The Lipped Jeanius always welcomes feedback and suggestions, and today, coming from one of my loyal readers, is a spotlight for a new name in the hip hop game.
Adam Tensta is an MC hailing from Tensta in Stockholm, Sweden.
He dropped his album, It's A Tensta Thing in 2007, and his video for "My Cool" (below) was nominated at the Swedish Grammy Awards.
He's earning credibility for rapping about things other than 'hos and cash', and his electro-pop-hip-hop sounds are quickly catching on to hip hop fans in the US.
The next best thing from Sweden besides Ikea? You decide.
Debut track "They Wanna Know":
And the Grammy nominated "My Cool":
He's got the Cali flavor going with The Hundreds and Crooks & Castles steeeez.
I personally enjoyed this video, although I believe the word, "cool" is getting a little played out.
Adam Tensta is already being compared to Kanye, but...I don't know about that one.
On a side note, please read this article on Adam Tensta atPerezHilton.com, where his readers question his knowledge as a wannabe-white-fat-fag-sellout when he writes in support of Tensta: he is one of the freshest and illest rappers on the planet.
I don't know what you'll enjoy the most: the hilarious comments or Perez Hilton using the word, 'illest'.
Stay tuned for more on Adam Tensta - will he indeed become a respected MC??
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