For three burgeoning filmmakers looking to put their city on the colossal map that is hip-hop, there’s no time like the present to pinpoint their hometown as a region that will be justly known for its booming musical landscape in the near future. Matthew “J.O.” Cooper, J. Lynn and Timothy Cooper have created the full-length documentary Paused in Time–one of the first films to fully capture the unique scene that is Baltimore hip-hop. As the city emerges in musical circles with its signature club music–with artists such as Kanye West and Swizz Beats integrating the sound made famous by B-More icons DJ Equalizer, DJ Class and the late DJ K Swift–these three filmmakers look to build off of this momentum as they present each eclectic musical palette that their city has to offer.

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