Snook () is a

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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 reinvent it. They have released two full-length albums and several singles. In the

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in Copenhagen, they won the award for Best Swedish Act. Linnros and Adams-Ray met in high school, Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan. They formed ''Snook'' (snok is a Swedish slang term for "nose") in 2000. The group's first single ''1990 nånting'' (Eng: "1990 something"), featuring

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, became a big hit in Sweden. They were critically acclaimed because of their different sound as compared to the general Swedish hip-hop. Their debut album ''Vi vet inte vart vi ska, men vi ska komma dit'' (Eng: "We don't know where we're going, but we will get there") was released in May 2004, and was one of the most praised records in Sweden that year. Snook received a

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award for their hit "Mister Cool" (''Mr. Cool''). The group Snook is currently not active. Linnros has made a solo album called ''Vilja Bli'' (''Want to Become''); a move away from hip-hop, the album consists of ten soul-pop songs. It was released on 9 June 2010. Six months later, Adams-Ray released an album called ''Svart, Vitt och allt därimellan'' (''Black, White and Everything in Between''). Snook was mentioned in

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in 2012.

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