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Lost In Emotion: A Newsletter About Freestyle

This newsletter is a celebration of freestyle, aka Latin freestyle, a form of dance music known for big beats and even bigger feelings.

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Diving Deep Into “Diamond Girl,” Freestyle’s Dirtiest Song

Nice & Wild’s 1986 sex jam still satisfies.

Nobody Does It Better Than George Lamond

The man behind “Bad of the Heart” always brings the goods.

Is “Dreamboy/Dreamgirl” The Most Freestyle Freestyle Song of All Time?

Cynthia and Johnny O’s 1990 duet is certainly a masterpiece.

Louder Than Love: The TKA Saga

Celebrating the first, best, and most famous male singing group freestyle ever produced.

Lost In Emotion: The Ballad Of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

The group helped define freestyle—then took it all the way pop.

Giving Flowers to the Girl Groups of Freestyle, Part 3: Sweet Sensation

They put the Latin in Latin freestyle with hits like “Sincerely Yours.”

Giving Flowers to the Girl Groups of Freestyle, Part 2: The Cover Girls

The genre’s answer to The Supremes delivered classics like “Show Me” and “Because of You.”

Giving Flowers to the Girl Groups of Freestyle, Part 1: Exposé

Take a journey to the “Point of No Return.”

Let Us Now Praise Connie’s “Funky Little Beat”

Celebrating a laid-back freestyle curio that never gets old.

When New Wave Went Freestyle (Part 2)

Pretty Poison and Pet Shop Boys deliver all-time club jams.