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Freestyle, [10] or Latin freestyle [4] (initially called Latin hip hop) is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area, Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Italian Americans. An important precursor to freestyle is 1982's "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul ...
The Mix Tape, Volume 1: 60 Minutes of Funk is a mixtape by American DJ Funkmaster Flex, composed of freestyles and previously released songs, all mixed with Funk Flex's production. It was released on November 21, 1995, via Loud / RCA Records .
The Mix Tape, Volume II: 60 Minutes of Funk is a mixtape by American DJ Funkmaster Flex. It was released on February 11, 1997 via Loud / RCA Records , serving as a sequel to his 1995 The Mix Tape Volume 1 (60 Minutes of Funk) and the second installment in his 60 Minute of Funk mixtape series.
Latin freestyle is a form of American electronic dance music of electro-funk, post-disco, Italo disco, hip-hop origins, that is popular within Latino communities. This is a list of notable freestyle music groups, musicians, songs and albums.
Sheldon Pearce of HipHopDX and Dean Van Nguyen of NME considered the final track, "We Rare", to be the best on the mixtape. [18] [19]Writing for Exclaim!, Calum Slingerland said that "Free's greatest moments come when the pair play off each other's rap skills".
Sean Cooper of AllMusic named it an "Album Pick", commenting that although only some of the tracks are by Coldcut, the mix amply demonstrates the "freestyle approach to composition" that the duo popularised, writing that they draw out connections between a diverse array of electronic genres "with first-rate mixing and turntable work". [19]
"In a Dream" (Freestyle Mix) 4:00: 2. "In a Dream" (Funky Mix) 4:45: 3. "I Fell In Love" (Lenny B's Freestyle Club Mix) 5:16: 4. "In a Dream" (Freestyle Instrumental)
The history of freestyle rap is explored in the film, with a mix of performance and commentary from a number of artists. Using archive footage, the film traces the origins of improvised hip hop to sources including African-American preachers, Jamaican toasts, improvised jazz, and spoken-word poets.