Freestyle had a recognizable following in California, particularly in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and San Diego. California's large Latino community enjoyed the sounds of the East Coast Latin club scene, and a number of California artists became popular among freestyle fans on the East Coast. Northern California freestyle, mainly from San Francisco and San Jose, leans towards a high-tempo dance beat similar to Hi-NRG. California's large Filipino American community also embraced freestyle music during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Some of the artists featured on the mix: 

Jocelyn Enriquez grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, raised by immigrant parents from Pangasinan.  She graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1993 and was signed by Burlingame-based and Pinoy owned-and-operated Classified Records.

Buffy (nee Buffy Solango), a singer from Fremont, was the first artist on another label associated with Filipinos and Freestyle -- Velocity Records. She released her single "Give Me... A Reason" in 1994. The song was written and produced by Dadgel Atabay, a musician who'd played keyboards on Stevie B's Love & Emotion (which included his prom jam "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"). 

Sharyn Maceren, from the San Francisco Bay Area, debuted as The S Factor with "Hard To Get" in 1997 on S.E. Records, then also home to Slammin' Sam (ne Sam Maxion), a Pinoy producer/DJ from Pittsburg, California.

One Vo1ce (Monica Castillo, Anne Marie Ceralvo, Edna Mae Ceralvo, Melissa Ruiz, Moreno Aimee Castillo, and formerly Lindsay Mangoba) area a Pinay group from Vallejo who often record Freestyle and debuted with "All Day All Nite" in 1998, on Kamikaze Records.

90s Bay Area Freestyle Rnb Mix

So back in the days, before I started my radio DJ career I was definitely up in my bedroom blasting Wild 107 & Wild 94.9 and these were the tracks they would be playing while I was dreaming of being on the radio! If you are from the Bay Area, or have lived in the Bay Area in the late 90's there's a good chance you know alot of these songs. Shout out to the OG Wildstyle DJs that inspired me to be the DJ I am today! 

WiLDSTYLE #TBT Mix - By J. Espinosa

Underground hiphop - Mixing in the Lab Moody Ea$e Baydo

"Mixinthelab" Ea$e + Moody +Baydo

REPRESENT (I LIKE THAT)

Resume Feat. Too Short - E-A-Ski

Ruff03

Created this in the bathroom boo- boo' ing! It's the issssh! 

A SLAVE'S JUICE

I wrote this piece because I don't like the tumultuous air surrounding Black People. Someone had to speak up for the African American community on this Black Friday and I elect Me to do so. 
Love,
David Blake
aka DJ Quik

#BlackLivesMatter

"BLACK FRIDAY"

Easy Mo Bee Classic Deep House Mix - Party At My Crib Part 7 (the last of a 7 cd mix session)

Party At My Crib PT 7 - EASY MO BEE (Deep Soulful House Mix)

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