Listen To This: Hip Hop All Over The World

1/26/2008 6:41 PM ET | Filed under: Listen To This • Adam Tensta

Kanye is gonna love this shit!

He'll be mentioning this on his blog by the end of next week. Watch.

This fella's name is Adam Tensta, and he is one of the freshest and illest rappers on the planet.

And he's from Sweden! Though he raps in English.

Tensta's beats are dope as shiz and he's rhyming about things other than the cliches in American hip hop: hos and cash.

CLICK HERE to enjoy his instantly infectious My Cool.

Then click here to listen to some other songs from Adam Tensta!

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suze says – reply to this

101

Screw you and all rap lovers.
ABOMB says – reply to this

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Re: Idiot – Im impressed… YOu know about the Blue Scholars - Dope…
VeggieTalesAreMySexToys says – reply to this

103

Sarah Silverman has AIDS; Billions of them!
Pingis says – reply to this

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Adam is so unique in every way - he is a huge, a great blast to the music world - I just love his own style of electric hip hop beats+ hes faaab on stage!!//Pingis
What The... says – reply to this

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hate to bust the bubble but…kanye in his swagga jacked tour ripped off Europe rap…Awsome to pub Adam, nice! Perez!
iamfashion says – reply to this

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French & Swedish, + all Euro rap is the best. All of their music is amazing. I love Italian music especially! Gracias Perez!
Gwen says – reply to this

107

He stole those glasses off of Judith Light when she was on Who's The Boss.
tizzi says – reply to this

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haha funny that's my friend. i am so proud! bra jobbar adam
tizzi
Nova says – reply to this

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Oh you idiots, just listen to indie hip-hop, you don't get the same mainstream bullshit. Now you have to go looking outside of your country to find talent…dumbasses, some right under your noses. Fuck.
Tayyyyy says – reply to this

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Its black people in Sweden Oh shit big time
jjj says – reply to this

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i love your taste in music, babe! i keep adding new songs because of you, you rock!
Annelie says – reply to this

112

He's totally DOPE!!!!
youlikethat says – reply to this

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horrible thats not hiphop that euro pop perez only know about cum in his ass@!
youlikethat says – reply to this

114

if you want to know about REAL hiphop not this euro bull go here

www.sp1200.net
DC Blogger! says – reply to this

115

Incredible. Just an awesome song.
perezisaretard says – reply to this

116

wow you really need to stop writting about music you know nothing about it
there is nothing good bout this peice of shit track

THIS IS NOT HIP HOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS NOT HIP HOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS NOT HIP HOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gracie says – reply to this

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A LOT of sweddish rappers are good actually I have found out.
jeffc says – reply to this

118

Wow, Awesome song! Why can't you buy this on the U.S. itunes!?!?!
chem says – reply to this

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fikk nettopp melding på phonen av young l om det her..
gratulerer med global exposure!
holla!
-chem
Amanda says – reply to this

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Perez! I know you are a fan of good music so check out a band called Company of Thieves and a rapper named Cause…both on myspace!
DeezNuttss says – reply to this

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no he really sucks and if P-nasty loves this shit then he sucks to damn I thought for sure you had taste but this is the straw that broke the camel anus, or was that you that did that?
Dana says – reply to this

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Perez, I don't agree with your taste in music. Whenever I give someone who you write about a chance by listening to them I am dissapointed. This rapper is no exception. It sounds terrible, the chorus is some stupid computer generated voice. The beat is so plain and bland.

Kanye would be a fool to 'mentor' this rapper because this song would not do well on American radio. It is not catchy enough and I can't even understand the lyics which plays a big part in whether or not I will like the song. Kanye is an example of an artist who does great because we can actually understand his lyrical genius and appreciate the stories he tells. Example, in All Falls Down (Kanye's first hit single and in my opinion, best song):

"Man, I promise… I'm so self concious! That's why you always see me with atleast one of my watches!"
dana says – reply to this

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BTW, the dude can't sing because I just listened to one of his other songs and he has a computer generated voice doing the chorus there too. If you can't sing, atleast hire a good singer to do your chorus. Geeze.
Katie says – reply to this

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This has a definite 80's vibe to it, but it's very good! Thanks, Perez!
Emily says – reply to this

125

Obviously this dude is JJJJockin Lupe Fiasco… "My Cool?" go get Lupe Fiasco's The Cool fiiiirst
lisa strange says – reply to this

126

bouncing in my chair! definitely infectious !
oni says – reply to this

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THIS SHIT IS DOPE!
Lydia Tensta!! says – reply to this

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So I just have to say, ADAM TENSTA is the illest shit right now, and Yessssss I have been spreading the word about him!!! Big UPSSSS to my homeboiii, Who's ALSO got nominated for TWO grammys in Sweden! He's Definitely representing our hood, and I think I speak for everyone when I say Adam, TENSTA is proud of you!! .. Kor hart nu!!! fyyfaaan! lol
izzlepizzle says – reply to this

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Yo Perez….This one is LIKE THAT!!! Good job…..a couple other recommends from you in the past have been questionable….but this….this makes up for any of your previous error
sandra says – reply to this

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Kul för Adam! Grattis.
P. says – reply to this

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way cool…..I've been listening to Adam for a while and My Cool makes even a fat nerd like me feel cool.
Det här är ju hur häftigt som helst, Adam, take a bow. Nu kommer du bli världskändis

Stockholm represent
fattaru fan says – reply to this

132

sweden has great rap… you should check out

Fattaru
Timbuktu
and
Ison & Fille

plus, their lyrics are sick
www.essentialheat.se says – reply to this

133

Keep up the good work Adam!

Respekt o värme/
Essential Heat
godlovesugly says – reply to this

134

Lazee from Sweden is the Illest in Sweden not Tensta!

WWW.LAZEEONLINE.COM
Momo says – reply to this

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There is nothing wrong with sweden, you are messin' with my home country you know..
emmaa says – reply to this

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this is the ONLY hiphop music i actually can stand!ppl like him makes me proud to be swedish!^^;)
Caroline says – reply to this

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Adam is 24 years old, born in Sweden. Has a Swedish mother and father from Gambia. He´s so cool
Sweden rocks says – reply to this

138

Adam Tensta is the shit! Sweden rocks!!
Nikola says – reply to this

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Perez, det är coolt att du skriver om Svenska kändisar!

TAKE NO SHIT PEREZ
dinah says – reply to this

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Kanye is a trendy egomaniac. Get your cool on.
Joanna says – reply to this

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Oooh! I can't believe that you mentioned Adam Tensta in your blog Perez! That's so great. He's a big thing in Sweden right now. He just won a grammy here. Love it.
SAra says – reply to this

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Yeah-eah!! Big up Adam Tensta! Sweeden reppar! Härligt!
Erika says – reply to this

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I HATE THIS SONG!
SO annoying, been on swedish radios for MONTHS!!
sara says – reply to this

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this is a great song 1# you should listen to the new Amy winehouse, Amanda jenssen from sweden she sounds just like her.
nita says – reply to this

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SWEDEN IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!
tmoney says – reply to this

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this dude's a fucking hack. weird your stupid ass would give him props. lame ass fat fucking doosh. way to go perez. prolly getting paid for your support of this jackass. perez you're a phony fat loser. keep it up. your shit will come back to bite you. asshole
frankie says – reply to this

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OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
OLD NEWS!!! THIS SONG HAS BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE!!!
curly q says – reply to this

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Get out of here! "…beats are dope"??? Yeah right. The beat is wack. Maybe these are one of those songs I'd have to listen to 50 times before I begin to like it. AND WHY WOULD KANYE LIKE HIM? THIS GUY IS LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL and Kanye is like a college graduate…with a Masters Degree, if you would compare the two.
cazz says – reply to this

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Perez you're amazing for finding Adam Tensta and spreading the word about his awsome music. This guy is from my suburb(Tensta) in Sweden and he is off the hook!!!! Introducing hiphop in a frehs way, instead of gangsta rap. He is gonna blow.
Lilliss says – reply to this

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best song in 2007!
Azze says – reply to this

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This track was awesome!
Sofia says – reply to this

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Sweden rules
RoRRo says – reply to this

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LAZEE IS THE REAL SHITT FUCK ADAM, ROCK AWAY IS THE NEW SHITT!
Lady says – reply to this

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The only morrafukking thing he´s says in this song is "Thats my cool" since when was rap all about a sentence?

Go Kanye, Adam Tensta can dream of being that big as Kanye.. =S
kanye says – reply to this

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R.E.A.L bad, i mean it sounds like home made on a playstation!
Joshua says – reply to this

156

How much did you get paid for this post?
fooshoo says – reply to this

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adam tensta is the man, but lazee is even better. also from sweden. check him out. peace.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
key west says – reply to this

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Not that great. Not good actually.
Annie says – reply to this

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DAJUM!!!! He's GOOD!!

And how refreshing isn't it to see a hip-hop video where the girls AREN'T shaking their asses in your face and rubbin' up some guy in clothes you can barely see?!?!????!!!!???
Ina says – reply to this

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Re: NIna – Do you even know what "Ghetto" means? Tensta is a suburb, not a ghetto.. BIG difference. Do your homework.
doug says – reply to this

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Sucks that even iTunes won't let you buy music from other countries on their store. And WTF is up with charing $50 for an import.
So stupid, the music industry.
They wonder why people steal.

cool track though: They wanna know is even better though…

and by the way to the other guy. If you just check out MySpace you'll see a ton of undiscovered artists. Maybe Perez just saw him on there.
He does use myspace for alot of stuff.
Sweden says – reply to this

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ADAM TENSTA IS THE BEST!!!
booolisch says – reply to this

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adam tensta wouldnt exist if it wasnt for promoe, he took tensta under his wings on his european tour, and because of promoe - tensta made a name for himself.. believe that.
T.T.T.G. says – reply to this

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Re: Ina – Ina are you sure what a ghetto is? Wtih a population of appr2% ethnic swedes, mass unemployment, majority in area on social wellfare and a lot of drug problems in the area i am quite sure it fits as a ghetto/project. Eventhoug, big up Tensta!
Karin says – reply to this

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He's cool. Won The Swedish Grammy for best hip hop. Love =)
em says – reply to this

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he's great, isn't he ? and he's from sweden. sweden is the best country in the world.
Adam Tensta Feat Bill Cosby & Mr T - My Cool Remix says – reply to this

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This shit is the FUTURE and some of you people just cant understand that cuz youre stil listening to the same shit youve been listening to for tha past 10 years. The best part is that youre probably gonna like this in like 5 years and the rest of us is gon be like I TOLD YOU.

Get with the program. / Al
Linus says – reply to this

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huge this, Swede attack! make the old man and my swedish name proud!
julia says – reply to this

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Jag älskar Adam Tensta (means I love Adam Tensta)
Olle says – reply to this

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Å gud nej. Please don't spread this shit.
Soul Ladie says – reply to this

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Our swedish boi has a fresh and new sound!
Not like in the rest of the world, about girls and cash.
The song is called MY COOL, listen 2 the lyrics.

Listen 2 They wanna know aswell.

Watch out america!

We're takin' over!!!!! //The blonde swede C
teodora says – reply to this

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wooo sverige! that song has been playing for a few months now, but cool that it finally got someones attention outside of sweden.
Andreas says – reply to this

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good partymusic, but not much more.
im from sweden and i know a plenty more rappers whos better!
Looptroop for example.

if you think tensta´s the illest rapper on the planet, you dont know much
Jasmine says – reply to this

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Heeey Perez, I'm so glad you brought this dude up!!

He's fab and has had a major hit here in Sweden.
Amanda from Sweden says – reply to this

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Yeah baby! Adam Tensta is the coolest thing right now=) Spread the world all around the world for the next big super hip hop star!
airin says – reply to this

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Yes sweden has good music to offer, sweden has always rocked the music world.
kim says – reply to this

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Re: joon –
haha precis min tanke xD

Adam rocks! =]
paaaris says – reply to this

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i live in TENSTA ;D
Sarah says – reply to this

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HAHA i was eating lunch with him 2 days ago. NA NA NA NA NA NA (6) lucky me im from sweden . PEYZ
Keira Khasir says – reply to this

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Okay, Horay!
This Adam Tensta was damn to cool! BUT I really can take it off, I mean? think about it, this is the first single right? and he get's all this cred? wonder if he's a One hit - Gone artist? I really don't hope so!
anyway
Big up for you man!

But I know some other swedish ´hiphop, Lopetroop, Long time since I heard'em, but check em out guys!!!!
Ámany says – reply to this

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HAHAHA im from sweden he rocks
Adam Tensta says – reply to this

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I SNITCH TOO MUCH!
I SNITCH TOO MUCH!
I SNITCH TOO MUCH!
I SNITCH TOO MUCH!
nana says – reply to this

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it sucks how everybodys now tryin to be 80s, oldskool blah, puttin on a thick gold chain, buy their t shirts only from special underground brands, say that the current hiphop would be fake and that they soo real and stuff!!!!!
i prefer this kinda hiphop too but there are so many rappers out there these days
who are imo only patheticly copying.
…
but i love sweden though.
DRE says – reply to this

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It doesn't suck.
Kersti says – reply to this

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I don't even like hiphop much, if at all, but fuck this song is catchy. makes me proud to be swedish 8]
lindsey says – reply to this

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That was so awesome. Thanks to Perez for mainstreaming te underground for all us losers out there. We dont have the time or resources to find this cool shit– you arent holding back!
Lisa says – reply to this

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Great song and Adam Tensta seems to be a pretty good rapper. I'm going to check out more of his songs now.
Chrissy says – reply to this

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Love it, this guy is good… do you know who produced? Hope to hear more from Adam Tensta, his raps are tight and ORIGINAL and using the rock guitar track for the beat is a great sound.
Dana says – reply to this

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LOVE IT!
CJ says – reply to this

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saw him yesterday live in a club. he's awesome live..
André says – reply to this

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you got that right, Tensta is making a move in the right direction for hiphop. He has becomed real big here in Sweden. I would be really glad if Kanye picked him up and taught him a thing or two, he still needs more to learn, I mean the lyrics in his new album "It's a Tensta thing" is good but not perfect, the beats are real sweet and I just love that guy, the way he act and everything.
He can deffenatley be a new global rapstar if he gets the right conditions.
Love you Adam, keep up the good work!
Sweden represent!

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