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August 5, 1999

The Rolling Stone Interview: Ricky Martin

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Remember that brief moment between Ricky Martin's showstopping 1999 Grammy performance of "The Cup of Life" and the first few hundred spins of "Livin' La Vida Loca" when he put his past in Menudo behind him once and for all? Ushering in a Latin crossover trend that soon became overcommercialized, Ma...

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When this former Menudo singer started wooing the pop mainstream in 1999, everybody tipped him as a major star. Yet the Puerto Rican stud was out the door faster than the mocha seductress he sang about in "Livin' La Vida Loca." His English-language debut, Ricky Martin, had electric-salsa disco sleaze such as "The Cup of Life" and "Shake Your Bon Bon," but the crap ballads drove all his new fans...

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