The Village Voice, May 17th, 2006
The Streets
The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
Vice/Atlantic
Fame Becomes Him
Mike Skinner's celebrity ascension only makes him a better everyman
Mike Skinner may now have fame, cash, and his own vanity label, the Beats, but he hasn't gone so bigtime that he won't admit to doing a terrible job managing his newly gotten gains. On his third album as the Streets, he proudly admits that "running the Beats is just getting people's confidence and then taking their money," then describes snorting his tour support, spending 15 grand on a dud video, and visiting Savile Row for a "pink-striped ...
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