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PrintableMaybe the reason why "Temptation" doesn't do anything for me is because by the time the 90s came, I had already moved on from freestyle (which I thought had become tired) to other types of music like industrial. Lisette Melendez was the last freestyle artist I thought was any good. | |
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Cinnie said: Spin mag used to look so CRUCIAL!
I know, right. Like something you'd actually BUY.  | |
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sextonseven said: lilgish said: I always wondered about this... Why Freestyle is actually called freestyle is subject to speculation. Some feel the term freestyle may refer to the difference between the mixing techniques used by DJs spinning this form of music (at least in its pre-house incarnations) and those who were spinning disco, the only other widely played dance music that incorporated sung vocals. Disco, with its relatively predictable beat structure, could be mixed with smooth, slow, and consistent techniques, but freestyle's syncopated beat structures demanded that DJs get creative, incorporating aspects of both disco and hip-hop techniques; they often had to (or had more freedom to) mix more quickly and more responsively to the individual pieces of music. Others believe it refers to the vocal technique: singing melodic pop vocals over the kind of beats that were previously used only with rap and semi-chanted electro-funk vocal styles was a form of freestyling —getting creative by mixing up the styles— somewhat akin to the use of the term in reference to competitive freestyle rap. Another explanation is that the dancing associated with this music allows for a great degree of freedom of expression than the other music that was prevalent at the time. Each individual dancer is free to create his or her own style. In Miami, the freestyle name evolved after confusion between Tony Butler's track Freestyle Express by Freestyle and Debbie Deb's When I Hear Music, a slightly older but more popular track that was produced by Butler. The sound became synonymous with Butler's production, and the name of the group he was in, Freestyle, became the genre's name. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...tyle_music Back in the day, we used to call this music latin hip-hop. 
I heard many artists didn't like that term though. Latin hip-hop. Now that is something! I would love to see that issue. "Spin" was reaching out to "latin hip-hop" a hellvu a lot more than I assume "Rolling Stone" did. Guess they were diverse back in the day. I used to like it in the nineties when it covered mostly alternative...I guess they still do but the musci sucks now! | |
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