Get Crpyhy's Jimmy 2 Times and Plain Ole' Bill get iPod 'jacked

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Hijacking a DJ's iPod is kind of like putting shampoo in Robert Pattinson's shower -- an instant vulnerability occurs and near-tangible tension fills the air. Afterall, this represents their livelihood. The synapses that go off in a good DJ's brain when music is played is just a bit more special than our own, making them sultan selectaz in front of any dancefloor. You don't mess around with that kind of power. Well, unless you're City Pages. 

The duo behind the wildest hip-hop dance party in Minneapolis -- Get Cryphy -- DJ Jimmy 2 Times (Best DJ 2009) and Plain Ole Bill were up for the challenge of revealing just which tracks show up on their Top 10 Most Played on their iPods or iTunes. This could be a career-warping moment, we told them.   But they were brave and handed that shiz over with grace. 
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iPod Hijack! Big Trouble's Top 10 Most Played

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Guilty pleasures and embarrassing secrets are out! Gimme Noise has jacked a handful of iPods and are exposing the goods for all to see. The caramel-smooth instrumental group Big Trouble is a harmonious blend of beloved local musicians but their top 10 most-played lists showcase diverse tastes in their preferred art form. From Santigold, Aphex Twin, Grizzly Bear, local hip-hop, blues and loads of international tunes, Big Trouble's favorites could teach all of us a few things about behaving musically. Bassist Sean "Twinkie-Jiggles" McPherson summarizes each of his band mates, but it's up to you to decide whose music tastes will keep you out of trouble.

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iPod Hijack! Doomtree's Top 10 Most Played

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Sound the alarm. We're tenacious and fiending for your iPod playlists, no matter how revealing.  We told you even bands are not immune to this treatment and we weren't messing around. This month, for July's installment, we bring you the top 10 most-played lists of four Doomtree members: rappers Sims and Mike Mictlan, DJ Paper Tiger, and beatmaker Lazerbeak. 
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iPod Hijack! City Pages staff's Top Ten Most Played

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All right, there's no hiding from your Debbie Gibson adoration any longer, and you know who you are. We're coming at you, ready to uproot your guiltiest of guilty pleasure songs by snatching your iPod for a few minutes and telling the world what you're really into. Nor are local and national bands exempt from this standing-on-the-edge-of-a-diveboard-naked kind of vulnerability. Before we take to the streets and expose your Most Played lists, we decided we should probably know the feeling first.

ANDREA SWENSSON, Music Editor 

2. Bon Iver, "The Wolves (Act II and II) 
3. Haley Bonar, "River" 
4. Little Man, "Light Years" 
5. Modest Mouse, "Bankrupt on Selling" 
6. Solid Gold, "Who You Gonna Run To?" 
7. Aby Wolf, "Keara" 
8. Ani DiFranco, "Both Hands (new version)" 
9. Bat For Lashes. "I'm On Fire" 
10. Doomtree, "Game Over" 

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