![]() Early ’80s tracks “Planet Rock” from Afrika Bambaataa, “Let the Music Play” by Shannon and Freeez’s “IOU” were the pre-style hits that jump-started the movement, freestyle just added big hair, unrequited love and a cheese factor turned up to 11. Freestyle was crossover music, combining the electro hip-hop jam and the pop ballad to create a new style that was equally comfortable in metropolitan dance clubs as on the Billboard Top 10. (Unless you party with morphine, but that’s a different story.) Since every ’80s pop record been worn out already, it’s time to channel your inner 15 year-old Puerto Rican girl with some freestyle. Sure there’s geek appeal to poindextering out to obscure records, but when it’s time to party, those sealed Axelrods ain’t gonna cut it. The Rub – Bring On The Love (Freestyle Mix)Įxposé – Point of No Return / Come Go With Me Tracklist, and a repost of the article, below. ![]() I wrote about 80s Freestyle in The Fader years ago but never did a full length mix until now.
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