Reception

Välkommen till förorten was very well-received among swedish critics and is now considered a classic swedish hip hop

Swedish hip hop

Emerging in the first half of the 1980s, Swedish hip hop was first heard from the cities of Stockholm and Malmö. In the early days, most rappers in Sweden rapped in English. Funkalics and The Latin Kings, two very different acts united by their innovative use of the Swedish language, debuted a...

album. The Latin Kings were praised for their lyrics about the swedish society from a suburban view, both by the general public and politics. Patrik Ekelöf of the website Dagens Skiva called the album "a milestone in swedish music history" and "a tough and heavy dub-influenced record that described the suburban life in a way we never had heard before".

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart	9

Singles

Year	Title	Position	Chart
1993	"Snubben"	38	Swedish Top 60 Singles Chart
1994	"Kompisar från förr"	25	Swedish Top 60 Singles Chart
	"De dej jag vill ha"	31	Swedish Top 60 Singles Chart