Oskar Linnros
Encyclopedia
Hans Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros (born August 15, 1983 in Sundbyberg, Sweden
) is a Swedish
musician.
duo Snook
together with Daniel Adams-Ray
. Snook
released two albums and received both praise and heavy criticism. The bands unorthodox hip hop
was met by comments that the band wasn’t keeping it real and the fact that Adams-Ray spent his teenage years in Lidingö caused critics to label them “Upper class rappers”. Despite some critics, the band had many hits, received awards from radio station P3
, The 2003 Swedish Hip-hop Awards 2003, and best Swedish band at the MTV Europe Music Awards
2006.
drifted apart. Daniel Adams-Ray
attended design school Berghs School of Communication Linnros started producing other artists such as rapper Petter
, soft rockers Fibes, Oh Fibes! and singer Veronica Maggio
. The album Linnros produced and wrote for Maggio, Och vinnaren är... was nominated for five Swedish Grammies. The two had met while working on a remix for Petter
and became romantically involved. He also started Baile funk and electro influenced rap group Maskinen
. The group is still around but Linnros left. He explained to newspaper
Dagens Nyheter
that is was just a fun project with friends and he was tired of " fastfood music".
vocals and was quickly compared to Swedish artists such as Mauro Scocco
, Orup
and Peter LeMarc, artists that were extremely popular in Scandinavia
in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Linnros admitted that he wanted to bring back an updated version of that sound. He also named Donny Hathaway
and Al Green
as influences. The album received very good reviews and influential music journalist Jan Gradvall wrote that the album “is one of the most complete Swedish debut album I have heard and full of hits ”.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
musician.
Snook
Linnros started out as a rapper in the alternative hip hopAlternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop is a sub-genre of hip hop music. Allmusic defines it as follows: -Origin:...
duo Snook
Snook (band)
Snook is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm. The group consists of Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros and Daniel "Danne" Adams-Ray. The group often makes fun of traditional rap and tries to renew it. They have released two full length albums and several singles....
together with Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel David John Adams-Ray is a Swedish rapper, singer, and fashion designer.-Early years:Daniel Adams-Ray was born in Kenya to an Indonesian mother and a father of Swedish/Scottish heritage. His mother was a school administrator and his father a medical surgeon...
. Snook
Snook (band)
Snook is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm. The group consists of Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros and Daniel "Danne" Adams-Ray. The group often makes fun of traditional rap and tries to renew it. They have released two full length albums and several singles....
released two albums and received both praise and heavy criticism. The bands unorthodox hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
was met by comments that the band wasn’t keeping it real and the fact that Adams-Ray spent his teenage years in Lidingö caused critics to label them “Upper class rappers”. Despite some critics, the band had many hits, received awards from radio station P3
P3
-Aviation:* P-3 Hawk, an American fighter aircraft of the 1920s* P-3 Orion, an American maritime patrol aircraft* Piaggio P.3, an Italian night bomber prototype of the 1920s* Pilatus P-3, a Swiss military training aircraft of the 1950s...
, The 2003 Swedish Hip-hop Awards 2003, and best Swedish band at the MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...
2006.
Post Snook
SnookSnook (band)
Snook is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm. The group consists of Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros and Daniel "Danne" Adams-Ray. The group often makes fun of traditional rap and tries to renew it. They have released two full length albums and several singles....
drifted apart. Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel David John Adams-Ray is a Swedish rapper, singer, and fashion designer.-Early years:Daniel Adams-Ray was born in Kenya to an Indonesian mother and a father of Swedish/Scottish heritage. His mother was a school administrator and his father a medical surgeon...
attended design school Berghs School of Communication Linnros started producing other artists such as rapper Petter
Petter Askergren
Petter Alexis Askergren, , who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne , which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
, soft rockers Fibes, Oh Fibes! and singer Veronica Maggio
Veronica Maggio
Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio is a Swedish singer of Swedish and Italian origin. She won the category "Årets nykomling" in the Grammisgalan 2007....
. The album Linnros produced and wrote for Maggio, Och vinnaren är... was nominated for five Swedish Grammies. The two had met while working on a remix for Petter
Petter Askergren
Petter Alexis Askergren, , who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne , which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
and became romantically involved. He also started Baile funk and electro influenced rap group Maskinen
Maskinen
Maskinen is a Swedish music group consisting of rappers from Afasi & Filthy and Slagsmålsklubben. Their genre is alternative Electro/Hip Hop with influences from Baile Funk. Before the release of their debut album Boys II Men, Maskinen also consisted of the rapper Kihlen from Snook...
. The group is still around but Linnros left. He explained to newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter
is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...
that is was just a fun project with friends and he was tired of " fastfood music".
Solo
In June 2010 Oskar Linnros released Vilja Bli, an album he had written, played and produced. The album contained hardly any rapRap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
vocals and was quickly compared to Swedish artists such as Mauro Scocco
Mauro Scocco
Mauro Scocco is a Swedish pop artist of Italian descent. He was the singer for the pop group Ratata in the 1980s and has been a solo artist since. He has been described as "one of the sharpest songwriters in Sweden"....
, Orup
Orup
Orup is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and guitarist who enjoyed major success in his native country in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", "Stockholm" and "Regn hos mej." Orup has also written several songs for other performers...
and Peter LeMarc, artists that were extremely popular in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Linnros admitted that he wanted to bring back an updated version of that sound. He also named Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
and Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
as influences. The album received very good reviews and influential music journalist Jan Gradvall wrote that the album “is one of the most complete Swedish debut album I have heard and full of hits ”.
Singles
| Single | Year | Peak positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Sverigetopplistan|SWE]] |
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| "Ack, Sundbyberg" | 2010 | 52 | Gold | Vilja bli |
| "Från och med Du" | 1 | Platinum | ||
| "Genom eld" | 43 | Gold | ||
| "25" | 2011 | — |