Latin freestyle Freestyle music, also called Latin freestyle or Latin hip-hop ''(sic)'' is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area and Philadelphia, primarily among Hispanic Americans and Italian Americans in the 1980s. I ...

is a form of American electronic dance music of electro-funk,

post-disco Post-disco (also called boogie, synth-funk, or electro-funk) is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa 1979–1985, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to c ...

, Italo disco, hip-hop origins, that is popular within Latino communities. This is a list of notable

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

music groups, musicians, songs and albums.

History

1980s

1990s

Examples of albums

Compilations

Examples of musicians

* TKAFreestyle > Explore
Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-15-12 (1980s–2000s) *

Trilogy A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...

(1980s–1990s) *

Nancy Martinez Nancy Martinez (born 1961) is a Canadian/Hispanic dance-pop singer and musician who is primarily known for her 1986 hits "For Tonight" and "Move Out". Early life Nancy Martinez grew up in the Rosemount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec to a Spa ...

* Denise Lopez *

Planet Patrol Planet Patrol is an American electro group originating in the 1980s. The members were Arthur Baker, John Robie, and a quintet of vocalists led by Herbert J. Jackson (lead singer), Joseph Lites, Rodney Butler, Michael Anthony Jones, and Melvin ...

(1980s) * Stevie B (1980s–2000s) *

Brenda K. Starr Brenda Joy Kaplan (born October 14, 1966), known by her stage name Brenda K. Starr, is an American singer and songwriter. She is well known originally in R&B, dance and pop but now mostly in salsa-based music. She is also well known for her 198 ...

(1980s–2000s) *

The Cover Girls The Cover Girls are an all-female, New York city-based freestyle group that achieved most of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the group's best-known songs are " Show Me, " " Because of You," “ Don't Stop Now,” ...

(1980s–2000s) *

Exposé Expose, exposé, or exposed may refer to: News sources * Exposé (journalism), a form of investigative journalism * '' The Exposé'', a British conspiracist website Film and TV Film * ''Exposé'' (film), a 1976 thriller film * ''Exposed'' (1932 ...

(1980s–2000s) *

Lil Suzy Suzanne Casale Melone (' Casale; born March 1, 1979), better known by her stage name Lil Suzy, is an Italian-Puerto Rican American freestyle/ pop singer who was mainly active in the 1990's. Lil Suzy is best known for the singles " Take Me in You ...

(1990s) * Johnny O. (1980s–2000s) *

Trinere Trinere Veronica Farrington (born November 29, 1964 in Miami, Florida), better known as Trinere, is an American singer, songwriter and recording artist who had several major dance hits in the 1980s and early '90s and who was very influential in ...

(1980s–1990s) * Jocelyn Enriquez (1990s–2000s) *

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were an urban contemporary band and one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted of vocalist Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Valez), guitarist/ bassist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, ...

(80s) * K7 (1980s–2000s) * Lisa Lisa(1980s–2000s) * Sweet Sensation (1980s–1990s) *

George Lamond George Lamond (born George Garcia, February 25, 1967), sometimes styled George LaMond, is an American freestyle music and salsa music singer. LaMond has released seven albums (five via Sony Music) between 1989-2014. Best known for his 1989 #2 ...

(1980s–2000s) *

Judy Torres Judy Torres (born June 13, 1968 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American freestyle music artist and dance-pop singer. Early life and career Growing up in the Bronx, Torres was the oldest of five siblings. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas, an ...

(1980s–2000s) * All City (1990s) *

Collage Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...

(1980s–2000s) *Rochelle (1990s–2000s) * Spanish Fly (1990s–2000s) * Vla Paris & Sarina (1990s) * Collage & Denine (1990s) * Hanson & DavisAllmusic
Biography of Hanson & Davis. Retrieved 2011. (1980s)

References

{{reflist * Lists of dance musicians