Skinnyman – Wikipedia

British rapper (born 1974)

Musical artist

Skinnyman (born Alexander Graham Holland, 9 November 1974) is a British rapper who was born in Chapeltown Leeds, Yorkshire and moved to Finsbury Park, London at a young age. He grew up on the Six Acres Estate next to Andover Estate. Among his friends was fellow Leeds-born, London-raised Cornwall DJ Pat Mckay.

He formed the Mud Family with Mongo and Chester P, a group which released a number of EPs. These included such records as “Itchy Town” and “Lash Suttin”, a reworking of Redman’s “Smash Something”. Later Mr. Ti2bs, Uncle Festa and more joined the group. Skinnyman released a solo album, Council Estate of Mind in 2004.

He appeared in the first episode of Tower Block Dreams, a 2004 documentary series on BBC Three which looked into the underground music scene in council estates.^[1] He also played a small part in the 2005 interactive TV series Dubplate Drama.^[2]

2004: Council Estate of Mind[edit]

Council Estate of Mind was released on Low Life Records in 2004, shortly before Skinnyman was again incarcerated. It spent two weeks in the official album chart, with a peak position of number 65.^[3] Skinnyman claimed in a 2019 interview with The Face to have “never been paid a penny to this day from Council Estate of Mind.”^[4]

Notably many samples on the album are taken from the 1982 television play Made in Britain.^[5]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Singles and EPs[edit]

• Fuck the Hook EP (2003, Low Life)
• “No Big Ting / Council Estate of Mind” (2004, Low Life)
• “I’ll Be Surprised / Never Gonna Happen” (2004, Low Life)
• “Creatures of the Night / My Life in Rhymes” (2004, PM Muzik)
• Skinnyman & DJ Flip – “Forever Rangers / Not Bonnie & Clyde (Instrumentals)” (2005, Netgroove)
• Ruben da Silva feat. Skinnyman & Manasseh – “Sensi Skank” (2011, RR008)
• Music Speaks Louder Than Words EP (TBC, Mud Fam Music)

Guest appearances[edit]

• The London Convention – The London Allstars (single), 1997
• New Mic Order – Task Force, 1999
• putt the word out – mystro & jargon, 1999 deal real records
• U.S.S.R. Life from the Other Side – DJ Vadim, 1999
• The Unknown – Mark B & Blade, 2000
• Twilight Of The Gods – Skitz (single), 2000
• Word Lab – Various Artists, 2000
• Big Tings We Inna – Rodney P (single), 2001
• Biro Funk – Braintax, 2001
• Countryman – Skitz, 2001
• The Legacy: Episode 1 – Various Artists, 2001
• Bang Y2K – DJ Vadim (single), 2002
• U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening – DJ Vadim, 2002
• Straight Outta Botley- WESTWOOD VOLUME 2, 2002
• Asylum Speakers – Foreign Beggars, 2003
• Civilians – Dark Circles, 2003
• The World According to RZA – Various Artists, 2003
• Basementality EP (Part 1) – Underground Alliance, 2004
• Elementz Universe Vol. 1 – The Elementz (single), 2004
• Have Patience – Karl Hinds, 2004
• Lets Av It – Karl Hinds Feat. Skinnyman 2004
• When I Give My Heart To You – DJ Mentat (single), 2004
• Bar Fight – First Rate (single), 2005
• Fame And Money – The Booty Bouncers (single), 2005
• Skitz Homegrown Vol. 2 – Various Artists, 2005
• Tip of Da Mysberg Volume 1 – Mystro, 2005
• Up Your Speed (remix) – Sway, 2005
• The Whole Nine – Sway, Life & SkinnyMan 2006
• U Must Learn – Skinnyman, KRS-One, Paradise 2006
• Change Your Heart – Nemesis & Arrogance Real Records, 2006
• One Less Gun – Delta, The Lostralian LP 2006
• Another Day – Angela Lawriw, 2006
• Shakespeare (remix) Akala
• The Boy Who Cried Botley – Dap C Feat. Skinnyman & S.Kalibre NGU Records, 2006
• Down – Lunar C feat. Skinnyman, 2017
• Thriller – Fliptrix Feat. Skinnyman (Prod. Joe Corfield) High Focus Records, 2019
• Jack – RATS feat. Skinnyman, When I Say Run Records, 2019
• All In Together – Ricky Lix Feat. Cappadonna, Skinnyman & Harry Ixer (2021)
• TrueMendous – Yourself or The World? Feat. Skinnyman (Prod. Illinformed) High Focus Records, 2022

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