Sentence:  Skinner retired the Streets in 2011 after five albums that successfully <WSD>parlayed</WSD> UK garage to Oasis fans (and everyone else), earning much adulation, a No 1 – Dry Your Eyes, from 2004's A Grand Don't Come for Free – and the counterweight of occupational hazards. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To convert into something better.