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15 gorgeous GIFs from Soundset 2013

Soundset 2013 was the biggest of them all. With 28,000 bodies in attendance and Snoop Dogg gracing the stage, Rhymesayers Entertainment showed unprecedented growth for the sixth running of their yearly rap extravaganza at Canterbury Park.And what better way to capture the spirit and randomness of So ... More >>

Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. We kick things off this week with the soulful, impassioned new video for "Lady, You Shot Me," from Har Mar Superstar, which finds the unabashed crooner taking his sound in ... More >>

Prof wants your beats for King Gampo follow-up album

Enterprising hip-hop producers, you have the power to decide where Prof's sound heads next. The Minneapolis rapper, who has employed jazz samples, EDM explosions, and trap rap in the past is looking for some fresh beats to build up his next album, the proper follow-up to 2011's King Gampo. He's in t ... More >>

Ten gorgeous GIFs of Prof at First Avenue

One of Prof's biggest weekends ever just wrapped. He was on the cover of City Pages and commanded two sold-out shows at First Avenue. Erik Hess was at Friday's show, and in addition to taking some vibrant shots of the night, he had GIFs on his mind. Here are ten moments from the night that will repe ... More >>

Prof takes over First Avenue, 4/13/13

ProfWith Mod Sun, Culture Cry Wolf and MetaFirst Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday, April 13, 2013"YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO BIG" was the all-caps slogan Prof wore on a black T-shirt Saturday. Though it might've been referring to his rising career -- and the recent double cover stories promoting his two sold-o ... More >>

The best Twin Cities concerts: 4/10-4/16

If you can brave the weather, there's plenty of music going on this week. Thursday, twenty one pilots play a sold-out show at the Triple Rock while Boz Scaggs makes an appearance at the State Theatre. Friday night, Zoo Animal will be at the Icehouse, Ex Nuns rock Cause, Edward the Confesso ... More >>

Prof: If I can justify it and be smart enough, I can say anything

Minneapolis rap troublemaker Prof has pushed all our buttons for over a decade now. A mixture of party-starters, gross-out tales, and personal exploration fills the three volumes of his Kaiser Von Powderhorn mixtape series, his King Gampo album, the Recession Music collaboration with St. Paul Slim, ... More >>

Off the deep end with Prof

The Powderhorn rapper proves there's more to him than partying

Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. This week we lead off with another uplifting video from inspirational signer/songwriter Zach Sobiech. "Sandcastles" is a collaborative duet with Sammy Brown that only adds t ... More >>

Get Cryphy turns five

The DJ crew that taught local hip-hop heads to love club bangers celebrates half a decade

Get Cryphy crew announce 5th Anniversary party, release new mixtape

The DJs behind high-energy dance nights Get Cryphy (this year's winners of City Pages' Best Dance Night) are pulling out all the stops for their 5th Anniversary celebration. The crew, comprised of distinguished local DJ's Plain Ole Bill, Jimmy2Times, Last Word, and Fundo, have a sure-to-be-hype show ... More >>

Prof lights up St. Louis Park Roller Garden in "Moron" video

Just when we thought it was safe to close out 2012, Prof is prying the damn thing back open again. "Moron," the closing track off his Kaiser Von Powderhorn 3 is just a beastly party song, and the video to match is pure smoke at the St. Louis Park Roller Garden.You know, we've given Prof some ribbing ... More >>

Make a Scene mixtape mashes up Polica, Atmosphere, Solid Gold, Prof and more

A music scene as intimate as the Twin Cities has seen genres and styles bleed into one another, and rarely is such hybridization unwelcome. With this mindset, Wide Eyes producers Dimitry Killstorm and DJ Name have concocted a mash-up project that combines a lot of Picked to Click alums, like local r ... More >>

Grieves on his new record, stage fright and moving to Minneapolis

Seattle MC Grieves has been on the road for quite some time. Playing shows in support of his Rhymesayers debut Together/Apart for over a year, Grieves winds down his tour this Saturday at First Avenue for his final show of 2012. We spoke to Grieves about life on the road, and what he has in store fo ... More >>

Prof and Grieves release "Super Scary Monsters" for Halloween

Happy hip-hop Halloween! The lineage of spooky rap has yielded plenty over the years -- from "Nightmare on My Street" to "1-800 Suicide" -- and now our own Powderhorn perv Prof has hooked up with Rhymesayers star Grieves for a quick and dirty rap to explore their sinister sides.This track unveils tw ... More >>

Doomtree's Mike Mictlan debuts SNAXXX! mixtape (Download)

Mike Mictlan is a bit of a rascal. He's also H-E-L-L-A F-R-R-E-A-L (pronounced "hella for real") and the "brown Tom Sawyer" if we are to believe his assertions on the newly dropped SNAXXX! mixtape. This is no ordinary hip-hop collection, thanks to the inventive production of 2% Muck, who created 11 ... More >>

Prof drops Kaiser Von Powderhorn 3 mixtape (Download)

Our well-documented fascination with Prof's Kaiser Von Powderhorn 3 mixtape is realized. Now available via his Bandcamp page, the eight songs (and one interlude) of varying styles -- even a 4/4 club track (!) -- should momentarily put, to quote the man, "All eyes on me / kinda like you knew I farted ... More >>

Prof is not a role model in "Me Boi" video

See Also:Prof launches Midwest tour dates in OctoberProf on Summer Set and his pre-show ritualProf brags incessantly with Yelawolf on "New Kid"A lot of people got mad when Nicki Minaj made what Gimme Noise thought was an obvious joke about having a lot of money and voting for Mitt Romney. But the wa ... More >>

Prof launches Midwest tour dates in October

See Also:Prof on Summer Set and his pre-show ritualProf brags incessantly with Yelawolf on "New Kid"First Listen: Prof, 'King Gampo' (Free Download)It's going to be that much harder to evade the salacious stunts of Prof this October and November as he forges out on a Midwest tour. Need proof? Over t ... More >>

Prof on Summer Set and his pre-show ritual

See Also: Summer Set Festival 2012 lineupProf brags incessantly with Yelawolf on "New Kid" First Listen: Prof, 'King Gampo' (Free Download)One of the Twin Cities' favorite homegrown talents, Prof is gearing up to end his summer with a bang. With his new Yelawolf-assisted single "New Kid" already a m ... More >>

Prof brags incessantly with Yelawolf on "New Kid"

See Also:First Listen: Prof, 'King Gampo' (Free Download)Prof channels his inner Timberlake in "Need Your Love" videoRibald local rapper Prof is sounding more like Rick Ross every day. No, he hasn't added that "woof" noise Rozay makes on the reg, but he's got the gift of amusing hyperbole on a fresh ... More >>

Gimme Noise's SXSW day party is today: Trampled by Turtles, Doomtree, & more

​This is a friendly reminder delivered with a teeny bit of Minnesota Nice. Get thee to the Gimme Noise/First Avenue/89.3 The Current/Etix SXSW day party today, or risk losing your commenter privileges forever.Okay, so maybe we can't really do that -- nor would we want to -- but it's simply a no-br ... More >>

Trampled by Turtles, Doomtree top Gimme Noise SXSW day party

​As promised, Gimme Noise is proud to announce our showcase for next week's South By Southwest Music Conference. Two local heavyweights lead the lineup in Duluth folk-bluegrass troupe Trampled by Turtles, and the Twin Cities hip-hop collective Doomtree. The rest of the lineup includes the infectio ... More >>

Get Cryphy 4 Year Anniversary at First Avenue, 2/24/12

​Get Cryphy 4 Year AnniversaryWith Plain Ole Bill, Jimmy2Times, Last Word, Fundo, and more.First Avenue Mainroom,Friday, February 24, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here.The combination of crunk and hyphy hip-hop subgenres serves as a decent shorthand for what the four-man Get Cryphy crew s ... More >>

Get Cryphy celebrates 4 years of hard bangers and packed dance floors

​Sometimes being fashionably late can totally backfire. It was a typical Friday night in downtown Minneapolis. The line to First Avenue's Record Room was already flirting with 7th Street in length, and the party was already rocking inside. The music was pumping so hard the stars were about to jum ... More >>

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2012 Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards winners & some suggestions for next year

​If you haven't heard by now, the Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards recently celebrated its sixth year. What started out as a simple MySpace poll back in 2007 had turned into a semi-respectable affair -- often selling out venues filled with local heads connecting and having a good time -- but times hav ... More >>

Prof gets stupid in new "Gampo" video

​Prof's second video from his latest album features ridiculous outfits, general foolishness, and a tiny computer-generated giraffe. Could the Stophouse rapper be trying to tell us he doesn't take himself super seriously?

TC Hip Hop Awards post 2011 nominees

​The process for the annual TC Hip Hop Awards has always seemed a little mysterious, and this year's poll is no exception -- with little warning or ceremony, the awards show's hosts have published a comprehensive list of 2011 nominees to their sparse website and opened up the poll to the public fo ... More >>

Prof channels his inner Timberlake in "Need Your Love" video

It's a good look​In the same vein as  Justin Timberlake's "Dick In A Box" video or pretty much anything from Andy Samberg's Lonely Island troupe, Prof released a video for "Need Your Love" this week and it sends a clear message: Don't judge him to be another cold-hearted rapper, he's a lover ... More >>

Picked to Click 2011: The ballots

​​As is the yearly tradition, we're publishing the ballots of all 115 of our Picked to Click voters for your perusal. Check out all of this year's contributors below, and thanks to all the writers, photographers, label owners, club bookers, DJs, and local music experts for weighing in on th ... More >>

First Listen: Prof, 'King Gampo' (Free Download)

​What possesses rappers to drop their full-length albums as a free download? There's arguments that can be made about new business models in the music industry, blah blah blah, but my theory with Prof's excellent King Gampo, recently made available for no money through his Bandcamp page, ... More >>

Yelawolf with Prof and Muja Messiah at First Avenue, 3/30/11

Photos by Denis Jeong Plaster​Yelawolf with Prof and Muja MessiahMarch 30, 2011First AvenueSeeing Yelawolf at Soundset last year solidified his talent for me, and I was excited to see him headline in a proper sweaty and loud club.  

Yelawolf

Rapper Prof keeps the party hopping

Cocky Minneapolis MC ready to drop new album GAMPO

Atmosphere releases new song, 'Minnesota Nice'

​Atmosphere preface their Minnesota Nice tour with an all-too appropriate song: "Minnesota Nice."Whoa whoa whoa...this isn't nice at all.

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Pizza Luce Block Party

Prof drops NSFW music video in preparation for Soundset

Hot (and we mean hot) on the heels of yesterday's video featuring Lucy Michelle, MPLS.TV and Gimme Noise are happy to present another video in the City of Music series, this time featuring Prof -- and a couple of random people making out in a motel room. Did we mention it was hot? And NSFW? Yep. Enj ... More >>

POS champions local bands at First Avenue

The hip-hop powerhouse invited several local acts to join him in the big room.

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Drunk Show 3

Recession Music means free stuff from StopHouse Records

Prof and St. Paul Slim say they mustered up inspiration from the bootleggers of the Great Depression

Hi-tops, Headphones, Spraycans and Microphones

Prof: Kaiser Von Powderhorn

Big Trouble featuring Crescent Moon

Crescent Moon Is in Big Trouble

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Project Gampo

Prof & Rahzwell; Interlock All Stars; M.anifest

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