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Your guide to 10 Thousand Sounds Festival

The Walkmen kick off City Pages' inaugural music festival in the heart of downtown Minneapolis

Greg Grease: I like to change people's minds

Named City Pages' Best Hip-Hop Artist of 2013, Minneapolis rapper Greg Grease has embraced high-concept inspiration throughout his burgeoning solo career -- a Laurence Fishburne movie, the mighty wordsmith Shel Silverstein, and now, one of the first successful black singers, Nat King Cole. Last D ... More >>

Cam'ron at First Avenue, 2/6/13

Cam'ronWith Greg GreaseFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 6, 2013Cam'ron played to decent-sized mainroom Wednesday night, but it had the feel of a show at Epic. The space was definitely nicer, the crowd livelier. But performance-wise -- yeah. It was short, but anticipated and enjoyed. A lo ... More >>

The best concerts in the Twin Cities this week: 2/6-2/12

The second week of February is already underway with some great shows. Didn't get tickets to Lady Gaga? Have no fear. The Amsterdam will be hosting a Born this Way After Party with Lady Starlight and the Dirty Pearls. The silky voiced Cody ChesnuTT makes an appearance at the Triple Rock Th ... More >>

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Critics' Picks: Buddy Guy, AraabMuzik, and more

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R. Kelly facing foreclosure on Chicagoland mansion

​The jokes write virtually themselves: "Trapped In The Foreclosure (Chapter 11)," "I Believe I Can't Pay," "Step In The Name Of Debt Relief." But when the laughing's done and the tears have been wiped away, R. Kelly still stands to lose his multi-million dollar Chicagoland mansion to J.P. Morgan C ... More >>

Dipset: Reunion Tour

Kanye West & friends send out their best Christmas wishes

​And just like that, Kanye West's long, strange art-rap journey of a year winds down with a Christmas posse cut, of all things - a Christmas posse cut that leaks, then is hoisted for sale on iTunes, then is issued as the final, long-delayed piece of the canny/self-aggrandizing G.O.O.D. Fridays puz ... More >>

The Songs We Can't Escape

Top Five Unjustified Hypes of the '00s

Propagating crap attempts at pop, rap, rock, or any other genre or sub-genre you care to name had become easier than ever.

Kanye West's top 5 guest raps of the '00s

We're countin' em down, end-of-decade style.

Maria Isa, Prince Family Reunion, St. Vincent, and more

Mr. Lif

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The Songs We Can't Escape

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Mixtape, MN

Local hip hop gets mixed up with the trend

The Bangers: Jon Moskowitz Presents Purple Reign, John Shotti/Tapemasters Inc.: A Prince in Harlem

No More "No Homo"

Tori Fixx won't be trapped in the hip-hop closet

Cam'Ron: Purple Haze

The soul should always stand ajar