Rick James

Slug: The Twin Cities' hip-hop scene is still over-saturated

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Bobby Z on Revolution reunion: We'll know if Prince is coming when he's onstage

​Last year, Prince & the Revolution drummer Robert Rivkin, AKA Bobby Z was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack, and his survival was uncertain. After a year of rehabilitation, Z is healthy, and has started a foundation, My Purple Heart, to benefit heart health education and working in ... More >>

Sleeping in the Aviary keep it real with their new album, 'You and Me, Ghost'

​Unexpected and unusual, Sleeping in the Aviary charm their way into the indie-rock scene with their quirky albums; they now have three under their belt, and one on the way.With all these albums out, you might be asking yourself, "Where has Sleeping in the Aviary been all your life?"  The ans ... More >>

Banned from MTV: 10 videos that got the axe

​It's been nearly 30 years since MTV launched by airing footage of the Apollo 11 landing and the video for the Buggles' "Video Killed a Radio Star" at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981. Though it was founded with the intent of streaming music videos 24 hours a day, the station quickly became a tool for ... More >>

Slug of Atmosphere: 'Prince was a shitty version of Rick James and Parliament'

Photo by Dan Monick​There's a bit of a kerfuffle happening on the interwebs today surrounding a new interview with Slug of Atmosphere published by Pitchfork. For the most part, it's a pretty standard interview -- Atmosphere are getting ready to release a new full-length, The Family Sign, on April ... More >>

Teena Marie passes away at 54

​The holiday weekend wound down on a sad note with news that R&B icon Teena Marie passed away in her sleep yesterday at her home in Pasedena. Marie, born Mary Christine Brockert and known to some by her nickname Lady T, was 54 years old and was still actively performing in Las Vegas. She had j ... More >>

Rebirth Brass Band, Jack Brass Band

Art-A-Whirl, Henry Rollins, and more: Critics' Picks

Corey Haim bit it, and all you get is this lousy mini-mixtape

A few songs in memory of the fallen '80s teen heartthrob.

iPod Hijack! City Pages staff's Top Ten Most Played

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Rick James: The Ouija Interview

Because James Brown was unavailable, local music blog contacts the next best thing on the spectral plane.

Square Pegs on DVD tops this week's pop culture picks

Tropical Transplant Does Polar Bear Plunge

Culture Jamming

Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

Betty Davis: They Say I'm Different, Betty Davis

11/29 Morning Communiqué

Lonely "bitch" finds new home

Money Changes Everything

Wanted: catchphrase supplier for unfunny dudes everywhere

Yard signs bring out the funk

Still Smokin'

Dave Chappelle lights up the Orpheum stage; giggling ensues

Signifying Rappers

'Biggie and Tupac' charts the hits on a notorious heavy and an urban guerrilla

The Collective Conscious

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek gather everyone from Nelson Mandela to Rick James under the hip-hop tent

Puffy's Money?

No Way Out: Is bean-counter-turned-chart-topper Sean "Puffy" Combs tragically fated to success?