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The Streets Original Pirate Material

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Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.110) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"
Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.104) - Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's "10 Best Debuts"

Spin (1/03, p.71) - Ranked #17 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"

Q Magazine (12/02, p.68) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002"

Entertainment Weekly (12/20-27/02, p.126) - Ranked #1 on EW's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"

Rolling Stone (11/28/02, p.86) - "...Funky....[With] hilarious faux-cockney rhymes..."

Spin (11/02, p.128) - 8 out of 10 - "...Rarely short of poignant..."

Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.102-3) - "...[Skinner] takes U.K. garage to a new level, making for the year's most striking debut..." - Rating: A

CMJ (10/28/02, p.7) - "...It's not just that Skinner's ideas are innovative, but also the way that he so deftly brings the varying styles together, that makes his debut record so special..."