"Has It Come to This?" is a song by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner under the music project

the Streets The Streets are an English music project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project has released six studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to M ...

. It was released in October 2001 as the lead single from their debut album ''

Original Pirate Material ''Original Pirate Material'' is the debut studio album by English hip hop project the Streets, released on 25 March 2002. Recorded mostly in a south London house rented at the time by principal member Mike Skinner, the album is musically influ ...

''. The song reached number 18 in the United Kingdom and was certified Silver by the

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in December 2019.

Critical reception

Upon release, it was reviewed by ''

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'' as "the most original, lyrical British rap in memory", charting "an evolutionary route for

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". The song spent a total of five weeks on the

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, peaking at #18. Leonie Cooper of ''

'' called the pirate radio call to arms of 'Lock down your aerial' "iconic". ''

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'' included the song in their list of "40 of the best UK garage tracks released from 1995 to 2005". In November 2016, UK duo

Gorgon City Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott. Their 2013 debut single "Real" peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also we ...

compiled a list of their top UK garage songs for ''

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'', with "Has It Come to This" at #15. In September 2019, ''NME'' included the song in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list. ''Gemtracks'' included the song in their list of the "top UK garage songs between 1995–2005".

Track listing

# "Has It Come to This?" (Original Mix) # "Has It Come to This?" (Zed Bias Vocal Mix) # "Has It Come to This?" (

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Mix) # "Streets Score"

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Has It Come To This? 2001 songs 2001 debut singles The Streets songs UK garage songs Locked On Records singles 679 Artists singles