Tre Amigos
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Tre Amigos is the fourth official album
Album
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 by the 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....

 hip hop group Just D
Just D
JustD was a Swedish hip hop trio formed in Stockholm in 1990. The group consisted of Gustave Lund , Wille Crafoord and Peder Ernerot ....

, an album released in 1993.

The album was produced by Just D and recorded during jam sessions with Wille on guitar, Pedda on bass and Gurra on drums. Samples are still there (for example "Sug på den" is based on ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

's "Man in the Middle"), but they played a very minor role. In hindsight, there are parallels to Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....

' Paul's Boutique
Paul's Boutique
Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989, on Capitol Records. Featuring production by the Dust Brothers, the recording sessions for the album took place in Matt Dike's Apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles from 1988 to...

 from 1989. The group's appearance was, as grunge fashion prescribed, dressed down. They called it themselves "the hobo look" and the album cover were also designed to give an air of cheapness and kitsch. The album's cover was adorned by three older, slightly antiquated gentlemen dressed in clothing typical to the group members.

Joakim Thåström
Joakim Thåström
Sven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...

makes a guest appearance as chorus singer on "Sug på den" ("Suck it"), a song full of insults.

Track listing

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