Pass the Mic

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“Pass the Mic”
“Pass the Mic” cover
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Check Your Head
B-side Time For Livin', Drunken Praying Mantis Style, Netty's Girl
Released April 7, 1992
Format CD, MC, LP
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:16
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Beastie Boys
Producer Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Shadrach"
(1989)
"Pass the Mic"
(1992)
"So What'cha Want"
(1992)

"Pass the Mic" is the first single from the album Check Your Head by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on April 7, 1992. The song is longer at the end of the track than what appears on the CD album. It has a clip from a unknown live show for the additional 14 seconds. The last track, "Netty's Girl" has a short clip stitched on the end of it, as well as a secret 3 second clip at the end of the 5:39. The actual song is only 3 minutes long, as it appears on the Sounds Of Science Anthology.

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Pass the Mic (LP Version) 4:30
  2. Dub the Mic (Instrumental) 4:26
  3. Drunken Praying Mantis Style 2:37
  4. Pass the Mic (Pt. 2, Skills to Pay the Bills) 4:24
  5. Netty's Girl 5:39

[edit] Samples