Ok 1 More Carol Lynn Townes ( 99 1/2 ) Freestyle Or Not ?

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What do you think freestyle or not ?[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GS30L49iXA"]YouTube - Old Skool Vibes - 30 Carol Lynn Townes - 99 ½[/ame]
 
nice tony knows his shit, i thought i had you on this one tony. but you gotta admit its close it could almost go either way
 
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One other thing..this record is hard to mix because the editing is half assed..you have to usually slam it in...
 
JONPITO said:
I disagree Tony..the melodic vocal line is clearly freestyle.
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Lyrically, the song is "borderline" freestyle, but I agree with TR as well...this fell more electro/breaks but is THISCLOSE to leaning towards freestyle. The song came in on the cusp (1984).

Fonda Rae's "Touch Me (All Night Long)" bridged more into freestyle territory than this track.
 
not freestyle...this came out when the style of production was changing from the free-beats of the electro to the harder sound like shannon..
 
JONPITO said:
I disagree Tony..the melodic vocal line is clearly freestyle.
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This is why forums such as this are great, we get different viewpoints.

It is funny that Ronnie brought this particular track up...because I really enjoy it very much and to me it is what I call a "period track" meaning when you hear it you look back to what you were up to when you first heard it. To me another example of of a period track would be Planet Rock and Prince's "When Doves Cry", which I heard for the first time on video actually at Studio 54. Remember it like it was 5 minutes ago not 24 years ago.😀

Since we are dropping tracks here, it is my turn...

Freestyle or not===> Goon Squad - "8 Arms"...
 
Not freestyle for me. Definetly was part of those transition songs after disco was long dead but before Freestyle (as I view it) was born.

I think "Remember What You Like" was another song from this era. Loved all of that music.

It's funny because Touch Me, 99 1/2, Remember What You Like were all songs on Friday and Saturday night mixes I recorded off the radio when I was too young to go to clubs. It wasn't long before I was getting in to clubs with any ID I could muster.

Mike
 
Mixmaster Tony Rocca said:
One other thing..this record is hard to mix because the editing is half assed..you have to usually slam it in...
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I have this song on alot of mix tapes and I'm trying to remember how it was mixed into other songs...

I'm not a D.J. but I always had an discerning ear for good or bad mix. I remember this one being a good one. Gonna have to check and see if it was "slammed in" or not.

Mike
 
these tracks where more like "freestyle" going from infancy stages to crawling and eventually getting up to walk so to speak early developmental... the elements and traits and personality are starting to form here.... jenny burton "remember what you like" carolynn townes 99 1/2 shannon "let the music play" strafe "set it off" goon squad "eight arms" al naafysh "the soul" jellybean "the mexican" all examples of baby steps......
 
Mixmaster Tony Rocca said:
This is why forums such as this are great, we get different viewpoints.
It is funny that Ronnie brought this particular track up...because I really enjoy it very much and to me it is what I call a "period track" meaning when you hear it you look back to what you were up to when you first heard it. To me another example of of a period track would be Planet Rock and Prince's "When Doves Cry", which I heard for the first time on video actually at Studio 54. Remember it like it was 5 minutes ago not 24 years ago.😀
Since we are dropping tracks here, it is my turn...
Freestyle or not===> Goon Squad - "8 Arms"...
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i understand what you mean by "period track" some songs just imprint them selves on you like your very own DNA and everytime you hear them its like your own little private delorean transporting you back in time to the first time you heard it
one recollection was "one more shot" by c bank the first time I heard it ,was at madison square garden at master s henry chos yearly karate invitational compettion it was one of my first few times fighting and they were playing this track in between rounds as the competitors were being paired off and the matches commencing this was before real full contact was really allowed in the states even though they were kicking the shit out of each other in other parts of the world for years.. but this song got me so pumped up before my match that when I got in the ring and the ref said HAJEEMEH!! (go in japanese) I spun around and hit the guy in front of me so hard with a wheel kick a peice of the nasal bone came out in front of his nose with blood everywhere (of course DJ impact and our friend james screamed out that figures when it happened..lol) I freaked out because at first he didnt move with all the blood i thought i killed him I was really scared.. my instructor was yelling at me but under his breath saying good job but i was in shock probably more the the guy on the floor.. he eventually got up and I stayed with him apologizing alot till the paramedics took him to the hospital he won the match as i was disqualified for excessive contact... but to this day everytime i hear that song.. I feel the moment of shock that i killed a guy by accident as if it was 2 minutes ago
 
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This music WAS freestyle and known to the industry as such.....the songwriting and the syncopations of the beat and melody was clearly ahead of its time.
 
Janko said:
This music WAS freestyle and known to the industry as such.....the songwriting and the syncopations of the beat and melody was clearly ahead of its time.
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well then we have the chicken first or egg first argument .since the term freestyle was not to come about till a few years after this song was released..how is the song freestyle??

could even take it further and blasphemy against the unwritten laws of freestyle and say the whole first album by TKA was not freestyle since the term freestyle was not widely used at the time scars of love was released..
 
Well I do have it in my iPod in a Sub Folder titled "Breakdance" (in my Freestyle section). C-Bank/Jenny Burton, 3V, Planet Patrol, Seidah Garret, Ollie & Jerry, Newcleus, Loleatta, etc are all in that folder.

I've played this track and mixed it with older freestyle songs, but I would say that it is 'borderline'. It was part of the Breakdancing era, and Freetsyle like Stevie B, Sweet Sensation, & Giggles, had yet to emerge. So borderline for me, & definately a part of the Freestyle sound. THOSE HARD BEATS ARE F***ING BOMBA!!! - LOVE 'EM!😀
 
I would consider it half and half
It was released during a transitional stage in dance music from the more urban breakbeat to what would be considered modern freestyle

I do love jammin to the single everytime i see Lucinda Dickey in Breakin
 
this is like someone saying to me the other day that barbara roy - with all my love is freestyle, when it is not, came out same period as 99 1/2
 
ceesil said:
this is like someone saying to me the other day that barbara roy - with all my love is freestyle, when it is not, came out same period as 99 1/2
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Same deal like Lolita Hollaway's Crash Goes Love...

I will coin a new name to group these songs into, let's call them 50-50.😀😀😀
 
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