Music:
Lots of different kinds of music. Above, on our song profile, is an artist who is, or was, a member of the featured record label below. The artist, and label, will change every couple of weeks.
Rhymesayers Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley, Anthony Davis, Brent Sayers, Musab S'ad Ali and Derek Turner. The label is mainly composed of native Minnesotans as well as nationally recognized artists including Soul Position and MF Doom, who has released one disc (MM..Food?) for the label. It is the largest hip-hop label in Minneapolis and has a friendly relationship with the Doomtree crew. In 1999, the label opened its own record store called The Fifth Element, located in Uptown, Minneapolis.
A few bands we like...
Lucero, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Whiskeytown, Bishop Allen, Matthew Bradley, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Silver Sun Pickups, Cloud Room, Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, Sam Wahl, Apples in Stereo, Modest Mouse, Uncle Tupelo, The Rolling Stones, Nina Simone, The Black Keys, Willie Nelson, The Paper Hearts, Mars Volta, Diecast, Shadows Fall, Pennywise, Pete Yorn, Beth Orton, Drive-By Truckers, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Andrew Bird, Blood For Blood, Overcast, Roxy Music, Bayside, Brand New, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, John Coltrane, New York Dolls, Elvis, Chris Bell, Lootpack, Neko Case, Martin Sexton, Marah, Neal Coty, Dirtbombs, Brendan Benson, The Modern Lovers, Green Day, Django Reinhardt, Samara Lubeski, Califone, Red Red Meat, Kraftwerk, Elvis Costello, Helium/Mary Timony, Sun Ra, The Stooges, Son Volt, Coleman Hawkins, Joy Division, Eric Dolphy, MF Doom, Television, Arcade Fire, Feli Kuti, Steely Dan, the Raconteurs, Will Oldham, Lee Scratch Perry, Os Mutantes, Iron Maiden, Nicotina, The Highway Men, Frank Sinatra, Suicide, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, MC5, Lucinda Williams, The Ramones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Reed, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Kaiser Chiefs, Pinback, Rival Schools, Ann Peebles, Wilco, Built to Spill, Death From Above 1979, The Trashmen, Pixies, Great Lake Swimmers, Charalambides, sentridoh, sleepyhead, portastatic, unrest, pony, helium, Tom Waits, The White Stripes, Herbie Mann, Elliott Smith, Cat Power, J Dilla, John Prine, Danger Mouse, The Weakerthans, Chuck Berry, The Shins, Ella Fitzgerald, John Lee Hooker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Sonics, Sly and the Family Stone, Will Oldham, Butterglory, Skip Spence, Comets on Fire, Labradford/Stars of the Lid, Jessamine, Smog, my friends bands, Skygreen Leopards, Havergal, Viva Voce, Bo Diddley, The Backsliders, Robert Earl Keen, Buddy Holly, Can, Bruce Springsteen, Lightnin Hopkins, Big Star, Steely Dan, Black Flag, Radiohead, Billie Holiday, My Morning Jacket, Johnny Cash, Gillian Welch, Quasimoto, The Flaming Lips, Pavement, Lambchop, Widespread Panic, My Bloody Valentine, Matthew Ryan, Jill Scott, James Low, Neutral Milk Hotel, Howlin Wolf, Hank William Sr., Neil Young, Air, Robert Belfour, Blonde Redhead, Josh Rouse, Cracker, Minutemen, The Grateful Dead, The Replacements, Ryan Adams, Lou Reed, Jeff Buckley, The Roots, Charlie Parker, Janes Addiction, Slint, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Queen, Charlie Rich, George Clinton, Louise Armstrong, New Order, Stephen Stills, Public Enemy, Old 97's, T-Bone Walker, The Clash, Yo La Tengo, Junior Kimbrough, DJ Shadow, Thelonious Monk, Gang of Four, Waylon Jennings, Captain Beefheart, Paul Simon, St. Germaine, James Brown, The Band
Heroes:
Nikola Tesla, Edwin H. Armstrong, Radio Luxembourg, Free Radio Olympia, Pirate Cat Radio, Free Radio Santa Cruz, Radio Alice, Free Radio San Diego, LUNk Radio, WAIF, KGNU, KBOO, WDBX, WLUW, WZRD, WERU, WMNF, Prometheus Radio Project, National Federation of Community Broadcsters, Grassroots Radio Coalition, Developing Radio Partners, PRPD, American Public Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John Peel, Christopher Stone, Martin Block, Wolfman Jack, Alan "Moondog" Freed, Sam Phillips, Murray "The K" Kaufman, Tyrone Slothrop, Jimmy Savile, Pete Tong, Chris Sheppard, DJ Kool Herc, Bob Casey, Thomas Edison, Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, Matthew Johnson
