will freestyle ever regain mainstream popularity again?

[mr.freestyle86]

Freestyle music has come and gone but can it ever come back and have the same influence and style that made it so widly popular in the late 80s and early 90s. Back in the day freestyle was the sound of the time and alot of latin artist were topping the charts with the catchy sound of break beats and melodic vocals. Also alot of so called mainstream artist of the time used freestyle elements in their music such as Madonna "get into the groove" and others.
For me i think it can but its going to take someone real special to breakthrough from the underground and make a hit thats played on mainstream radio and have a video thats played on mtv,bet, and vh1.
Also the music needs to expand the sound that we all love from the old skool such as tka, cover girls ,etc to the new skool such as lissette melendes, corina, etc.
Lets take a look at whats dominating the charts today and its hip hop and r&b, which I like but i get the sense that if something new or brought back from the past like freestyle would come that it can be a sensantion, all over again. Freestyle and the dance/pop genre have cooled over the years. I mean when the last a purely dance artist topped the charts?
Obviously this is a conversation that has probably been repeated over and over in here but tell me what you think about how freestyle can come back.

 

[ted]

To be honest I think for freestyle to regain a mainstream popularity, It will have to re-invent itself with a new, But still loyal sound and new production.

J.M.O

 

[Vinss-T]

yup this is an exhausted debate

if anything, i think for now freestyle will exist in rap artists' beats (like eminem - just lose it or ciara - 1,2 step)

for sure the current progressive / breakbeat sounds won't come into the mainstream(although i like that most now). same with the so-called "new school" sound done by nick colon & ashley, there's some great talent in artists like that but if that sound stays as is then it won't get any more popular.
but maybe expose's classic electro/pop sound.. i think it has some potential in the future

 

[Caleb-B]

YES IT WILL, Just bump it loud and people will catch on. like a pair of nikes, think about it.

 

[Lamondfan]

Nope...never...but that is ok. I think it is going to be like Disco...it will have a loyal following made up of people that listened to it growing up and those people will continue to support it at the shows and request it on the radio...but I think that is as far as it will go. It's days as "mainstream" are over.

 

[cArLiToS WaY]

Yea. I agree with LaMondFan. That's basically what it boils down too. And it is an exhausted debate.

 

[cOZMiKcHUCk]

Sad but you're probably right.

 

[francis]

Nope...never...but that is ok. I think it is going to be like Disco...it will have a loyal following made up of people that listened to it growing up and those people will continue to support it at the shows and request it on the radio...but I think that is as far as it will go. It's days as "mainstream" are over.

You're absolutely right!

But before to (re)gain a mainstream popularity, maybe first it will be cool to just have GOOD Freestyle new releases, whatever the Freestyle genre (Old School, New School,...). They were pretty rare this year! :whistle

 

[Lamondfan]

I agree. Its hard to support new freestyle when most of it stinks...no offense to anyone out there please. I would love nothing more to support some new, good, freestyle!! But unfortunately most of it sounds like a bad imitation of the old, classic stuff.

 

[Unique_Freestyle]

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