Petter - Gör mid dag (video, feat. Magnus Carlson)

Swedish rapper Petter has a new video for the track "Gör min dag" which features guest vocals from Magnus Carlson (Weeping Willows): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQKgl2p-5PE

Petter - Fast för evigt (video)

Here's the video for the new Petter video "Fast för evigt": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bJxUjdmDc

Petter signs with Pope, unveils new single

Renown Swedish rapper Petter has turned his back on the majors and signed with Pope Records for the release of his new record "En räddare i nöden", due out this spring. Check out the first single "Fast för evigt" here: http://nyheter24.se/bloggar/gatuplanbloggar/petter/269632-fast-for-evigt

Petter, Ison & Fille and Mogge - För alla dom (video)

Check out the video for the new Swedish hip-hop collaboration "För alla dom" featuring Petter, Ison & Fille and Mogge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAC1x38v6eA

Petter - Slag under bältet (video)

Petter's new single "Slag under bältet" is streaming at Swedish wireless provider Comviq's website: http://www.comviq.se/153.html

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
03. Irya's Playground - Irya's playground
04. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
05. Takida - Bury the lies
06. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
07. Sofia Jannok - Ássogáttis / By the embers
08. Per Gessle - Party crasher
09. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
10. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
11. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
12. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion
13. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
14. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
15. Titiyo - Hidden
16. Kleerup - Kleerup
17. Eldkvarn - Hunger hotell
18. Agnes - Dance love pop
19. In Flames - A sense of purpose
20. Petter - X - Greatest hits

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
03. Irya's Playground - Irya's playground
04. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
05. Takida - Bury the lies
06. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
07. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
08. Per Gessle - Party crasher
09. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
12. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
13. Kleerup - Kleerup
14. Petter - X - Greatest hits
15. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
16. Titiyo - Hidden
17. Timo Räisänen - ...And then there was timo
18. In Flames - A sense of purpose
19. ABBA - ABBA gold - Greatest hits
20. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Scotts - På vårt sätt
02. ABBA - The albums (9CD box set)
03. Per Gessle - Party crasher
04. Sanna, Shirley, Sonja - Our Christmas
05. Magnus Carlsson - Re:collection 93-08
06. Kent - Kent box 1991-2008
07. Lena + Orup - Dubbel
08. Jill Johnson - Baby blue paper
09. Takida - Bury the lies
10. Ulf Lundell - Omaha
11. Anna Ternheim - Leaving on a mayday
12. Vikingarna - Den sista dansen - Live från Arvika
13. Petter - X - Greatest hits
14. Titiyo - Hidden
15. Danny - Set your body free
16. Zillah & Totte - Det låter apa
17. Sonja Aldén - Under mitt tak
18. Frida Hyvönen - Silence is wild
19. Bo Kaspers Orkester - 8
20. ABBA - ABBA gold - Greatest hits

Petter's greatest hits collection "X" (as in ten) will be released on December 3.

Check out Petter's new video for "Min click" (ft. Kihlen): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmzaR0wXpw8&fmt=18

There's going to be a big Nordic Hip-hop festival in Copenhagen on May 9-10: http://www.myspace.com/banditentertainment
Acts confirmed include Petter, Afasi & Filthy, Clemens and tons more.

Discobelle has a new Alvy Singer remix of "Goda dagars magi" by Petter: http://www.discobelle.net/2008/04/11/petter-goda-dagars-magi-alvy-singer-remix/

Check out the video for Petter's new single "Goda dagars magi": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAx3fmuvNDM

Laakso frontman and soon-to-be solo artist Markus Krunegård is taking over Annika Norlin's (Hello Saferide, Säkert!) position as host of the Swedish Radio program P3 Live Session. His debut show will be February 20 with Swedish hip-hop artists Adam Tensta and Petter.

Petter
God damn it
Universal

There aren't that many Swedish rappers who have managed to achieve commercial success. Petter is an exception, he released his debut album in 1998 and even though his last two albums didn't sell as much as the previous ones (due to not being as good, I'd say), he's still the biggest hip-hop star in Sweden. Nowadays Petter lives in a Swedish ski resort and writes a popular blog (mainly about his kids). On his sixth album he tries very hard to come across as just a normal person who is like everyone else, though it feels a bit tired, like something a politician would do. His rhyming skills just aren't that great and the whole production is very unoriginal. However, his blog is actually a pretty good read, and much more interesting than his current musical output.

Even though Petter is very honest and open in his lyrics, he no longer has that drive that gave him such an appeal in the beginning of his career when he released tracks such as "Mikrofonkåt". The title track is ok, but the whole album is too much of a half-hearted effort, and sampling Säkert! on "Logiskt" feels shoddy and cheap.
- Simon Tagestam