“Fit At 20: The Streets’ A Grand Don’t Come For Free Revisited” – Fergal Kinney (Quietus)

“None of this is to fault Skinner, who consistently namechecked his roots whilst booking artists like Kano, Donae’o and Tinchy Stryder for features and remixes instead of the big white house names his label preferred. (Skinner has also remained heavily involved in the production, management and release of non-white British hip hop artists throughout his career.) But what it does underline is that who did and who did not get to go overground during the early 00s was sharply political”

https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/the-streets-a-grand-dont-come-for-free-review/