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I am in no way an aficionado of the Hip-Hop industry, and as such, this doc offered some quality insight into a field I otherwise know little about. However, I found the racial politics of Detroit Hip-Hop even more interesting than the history that was offered up. On top of this, I was impressed by the wide range of interviewees and the quality archival footage.

Enjoyed watching it waited a long time for this to come out Detroit should have been the main spot for it all but once again it was blackballed. There was some more companies that weren't mentioned that were out around 86-88, Brian was either a freshman in junior high. But other people who were out Maurice Malone, Chris White day records Mike Fitzgerald out records and and ready records. They used to get rappers started over on Milford and more I.e MC breed

This documentary was so informational about detroit hip hop and even gave u info about Motown that I didn't know. Great work and it is a must see

History brings us to the current day; knowing the past helps us know the nuances and the whys of where we're at now.

I love the idea of Detroit. Industry. Rock City. A hard-hitting and storied town that constantly contributes its sharply-defined culture to the fabric of the country and beyond. But I didn't know the specs on the Motor City's critical role in the evolution of hip-hop beyond the worldwide names. Thanks to Brian "Champtown" Harmon's gritty doc, that's now been fixed. Narrated by the always-authoritative voice of Public Enemy's Chuck D, this is a constantly-moving ancestry.com chart of hip-hop names you know and don't know. And ultimately, it's a love letter from Harmon to his town, to his scene, and to the individuals that drove it and still drive it.

The Untold Story of Detroit Hip Hop flows as fast as it informs. The characters we meet are intelligent and introspective, and their charisma shown in the telling of their individual history lessons is given larger purpose by the storytelling framework provided by Harmon (himself a hip-hop luminary in the Detroit community). If you've got a natural thirst for learning and have a keen eye and ear for understanding the origins of culture, then a specific passion for hip-hop isn't a prerequisite; this is a doc that will engage you from the onset.