The Streets - Has It Come to This? (Official Video)

[@cainmccoy804]

A young boy in Richmond, Virginia discovering this song via Limewire in 2003. STILL BANGS. The wormhole that got me to UK garage, 2 step, jungle, dub, grime, and UK Hip-Hop. Peace to Mike Skinner! Shouts BBC 1Xtra, (ChoiceFM RIP) and CapitalXtra.

[@ZoolulooZ]

Cain McCoy me too in richmond VA

[@stressedtechie518]

I'm from the UK and only 15. Never really understood CapitalXTRA/1Xtra/the music they play. Maybe now's the time

[@MrIcecolddd]

Big up to the USA mate, props for giving the UK scene a change 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@jacksteadman1423]

From Richmond Virginia to Richmond London

[@NoahAWeinbaum]

804 to the 757 to the 212. whats goood!

[@christophermacdonald7902]

The lyrics, the delivery, the piano, the bassline. Still untouchable 20 years on.

[@nickhards986]

Remember this as a 14 year old. Sat in Woolworths car park blasting it out on the radio in my old dears Golf GTi while she was shopping. Thought i was the boy!

[@laz001]

Nick Hards - not an SR Nova? Disappoint 😂

[@thatguy3718]

Didn't ya mother warn ya it's a sound system banger

[@lgilmore86]

😂😂😂👌

[@VillaBoys123]

Listening to this banger. You were the boy mate.

[@dab5141]

You were mate, you were.

[@rich45davis]

"turn the page, don't rip it out at your age, move to the next stage" cheers, Mike, needed to be reminded of this.

[@jackwalker291]

dickyD45 this👌🏼was waiting for this comment, what a lyric

[@mrmakesmellowdees3662]

lol read this comment at the exact time he spat it.

[@paulb2003]

Released 20 years ago today (March 25th 2002). Still sounding fresh. Original Pirate Material, yer listening to the streets, lock down your aerial...

[@natashaferran420]

“pull out your sack and sit back” makes me want to be a man lol

[@AeroWhyNot]

yep! absolutely tru

[@christophermacdonald7902]

‘Tony’s got a new motor, SR Nova!’

[@chrisbeeson660]

@@christophermacdonald7902 man like Tony 👊

[@barrysmith4674]

Remember us always turning stolen nova’s on there side when I was 21/22 they was worse than 3 wheelers 🤣

[@ak-9295]

The song that changed the uk game forever.

[@symbolitical4158]

@• AzzA • you're too young to know lol

[@Jie67]

@• AzzA •cause it was fucking Spice Girls before them thats how.

[@ProudFilthyCasual]

Lol Mike Skinner is well credited with putting Burmies on the map musically. They got documentaries and shit about it hahahaha. Stop being a revisionist.

[@KerazyJoe]

Gave me another level of love and understanding to the everyday geezer.

[@mark_midmark]

@@ProudFilthyCasual Do you have link to the doc? I'd love to watch it!

[@96flows73]

That piano might be one of the best melodies ever

[@musicwithguitars]

Men in their thirties don’t cry much but this is one of them tunes.... if only we could go back...

[@JD._.90]

Brings back memories that will haunt me forever I was 16 when this came out happy fun times on my ped and all the mates I had

[@24Roxyx]

I was 13 when this came out.

[@darrendelacy8162]

And men in their 40’s……..

[@Jendelight]

Just think all those who enjoyed this when it first came out will be gone and life will go on. Makes me feel nostalgic and realise that life goes by in the blink of an eye

[@dlegand4951]

@@Jendelight 9 months gone already

[@darrensmith13]

It’s quarantine and looking for the music that used to make me happy.. spot on

[@leannemcgrady9059]

Great choice 🙌

[@loto7197]

Cheer up soppy

[@sutzuki]

αυτο ακριβως !

[@kenyaholloway-reliford8213]

Glad to discover this song

[@jbl456]

Innit geez, back in the day when everything was cushty

[@chrispowell3199]

Love how music can put you right back in a moment from years gone. Grew up with The Streets and rediscovered them again 10 years ago. Used to drive to my ex girlfriend uni in Brum, park up with a few stellas and some bud and listen to the The Streets with her. Thought we were untouchable and our love would never end. Still listen to The Streets now. Timeless

[@subhell]

Feels like when Leicester won the league

[@Macka400]

I love this bro, music definitely has a way of fueling all kinds of memories and emotions. Brum geeza here too by the way 🤝🏻

[@chrispowell3199]

@@Macka400 Brum holds a special place in the heart. I have to admit, if someone said you’d end up living in Birmingham, I wouldn’t have been keen but love forced a move and it was excellent. The people are a special breed of top class geezer. Proper friendly. Peace bro 🤝

[@richwestman9694]

I, a 39 year old woman from south central Michigan remembering about playing a Streets track while getting ready to go to the club- and yes I remember Limewire 2003!

[@mennis316]

Mike skinner the genius way ahead of his time!! game changer that never got the props and respect he deserved

[@lexigurlx]

Original Pirate Material one of my favourite albums to this day absolute classic one of the CDs I treasure to this day

[@rooneye]

A Grand Don't Come For Free is still the BEST Streets album ever. I love the story it tells too. My favourite concept album of all time.

[@ShitStainedBallSack]

A grand don't come for free is absolutely fire also. A start to finish lyrical journey.

[@OllieGIBO]

bringing back all the memories of when life was simple and the next big night out was all i had to worry about...

[@AndrewL94]

What a perfect sentence...

[@Fensta]

The sound of 2002, the music and lyrics are like a time machine that takes me back to those moments

[@j_c2225]

2000-2004 was an era that could never be repeated. Garage and grime. The authenticity of British music back then is unmatched

[@top5tings]

MY TEEN YEARS

[@Rebelz173]

I miss this era

[@spenstrangward5126]

Im knocking on the door of my 50th soon but as soon as i listen to the streets it just transports me straight back 20 odd years.. mike is so underrated..

[@illiapenrosa5016]

not under rated, just didnt sell himself out, im banging on 54. and yep still timeless material xxx

[@aspectratio6580]

I love that this tune went world wide, a testament to how brilliantly minded uk musicians really are.

[@Skittenmeow]

Shout Out from Australia...though no Mike lived here for a lil while

[@natashacowan3511]

I'm still listening to this banger of a song, in 2023. Even with all of the new music, that is getting released, I still find my way back here. No song, is as good as this! I love the work of Mike Skinner. Listening from Australia. 🐨🇦🇺

[@Skittenmeow]

Yep. Just listened to Ren's new track clearly doing a shout out with "I'm a geezer on The Streets" bars. A appreciate Ren a little more since he's been linking Mike's new stuff.

[@sndrcve]

What was good about this track was that people could identify with the lyrics. It reflected exactly how many people were living at the time. It also sat well with films such as Human Traffic and Trainspotting (more so later tracks in the album).

[@gluteusmaximus42069]

everytime i hear this song im always reminded of trainspotting- i just finished watching it again. such an amazing movie

[@radosaw4616]

It’s amazing it still does or did till a couple of years ago 23 now only discovers this recently but it’s an accurate description of growing up in north London low key

[@Thomas-wu5nx]

Lyrical genius. My son has been in the music business he has several videos on KZbin but how do I tell him that the lyrical content doesn't come close, 20 years ago when this Classic was in my tape deck the words were on my lips and to this day at 48years old I remember every single one..yet I struggle to recall the words of my own child's track... His name is D2 and one of his tracks "Styles" is a good example... any advice.please.. Amanda Jane Wolstenholme... 4:04 4:04 4:04

[@DR.MF.DOOMSDAY]

Original Pirate Material is the soundtrack to a lot of our lives at that ripe age and in that time where we didn’t know what the fuck we were up to but up to no good Thank you, Mike for giving us these tracks that unlock them memories Original Pirate Material, yer listening to The Streets Lock down your aeeeerial Always banging

[@JeremyHawkerGuitarStudio1]

I love it how the full english breakfest is a common theme amongst the Streets' videos

[@symbolitical4158]

I'm a kid, well 20 and whilst for many of you the streets is about nostalgia of old times for me their tunes, especially this one, is a little different. For me when I'm going out down the high street with my headphones on or something like that, this song is like the perfect "feel" for it. To me the streets is just London grey moody weather, everyone doing their thing but kinda being somewhere in between annoyed and chilled out vibes, all summed up musically. In other words, the music is literally the sound of the streets no pun intended.

[@TzadikTheManic]

Agree, that’s the feeling 100%. I have the nostalgia yes but the experience is exactly as you said. -Cheers

[@imitchell6663]

Kisstory still play this on a Friday and Saturday night pre-rave time, such a banger to get ready n go out to 🔥👊

[@glat15]

I got it in the morning at 7am on the way to school

[@jamesmackmurdie4683]

These old school garage tunes never fail to make me smile

[@marcusagain]

What are some other good old school garage songs ?

[@d.g7310]

@@marcusagainSweet like chocolate

[@TheDobleQ]

It seems like Mike has always been into the "dual timeline" concept. I appreciate that.

[@lavalampsucculent2996]

Was just thinking this w/ empty cans

[@darkangelluv1776]

First time I listened to this tune it stuck with me for years, ever since I was young I got bullied and I was so scared of being disliked, all I wanted was someone to say something nice to me but my parents were so busy at the time, I was alone.And so I stuck to standards set by people so much that I wasn’t myself anymore. by the start of my teenage years, I completely broke to pieces, no one knew exactly who I was. And after failed a possible attempt, I lost empathy for everyone. I’m a bit older now, I’m still listening to The Streets, this song has been with me since recovery. Thank you Mike Skinner so much.

[@rachLXXVII]

Hey, hope you’re doing ok now 🙂

[@Jonnergoulding303]

Ye dude, hope all is good ❤

[@SaltyMoFo84]

As a dutchie working with uk peeps in the Netherlands you get to know them and there was the love for drum and base and the streets... Blinded by the lights😉💯🔥

[@greggieo]

This album has so many classics. It's unbelievable

[@thunderinaspic]

For every other person who first heard this as a teenager living in a blue collar suburb in 2002 - you know the feeling. Spread love, not hate.

[@GaryGeezer-l2s]

No you did not hear it like that that is a lie I am sick of all these lies

[@bluedeano]

I will forever love this song... a never forgotten classic...

[@jazznolan]

An utterly genius No one ever summed up real life in song More poet than any.poet laureate EVER NUFF SAID

[@P1xi3_7]

Back here from the early 2000’s when I was lucky enough to live in the UK

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Where do you live now?

[@DnBReece1]

I have to come back to this now and then it just doesn’t age. This track was way ahead of its time!

[@galahaaad]

I've heard this song for first time a few months ago on BBC Radio1 and my thought was like: wow, this is some new style of rap, what a banger! Never knew it's already 20 years old 😄

[@N444BYL]

2002 was a great time for music especially for UKG, timeless genre of music.

[@andrewstotty1146]

An old skool classic banger!! One great song of an era

[@alexharrison7921]

The best articulation of a culture or point in time I’ve ever heard. Just a sublime work of art.

[@nlawrie]

An absolute classic.

[@not2longnow]

The streets - has it come to this. Never has the title of a song been so relevant...🇬🇧

[@markopetrovic8128]

The older this song is i love it more is such a bagner and it makes me feel like im in childhood home love from Serbia ❤.

[@waynepwaggett9904]

This is timeless. The hole album. Banging

[@GeorgiePrice-v1g]

Having a spliff and listening to this absolute banger ❤

[@nansnortedmyket]

It is the early 2000’s, you managed to get out of school, you are watching Arthur on conc and you hear this banger coming from one of the neighbours and spend the next 20 years looking for it

[@TzadikTheManic]

What a debut this was - been listening to the whole album a lot lately, it’s still helping me cope and firing up the neurons 🖤🖤

[@randomnumbers710]

👍👍

[@harleyharris7346]

March 2022. Was at uni washing my hands and this came into and has been in my head all day since....Now here I am. Where are they? No other act like them from then till now 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Timekeeper1200]

Mike Skinner made this in his bedroom. Pure talent

[@tenebrissubterra4596]

Blankets for audio treatment.

[@hevvy2112]

This song works therapeutic to me. Truly a song to zone out with.

[@AmericanMuscleUK]

Remember my brother playing this to me for the first time in his rover. Went into my local record shop the following morning and bought the single, took it round to all my mates houses that day, Simple times.

[@jakejahnke9659]

20 years later and its still just as good, thank you Mike for the gems!!!

[@darrellharwell6207]

As a Yank who lived in the UK for nearly 11 years while this song was out, the song definitely brings back some good memories. The best thing I can say about this video is I want to eat that fcuking English Breakfast!!! LOL :-D

[@Asif19871]

Cappy Love real talk bro... I have one 3 times a week ;p minus black pudding. Gimme a shout next time lmao

[@comrade1151]

Respect bruv

[@epfizerdoolittleajl2165]

U poor thing u had to go back to America its full of Americans so sad. They'll never get it like u do

[@carlkeig5640]

Mad respect to you bro 👊 from a UK dude✌🏻

[@ryan4640]

haha!

[@C_J__]

This album might as well have been glued into my car minidisc player in my early twenties. Everyone loved it. Me and my mates were living the lyrics and rolling over Novas on roundabouts in Slough. Mike is a genius wordsmith. Thanks for the good times my man.

[@244forever]

How am I now 40.... Remember this foot down in the Nova SR, pack of 10 Benson...where's it all gone...where are the old crew

[@richarddavis9966]

We're still about but it doesnt sound the same in mondeos and insignias 😕

[@safyanali6976]

Richard Davis tell me about it brv 😔

[@richarddavis9966]

@@safyanali6976 horrible when your kids say devlins shit and they dont know the words to a bit of mc vapour 🙈 who are these people ive created? 😂

[@safyanali6976]

Richard Davis 10 pack of silver benson on a sunny day and that’s correct kids these days listen to the rubbish auto tuned crap that’s out these days

[@kdotroy1]

£1.17 special marked 10 decks B&H silver days long gone 😭

[@joshinya66]

Music written for life never did notice its timelessness , yet held in memory with nostalgias cooperation by wall clocks and calendars .

[@nw-shinobi6207]

The streets deserve way more love then there getting

[@SkinnyEMedia]

MTV Dance in the mornings, they used to play this a lot and makes me nostalgic for the days of UKG and earlier UK hip-hop of the 2000s.

[@richardmcnally3148]

What a beat gives me goosebumps

[@sims9933]

Love this tune still.. brings back memories of uni and living the London life... There was nothing fresher then this tune.❤😊

[@chrisbettell5713]

Here for the 22nd year anniversary. Big tune

[@mrcas187]

Old memories in north west London driving in ringers Banging this. Where did joy riding go. Those were the days.

[@tdsliquid5538]

Found The Streets "browsing" for music back in the Napster days. It was 5th grade when I accidentally found Irony of it All. Consequently discovered Original Pirate Material, I was 12 then in Buffalo NY. Still blasting Skinner 15 years later on my way to a Buffalo Bill's game. His music makes up some of my favorite bangers of all time. Always wondered what kind of impact The Streets had in the UK because virtually no one knows them in my area

[@Hardspace1979]

Potyok BJJ i am from Birmingham man.. the true origin of the music as skinner is from here. Very real representation of what life was like here during that time. If you want some current shit to bang look up T8PES

[@tdsliquid5538]

@@Hardspace1979 on it, cheers m8

[@Hardspace1979]

Potyok BJJ no worries pal... “blinded by the lights” is one of my favorite streets tracks man. “Weak become heroes” is a track as well!

[@FISHGOMOO4321]

Skinner is one of the most well respected musicians in the UK. You play a streets track and everyone is hyped

[@DJKharvellian1998MUFC]

This track hasn’t aged a day! You’re listening to The Streets…

[@psksatellite3]

But don't forget the rizzler🗣️

[@capothefool]

I'm 20, I'm from italy, never heard this song before, but this gets me very nostalgic..

[@otramas6933]

Same vibe man. Its so good it goes beyond context

[@Chasworth]

Bonjourno

[@lewisj7118]

First heard this song about 3 and a half years ago at my best friends house his dad used to blaze it through the speakers. Brings back great memories I miss my friend we are sadly out of contact now

[@fidodido8733]

Get back in contact bro. Life is too short.

[@lewisj7118]

@@fidodido8733 fr bro , everyone just sort of moved on once we got older lol

[@JOHNDOE2K13]

A British banger that will never get to old to listen to some real fire to your ears 🔥🔥🔥🎯💯

[@sneakerjobs-n1b]

Absolute banger this Mike. Remember first hearing it on the Chris Moyles Breakfast show before school 2002?? Just summed up everything going on at the time. Bought the album a few days later.

[@caseyfitch2330]

2002 vibes starter pack - this record, the Nike 'cage football' world cup ad, England home shirt with the red stripe down the front, little kids with mohawks, Phoenix Nights on channel 4

[@quicknickdriver8510]

22 years ago wow Mike, the time of our lives flies

[@YunLilo]

Now that's one crazy flow

[@lllpoytff]

"These are, our ways ya, and this is a day in the life of a geezer" 🔥 🔥 classic bars

[@leannemcgrady9059]

They can take our freedom but never take away our memories 🙌

[@ikura87]

The best British rap and hip-hop jam!

[@AlexBowesVideos]

Mike was so beyond his time. Phrases you hear loads these days were first used by him. His album paved so many genres, even paved the way for D&B in dont mug yourself and that’s why his strange mix was so loved

[@tenebrissubterra4596]

DnB was before garage, DnB can be tracked back to 95.

[@user-bp1gx3qt3o]

yeah dnb existed about 10 year before dont mug yourself, dunno what you’re on about tbh

[@williamnunn8847]

Moving shadow was about dated to 1992？Something like this

[@arp_909]

Lol @ paved the way for DnB. More the other way around to be honest. Hardcore and then jungle / dnb is responsible for a lot when it comes to UK music

[@chad8813]

Old school UK garage will always be on another level in its own zone

[@henryjames9884]

Ah the first song that got me into this fucking amazing band. And now a few years and 2 concerts later, 1000 hours of listening later and I still love this song like mad. Can't wait for the new album

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

I think every Streets video has silent footage of Mike looking hung over in a cafe, talking to his friend and eating a full English. That just seems like the essence of a Streets music video.

[@ezgeezer]

In 2001 this Changed the UK game After years of US hip hop seeing this video blew my mind he was taking about shit we did using slang we said and looked like one of my mates 😂😂😂

[@db7610]

Yeah specially the vauxhall nova reference lol, i had a punto, but the light blue nova was always about and was always some guy with flat tyres and an audio system more expensive than the car

[@heykay5610]

Listened to this from waaay way back when someone left it on my first laptop. Still great.

[@FAUSTOGUILLERMO]

OMGIT BEEN LIKE 20 YERAS SINCE I HAVE NBOT HEARD THE STREETS .... SINCE 2003 AT JUST AMAZING MUSIC ... LOVE IT ... I AM FROM EL SALVADOR BUT WAS LIVING IN MANCHESTER AT THAT TIME AND ALWAYS HEARD YOU ---- GREAT MUSICCCC SOOOOO GOOOOOODDDDDD

[@LONKALUKSV]

Can still sing along with ever bar of this tune!

[@awilly1987]

Still got the pirate recording of this on burned cd 20+ years later

[@rashaone8461]

Just saw the streets in Perth live at Metro. 2024 . Jaw dropping set Boi. Skinner is the goat

[@myhamismad]

2002 was a dark time in American music. The end of the 90s had the heights of boy bands and hip hop was hitting the "jiggy era" but god bless the UK that I was able to find garage and grime. The Streets, Dizzy Rascal, Wiley and Kano kept me going

[@arp_909]

👌

[@DeanRogers-ww7yd]

Story of my life in a song !!superb!!

[@tshephard2793]

THIS SONG .....Reminds me of great times !

[@catviolentred3129]

reminds me of when I lived in my 5th floor flat, planes so low goin past above, hustle an bustle of life. Wicked

[@getthoseskills4451]

What an artist. Huge shout from the US. Britain really does produce some talent. Loving The Streets and also other UK electronica based acts like Faithless, Burial, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Unkle, Autectre, Massive Attack, Orbital, Leftfield, Stereo Mcs, The Streets, Goldie, The Bug, Allflaws

[@wi11-m]

If you like this you might like the prodigy

[@moneymoney-ve4jh]

Orbital are fucking amazing

[@Bouncer_RF06]

Sneaker pimps?

[@Skittenmeow]

If you like to you may like Ren

[@mikeba5937]

I love this video showing 2 realitiez You want to watch both and cant. Mike skinner captures this era and this moment perfectly

[@itsme3k]

One of my favorite songs by him. 🔥🔥🔥

[@katejean7899]

2024....Pirate Radio still supreme ❤❤❤

[@elliotthyppolite]

This track.. 15 years later and this track is still...

[@nevinriches]

Not had a million views yet... pisstake! One of the greatest tracks of our generation! Game changer!

[@TheRhinog24]

What a tune. I miss these days. Genuinely talented artists, willing to go outside of the box and try new things. Look at the shite we have today.

[@SpliffMan5000]

I wear my original pirate material hoodie like 3x a week and every once in a while I’ll get some random dude that’s familiar and we bond over it for a second. Your favorite rappers, rapper

[@GregFlying]

Oh lord the melody 🖤☺️

[@loolfactorie]

Love the video, reminds me of being a kid and sat in the pubs with family before they all started closing after the recession or turning into "bistro-pubs". Here because I had a dream last night where I was watching TV, and some plasticine middle-aged man reminiscing on his life says thet lines following from 0:33 in a yorkshire accent.

[@joebuck2256]

Every grime artist should thank Mike Skinner for paving the way for their careers

[@davidfortune6739]

@Alexander Harris no they all need to thank the man at the beginning of time banging a stick on a rock, they plagiarized him

[@jcaesarjr5637]

@@davidfortune6739 LOL

[@francescoverdinelli5741]

Listening it back almost 20 yrs later during lockdown made a lot of sense to me. I felt pushed to source for a knock off Burberry Cap to match that back-in-the-day look :D

[@thesecondYouTube]

'Has it come to this'? ' It was terrible when all the pirate radio stations started playing only grime and not the sweet uk garage in late 2001. This song and album kept my sanity.

[@genuineperson3540]

Very cleverly done.

[@neil_9000]

Need to dig this album out of the box I haven't unpacked yet.

[@BARLEYSWORLDMANCHESTER]

All day long, nice 1 Mike 👍🏾😀