Council Estate of Mind is the debut studio album by English rapper Skinnyman, released on 9 August 2004 by Low Life Records.

The album makes use of samples from Made in Britain, a British film from the early 1980s.

[5] Skinnyman self-recorded the album, taking it to Low Life Records for a formal release.

Label owner Joseph Christie, also known as Braintax, shut down the label a few years after the release of Council Estate of Mind, disappearing without compensating Skinnyman with album royalties.

[6] Council Estate of Mind is regarded as a British hip hop classic, noted as an "illustrative depiction of life in Britain for young, working-class people.