A lot of mainstream UK rap artists produce a poor facsimile of US Rap - songs about guns and the amount of chunky gold jewellery they own.
But Mike Skinner from The Streets raps in a South London accent and uses a lot of English slang. And the landscape in his songs is recognisably English.
The first time I heard 'Has it come to this?' was in a record shop and I thought -"Is he taking the piss?" because it sounded so strange to hear someone rapping in an English accent.
