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...hitting the Top 10s and making the right songs people want to hear." Behind the Brit Awards' new seriousness is the sense that the long-battered U.K. music scene may finally be ready to stand up again. After years of watching imports like the Strokes and the Hives redefine neopunk, Britain has a plausible response in the Libertines, who add a distinctive English twist. Mike Skinner - the white rapper who calls himself the Streets - is a young, original talent who could hold his own against Eminem, with less obscenity. But for many, the U.K. music industry can't be deemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brits Are Coming | 2/16/2003 | See Source »

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