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Post by Telso on Sept 26, 2021 7:37:14 GMT 10
A genre that quite intrigues me because it's such a mixed one. It's basically of a mix of dance-pop, disco and hip hop. Popularized by the Latino community in the US, it first appeared in 1985 before rapidly completely taking over the charts in 1986 and the late 80s and into the early 90s. I think it was kind of an US answer to the Stock-Aitken-Waterman Hi-NRG sound from the UK.
^This one is damn funky
I think this genre in its dance-pop form is mostly fine if not a bit thinly produced, the ballad-form of the genre unfortunately has to be one of the worst things to grace the charts. I mean, it's just such an ugly combo...
So yeah, IMO despite being so mixed, you can't deny those strange drum machine beats were one of the key sounds of the late 80s.
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Post by John Titor on Sept 26, 2021 7:56:50 GMT 10
I was born into this era of music when it was popping , I like it
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Post by mc98 on Sept 26, 2021 9:22:16 GMT 10
This genre kinda saved the late 80s.
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Post by mc98 on Sept 30, 2021 8:47:48 GMT 10
I kinda find it funny how there is no serious throwback of the genre in modern times. I guess many people find it over-produced and dated.
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Post by slashpop on Sept 30, 2021 21:02:19 GMT 10
This genre kinda saved the late 80s. I think house and hip hop saved the late 80s. I think of freestyle was more like the techno music of the 2000s, it was kind of everywhere and overplayed, I see it more of mid 80s genre that peaked in the late 80s. There are some good hits. There is something dated about a lot of the artists, so many songs from 1988 or 1989 songs seem like they came out in 1985 compared to the freshest pop hits that dominated the charts at the time. This is a good song as well.
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Post by aja675 on Oct 1, 2021 1:10:50 GMT 10
BTW, where are the freestyle influences in the Stevie B song? The barely audible drum machine, right?
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Post by Telso on Oct 2, 2021 18:27:32 GMT 10
I kinda find it funny how there is no serious throwback of the genre in modern times. I guess many people find it over-produced and dated. The late 80s are kind of forgotten musically in general. There's literally never been any interest to revive freestyle or glam metal or even the Stock Aitken Waterman sound. New jack swing was the closest trend to do so, but it was still pretty sporadic and was more so looking back to the early 90s/Fresh Prince of Bel Air era anyway. BTW, where are the freestyle influences in the Stevie B song? The barely audible drum machine, right? The drum machines and vocal edits of that track scream freestyle.
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