FREESTYLE MUSIC ...

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » August 24th, 2019, 12:05 pm

heard a song last night that took me back to my childhood days hearing this stuff being played on radio & cassettes all over back in early 80s

for those who dont know take a read : it DOES NOT mean everything 80s but ITS A SPECIFIC GENRE , its not really rap

older heads will know & can feel free to add in - make sure its FREESTYLE & not just any old 80s song ...

those under age 30 probably wont know

From Wiki :

Latin freestyle (local terms include Miami freestyle[9]) or simply freestyle music[4] is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980s.[2] It experienced its greatest popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. It continues to be produced and enjoys some degree of popularity, especially in urban settings. A common theme of freestyle lyricism is heartbreak in the city.[10] The first freestyle hit is largely attributed to "Let the Music Play" by Shannon.

The music was largely made popular on radio stations such as WKTU and "pre-hip hop" Hot 97 in New York City, and it became especially popular in New Orleans and the Gulf coast and among Italian Americans and Puerto Rican Americans in the New York metro area and Philadelphia metro area, Cuban Americans in the Miami area, and Hispanic and Latino Americans in Detroit and Los Angeles County. Notable performers in the freestyle genre include Stevie B, Corina, Lil Suzy, Timmy T, George Lamond, TKA, Noel, Company B, Exposé, Debbie Deb, Brenda K. Starr, the Cover Girls, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Information Society, Pretty Poison, Sa-Fire, Shannon, Coro, Lisette Melendez, Judy Torres, Rockell, Taylor Dayne, Paris by Air and many others.

a few examples : ....

hydroep · Postby **hydroep** » August 24th, 2019, 12:33 pm

Yuh put up the best ones already. Some would say Let the Music Play started it off, kinda bridging the gap between the Hip-Hop/Breakdance genre and full-on club music. And Silent Morning...dais the ultimate Freestyle song dey.

Exposé had some good ones, but this was tops.

Postby SR » August 24th, 2019, 3:51 pm

Inside.... for that original miami sound

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » August 24th, 2019, 4:08 pm

^^^look ah man who will know this stuff , i sure when he see d music i posted above he was taken aback to his young man days , soundoff with cassette as d source of music back then .... :lol:

i love expose & still do run their entire album occasional in front my store , they were very versatile doing from ballads to dance hits , very nice well constructed catchy songs

yes i posted some of d top 10 hits , i didnt want to play frontish & post a bunch but it have plenty more if ppl jog their memories d thread will pick up some momentum ... yea today is Saturday so most ppl out & about

rspann · Postby **rspann** » August 24th, 2019, 6:05 pm

Man talking about old time days and cassette. Lol. Allyuh too young to talk about 8 track.

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » August 24th, 2019, 6:32 pm

^^^ u sounding like u from d days of phonograph , u ole like d road ... :poke:

................ :lol:

this type of music though started around time cassette was becoming d new standard replacing 8 track tapes ...

aidan · Postby **aidan** » August 24th, 2019, 6:44 pm

Good tunes dey. I was actually listening to some of this genre last night too.

Postby SR » August 24th, 2019, 6:52 pm

Postby SR » August 24th, 2019, 6:52 pm

Where it all started from this track

aidan · Postby **aidan** » August 24th, 2019, 7:07 pm

A more recent one but one of my favorites

Postby SR » August 24th, 2019, 10:39 pm

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » August 24th, 2019, 11:03 pm

Freestyle is early electronica/dance?

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » August 24th, 2019, 11:12 pm

Exposé - Point Of No Return

big tune - Miami freestyle

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » August 24th, 2019, 11:15 pm

VexXx Dogg wrote:Freestyle is early electronica/dance?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_freestyle

it's a specific flavour, just like New Wave was

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » August 24th, 2019, 11:27 pm

Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam - Head to Toe

New York Freestyle

killercow · Postby **killercow** » August 25th, 2019, 1:44 am

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » August 25th, 2019, 12:12 pm

^ that's New Wave, not Freestyle

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » August 25th, 2019, 12:52 pm

u cud tell all who is all d ole ppl is this thread .... :lol:

lemme leggo some more ....

this 1 was monstrous too

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » August 25th, 2019, 3:41 pm

Would this count as one?

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » August 25th, 2019, 4:08 pm

cud remember dat 1 good in TTT days , it cud pass as a local expression of d genre

2.02 d feller on left looking like he sleepy or high . his eyes closing & all up in d sky :lol:

where d other 2 watching straight towards d camera ...

abbow · Postby **abbow** » August 26th, 2019, 7:39 am

hmm good ole days yes, i still have these labelled as "80's Best" on my car usb...

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » August 26th, 2019, 9:40 pm

sMASH wrote:Would this count as one?

HOSSSS
Massive throwback!

matix · Postby **matix** » August 27th, 2019, 1:20 am

Some big tunes

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » August 27th, 2019, 6:13 am

VexXx Dogg wrote:
sMASH wrote:Would this count as one?

HOSSSS
Massive throwback!

u dont get bored listening to this one, the other actual ones, get tired really fast. i think this one better at it, than most of the actual ones. this one ranking with the best examples there are