Philly Freestyle
Yes Rob Federici has been producing Freestyle for a number of years.
According to Rob, the first Freestyle song produced at the Polygon studio was Ton` de Jon.
Ton` de Jon was made up of brothers Anthony and Jon Costa.
They recorded "2 Of A Kind" on 12" for Superb Records.
When Adam recorded "Then Came You" as T.P.E (The Philadelphia Experiment) the song featured Adam singing lead vocals, Denine singing the song's hook, Joe from Marre` with ad-libs, Colorblind sining the rap in the break and a sample of "2 Of A Kind", . Sort of an all-star Philly Freestyle group for the time.
For those of you who don't know that is Rob Federici's sexy voice on the intro of T.P.E's song "Forever And A Day"
"We can't be together - At least not now... blah, blah, blah... I'll be loving you forever and a day"
Rob Federici actually was in a Rock band a'la the Hooters named SFT. If you notice on one of the Boca Freetyle compilations you will see a Freestyle song ("Hurt So Bad") sung by Rob himself under the same name.
And if I'm not mistaken Viper's Tom Ackley also has a song on a Boca compilation (Tommy Bravo?)
And when it comes to Adam, which should be Mr. Marano to all of us; love him or hate him, you should respect him for his continuing to give us Freestlye music.
The history of Freestyle music would be written a lot differently with out Marano, especially if he did not produce Viper Freestyle Parade Volume 1, containing the singles "I'll Be Loving You" by Collage, and "I Remember" by Denine.
Yes there were others who were on a paralell course and were also getting ready to produce thier own compilations at the same time. (Philly's other favorite Feetyle label Tazmania debuted roughly about the same time.)
But it was Marano's penned and produced "I'll Be Loving You" which broke into the Top 40 when radio, could gave two $h!t$ about playing a dance or Freestyle song.
And Adam has proven that he can produce music in other genres. So we should be glad that he still
wants to produce Freestyle.
There are two types of people in the music business... Those who are in it for the money... and those who lie and say they aren't!
Yes, people do it it for their love of music but people have to eat!
"It's called show business... not show friends" Wesley Snipes - New Jack City
Is Adam in it for the money? If he was in music just for the money, I can tell you Adam is definitley shrewd enough, and smart enough to move on. But he
wants to make Freestyle music still.
To Adam, Rob, Tom, and to
all the writers, producers, engineers, artists, promoters, record labels, DJs, radio stations and fans who continue to support Freestyle:
Thank You!
