Editor’s Note: DJs carried the original torch for Hip-Hop – back when there were no MCs! AllHipHop.com is taking a little time out to “Salute the Spin Doctors” this month. Check back for more feature ...

Maria Cavalluzzo of Babylon has one rule when she goes to a freestyle concert with her girlfriends — she insists on having seats upfront. “I will not go unless I get tickets in the front row,” she ...

Several months ago DJ Tyrone Miller, better known as DJ Bizzon, decided to take his Takeover platform to the stage in the form of an emcee battle that called all lyric-spitting rappers to test their ...

At 9 p.m. on a breezy Thursday at The Boat Yard at Tobay Beach, the dance floor is packed with 40- and 50-somethings grooving to the freestyle music that was the soundtrack to their teens and 20s. As ...

Ten years after his run helped define a generation’s summer, Fetty Wap returns with Zavier, a more reflective, evolved sound and a chance to tap back into something people have been wanting to feel ...

Freestyle, the subgenre of dance music that emerged in the early years of the 1980s and hit peak popularity toward the end of the decade, isn't a particularly easy sound to define. It's a hodgepodge ...

Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox three times a week. From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, ...

Too many factors to mention contributed to the 1980s’ glory days of dancepop, but one double-edged sword was radio’s fear of hip-hop, which is how pop stations like Kiss 98.7 could dominate ratings by ...

Anderson .Paak can do no wrong and he proved that fact true when he stopped by DJ Tony Touch's Toca Tuesdays show for Shade 45 to deliver a quick freestyle. Spitting over a J Dilla beat from Slum ...

Too many factors to mention contributed to the 1980s’ glory days of dancepop, but one double-edged sword was radio’s fear of hip-hop, which is how pop stations like Kiss 98.7 could dominate ratings by ...