"The Flow." "Minneapolis. Minneapolis".

"2 Nigs United for West Compton" "But the ones from Minneapolis..."

MPLSound.

MPLS

"Rock and Roll is Alive and it lives in Minneapolis."

More?

Y'all?

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dodger said:

Dead On It White Mansion Tony M- Jughead Gangster Glam Call The Law

Oops. My mistake. "Dead on It' not "2 Nigs."

Uptown?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Uptown?

From a certain point of view. Then we could also include "Calhoun Square" amongst others.

The Flow

Dead On It

I Rock, Therefore I Am

White Mansion

Days of Wild (Crystal Ball)

Undisputed (as "Moneyapolis")

Rock N' Roll Is Alive (And it Lives In Minneapolis)

MPLS

MPLSound

"The Flow" may have been the first mention of Minneapolis. You'd think it'd be sooner, but I didn't find that.

And if we're using "Calhoun Square" or "Uptown" as references, then "Paisley Park," "Northside," & "Seven Corners" are in that mix, too. It seems broad for the purposes of this thread, though. He mentions the Galpin house (yellow) in "Zanalee." That's a stretch.

I didn't search the internet releases or anything past 3121.

On 1-800-New Funk - There is the track MPLS - Minneapolis
Also when he performed "Love Sign" on the Today Show with Nona Gaye, he shouts out Minneapolis

TrivialPursuit said:

The Flow

Dead On It

I Rock, Therefore I Am

White Mansion

Days of Wild (Crystal Ball)

Undisputed (as "Moneyapolis")

Rock N' Roll Is Alive (And it Lives In Minneapolis)

MPLS

MPLSound

"The Flow" may have been the first mention of Minneapolis. You'd think it'd be sooner, but I didn't find that.

And if we're using "Calhoun Square" or "Uptown" as references, then "Paisley Park," "Northside," & "Seven Corners" are in that mix, too. It seems broad for the purposes of this thread, though. He mentions the Galpin house (yellow) in "Zanalee." That's a stretch.

I didn't search the internet releases or anything past 3121.

I believe "The Flow" is. The reason I believe this is because I'm from Minneapolis and kept waiting for Prince to reference it on record and thought it was soooo cool when he finally did. Of course, Dead on It was recorded earlier.

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Someone else here mentioned "northside" as a reference to Minne. Prince gives a shout-out to "Moneyapple" in that song.

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Honorable mention: "Laydown", in which he gives a shout-out to Minnesota.

Bluu said:

Someone else here mentioned "northside" as a reference to Minne. Prince gives a shout-out to "Moneyapple" in that song.

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Honorable mention: "Laydown", in which he gives a shout-out to Minnesota.

Moneyapple?! Don't know how I missed that one!