Latin freestyle

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Noun

Latin freestyle (uncountable)

  1. A form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980s.
    Synonyms: freestyle, (uncommon) Latin hip-hop
    • 2002, Rob Young, editor, Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 138:
      With its angular rhythm tics and woodblock percussion, Latin Freestyle sounded like a cross between Gary Numan and Tito Puente.
    • 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, page 31:
      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.

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