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Printablelastdecember said: TonyVanDam said: 
 To me this album should get a VH! classic album special too, not only for the facts mentioned, just by what the girls and the label had to work with, no budgets, no money to do Videos, but they did More with Less, unlike todays artists who do so much less with so much more available. Its funny "The Cover Girls" video for "Because of You" was shot here in Nyc in a club after hours, they couldnt afford extras to dance, so its just the 3 girls, two camera mix, but its a classic. They also did a lot of live performances on The Disney Channel back in the 80's too.  That's how I found out what these beautiful ladies look like! | |
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I totally respect Freestyle and for what it accomplished, people do dismiss it and it really doesnt get the respect it deserves but if you are in a club in Miami or NYC and you turn on some Cover Girls or Sa-fire or TKA, that place will forget Justin and SexyBack in a second. To me Freestyle was always about its independance, they all did everything themselves and the thing is, they still do to this day, Fever Records are working on a Cover Girls record for 2007, and as much respect early Rap labels get,, Freestyle labels like Tommy Boy,Mic Mac, and Fever need to be given just as much cred. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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I L.O.V.E. "I Wanna Be The One" by Stevie B. | |
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What about "I Know I'm Losing You" by The Uptown Girls? Would that be considered Freestyle? Andy is a four letter word. | |
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TonyVanDam said:
I know that C+C sold-out on house music as well!  They also fail to publicly credit Marsha Walsh for her lead vocals (C+C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat) and backing vocals (Seduction's first and only album) on their tracks. Even the producers of Black Box fail to credit Marsha for put vocals on their tracks as well.Which was totally rediculous! What the hell difference does it make what a singer looks like? When I first saw that little skinny bitch, I wondered how such a big, powerful voice could come out of her. As for the downfall of frestyle, you can give almost all of the blame on mainstream hip-hop (especially gangsta rap). FM Radio follow the lead of the major recrd labels by putting more focus on the genre that generated the most profit at the fastest rate (again, gangsta rap).
You are sooooo right. It also killed house music, which was doing very well at the time, also. Once that cheap, stripped down, boring, midtempo "talking" bullshit got a little popularity, everything else was kept out....except for adult contemporary type ballads which will probably always be around. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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TonyVanDam said: lastdecember said: Freestyle was/is a great thing, but like anything that starts as a cult/underground favorite, once the labels get hold of it, corruption. Thanks to labels, the Cover Girls and Expose were doing Ballads, Lisa Lisa was doing motown sounding songs. Actually i do blame "Clivilles and Cole" for this. This two guys sold out Freestyle big time, lets not forget that they were behind the whole Lypsnching thing in the later 80's-very early 90's, putting a hot female out front and having someone else doing vocals behind the scenes. So once this whole fiasco came to a head, no one trusted groups like Expose,Cover Girls,Lisa Lisa or any of the other Freestyle greats.
I know that C+C sold-out on house music as well! They also fail to publicly credit Marsha Walsh for her lead vocals (C+C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat) and backing vocals (Seduction's first and only album) on their tracks. Even the producers of Black Box fail to credit Marsha for put vocals on their tracks as well.
As for the downfall of frestyle, you can give almost all of the blame on mainstream hip-hop (especially gangsta rap). FM Radio follow the lead of the major recrd labels by putting more focus on the genre that generated the most profit at the fastest rate (again, gangsta rap). Damn, what a shame that it's not as popular now because i feel it's such great music. it really has everything i love in it. electro, hip hop, new wave. such cool music to dance too. glad to hear the old skool artsist are still going strong. good for them. So another classic album of this genre is the first album by Alisha, which had all night passion, baby talk and too turned on. she was kind of like Madonna's rival back in the day but she was only about 14 years old at the time. I love that album! | |
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I condensed my freestyle 12" collection to only the ones I really liked and made these three comps:
Roots and Early Classics: One More Shot - C-Bank I.O.U. - Freeez Let The Music Play - Shannon Honey To A Bee - Tina B The Mexican - Jellybean Can You Feel The Beat - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force What You See Is What You Get - Brenda K. Starr Hooked On You - Sweet Sensation Let Me Be The One - Sa-Fire Because Of You - The Cover Girls Don't Take Your Love - Lydia 'Lee' Love Last Chance - Cyre Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne The NYC Beat: Let's Go - Nocera Don't You Think It's Time - Fascination Come Into My Arms - Judy Torres Change On Me - Cynthia Dancing On The Fire - India Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right) - Denise Lopez Like A Child - Noel Give Me Back My Heart - Corina Open Up Your Heart - Raiana Paige You Are The One - TKA Yo No Sé - Pajama Party Bad Of The Heart - George Lamond Together Forever - Lisette Melendez Miami and Other Cities: How Can We Be Wrong - Trinere Diamond Girl - Nice & Wild Come Go With Me - Exposé Point Of No Return - Nu Shooz For Tonight - Nancy Martinez Fascinated - Company B Dreamin' - Will To Power Party Your Body - Stevie B Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison No One Knows - Wild Mary's Forbidden Lover - First Impression Give Me Your Love - The Voice In Fashion Sending All My Love - Linear | |
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this. music. i. dont. like. Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: this. music. i. dont. like.
Oh quit lying! You know you like Expose. | |
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One of my early concert experiences other than Prince, was EXPOSE/LISA LISA at Radio City Music hall, Expose opened and got 2 encores as the opening act! And they only had the one album at the time "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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sextonseven said: I condensed my freestyle 12" collection to only the ones I really liked and made these three comps:
Roots and Early Classics: One More Shot - C-Bank I.O.U. - Freeez Let The Music Play - Shannon Honey To A Bee - Tina B The Mexican - Jellybean Can You Feel The Beat - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force What You See Is What You Get - Brenda K. Starr Hooked On You - Sweet Sensation Let Me Be The One - Sa-Fire Because Of You - The Cover Girls Don't Take Your Love - Lydia 'Lee' Love Last Chance - Cyre Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne The NYC Beat: Let's Go - Nocera Don't You Think It's Time - Fascination Come Into My Arms - Judy Torres Change On Me - Cynthia Dancing On The Fire - India Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right) - Denise Lopez Like A Child - Noel Give Me Back My Heart - Corina Open Up Your Heart - Raiana Paige You Are The One - TKA Yo No Sé - Pajama Party Bad Of The Heart - George Lamond Together Forever - Lisette Melendez Miami and Other Cities: How Can We Be Wrong - Trinere Diamond Girl - Nice & Wild Come Go With Me - Exposé Point Of No Return - Nu Shooz For Tonight - Nancy Martinez [b]Fascinated - Company B[/b]Dreamin' - Will To Power Party Your Body - Stevie B Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison No One Knows - Wild Mary's Forbidden Lover - First Impression Give Me Your Love - The Voice In Fashion Sending All My Love - Linear My favorite "Latin freestyle" record of all time Company B "Fascinated"! Absolutely perfect. By the way, Latin Freestyle IS hip-hop. It is not something separate from it. Man, don't get me started. Anyhow, great thread. . | |
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thorntonmellon said: sextonseven said: I condensed my freestyle 12" collection to only the ones I really liked and made these three comps:
Roots and Early Classics: One More Shot - C-Bank I.O.U. - Freeez Let The Music Play - Shannon Honey To A Bee - Tina B The Mexican - Jellybean Can You Feel The Beat - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force What You See Is What You Get - Brenda K. Starr Hooked On You - Sweet Sensation Let Me Be The One - Sa-Fire Because Of You - The Cover Girls Don't Take Your Love - Lydia 'Lee' Love Last Chance - Cyre Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne The NYC Beat: Let's Go - Nocera Don't You Think It's Time - Fascination Come Into My Arms - Judy Torres Change On Me - Cynthia Dancing On The Fire - India Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right) - Denise Lopez Like A Child - Noel Give Me Back My Heart - Corina Open Up Your Heart - Raiana Paige You Are The One - TKA Yo No Sé - Pajama Party Bad Of The Heart - George Lamond Together Forever - Lisette Melendez Miami and Other Cities: How Can We Be Wrong - Trinere Diamond Girl - Nice & Wild Come Go With Me - Exposé Point Of No Return - Nu Shooz For Tonight - Nancy Martinez Fascinated - Company B Dreamin' - Will To Power Party Your Body - Stevie B Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison No One Knows - Wild Mary's Forbidden Lover - First Impression Give Me Your Love - The Voice In Fashion Sending All My Love - Linear My favorite "Latin freestyle" record of all time Company B "Fascinated"! Absolutely perfect. By the way, Latin Freestyle IS hip-hop. It is not something separate from it. Man, don't get me started. Anyhow, great thread. . Back in the day, the official term was Latin hip-hop. (Just look for a pic of the April 1988 cover of SPIN magazine.) No one called it freestyle until way later. | |
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