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PASS THE MIC! CENTERS ON LATIN ARTISTS' INFLUENCE ON EARLY HIP HOP
~ By STEPHANIE HOLMES ~
Special to the Monitor
September 24th, 2004 McAllen Texas

It was interesting to see the names of hip-hop pioneers such as Mellow Man Ace appear in the documentary Pass the Mic!. I viewed the film around the time of the Latin Grammy hype, so it was just the right time to lean back listen to the stories behind The Brown Town Looters, Molotov, Psycho Realm and other old school hip-hop acts.

For true lovers of hip-hop, the movement spun out of control when the music transitioned from being a regional art form in the 1970s and 1980s to a mass-produced genre that is still widely broadcast for mainstream audiences.

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