Vintage Freestyle...

Freestyle or Latin Freestyle, also called Latin Hip Hop in its early years, is a form of electronic music that emerged in the early 1980s, and was at its peak in popularity from 1987-1991 and declined in popularity by 1992.

The music first developed primarily in the Latino communities of New York City and then Miami in the early 1980s.  Initially, it was a fusion of the vocal styles found in 1970s disco music with the syncopated, synthetic instrumentation of 1980s electro, as favored by fans of breakdancing.  It was also influenced by sampling, as found in hip hop music.

This music was the music of the peach fuzzed mustache set, along the mississippi river from Lafayette to New Orleans.  it was modern, danceable and had a swagger beyond belief.  Guys with names like MeMe, Jud Judice, and Ragas found their inner metropolitan selves by embracing this music.  It didn't matter if the bars were in the middle of the woods, near the swamp or at the "Kingfish" in Lafayette, they had arrived and were on a different path than their parents.

This music was undeniable to the city folks too from the suburban areas of New Orleans.  They may have possessed the greatest taste in record collecting and showed up to the country blasting music with English accents but when they got to the party, the swagger took hold of them.

The look was Skidz pants, pinch rolled with aqua socks.  The Mods from the city were pinching Girbaud jeans with the tiny white tag on the front.  The country's answer was ZCavaricci and neon polyester shirts.

Stevie B was a master song writer in the style and huge in the country.  He was so big even the parents knew his music.  His big song was "Spring Love".

I got to see him in concert once and you'd swear Elvis was in the building, of course the only song you wanted to hear was "Fantasy Girl".

I saw Egyptian Lover once too.  Not huge in the scene but am giving him props for sampling Kraftwerk.

This guy was probably the most tasteful of the bunch and actually had more of a complete album and not  just about the single.  The city folks couldn't deny "Silent Morning".