Albums We Didn’t Write - A Grand Don’t Come for Free, The Streets

As part of this journey we occasionally do a deep dive into a great album and pick out 10 things which we think make it so memorable. With the hope, it might inspire our album.

The album we picked this time is A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets, described as a British Rap Opera, it is a truly unique piece of art.

In summary, the 10 we love things are:

1) It’s the ultimate concept album…

2) …but the songs work on their own merit

3) Wonderfully British

4) Humour

5) Brilliantly mundane

6) Vulnerability/honesty

7) Brilliant conveyance of internal monologue

8) Inventive storytelling formats

9) Versatile soundtrack

10) Blurring of genres 

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