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The doors to the master control room are salvaged from influential "Minneapolis sound" recording studio Flyte Tyme.

Rhymesayers founders Siddiq and Slug of Atmosphere talk about the impact of their label, the MSP rap scene, and 50 years of hip-hop history.

Legendary producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, take us on a musical journey of their past, present and hit-making future. This episode is an encore of the August 7, 2021 original broadcast.

June is Black Music Month and this is a landmark day for Black music as a whole. On June 20, 1988 MCA Records released both Bobby…

American singer Alexander O'Neal was one of the most popular and successful R&B artists of the 1980s.

The Tuscaloosa Amphitheater show will also feature the Zapp Band, Con Funk Shun and Atlantic Starr. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Highlights for Nov. 24-30 include Yung Gravy, Morrissey, Trampled by Turtles, Dianne Reeves and Daryl Hall.

Jam and Lewis’s emergence as major record producers was kick-started by Prince’s pique. Keyboard player Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and bassist Terry Lewis played together in local Minneapolis bands while in high school, graduating to Flyte Tyme, which evolved into Prince’s backing band, the Time, in 1981. When Jam and Lewis produced the SOS Band’s hit “Just Be Good to Me” in 1983, they broke Prince’s rule that no member of the Time do outside work, and he fired them. They then se...

Minneapolis producers/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis discuss their legacy, Prince, Janet Jackson, Minneapolis and fedoras.

Keys to their success include being good listeners, equal partners and savvy businessmen.