SXSW Showcase Preview: Adam Tensta

Adam Tensta is one of the best hip-hop MC of the past 5 years.
There, I said it. Hip-hop it seems has been in a creative void lately. MC’s are either trying to bring back the boom bap of the 90s or trying to go ultra Southern with repetitive synths and dumbed down [...]

Writer BEST OF 2009 – Kaiser

We’re bringing back our Writer and Reader Top 5ives for the of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader and writer each day over the next several weeks to see what their best tracks of ‘08 were. If you want your Top Five releases to appear on the site, enter [...]

PHOTOS: Clipse, Adam Tensta, and Jasmin Solano at Hiro Ballroom at CMJ, NYC

Photos by Joann Gomez, Music Looks Like This. Follow her on Twitter @MLLT.
Last Tuesday night, Myspace and Digiwaxx presented The Release at Hiro Ballroom in New York, on the first night of CMJ. The show was headlined by The Clipse and featured a bill that included Couch Sessions favorite Adam Tensta, newcomer Jasmine Solano and [...]

VIDEO: Pato Pooh feat. Adam Tensta – Follow Me (video)

More AMAZING hip-hop from Sweden. They are killing the game, and are light years ahead of hip-hop in the US. Yeah, I said it.
Seriously, who can mess with that beat? And the video is bringing up all those video game memories from back in the day.

If you’re going to be in NYC, check my homie [...]

Fashion pins pro wrestling to the mat with DC clothing line DURKL’s new mixtape

DOWNLOAD MIX HERE, tracklist after jump
DC fashion line DURKL marches to the beat of a different drummer by comparison to the rest of the city. But they’re not about to change. Thery’re in the process of molding the city to meet them. Having existed for three years in relative anonymity, 2009 has been the year [...]

Mixtape: DJ Rooftop – The Yellow and Blueprint

Medina ft. Allyawan – D.O.A. (Swedish)
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Download: DJ Rooftop – The Blue And Yellow Print 3
When my homies DJ Rooftop, Adam Tensta, and Eboi were in DC a few weeks ago, I got a preview of the Yellow and Blueprint mixtape, and now I’m proud to announce that the [...]

Photos: A Day Out With Adam Tensta

If you’ve been keeping up with us here at The Couch Sessions, you may have seen Stone’s Adam Tensta teaser. This is now my photo follow up…

It had been previously decided that the shoot would be in and around the area of Florida Avenue known fondly as “The Block”.  Mr. Tensta and his crew made [...]

Adam Tensta in DC at the House of Sweden, Photo/Video Teaser

This is just a teaser of everything that went down. More of our day with Adam Tensta coming soon.
As most of y’all know, Sweden’s Adam Tensta was in DC this past weekend for two shows at the French Embassy and the House of Sweden. I spent the whole day choppin’ it up with Adam, Eboi, [...]

SATURDAY: ADAM TENSTA IN DC!!

Adam Tensta Interview from Couch Sessions on Vimeo.
Couch Sessions Approved Artist Adam Tensta is heading to DC this weekend with a show at the Swedish Embassy’s House of Sweden rooftop terrace. If you don’t know, Tensta is Sweden’s flyest export, and one of the doepest rappers I’ve heard in a long time. No blond hair [...]

Interview: Adam Tensta

photo by Stone (The Couch Sessions)
If you are a regular reader of the site, you already know that I’m a huge fan of Sweden’s Adam Tensta. The 25 year old rapper has already conquered his native country and is making a huge push for America in preprestion for and upcoming U.S. release, which has already [...]

VIDEO: Wale x Adam Tensta in the Studio

Adam Tensta – What The Kids Do (vs. M.I.A. – 92)
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If you’ve been reading the site for a while, you know that I think that both Wale and Adam Tensta are the biggest two things in hip-hop right now. Tensta, the Swedish rapper, dropped one of the best hip-hop [...]

Interview: Adam Tensta

If you’re a daily reader of the site, you must have stumbled upon my posts on Adam Tensta. The Swedish MC is a part of a renewed interest in that country’s music scene over here in the States. Tensta’s album, It’s a Tensta Thing, a collection of songs mixing pop beats with serious lyrics about [...]