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Back in YOUR days, what freestyle songs was really popular? When you turned on the radio then, what would you hear? I ask many questions now, because I am doing this project for school. It is on Freestyle, and I am the ONLY one doing it...lol..I need as many responses as I can get for each thread I make...I need many answers, as many opinions...THANKS a BUNCH!😀
 
lisa lisa, tka, india, judy torres, damn the list can go on and on..lol
 
WOW back in the days! Major artists receiving massive airplay on dance & pop stations across the country were: SAFIRE, SWEET SENSATION, COVER GIRLS, TKA, GEORGE LAMOND, CYNTHIA.

we're talking about mid 80's to early 91, the height of the pioneers of freestyle music.
 
you are crystal????

i did the same thing in school!!!!!!

i put all my heart and soul into it (probabley the only project i ever did that on), it was memorable, i got to speak to a lot of the people in the freestyle world...a lot of people gave me lots of info and was so happy i wanted to know about it!!!!
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take me in your arms
together forever
in paradise
within my heart
love me tonight
temptation

as u can tell i started listening to the radio (hot97) back around 1991, '92 then we moved in '93. moved back to new york in '95 and it was a whole different radio station! LOL! still good tho, gotta luv hot97!

peace,
Mark
 
Songs that were played the most, as far as I remember, were Let me be the one, One way love and Why ya wanna go. They were played more than any other songs as it remember it. Let Me Be The One takes the cake though. The old HOT 103 played it so much it's not even funny!! Funnier than that was it never got played out....it was that damn good!! 😛
 
Crystal...guess what sweety?

I'm gonna help you out! I have a bit of Freestyle Documentary on Tommy Boy Compilations, I will type my a$$ off and email it to you. (Can't PM it, because PM does not allow more than 1,000 characters 😛 )

So hit me up with PM (You box is full by the way so I can't PM you) with your email or hit me on IM.

I will start typing this tomorrow afternoon. So probably by Friday you will have some info, if its of value to you. 🙂

-Antonio

P.S: There is a slight problem, I don't have ALL Tommy Boy Compliations. I have a incomplete set, so the inserts inside start from #2 Compliation which is 1986 Freestyle Documentary and up.
 
For me it was "Please Don't Go," "Tender Heart," "Clave Rocks," "Show Me," and "Match Made Up In Heaven."
 
SANDMAN said:
Major artists receiving massive airplay on dance & pop stations across the country were: SAFIRE, SWEET SENSATION, COVER GIRLS, TKA, GEORGE LAMOND, CYNTHIA.
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what is meant by "massive airplay"? I'd like to know for myself. How popular was freestyle back in the day? Can we compare its former popularity to the popularity of some major artists today on the radio (like pop artists)?
 
growing up in miami in the 80's and 90's all you ever heard on the radio was freestyle.....some of the bigger jams were

"one way love"-tka
"show me"-cover girls
"running"-information society (#1 song of the year 86 in miami)
"dreaming"-will to power(#1 song of the year 87 in miami)
"spring love"-stevie b (#1 song of the year 88 in miami)
"if you leave me now"-jaya (#1 song of the year in 89 miami)
"come into my arms"-judy torres (#1 for weeks on power 96)
"i'll be all you ever need"-trinere
"come go with me"-expose
"fascinated"-company b
"my sweet love"-reinaldo
"fantasy girl"-johnny o
"change on me"-cynthia
"please dont go"-Nayobe
"dreamboy/dreamgirl-cynthia & johnny o
"bad of the heart"-george lamond

wow there are just way to many to mention......


M A R L O N*
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You will get to hear the following Freestyle songs when listening to 93.1 WDRQ in Detroit on any given day:

Rockell - Any song from her CD's
Johnny O - Fantasy Girl
Stevie B - Most of the songs from the Best of CD
George LaMond - Bad of the Heart
Lil Suzy - Take me in your arms and Real love
Collage - I'll be loving you
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock, Looking for the perfect beat
Debbie Deb - When I hear music, Lookout weekend
Trinere - All night, How can we be wrong, I'll be all you'll ever need
Newcleus - Jam on it
Pretty Tony - Fix it in the mix, Jam the box

Keep requesting material from the old and new school artists but it's coming along slowly.
 
for me it was TKA, Judy Torres Safire, Giggles, myself(WHo's Got your love) ( everytime I walked with my son, he used to say, Mommy not you again!) so I guess they played it enough for him to get tired of it!!..lolol Cynthia, Coro, pretty much what you still hear today when they do play freestyle on KTU, for the exception of Giggles and myself, the freestyle playlist hasn't changed much!.lolol

Naya
 
Tran-man, well in the beginning, freestyle was born in the clubs and slowly made it's way to radio. i believe dance stations in miami and new york first gave freestyle airplay and it slowly began to catch on. Artist like SAFIRE, SWEET SENSATION, COVER GIRLS and a few others were signed on to major lables, which gave the artists even more exposure to pop stations.

most freestyle artists received airplay on dance stations(back then there were more dance stations then today), but not every artist received airplay on pop stations.

just about every freestyle artist had one or more top 40 hit, according to billboard magazine. Some artists, though very popular either never entered the top 100 charts or never entered the top 40 charts. only a handful had a number 1 hit, mostly ballads.

it was alot easier to get airplay for freestyle's artist back then then it is today. we definately had more support from radio, labels, media and FANS!

Only those who were old enough back then to follow freestyle music know how big the music was! i don't think today's younger generation fully understand the impact freestyle made.

Freestyle music videos, tv talk show appearances & performances, tours in clubs & venues across the country and the world. it was happening! But not every freestyle artists accomplished all of the above - some alot more then others.

any more questions????
 
WOW guys...You are GREAT!! I am sending a thousand of kisses to you!!...lmao...Oh gosh..great, great, great I sayyyyyy!! I hope you guys know, that you are a part of my project nowwwwww!!!..lol
 
Well when I was younger, I used to hear george lamond's "where does that leave love", coro- "cant let you go" , TKA- maria on the radio alot. Airplay wise, these stand out from the many others because I found these three played alot on many different local stations around my area at the time.
 
STEVIE B "SPRING LOVE"
CYNTHIA "CHANGE ON ME"
COLLAGE "I'LL BE LOVING YOU"
DEBBIE DEB
JOHNNY O
SAFIRE
EXPOSE
COVER GIRLS
SWEET SENSATION
JAYA
LISA LISA & THE CULT JAM
 
oh yeah Crystal...

i also remember TKA's "Crash!" single being very popular on the radio as well back in my day! LOL! i absolutely luved that cut (back then, i sounds kinda dated now)! lol

Seduction was huge at that time too.
 
COVER GIRLS MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT/SHOW ME/BECAUSE OF YOU
GIGGLES LOVE LETTER
STEVIE B. SPRING LOVE
RAZE BREAK FOR LOVE
INDIA DANCING ON THE FIRE
CORO FALLIN ANGEL
PAJAMA PARTY YO NO SE/OVER AND OVER
MARSHAL JONES I BURN
BETTINA DESTINY
 
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