For those about to freestyle

Bear with me while I prepare a longish post. I haven't been able to get any work done ("work") and I'm blaming it on the retarding heat. All week, I've been sweating like Busta Rhymes in a whorehouse. That takes a lot out of you, you know?

In the meantime, check out this MP3 blog that Kingdom alerted me to: it's all freestyle all the time (except, uh, in the rare instances when it's Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff...yeah, I don't know). Since I don't know when I'll ever get my ass in gear to make another freestyle mix, this blog should suffice for a while (it is, after all, summertime, summertime). I am particularly feeling the extended mix of Expose's "Let Me Be the One" (best pre-chorus bridge, ever?!?) and Nuance featuring Vikki Love's "Take a Chance," which I heard randomly when I was in L.A. a few weeks ago on a lunchtime dance radio show. Since it was part of a blended DJ mix, the name of the track and artist weren't announced and I figured I'd never heard it again. Lo and behold this blog has it. Finding it was like Christmas, except the present was kinda cheap and sung by a bimbo. Still: made me happy.

Oh, but my favorite thing about this blog? Its name: Freestyle. Ha! How hilariously blunt and awesomely budget is that? In other words: how freestyle is that?

Comments

[aj]

where is that banner from? is her head just resting on a suitcase?

[mariaaaaa]

Awwwww! I'mo have to check this out. If you would have told me back in the day that I would one day wax nostalgic over freestyle crap, I would have told you to upgrade your brand of crack. But lo and behold, many, many years later and this stuff puts a smile on my face. Thanks, Rich!

[Cheryl Lynn]

Oh, love this. Love this! But where's the India and Coro? A freestyle site with no India or Coro? Shame.

[Toby]

I cannot thank you enough for exposing me to the Freestyle blog. OMG.

[maura]

all i can say is "ten exclamation points in a row!"

[John]

I think I might have heard "Take A Chance" (a personal fave produced by Ron Dean Miller of Raw Silk fame) in a store on Melrose at the same time as you. That is unless it's on constant heavy rotation.

[LoLo B]

You are GOD! THANK YOU!!!

[Catherine Cantieri]

"Expose's "Let Me Be the One" (best pre-chorus bridge, ever?!?)"
YES!!! Damn, I saw the photo of them, started hearing the song in my head and thought "The part that begins 'Only you can make me feel this way' was fucking awesome," and you already called it.

And thank you for finally replacing the closing theme of Robot Chicken in my mental jukebox!

[Julia]

We salute you.

[Daniel]

So what station/show was this that you were on? You have to alert me to this shit when you're gonna be featured in L.A.! So sad now.

[LaSexorcisto]

What in the world is that banner all about?

Man, freestyle takes me way back. I heard "Catch Me I'm Fallin'" at some TJ Maxx the other day which was sort of bizarre.

Thanks for the link. There's some good stuff I'd forgotten about, like The Cover Girls (God, what have I just admitted to?)

[Li]

I went to a wedding last summer where George LaMond sang his greatest hits. Then he danced with the bridal party and the Liza Minelli impersonator. There was a smoke machine and everything. It was both bizarre and awesome.

[wendy]

Rich, check out freestyle.fm...you can request from the playlist.

[Queen Lena]

I've run out of ways to express my love for you.

[Zen]

Great blog! Enjoyed the Keyshia/Mary comparison. Any idea where I can find "Without You" by Touch (late 80s house/freestyle) on mp3? Thanks in advance.