GROWING UP, WE WAS FASCINATED BY THIS SEXY STALLION;
NEVER REALLY THINKING WE COULD ACTUALLY GET WITH
AFTER ALL, SHE WAS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. JUST TO BE
IN HER PRESENCE WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR US. A "DYME PIECE ",
THE GIRL HAD IT ALL FROM HEAD TO TOE. AT THE TIME, I
FANTASIZED ABOUT SHE AND I DOING OUR THANG. THEN, ONE
"HOT" SUMMER DAY, WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE STREETS,
A SONG CAME BLARING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS OF THE RADIO.
ALL AT ONCE, WE STOPPED THE FOOTBALL GAME TO LISTEN
CLOSER TO THE "SOUND" THAT WOULD CHANGE OUR LIVES
FOREVER! THE SONG "RAPPERS DELITE" - THE GROUP "SUGAR
HILL GANG". FROM THAT MOMENT FORTH WE REALIZED SHE COULD
BE ..GOT... WHO IS SHE? HER NAME IS ..MUSIC... NO LONGER
DID YOU HAVE TO BE AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICAN OR VOCALIST
TO BE A PART OF HER CLICK. ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A CREATIVE
WAY WITH WORDS. WHAT MADE IT EVEN BETTER WAS THE
COMPUTER AGE WAS AT HAND. DRUM MACHINES, KEYBOARDS AND
OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES HELP PUT THE BALL IN OUR COURT.
BY 1983 OBSESSED WITH THE PASSION AND LOVE FOR THIS GIRL
"MUSIC". WE SET OFF ON A MISSION TO CONQUER HER AND THE
INDUSTRY BY ANY MEANS. MIND YOU, THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN
THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD MAKE IT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WAS
IF YOU WERE IN "NEW YORK " OR " CALIFORNIA" AND HERE WE
WERE DOWN IN MIAMI BEFORE SCARFACE AND VICE!. TO US
""NO"" WAS NOT AN OPTION WE HAD TO GET A DRUM MACHINE SO
WE COULD MAKE A DEMO GET A RECORD DEAL AND BECOME RICH
AND FAMOUS. SO WITH NOTHING BUT LINT IN OUR POCKETS, IT
WAS TIME TO GET OUR HUSTLE ON. FIRST WE STARTED SELLING
WEED. MOST OF WHICH WE SPENT THE PROFITS ON SNEAKERS AND
JOGGING SUITS. THE TRUE GEAR OF EVER B-BOY OF THE 80's.
THEN WE BECAME PIMPS. HAD 3 GIRLS WHO COULDN'T CATCH A
TRICK AT A MAGIC SHOW. IT SEEMED LIKE WE WOULD NEVER GET
A DRUM MACHINE. HERE AGAIN WITH THAT "NO" IS NOT AN
OPTION" FRAME OF MIND. WE TOOK OUR LYRICS AND TALENT
INTO THE BATHROOM (YOU KNOW! FOR THAT SOUND EFFECT)
BANGED THE BEATS ON THE WALL, RECORDED IT ON A CLOCK
RADIO CASSETTE PLAYER AND SHOPPED IT! (LIKE IT WAS FRESH
OUT OF THE STUDIO.) FIRST CONTACT WE MADE WAS A LOCAL
MIAMI PRODUCER (PRETTY TONY). AMUSED BY OUR RECORDING
TECHNIQUE, BUT IMPRESSED BY OUR DEDICATION. HE LISTENED
TO THE MAKE SHIFT DEMO OVERLOOKING THE TAPE'S QUALITY,
ZONING IN TO THE LYRICAL CONTENT OF OUR SONGS. WITHIN
DAYS WE SIGNED TO THE "MUSIC SPECIALIST" LABEL AND AS
THEY SAY, "THE REST IS HISTORY... FROM THIS UNION,
CLASSIC HITS WERE BORN: "DON'T STOP THE ROCK", "IT'S
AUTOMATIC.., "I'LL BE ALL YOU EVER NEED" (TRINERE)
"THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG " ALL CO-WRITTEN BY: GARFIELD
BAKER AND BYRON SMITH OF "FREESTYLE" THEIR CREDITS OF
SONGS ARE AMAZING . BEHIND THE SCENE THIS BRILLANT
SONGWRITING DUO PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE NOT ONLY IN PENNING
CHART TOPPING "HIT" SONGS. BUT WERE A INTRICATE PART OF
SPAWNING A NEW GENRE OF MUSIC " FREESTYLE" WHICH IS
THEIR GROUPS NAME SAKE . BECAUSE OF CREATIVE DIFFERENCES
WE NO LONGER WORK WITH "PRETTY TONY" SAID SMITH. YET, WE
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CAREERS. DUE TO
CERTAIN MATTERS "FREESTYLE" IS NOW KNOWN AS "FREESTYLE
EVOLUTION" MEANING A NEW BEGINNING! IN 1997, THAT NEW
BEGINNING STARTED WITH THE ADDITION OF 2 NEW MEMBERS.
TORI "ROC MASTER" NEWKIRK AND KEEDRON " KEY- LO" FLEMING
ALIAS (PRODUCTION MANIACS) BOTH OF WHOM HAVE PRODUCED
NUMEROUS OF CHART TOPPING HITS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW? NOW
YOU KNOW
