Who is the guy that The Streets have beef with?

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There's apparently this guy who claims that Mike Skinner has stolen all his music, that The Streets was all his idea etc. Skinner even put these claims up on his own website at a point. The guy is supposed to be a musician, too, releasing stuff. Anyone know who he is and if he is any good?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

or, HAS beef with, rather. Congruence is the enemy.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:45 (twenty-two years ago)

damon albarn

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

(note: may not be true)

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

wisecracks expected - any real offerings?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)

They were two rappers, I believe, named SK [Shaun Kelly] and Uniq.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Back in 2001, Mike put a huge open letter to the guy up on his site - was great, wish I'd kept it.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:51 (twenty-two years ago)

really? where did you read/hear that?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Rifling through some old CDs recently, I came across the great single 'UB40' by J-Pac, and realised how ahead of their time these two proto-Skinners were (it was 1995 I think?). Anyone else recall them or know what became of them?

― Mog, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:57 (twenty-two years ago)

that open letter is back on the Streets site

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

as the Biography

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha I was just thinking about J-Pac at the weekend! "Rock'n'Roll" was a brilliant slice of dole-obsessed yob-hop: "'Ave you worked in the last two weeks, saahn?" - reckon they're driving cabs now, but.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

lord... J-Pac.
there's still their stencilled graffiti on a wall on Euston Rd.

give me J-Pac (or even the Goldie Lookin Chain for christ's sake) over the Streets any ol' day of the week.

― bellyup, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

it was crispy, who was in something called mouth almighty.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and i have heard him, and he is absolute pap.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

great! sure of that? know anywhere to read abt it?

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

He's still too scared to record a response to the Pitman diss, I note.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Pitman diss?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 30 April 2004 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)

According to this it might be Pepys or Dostoyevsky.

― Momus (Momus), Friday, 30 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

There's something about it on Skinner's actual website!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 April 2004 08:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Why dignify Pitman's fucking shite career with a response

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)

it is moyles. if you feel streets love email him at [email protected] with abuse.

― myke boomnoise (myke boomnoise), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

That John Sutherland piece in the Grauniad is great. Makes what Petridish said last Friday look even more absurd.

― Jesus H. Clapton, Friday, 30 April 2004 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

juelz santana

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

JS's Billie Gentry point is particularly strong.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Although he completely misses out on the poignancy of the duality of the Empty Cans 1/Empty Cans 2 ending(s) and that last paragraph was more typically Grauniad-esque patronising. Nonetheless, not a bad effort.

― Jesus H. Clapton, Friday, 30 April 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm delighted to see this record getting the buzz it deserves.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I enjoyed that article, although I worried about the 'other storytellers' bit at the end. "The Specials" is cited as storytelling because it's a "grim snapshot", but that seems to me to be precisely the kind of narrative at which pop music has often been great: the non-linear how-it-feels-in-my-world thing.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes well Petridish wrote that bit innit? ;-)

btw, I interviewed Mike Skinner for U***t and he told me that the major storytelling influences on the album had been Kenny Rogers and Johnny Cash - he's been listening to a lot of C&W recently.

― Jesus H. Clapton, Friday, 30 April 2004 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Momusian ruminations on Streets, birds, and narrative.

― Momus (Momus), Friday, 30 April 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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