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Latin freestyle en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980s.
    • Instead of symphonic disco, this sound was rooted in electro, old skool hip hop and the brash, crashing electro-funk style known as Latin Freestyle. 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, page 31:
    • With its angular rhythm tics and woodblock percussion, Latin Freestyle sounded like a cross between Gary Numan and Tito Puente. 2002, Rob Young, editor, Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 138:

Synonyms

freestyle · Latin hip-hop