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i spend germanys coldest january since the last time we tried to grab moscow in cabo verde. funky islands next to the west african coast, that is (like, here). since europeans dont make a difference talkin bout africa (we used to wright “here are lions” on 80 percent of the map) i thaught blogging a story about adam tensta in senegal would be fittin.

found it on felicia‘s where david husselhoff‘s blog was linked. seemingly tensta is well known to some in senegal, story is they accidentaly bumped into some tensta fans in dakar. i dont think i’ll find people who know about schakkerhart (or adam tensta…) in tarrafal, theyre more into zouk, batida, kizomba, funana and stuff. but we’ll work on that… for now: check the adam tensta remake of Lykke Li‘s Little Bit. and the story, if you like.

i need to do some paid writing now. electricity just went of and i dont know how long my laptop will last….


Adam Tensta – Little Bit of Room (Lykke Li – Little Bit Remake)

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The World is Small; Adam Tensta is Big!

One night in Senegal, while on Adam Tensta’s recent Africa tour, something peculiar happened. It was our first visit ever in Dakar and Adam’s music had never before been played on Senegalese radio, TV or club.

When I slip out of the hotel to pick up a Macchiato from a nearby coffee shop, I see something I didn’t really expect here. On a street corner, there are a bunch of teenage dudes, who really stick out from the rest of the people I’ve met on this continent so far. One of the dudes is rockin‘ a badass Mohawk, a Tiffany-colored T-shirt, a pair of Alife shoes and Ray Ban glasses. He looks like a mini-version of Adam Tensta. I decide to go back to the hotel room and get a copy of Adam’s album. Who knows, the dude might be into hip-hop?

On my way back out, I drag Keione along and trailing behind us is Eboi. I walk up to the dudes and ask them if they listen to hip-hop. They look at me like I’m some weirdo and say:

“Of course we do!”

I hand them It’s A Tensta Thing album and the whole crew burst out:

“Adam Tensta! That’s one of my favorites, man – Thanks!”

A second later, when Eboi walks out of the hotel lobby and I introduce him to the dudes, commotion breaks out. Hollering. Jumping. Hugging. I run back inside and jerk a sleeping Adam out of bed, bringing him outside just to turn the commotion into a complete uproar.

It turns out that these guys have every single tune of Adam Tensta’s on their cell phones, old mixtape songs with Eboi and pictures and videos they have found via Google in their phones. They put Adam on their cellies to say hi to their siblings in Paris and after three hours of hanging out, the sun goes down and we finally get the chance to catch up on some well-needed sleep.

This was an outlandish and landmark experience for me in my work with Adam Tensta. I will always remember this by-chance encounter with these dudes. You guys proved to me that there is no limit as to how far we can take Adam Tensta’s music! This song is dedicated to you.

Keep on supporting Adam Tensta, My Best Friend Is My Grind and Respect My Hustle. This is Adam Tensta on an Matas Berlin/Ears version of Lykke Li’s “Little Bit” called “Little Bit Of Room”. Murder!