stream The Streets fifth – and final, if reports are to be believed – album is here. ‘Outside Inside’ is the first track on the album and were instantly drawn to a ‘Streets … Firstly: Tom Waits has never released a bad album. Mike Skinner delivered on his promise to “Push things forward”. Therefore, his earlier brilliance has to be seen as a mirror for comparison. For every one, who when asked about The Streets, would generally say “yeah, I loved their first two records” this will just be another excuse to remain a … Skinner may have surgically skewered the early-nNoughties club generation with exquisite precision, but his attempts to find the touchstone of the social network era are cringingly unconvincing. His legacy is built on his first records and he hasn’t particularly changed his modus operandi since then.
Convenient, eh? Sat 5 Feb 2011 19.05 EST First published on Sat 5 Feb 2011 19.05 EST.
The Streets may be missed in hearts, but certainly not in minds. Admittedly, it’s hard to see what’s so different to what got everyone excited back in 2002. ‘Blip on A Screen’ describes the complexity and emotional turmoil of a first ultrasound and how it is simplified by only being “a hundred pixels on a scan.” In ‘Puzzled By People’ Skinner profoundly raps how “you can’t Google the solution to peoples’ feelings.” ‘Soldiers’ suggests that we may be overlapping elements of videogames into real life and ‘OMG’ evokes the pain and heartache, eventually defeated by an overwhelming sense of joy, of social networking courtship. To continue with the same blueprint of pills, thrills and heartaches, he would have been lambasted as a one-trick pony. ‘OMG’ sees him spending four minutes describing viewing a girl's Facebook page; with the sorrow of finding she’s in a relationship tempered by the revelation that… wait for it… she’s invited him into a relationship with her! SoundCloud. it is a fitting send off for the enigmatic emcee’s rollercoaster career.
And unfortunately, the person in the mirror is tired, bored and just wants his bed. After five hugely successful albums and a decade of phenomenal influence over the British urban grime scene, the time has come for Mike Skinner to give us his last hoorah. Similar to Original Pirate Material, it is a collection of mundane stories that are more interesting than they should be, due to how they are delivered. An easy metaphor but one that Skinner used to twist to his advantage. Computers and Blues is the fifth studio album by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under the music project The Streets. The whole project spins to a close on 'Lock the Locks' which is (yes, you guessed) about leaving somewhere that’s memorable to you for the final time. However, his fifth studio LP, Computers and Blues, his last to be recorded under the guise of the Streets, sees him return to his more popular "everyman" persona again on a concept album that perhaps captures the Zeitgeist just as much as his first two celebrated efforts. 45 minutes of 130 bpm style straight spittin." ‘Puzzled By People’ for example, a song about contrasting human behaviour and crosswords is full of intelligent, clever wordplay. After announcing the title of his final album, ‘Computers and Blues,’ in August 2008, Streets fans have anxiously been waiting to see how the Brummie rap star would bow out.