Weboctober 13, 2023 6:00 am (updated 6:02 am) mike skinner put the streets out to pasture in 2011, feeling he’d taken the nattering rapper formula as far as it could go.

It reflected the lives of young working class people at the time with wit.

Webhaving taken almost a decade to complete, it’s clear that the streets’ sixth album, the darker the shadow the brighter the light, was both a passion project.

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The duo bonded over a shared love of all things uk, from road rap to grime to dubstep.

The project was founded in the early 90s, while skinner was still a teenager;.

Webthe way that the streets fitted that moment in british society ­propelled skinner to fame.

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