I was reading some very biased and unknowledgable posts about freestyle so here is a brief history.

"Often growing in tandem with contemporary styles like electro and house, freestyle emerged in the twin Latin capitals of New York City and Miami

during theearly '80s. Freestyle classics like "I Wonder If I Take You Home"

by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, "Let the Music Play" by Shannon, and "Party Your

Body" by Stevie B relied on angular, synthesized beats similar to electro

and early house, but also emphasized the romantic themes of classic R&B

and disco. The fusion of mechanical and sensual proved ready for crossover

during the period, and both Shannon and Lisa Lisa hit the Top 40 during 1984-85.

Freestyle also dovetailed nicely with the rise of dance pop during the mid-'80s --

Madonna's early producer and remixer, John Benitez (aka Jellybean), was also

active in the freestyle community. By the end of the decade, a number of artists --

Exposé, Brenda K. Starr, Trinere, the Cover Girls, India, and Stevie B --

followed them into the pop or R&B charts. Even after popular success waned in

the late '80s, though, freestyle moved to the underground as a vital stream of modern

dance music alongside house, techno, and bass music. Similar to mainstream house,

freestyle artists are usually (though by no means exclusively) either female vocalists

or male producers. Newer figures like Lil Suzy, George Lamond, Angelique, Johnny O,

and others became big stars in the freestyle community."

(courtesy of AllMusic.com)

Any questions i will love to fill you in? THe major clubs of the times was 1018s (The Roxy), The Pallidium (Steve Rubells and Ian Shrangers last club), Emerald City and Lamours East in NYC. Even in the end Studio 54 was playing freestyle and had live performances by future freestyle stars such as Lil Suzy singing at the age of 5.