What Freestyle artist made the biggest crossover to mainstream music?

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DJ Soul said:
Well if you read what I posted I used Daddy Yankee as an example of an artist crossing over as himself, in his own genre "Mainstream". It didnt matter that he was not a freestyle artist, but the fact he didnt change he's style to make it main stream. I interpreted in reference of what freestyle artists crossed over mainstream as being "The one Bringing freestyle music over into mainstream" If your interpreting it in the direction of An Artist formerly known as a freestyle artist making it big in another genre and making that genre heard mainstream then you are absolutly right Marc onthony is the one. I interpreted the question one way and formed my reply in that manner. We are each expressing our views as we each percieve the question to be.
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you are right dj soul. if the question wasn't "what freestlyle artist made the biggest crossover into MAINSTREAM music" you would have a point.
since the writer wanted to know which one CROSSED over into MAINSTREAM not which one stayed in their original genre and didn't change their style to make it into mainstream i guess marc is it... but thanks for your explanation. i do see your point.
 
:dwink and I do see yours................... ok now Is "I need to know" a freestyle track with Pop Flair or is it a Pop Track with Freestyle flair?
 
DJ Soul said:
:dwink and I do see yours................... ok now Is "I need to know" a freestyle track with Pop Flair or is it a Pop Track with Freestyle flair? my
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my opinion ... i never really thought about freestyle when i hear "I Need To Know" so i'll say its pop with latin flavor.
 
payac said:
ok chuckd using your reasoning if george lamond drops out of sight for 15 years and then comes back as the biggest pop singer since Michael Jackson .. are you saying he won't earn the title of the freestlye artist who made the biggest cross over?
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That's right!

It's all a matter of how the question is read.

I see where you say Marc Anthony is the one.

this is how I see it.

Marc Anthony is a FORMER freestyle singer who made it big.

If George Lamond were to go strictly pop, and outsell Michael Jackson, he would be a FORMER freestyle singer who crossed over.

When Daphne Rubin Vega of Pajama Party found success on Broadway in "Rent" (and other stage shows) Liz Smith did a story on her and refered to her as a FORMER freestyle singer in a group called Pajama Party.

When someone does a story on Vanessa Williams, she is refered to as a FORMER Miss Amercia, not because she was forced to return the crown, but because her acting and singing success AFTER she was no longer a Miss Amercia.

when I read the question I took it as "what freestyle artist", meaning what freestyle artist recording freestyle. Not what former freestyle artist.
 
chuckD you make excellent points i agree with you 100%.
 
Just to shed some light....Marc Anthony was never a freestyle artist. During his dance era he sang background vocals, wrote, and produced all behind the scenes.
 
Point is, Marc was NEVER big when he did his Freestyle stuff anywayz.

He became big in Salsa, & then in Pop, almost 15yrs later. (Almost as if Salsa was his first career).
 
Smooth... Marc did make a freestyle track in 88' called "Rebel" which was produced by the Latin Rascals and released on Bluedog Records..Not too many people are aware of the track but it does exist....and it's a great song..
 
But I still think Stevie B. did a great job putting freestyle on the mainstream map.
 
smooth... "rebel" is a bad ass freestyle song by marc anthony. give a listen to it. everyone else. the original question was which freestyle artist made the biggest crossover to mainstream? marc indeed was a freestyle artist maybe way before he jump over to "mainstream" although not with freestyle music but then again when you "crossover" you usually are singing something different than your original genre of music.

had the question been instead "which freestyle artist made the biggest crossover with Freestlye music into mainstream?" then i would agree with stevie B.

then again freestyle music has never really been considered "mainstream" so that question wouldn't even make much sense.

listen its just my opinion and the way i read the question.
 
Would anyone consider Madonna's (Jellybean's) "Sidewalk Talk" from the early 80's a freestyle track?
 
djantonio72 said:
Would anyone consider Madonna's (Jellybean's) "Sidewalk Talk" from the early 80's a freestyle track?
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Ohhh.....I just saw this post.

I'm not sure if many people would classify this song as freestyle.

However, if they did, the record is credited to Jellybean as the artist. Madonna is a featured singer on the song, and her name isn't even on the label, so I think we can not count her as a "freestyle artist" who crossed over.

Even so, "Sidewalk Talk" was a hit in 1986, long after Madonna hit the pop charts in 1984, so she couldn't be considered a freestyle artist.
 
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