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The Escapist

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Customer Reviews

is this making fun of bear grills?

this song isnt even good but the music video is like, messed up

YO

This is the worst song ever

am i the only one who likes this video? =\

Though Skinner's new album isn't really what I thought it would be I'd say it's pretty decent. As for 'The Escapist' I LOVE the song, the video..eh not so much. But quite frankly I prefer the title track's video 'Everything Is Borrowed' solely because it has a concept.

Biography

Born: November 27, 1978 in Birmingham, England

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt to add a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step (and later grime) movement. Skinner, a Birmingham native who later ventured to the capital, was an outsider in the garage scene, though his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and, later, 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium. He spent time growing up in North London as well as Birmingham, and listened first...
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