I love freestyle. It's mainly popular within the latin community especially in cities like Miami and New York and is a direct offshoot of electro and breaks depending on the track. Freestyle music is heavy on vocals and the lyrical content was usually about love, heart-ache, breakups, and relationships. The majority of freestyle artists are hispanic.
One of the last commercially successful freestyle hits came in 1997 with this track:
Here's a another classic track about a man longing after a girl whom he never finds. There we go again with the love theme:
Ever wondered what a woman is thinking? They do too:
Here's some more videos:
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Originally posted by Algenis
Freestyle = 80s latin-american Bubblegum dance
Fixed!
Last edited by stevieboy32808 on Oct-13-2007 at 03:22
Oct-12-2007 18:02
Ted Promo
NWO WOLFPACK INSANE
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Can this be my goal??!
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Did you hear his remix of Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice? That was a refreshing step to the right direction.
It was better than most of his recent efforts, but I didn't care for it all too much when compared to the original.
Oct-12-2007 18:33
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
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Originally posted by Gauss
I'll probably get more of Fatboy Slim's stuff because I never really listened to him and I'm curious about his works.
it never died, it's still being played at middle school dances everywhere
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Oct-12-2007 18:53
Cobalt
Trance Isn't Trance
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Originally posted by woscar99
Love Island
\o/
Oct-12-2007 19:16
Gauss
^^
Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Easily one of the best albums I have ever heard.
Okay, now I can say that album indeed rocks.
I always digged Need For Speed 4 soundtrack and just found out that 4 tracks (No Remorse, War, Fight, Def Beat) from Saturday Teenage Kick are featured on it. That's one of explanations why I like it so much. Others are... Well, it's simply great.
ah gotta love the classic eurodance and freestyle.
and the genre isnt dead, their are a few euro and freestyle singers out their in places like the US and europe doing shows and making music, their is still a fanbase who enjoys the music, i still do.
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Oct-13-2007 02:11
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
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Originally posted by AustralianGQ
ah gotta love the classic eurodance and freestyle.
and the genre isnt dead, their are a few euro and freestyle singers out their in places like the US and europe doing shows and making music, their is still a fanbase who enjoys the music, i still do.
There's still people who enjoy Beethoven, but that doesn't mean Classical is alive and kickin' is it?
Eurodance is very cheesy, but unlike Freestyle it's been able to adapt its sound and melodies to whatevers hot in general. Freestyle records on the other hand were always overly obsessed with Afrika Bambaataa and Freez's "IOU". There was also a period in the mid 90s with Nu-Freestyle where every record sounded like Planet Soul's "Set U Free".
Oct-13-2007 07:55
Cipha Sounds
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Macomb, MI
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Originally posted by Konijn
since when is freestyle a "forgotten" genre? turn on ktu (if you live in the nyc/nj area) and you'll hear tons of it daily.
i remember hearing "let the music play" one of the very first times i ever went clubbing (a loong time ago...).
I remember KTU playing a bunch of freestyle tracks all the way till summer '05 when I moved out of NY. My boys tell me they still play it to this day. I wasn't surprised to hear that radio stations still play it in the Bay and Cali.
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Originally posted by stevieboy32808
I love freestyle. It's mainly popular within the latin community especially in cities like Miami and New York and is a direct offshoot of electro and breaks depending on the track. Freestyle music is heavy on vocals and the lyrical content was usually about love, heart-ache, breakups, and relationships. The majority of freestyle artists are hispanic.
I'll never forget seeing the young Latinos and Italians playing it back in the early 90s ,especially around NY's Morris Park ave, East Tremont and Eastchester/Pelham Parkway areas where it was bumping all the time. Freestyle an House were always my favorite genres at that time. It's funny you guys mention epic House, especially the old BT sound, that was top notch.
A few more freestyle tracks.
The 1992 remix to this TKA track is one of my favorite dance tracks to this day.
Oh and CHRles, I know that Eurodance is still alive, but freestyle and Eurodance are noticably different. Here's a example of a Euro dance track and you'll notice the difference in the sound and structure.
Others are... Well, it's simply great. 
