Mange Schmidt
Känslan kommer tillbaks
Razzia Records
About four years ago Mange Schmidt became semi-famous by doing Swedish versions of classic hip-hop tracks, then he released his first album last year and got a hit with "Glassigt". Schmidt raps in Swedish and his lyrics are really, really terrible; his rhymes are some of the worse I've ever heard in Swedish, and it grates on the ears to listen to him deliver one weak rhyme after another. He (or his producer) has got a knack for writing infectious hooks though, "Giftigt" and "Jag talar ut" are catchy songs with very poppy choruses that have a high hit factor. The beats on the album are actually not that bad, and I'm surprised that the once esteemed Thomas Rusiak has produced three songs on the album, it's a shame that Schmidt ruins all of them with his awful rapping. There's been a lot of talk about ringtone rappers this year, and I guess you could call Mange Schmidt Sweden's first real ringtone rapper. Lucky him!
- Simon Tagestam
