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1000Knives
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30 Dec 2012, 4:28 pm

I'm talking about the old 80s music called freestyle in America. It apparently was mostly popular among like, Hispanic crowds in the 80s. It had a few famous popular songs that people still remember today, but overall, it's a pretty forgotten musical style. I kinda got into it, as at thrift stores, I'd see piles of old DJ records with freestyle and old house music (I got 2 vinyl copies of Lil Louis - French Kiss) and I'd just buy the records for the hell of it (sometimes it'd be 3 records for a buck) to see what was on them, and I liked them. Ishkur says freestyle music is like the forgotten precursor to lots of American pop.

Anyway, freestyle music...

This song might be the most famous example:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ5jTAISutM[/youtube]

Others...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQUhqFZ3h8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xe8c_q0yG4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zonMdfRff-I[/youtube]



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31 Dec 2012, 4:35 pm

I know that this is totally not what you meant, but I couldn't resist ;). Jump to 2:24 for epic freestyling!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOgC8qp_I2Y[/youtube]