#freestyle music

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Today’s mix:

The New York Beat: New York's Hottest Club Hits by David Phillips 1987 Freestyle / Dance-Pop

God, it must've been such a fuckin' vibe to pop something like this into your tape deck back in 1987 on a late, balmy New York City night and just cruise down the streets blasting it with your windows rolled all the way down 😎. When done right, freestyle music can be *so* good, man. You load a piece of a vocal into a sampler, chop up a Latin-tinged, pitch-shifted melody out of it, and then lay that melody over some layers of synths and drums and then I'm all yours 🥰.

And you happen to briefly get a couple of those sublime moments in the instrumental portions of the final track on this mix, "I Won't Stop Loving You," by C-Bank featuring Diamond Eyes. C-Bank is an electro and freestyle project that has actually belonged to a handful of producers over the years. In fact, the other C-Bank track that's on this mix appears to have been produced by a guy named John Robie, who had previously crafted some classic old school electro-hip hop jams for Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force—namely, "Looking for the Perfect Beat" and "Renegades of Funk"—and he also plays synthesizer on the group's most famous hit, "Planet Rock." But Robie's C-Bank song, I think, pales in comparison to the other one on here, which appears to have been co-produced by a pair of rookies named Elvin Molina and Mickey Garcia, who'd both go on to make a lot more freestyle tracks after they released this one. And the version that's on this tape actually sounds a bit different than the version that's on YouTube, which I'll provide here.

Because of those instrumental bits with the melodic vocal stabs, that C-Bank track is my favorite tune on here. But the one that precedes it by Bronx trio Sweet Sensation is a pretty quintessential 80s dance tune too; it was their debut single and it hit #64 on Billboard's Hot 100.

But outside of those two tracks, nothing else on this mix really seems all that special. And some of these tunes were actually pretty big hits in their day, like Sicilian singer Nocera's "Summertime, Summertime," which hit #2 on the Billboard dance chart in 1986. But looking back, a lot of these tunes actually just sound kinda simple, formulaic, and cheap 🤷‍♂️.

However, despite the overall lackluster selection, the mixing on this tape is still pretty damn good. And according to Discogs, this appears to be the only mix that this David Phillips guy ever made. Prior to this mix—if it is indeed the same guy—he did an updated 1986 dance remix of pre-Monkees Micky Dolenz's 1967 blues-rock single, "Don't Do It," which he front-ended with a coked-out, uptempo, hypnotically surfy hi-NRG beat. And I gotta say, it's really... something 😅; worth a listen just for the sheer novelty of it.

Really was not expecting this dancy freestyle mix to have just one degree of separation from Micky Dolenz, but there you have it! 😄

Now, I don’t have any links to this full mix, but I managed to record it with one of those cheap cassette-to-mp3 converters, so if you *really* want to hear it, feel free to get at me.

And here’s a short Spotify playlist of some personal freestyle faves of mine; nothing out of the ordinary, but some absolute bangers that span from the early 80s to mid-90s 😌.

Highlights:

Sweet Sensation - "Hooked On You" C-Bank Featuring Diamond Eyes - "I Won't Stop Loving You"

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[mccek]

Freestyle del sabato sera Ep:39 (2)

#freestyle #del #sabato sera #sabato #freestyle rap #freestyle music #musica #rap italiano

[savage-flirtation]

These two are amazing!

*sound up*

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[louiesmixtape]

freestyle music reached it’s peak in 1988. as crossover radio, what later became known as dance radio, grew in popularity, so did freestyle music. many of the genre’s most popular artists quickly went from being on independent labels to majors. this should have guaranteed the genre’s mainstream reach but many labels fumbled on marketing the artists. this was because freestyle music was a genre without a category. was it pop? was it dance? was it latin pop? because of this, labels visually promoted many freestyle groups as bands - rock bands. it also made groups like linear palatable for the masses.

i was living with my aunt janet and in the process of dropping out of middle school when this song was all over radio. i wasn’t a fan of freestyle music then but i did like this song. it was melodic, catchy and the synths irresistible.

linear was a group out of fort lauderdale, florida. their debut single “sending all my love” was released on an independent label in 1989. after becoming a regional hit, the group signed to atlantic records and the song was rereleased in february 1990 to massive success.

“sending all my love” was a staple on mtv’s then daily countdown show “dial mtv” and reached #5 on the billboard hot 100. linear would score one more top 40 hit in 1992 before fading into obscurity. just as well because by late 1992, rock bands and freestyle music were declared “dead” and pulled from all radio station playlists.

#louiesmixtape #music history #90s music #1990s #latin freestyle #freestyle music #lgbtq #storytelling #Youtube

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Megan ❤️❤️❤️

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[spllwys]

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#i'm renata bliss i mean vessel ur new freestyle dance teacher #lgifs #alltag #str_series #sleep token #vessel #i should NOT be giffing but i saw this on instagram and was overcome #next thing i knew it was exporting from vapoursynth... #what can you do #love it when he grooves like he's part of the music it's the most joyful thing to watch and i cannot wait to see it in person

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[the-soulwhispers]

The fact that music exists, makes life bearably worth living.

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[randomvarious]

Today’s compilation:

Freestyle: 13 Original Jams from Toronto, Canada 1995 Freestyle

Y'know, I've always adored the sound of freestyle—a type of electro-rooted 80s dance and pop music that was big among both Latino and Italian communities and that has this sort of decade-defining synthy sound to it—but I've never really truly delved into it. I know some of the big hits, from the genre's first real triumph in Shannon's "Let the Music Play," to arguably its last in Rockell's "In a Dream," and I'm thinking I should make a little playlist out of the good tunes I do know, but when it really comes down to it, my knowledge of freestyle is pretty bare-bones and surface level at best.

Like, I knew freestyle flourished in places like NYC and Miami, but I really had no idea that it birthed a pretty popular scene up north of the border in Toronto too, which just so happens to be the focus of this compilation here. Unfortunately though, this particular CD isn't very good and I'm really hoping it's not actually serving up the best of what T.O. had to offer. A few songs are pretty dope and supply nice electro beats with those types of sweetly stabbing horn, string, bleepy, and crystalline lead synth melodies that make freestyle music so irresistibly good and fun, but for the most part, a lot of this collection sounds pretty amateurish; none of these singers seem to possess very talented voices at all and it takes a skilled amount of production to either mask or overcome that fact.

So, if anyone out there knows of any good Toronto freestyle, please point me in the right direction, because I am all ears!

Now, here’s a tremendous New York paisan named Bigtime Tommie who’s in his fucking element here, painting us an idyllic picture and reminiscing on his old school 80s glory days, where the freestyle was really pumpin' and bumpin'!

And here's that little freestyle playlist I wanted to make. It's called “Freestylin' Ladies Who Are Mostly from the 80s” and it has Shannon, Exposé, Taylor Dayne, Jocelyn Enriquez, Rockell, and a few hits from Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam on it. It’s short and sweet and probably a good entry point for any freestyle novice out there, although I imagine there’s gotta definitely be playlists that are better than this one 😅.

Highlights:

Vicki - "Don't Break My Heart" Freedom - "Summer Love" Vicki - "Be Mine"

#freestyle #freestyle music #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music

[mccek]

Freestyle del sabato sera Ep:37

#freestyle #del #sabato #sera #freestyle rap #musica rap #freestyle music

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[ENG] 230920 [SPECIAL BEHIND] V - Slow Dancing (Freestyle Dance Ver) #MCOUNTDOWN EP.814

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Link to the video in 4K HD

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[louiesmixtape]

in the summer of 1990, there was no emerging freestyle artist more successful than george lamond. with the cross-over success of “bad of the heart” in the spring of 1990, george was credited for injecting much needed life into the genre that had begun to sound stale and formulaic. also, with columbia records backing him, george was able to a visual artists with sleekly produced videos and televised performance “its showtime at the apollo” and club MTV.

“look into my eyes” was released in august 1990 as the third single from his debut album “bad of the heart.” produced by the same masterminds behind shannon’s 1983 freestyle genre creating “let the music play,” “look into my eyes” is one of the best vocal performances on a freestyle song - ever! the synth heavy and thumping beat would have drowned out any other singer but george shines and emotes passion not found in many freestyle songs. no shade.

“look into my eyes” peaked at #64 on the hot 100 in the fall of 1990 and again, this was a huge feat as freestyle songs typically did not chart at all on the hot 100. a music video was commissioned but with BET and MTV unwilling to play freestyle artists in heavy rotation, you had to catch the music video on weekly videos show like “nite tracks” on TBS and NBC’s “friday night videos.”

1990 proved to be the high point for lamond. in addition to the “bad of the heart” and “look into my eyes,” his debut album also produced the late 1990 #49 peaking duet with brenda k. starr “no matter what.”

#louiesmixtape #90s music #music history #latin freestyle #freestyle music #george lamond #afrolatinx #lgbtq #Youtube

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[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Freestyle Fellowship released their second album Innercity Griots April 28, 1993

#today in hip hop history #todayinhiphophistory #hiphop #hip-hop #hip hop #hip hop music #hip hop history #music #history #hip hop culture #music history #freestyle fellowship #innercity griots #album #emcee #mc #rap #rapper #1993 #93