Alexis Weak

Gullmarsplans' only hope

Just south of Stockholm lies the notorious birthplace of all Swedish football - and casual culture. A place that increasingly is developing into the new drug arena of Stockholm and its surroundings, Gullmarsplan. Most of you know it as a transport center that connects the southern parts of Stockholm. For others it represents that certain feeling you get as soon as its air hits you. Whatever the case, it is very unusual for a place that seems so insignificant on the map to hold such a great history of culture in its walls and concrete streets. Gullmarsplan is not a place, it is a state of mind.

Growing up with house and techno music, Alexis Weak has never been a part of the Swedish hiphop scene. And that is a fact that we are all very proud of. Shaping his identity and style during big raves and dance music parties - Alexis Weak have been backing the La Vida Locash movement on the mic for years whenever they bombrushed a show. His style is a blend between early Beanie Sigel and the great Mike Skinner - always speaking with a heartfelt voice, Alexis Weak deletes all boundaries and rules of how you should and should not rap. Today the most important thing is to get to know the man behind the words, and Alexis Weak is going to be your best new friend or worst enemy for sure. During his early music career he started working with young and gifted producers like Prinz Adrian and Vittorio Grasso. Their shared love of modern dance music made them connect instantly and nowadays the three dudes work like a magic combo - whether building sentimental trance clouds or bombastic house grooves together.

For years now people have been talking about how Swedish hiphop is dead. They are wrong. Swedish hiphop has been running for its life, desperately trying to find its way out of its old-fashioned father's arms. We are sorry though - because, folks, Alexis Weak finally killed it.