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The Message

The Message

Focusing on classic hip hop and R&B, as well as new releases, The Message will keep listeners up to the minute with tour dates, music news, in-studio interviews and the best Minnesota artists working in the R&B and hip-hop scene.
Father's Day

Father's Day

Sanni Brown • Jun 12, 2025

To all the fathers in the place with the gray in their face, this week's show's for you. so stay in your grace. You're running the race and winning. You got good taste, I got a message for you, hope you feel the embrace.

1:01:10
All Local Tour

All Local Tour

Sanni Brown • Jun 5, 2025

Summer 2025 on the way, head to the local scene for a fun stay. Message in a bottle, po’ it out and convey. Minnesota music scene needs a runway. 

1:01:05
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

Sanni Brown • May 29, 2025

Memories doin’ something to me, some happy some kinda gloomy. Memorial Day still running through me, a good message would really soothe me. 

1:01:25
Music for Meditation

Music for Meditation

Sanni Brown • May 22, 2025

Music provides the perfect meditation. Call that a lyrical medication. No prescription needed, it's recreation. 

1:00:29
How to Identify a Baddie?

How to Identify a Baddie?

Sanni Brown • May 8, 2025

How do you identify a baddie? World get it wrong every time, sadly. Need a local to get you right and badly. Get your phone out 'cause I got the addy. 

1:01:22
Showing Love to the Barber Shops

Showing Love to the Barber Shops

Sanni Brown • May 1, 2025

Minnesota first. Head on a swivel. Show love to ya barbers, and not a little. Goin’ up for the parlors, too official. Message this week? Call that an epistle. 

1:01:26
Lost Ones

Lost Ones

Sanni Brown • Apr 24, 2025

This one goes out to all the lost ones, if you know like I know, you know it cost some. Stuck in a rut that exhausts lungs. I got a message for you, boutta toss one.

1:01:04
April Fool's Month

April Fool's Month

Sanni Brown • Apr 17, 2025

April Fool’s month, don’t get caught slippin’, got a message this week if ya set trippin’. Couple of tips to keep ya fresh set hittin’, break glass ceilings, no feelings, really sittin’. 

1:00:05
Everybody Plays the Fool

Everybody Plays the Fool

Sanni Brown • Apr 10, 2025

Everybody plays the fool ... sometimes. So pull to the message pool, one time. Hip-hop and R&B keep you drooly, message of the night hittin’ without the tooly.

1:00:22
Where My Girls At?

Where My Girls At?

Sanni Brown • Mar 27, 2025

Hey, twin. Where have you been? Where my girls at? It's been a min. And now I got a message for you.

1:01:28