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Urban Lights Music

4.7 ★★★★★ 110 Google reviews · Record store · Music store

Buys records Record Store Day hip-hop posters & merch

Longtime store offering a wide variety of music, including classic records, CDs, and merchandise.

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1449 University Ave W
St Paul, MN 55104

+1 651-647-9650

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Hours

Monday 11 am–6 pm
Tuesday 11 am–6 pm
Wednesday 11 am–6 pm
Thursday 11 am–6 pm
Friday 11 am–6 pm
Saturday 11 am–6 pm
Sunday Closed

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🎤 hip-hop 12 mentions

“An extraordinary collection and sampling of hip-hop n r&b n rap records, if youre lucky youll catch a dj mixing and spinning records.”

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🖼️ posters & merch 2 mentions

“The sheer range and amount of autographed posters and album covers here is a thing of absolute beauty and worth a trip in itself.”

What customers say

Omg!!! The only Black owned music store in St. Paul! What an amazing establishment. The owner, Tim Wilson, was so kind, knowledgeable, and a legend! It was an honor to meet him. His store has everything you are looking for and even what you didn't know you desired. Every type of music, every genre, so much history.

★★★★★ — Lisa, 2023-06

Tim is as cool as you can get. He is very helpful and friendly. The prices couldn't be lower unless he was a charity.

★★★★★ — Michael, 2023-12

Took my son to get a juice wrld CD on a budget. The man behind the counter was friendly, inviting, and very helpful. Bills were due but my son had earned a CD. They were out of CDs and we had drove over an hour so my son could go to a real record shop.

★★★★★ — Jordan, 2025-03

We bought a record and instead of a disk 1 and disk 2, there was two of disk 1; so we went in about a month later (because we live an hour away) and asked if we could exchange for it or anything, and without question he immediately let us exchange it for a different one, he was very helpful and very nice, I highly…

★★★★★ — Madison, 2025-09

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