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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!
Posted: January 26, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Hes really bad.
Sverige ÄGER allt och alla!!!!
Sweden kicks asss!!haha
Sweden is the coolest country and US should learn something by us, the swedes!
Hi you all!
Im from sweden, and i listen to adam tensta! he's soo cool, i usually see him on the subway when im going to school!
he really deserves the attention from USA..every other hip hop, r&b aso is gonna get beaten by him, HES SOMETHING SPECIAL!
Sweden has a lot of special spices of artists !
;)
love/m. the sweden girl
yeeh i know about this guy cuz im from sweeeeden!..
Finally, hopefully with you putting him on your site I will soon be able to buy his cd here in the states
Yeha he´s the shit !!
and wtf is the matter with people now a days ! talking shit when they just heard one song or something.. I mean come on if u don´t like it kepp it to your self ffs !!
please listen to his Dopeboy ft Eboi too. Real hot shit..
clearly better than my cool.
No, really, this guy SUCKS, his flow is typical, and the beats are the same old synth crap you hear everywhere now (Lord Finesse, Eric B., Premier, I miss you guys), although he is catchy and cliche enough for european airplay. And I quite enjoy all the Swedish hip hop "experts". Some people (from NYC, and of a certain age) actually grew up with this music, and might have a frame of reference to judge it. As far as people listening to ten year old tracks, as i believe tensta referenced in his post here, that is for the simple reason that hip hop, in general, is in a state of decay. Let me hear an MC better that Rakim and we can talk about new hip hop, although some of the newer stuff is good as well (Sean Price, MF Doom, Immortal Technique, Necro, Percee P, Madlib, Jeru's new album), as long as you don't get your listening cues from the radio stations or, for that matter, perezhilton.com.
Also, Europe, your "ghetto's" are not hard.
I know. I've seen them.
Stop pretending.
Please.
hes fresh still. not bad to look at either.
This guys been out for months…..your way behind Perez
OMG. SOO GOOD
better than the crap we have here
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS.
i agree with #99…like the other day when you commented on "lights flashin" (sic) i thought it was pretty obvi that you should leave ALL references to hip-hop, rap, kanye, and the words fresh/dope/ill out of your vocab. RAP talks about "hos and cash", not hip-hop. stick to britney and her "music", por favor.
Re: Robert –
Jodu, det är ju precis så. Du har verkligen fattat det.
Yeah right, thats how it is. You really got i right. Black people dont live in Sweden…
Adam Tensta is numba one!
I just spotted him in France doin a wicked show in Nice/Midem. Heard he was goin 2 Paris 2.
Listen 2 My Cool, They Wanna Know, Dopeboy and 80´s Baby!!!!
Don´t compare Adam Tensta with a fake ass wanna be bad ass Kayne fuckin West. Adam Tensta is not a fake ass superstar tryin fuck everyone around him. Adam Tensta is Hip-Hop, Kayne West is just a nerd who took a left turn when he was supposed to go forward!!!
Peace!
Heyy,I'm from Sweden and he is really cool and I like the music he do,and so that's it
lisen to My Cool ;D Go to youtube to lisen
he`s great,this is the only hip hop i actually can stand!this makes me kinda proud to be swedish^^
Re: pisse – yeah,i agree with that!
Good taste man ! I don't really like hip hop, I'm more of a metal chick. But what can you say? He's got it.
Hey Perez if u like "my cool" then you should hear "dopeboy" the beat is of the hook!
I'm proud to be from Sweden! Especially when I'm from Tensta! XO
Maybe he's the next ABBA…hihi
Re: benny blanco from the bronx –
YOU ARE SO BORING! spending like 5 minutes to write this long message. HAHA you are pathetic grandpa
Re: CanCanMan –
you are an idiot. A lot of Swedes, myself included, speak English with an American accent. I work with UK producers and with large record labels and they like Tensta.
There´s black guys in Sweden?! Whats next, the Swedish blondes are really a bunch of brunettes? Oh lord…
Re: brad –
WORD!
ADAM TENSTA ÄR MANNEN MED STORT M
Perez, dude, I hope you know that swedish people CAN speak english and therefore also rap in english. We're not stupid. And yes, Adam Tensta is awsome.
im from sweden and i heard him before all of you:D how does that feel?
nice
Re: Keppler – yep , and theres polar bears in the streets to
Hello ! So Perez like Adam Tensta, the cool cat from tensta, love you for that,
and to all peaple on this site Have a nice 2008, and Britney sucks.
PS Perez got a lot of fans in sweden
Hahaha! The same second a Swede comes up on a big famous site whole sweden comes here and like "Yep it´s true, his from my street, my city, my country" hahha you´re so proud…
he sucks
this cat's got nothing on Lupe Fiasco.
Adam is reeeaally good! Though "my cool" is quite worn out here in Sweden
cool that you guys in USA like him! 
GO SWEDEN!!!
LOOVE IT
Comon man Adam Tensta isnt the illest rapper, you have forgotten about nas, pac, game etc etc
Lidköping Rules..yea baby
Adam you're the man! I just want to make a short notice: The population of Sweden is 9 million people. Not too many people, but still: one million people in Sweden are immigrants from all over the world. So to all of you who thought that we don't have black people in Sweden: man…shit you need to get yourself an education and start to read about the rest of the world before you make a such stupid comment as: There's no black people in Sweden.
Peace,! Och till alla Svenskar: vi äger, vi är inte bara vackrast och bäst: vi är överlägset snyggast också!
How much did he pay u for posting this comment?
this dude went in my class for three years in elementary school, and his music is great! hoping for succes, he deserves it. this is the first rapper in sweden who has his own style, the others sucks.
Very interesting that "ya'l" yanks think that perez "discovered" Adam Tensta, while in fact Adam has been famous in Northern Europe ( Scandinavia and other European countries ) for quite some while now.
Typical Americans..,
"My cool" is nice, but "They wanna know" is better… that´s one helluva streetbanger!
i would prefer if he did it in his native language. i love to listen to french & german hip-hop.. it's unique & some of these guys are really good.
Re: benny blanco from the bronx – What, you mean you've been on a european tour of all ghettos ion the continent? Please. I've been in the Bronx, many french ghettos are harder. BESIDES, many of us in europe also grew up with hip-hop, this music has been around here for just as long as in the US. I've been listening to both american and european hip-hop since 1979 for example, you've probably only heard american stuff so stop pretending like you're some sort of an expert just because you're from the Bronx.
That said: True, Adam Tensta sucks. Haha!
Im from sweden and my cool is good 1-2 times and then its just annoying, but shit im happy for tensta that perez dropt his name!!!
Well he's originally from Gambia where the national language (besides Wolof) is ENGLISH, thanks to bloody colonialist Brits.
So there's really nothing strange about him rapping in English. People speak other languages than Swedish in Sweden!
Oh btw, WOLOF POWER!
SWEDEN ROCK! SWEDEN RULES. The music from this country is good, in any genre. Open your eyes. Tired of American music. Time for a chance. Sweden has always produced good music. Artist like: Abba, Roxette, Europe, Ace of Base, The Cardigans, The sounds, The Hives, Mando Diao, Meja, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Josè Gonzàlez, Robyn, E-Type, Candlemass, In Flames, Hammerfall and many more.
Re: Semla – You're right, I have no idea what I am talking about. No, I have not been on a ghetto tour of Europe, but I have traveled around a lot more than even most Europeans, and I agree, France certainly owns some shitholes, but let's not kid ourselves, Europe is just NICER than the States. And I wasn't even thinking about the Bronx, I was thinking more Baltimore and Chicago. And I primarily DO listen to American hip hop, because, well, it's better.
That Roots Manuva though. He's pretty good.
Hhahhah—he's a friend of my friend
WHats up with u and the swedes perez? robyn has been famous in sweden since she was 16. she had a huge pop-hit (soundes sort of like nsync, nackstreetsboy 90's) and then about 10 years later you mention her and shes big in the us and has a single with snoop dogg!!???
i was in europe last summer. only had a few days in sweden but DAMN! That country rocks. its not a myth about the hot swedish blondes like Victoria Silvstedt. EVERYWHERE you look in stockholm theres gorgeous woman! And the music they make over ther is not bad either:
This guy Adam Tensta youre talkning about, Abba, Roxette, Europe, Ace of Base, The Cardigans, The sounds, The Hives, Robyn, Mando Diao, Meja, Eagle-Eye Cherry 50% of Razorlight, The Ark… the list goes on. PLUS All the really big american pop songs are done by swedish producers and songwriters: all the backstreet boys albums, many nsync songs, madonna songs, almost all the britney spears hits (from the "baby one more time" days to the new "gimme more" stuff. SWEDEN ROCKS! I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK!
love this beat!!!!! its so different and lyrics are awesome…keep posting this kinda shiz Perez!!!!
hah! Orka. han musik är i alla fall mnga gånger bättre än mycket av den sk amerikanska hip-hop. Bra mycket mer elektroinfluerad.
PEREZ! What do you know about music? This Adam guy is a total sell out. This aint rap, this is POP!!
Thanks for the tip.. hi is talanted
FIRE!!!!!!!!
95% of the people who post on here are hateful bitches. Go suck on some emo or punk rock.
Props Perez! My Cool by Adam Tensta is hot!!
Re: CanCanMan – Fool, Adam moved to UK when he was 6 years old.
Så jävla bra! Hes super sexi too
a lil note, Adam Tensta just recently won a grammy in the swedish grammy awards. his new album is somethin out of the ordinary comin from an english rappin swede. on the other hand, w8 for looptroop's upcomin album later this spring! after playin a few shows on the us west coast in september 2007 including roxy theatre in LA ull wanna hear what they can do. WARNING! theyre material is very political n up to date so it'll probably have somethin to do with the US prez election.
Big up from Sweden
Love it!
this boys fake…only get probs cuz he´s from uptown. who you need to be listening to is my boy lazee, he got the illest flow ever.check out his latest video "rock away".
Adam and Lazee is cool wiv eachother, how come FANS of Lazee's music is on here hatin as if they competin over shit? Yall just doin your "boy" bad. It's stupid to think your imaginary little beef would do ANYBODY good in a little country as Sweden. Cut that shit off!!!!!!
Re: Bam Marwurra – Men skärp dig! Har du kollat för mycket på MTV på sistone? Försöker du låta "ghetto" genom att strunta i att skriva grammatiskt korrekt och bara använda stereotypiska uttryck? Ush vad falskt. Ännu värre: vad cliché! SLUTA SKRIVA SOM EN DÅRE NU är du snäll.
Hur svårt är det att använda plural form och avsluta ord med rätt bokstav?? Det heter "ARE cool" och "WITH each other", "ARE here hatinG" med G, och "YOU ARE ALL doinG" osv.
Herregud. Dagens ungdomar, jag lovar. Man blir tokig.
This dude is on fire…nice find.
I looked his myspace up and he got some really hot tracks.
Ken Ring will fuck him up!
"LaZee - Rock Away" is the shit…
I like the sound…nice vid to
hahah i am from sweden aswell he is my sisters friend haha so i always get to met him
Yo Perez stick to what gays do best. GOSSIP. CHromeo's been hot for at least two yrs and now you think this dude is the next big thing in hip hop. Your trippin! Maybe you been hitting that weed Joss Stone is smoking.
This dude is not one of the hotter rappers from sweden, he´s only getting attention because his "hiphop" is harmless and catchy and works well on the upper class´s dancefloors. The song that really got him his initial attention, "bangin on the system", is still the hottest track (hip hop) ever produced in sweden (not thanks to Adam but rather Eboi, his hypeman who out shines Adam on every track and performance, and the Dj), but he totally sold out after the labels noticed him and started making retarded disco tracks instead of the politically concious and radical music we hoped he would be doing. Check out Lazee instead, he can actually RAP and don´t need the DJ to chop his rhymes to camoflage how wack the lyrics are.
SWEDISH HIP HOP IS REALLY GOOD. Not this though. He´s english is not that good and I didnt like his voice. NOT GOOD RHYMES!!! BEt he aint good at all fresstylin'.
That was really fresh. It is nice to hear something new. I love rap, r&b and hip hop, but I am tired of all the money and coochie songs out there. Tu-Pac sang about raunchy stuff but a least he experienced it for himself. Half these rappers out there haven't experienced half of what they sing about. Music comes from your soul.
Haha fan vad Perez e efter…
Brad, Swedish hip Hopers dont have that cash, not yet anyway
Otherwise I would have payed Perez to love me loong time ago! lol (if you can buy electroluv as well..)
xxx
Dilemma
Adam Tensta is the shit!!
I know him and hes wonderful and I love his music.
:)
He rules all those american "gangsta" rappers anyway!
Adam tensta is the shiet!
Great music beats and inovative!!
can US get more isolated? This song has been out for months and now he is touring Europe…
He's good, really good! i can tell you he's the best.
I have seen him live here in sweden,^^
han gör oss stolta här i sverige(swedish)
he makes us proud here in sweden (english)
He's good but you found him late Perez, I found him months ago on a website with unsigned artist. Hopefully he'll be big outside sweden aswell. P.S I love your blog.
Re: Anneka – Since when did Tensta become a project?Projects dont exist in Sweden.Sure,we have areas that are less fortunate but to call Tensta "the projects" is flat out lie..come on now….
Re: benny blanco from the bronx – I´m from sweden and just wanna say thank you,Benny. You just took the words out of my mouth.People on here from Stockholm talking about ghettos and shit - it´s just ridiculous.Open ur eyes.If u´ve ever been in NYC and seen a ghetto u know what a ghetto is.They DON`T exist in Sweden.Adam Tensta has some fresh beats,but that´s about it.Lyric wise it just doesn´t do it for me.
This sucks horrible, and he looks weird, really ugly, yuck! He's just repeating the same thing over and over again, thats just stupid,
Re: Hiphoptothefullest – Sorry but you're wrong about this. Tensta is a "miljonprogram" public housing area for low-income families, so projects it is per definition. Anneka's use of the term is totally adequate.
yeaaaH!
d_larsen85@hotmail.com
Thats my homie up there..
Go Adam, I'm proud of you!!
Heja Sverige!!
I wonder how Perez heard about Adam Tensta? But it's cool that he's getting all this attention, he's really a brand new artist even in Sweden. I've got his "They wanna know" single in my spinning class!
Adam can sing good hip hop! Much better than american hip hop (don´t like american hip hop) ..
/ Swedish adam fan
I discoverd him before you Perez HAHA!
he's very very good and I will congratulate for being on PerezHilton.com when I meet him
In my freinds school you can win tickets to see him live in some snob school in stockholm
everybody in sweden knows that Lazee is better than adam tensta, go to youtube search ”Lazee', and there you have it, the best rapper in sweden, Lazeee skrilllaaaaa music 040 WHATS UP (L)
you should listen to Amanda Jensens song For the sun!!
Have a nice day
Sweden rules the music industry!! You chould check out another new swedish hip hop artist, Lazee!