look out for numba onebut don't step in numba twoooooooo
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 13 May 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
this guy is my new fav insta account
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 13 May 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
The milkshakiest of ducks, surely.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 May 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtLVSyUgiro
he helped this youtube clip of the song go from 300 views (3 months ago) to 8,800
― maura, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
tommie spreading the gospel.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
os 4 life
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
There are definitely some familiar tracks on this forthcoming comp, but it looks cool and I'm glad Ace put it together (I will buy it for sure): https://acerecords.co.uk/latin-freestyle-new-york-miami-1983-1992
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:57 (eight months ago) link
It’s good (50% classics) but it also reflects some particuiar personal tastes that I don’t share. This is one of the few times when I think I would be a better compiler than Bob Stanley. But I don’t see how he could have come up with any obscure-but-great freestyle record that I haven’t already heard. I followed the genre closely through its entire lifespan, mostly by listening to WPOW Power 96 out of Miami.
― Josefa, Friday, 4 August 2023 03:14 (eight months ago) link
Josefa, could you hit us with a personal top 10 or so freestyle tracks? I'm pretty much a neophyte, but I love this sound so much and have been trying to dig deeper
― J. Sam, Friday, 4 August 2023 17:51 (eight months ago) link
Sure, here are some favorites that are not on the Bob Stanley/Ace Records compilation:
Amoretto - Clave RocksCynthia & Johnny O - Dreamboy/DreamgirlNatasha - Be Gentle with My HeartNayobe - Please Don't GoNice N' Wild - Diamond GirlNocera - Summertime, SummertimeSa-Fire - Let Me Be the OneSequal - It's Not Too LateShannon - Let the Music PlayShy Rose - I Cry for You (this is actually Italian but was played to death on the Miami freestyle station)Sweet Sensation - Hooked on YouJudy Torres - No Reason to CryTrinere - All Night
― Josefa, Friday, 4 August 2023 18:17 (eight months ago) link
I've always liked this comp CD (although I guess it's been out of print a while).
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:20 (eight months ago) link
..from that, I also love "(You Are My) All and All" by Joyce Sims. And Erotic Exotic, I'd almost forgotten about them. They were a Miami group I saw live back in the day.
― Josefa, Friday, 4 August 2023 18:27 (eight months ago) link
Thanks, Josefa!!
― J. Sam, Friday, 4 August 2023 20:50 (eight months ago) link
I followed the genre closely through its entire lifespan, mostly by listening to WPOW Power 96 out of Miami.
love this
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:01 (eight months ago) link
Yes to Nocera, Joyce Sims and many more here.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 17:07 (eight months ago) link
Not really sure what Two of Hearts is doing on a freestyle compilation but still it's a great track listing.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 20:10 (eight months ago) link
There simply aren’t many freestyle acts who weren’t from either New York or Miami, and the ones that weren’t were only tangentially freestyle-related such as Stacey Q (LA), Information Society (Minneapolis), or Nu Shooz (Portland)
― Josefa, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 20:46 (eight months ago) link
The one “dud” act at the Freestyle Festival I attended a few weeks back was (unfortunately) from here in L.A. – but he’s not really a freestyle artist anyway: Egyptian Lover.
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 20:58 (eight months ago) link
(he suuuuucked)
Egyptian Lover was clearly electro but I think he did have a big influence on freestyle too. After all, freestyle was spawned from electro. Countless freestyle records utilize the Kraftwerk “Numbers” beat in the same way Afrika Bambaataa used it in “Planet Rock”
― Josefa, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 21:28 (eight months ago) link
I'm not a stickler for genre. "Two of Hearts" belongs on a freestyle comp. Heard it blast for months in summer and fall '86 on WPOW 96.5 Miami around the harder freestyle stuff.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 21:50 (eight months ago) link