Track Of The Day! - J-Son

It's not really new, but with his debut album coming out soon, I thought it wouldn't be more than right to open up the eyes on as many as possible to one of Sweden's upcoming superstars, J-Son.

He has been working with some of the rap game's finest, such as Chamillionaire, Lil' Wayne and 50 Cent, before even having an official record of his own yet.

This is his first official single:

J-Son - Lookie Lookie

Blue and yellow!

I feel very Swedish today so I'm just going to help myself to announcing this day the Swedish day in this blog!

Electro inspired Hiphop is very big in Sweden at the moment. I've already mentioned Adam Tensta and Lazee, and now it's time for more. I'm talking about Maskinen (or The Machine, in English).

It's basically a group of rappers from other groups forming a new group. We have a lot of groups in meatball-land. Maskinen has become masters in creating Hiphop tracks out of electro music, which makes them very popular in the clubs with their controversial lyrics. For instance, their first track called 'Alla som inte dansar är våldtäktsmän' (Everyone who doesn't dance is a rapist), caused a lot of stired up feelings in the nation.

So it's a bit hard to accuse them of being completely serious, but nonetheless, they make well good music for the party, club or just your own speakers.

Maskinen - Segertåget

Nordic noice!

One of the most popular hip hop groups in Sweden the latest year has been Afasi & Filthy. It's a duo that combines clever lyrics with heavy beats that is really different to other acts. I definitely like it, and I think more people should get into them as well.

The rap is in Swedish, so even if you English people are afraid of everything that is not fried, drenched in salt and vinegar or chocolate, you can listen and hear what it sounds like in my part of the world, despite not understanding the language.

Afasi & Filthy - Glider

Lazee lizzle!

My speakers and headphones has been full with the beats of Swedish rapper Lazee for quite a while now. No matter how many times I listen to the tracks, they just get better and better. Songs from both his album 'Setting Standards' and his mixtapes, has got enough quality to make it internationally.

The name Lazee is already well known in France but the rest of the world should definately open ut their eyes. He brings something different to the game with a mix of Hiphop, drum and bass, rock, house and in some sense Grime.

Since Hiphop had its breakthrough in Sweden around -97, most big names was rapping in Swedish, but lately with newcomers like Adam Tensta and Lazee, who also lived in London for 6 years, rapping in English is just as common. If you ask me it just sounds better when it comes to making it in the big leagues.

Lazee will stay on my playlist for years to come. He is constanlty working on new material, and I can strongly recommend the 'Setting Standards' album.

Just have a little taste and listen to this.

Lazee - I'm Not Pop

Lazee - Drop Bombs